全片由10个小篇章构成，从赫尔佐格的视角，针对人们极为熟悉的电脑科技和网络世界提出了一个问题：网络对人类进化而言究竟是福还是祸？影片于今年年初的圣丹斯电影节首映，北美定档8月19日。

Having lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities and states, and establish the blueprint for the modern world? This series identifies four cornerstones of civilization – war, religion, cities and trade – and explores each in the context of a different location. Criss-crossing the globe, camera crews travel to Mexico, Guatemala, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Oman, Morocco, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. They record the latest archeological discoveries, test new theories and uncover original information. 　　Drama reconstructions and computer graphics are used to visualize the lost world of the first civilizations. In each episode, the ancient story is also complemented by a modern-day analog, with an expert interviewee connecting the dots between past and present. The idea is to show how our ancestors were motivated by the same impulses that persist today: the inevitability of war, a need for religion, the lure of the city, a love of trade. Their story is our story.

Having lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities and states, and establish the blueprint for the modern world? This series identifies four cornerstones of civilization – war, religion, cities and trade – and explores each in the context of a different location. Criss-crossing the globe, camera crews travel to Mexico, Guatemala, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Oman, Morocco, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. They record the latest archeological discoveries, test new theories and uncover original information. 　　Drama reconstructions and computer graphics are used to visualize the lost world of the first civilizations. In each episode, the ancient story is also complemented by a modern-day analog, with an expert interviewee connecting the dots between past and present. The idea is to show how our ancestors were motivated by the same impulses that persist today: the inevitability of war, a need for religion, the lure of the city, a love of trade. Their story is our story.

超级太阳风暴导致的地震及火山喷发，引起了科学家梅雷迪思的关注。她对此十分担忧，并确信近期不断发生的地壳活动，是毁灭性灾难来临前的预兆。情况危急，得不到同事认可的梅雷迪思决心将情况上报给市政府，希望政府重视并对全人类做出警示。然而灾难的到来比梅雷迪思预料的更快，正当她到达市政厅，表明来意欲面见市长之际，海啸、地震、火山喷发等活动正在全球同时爆发，交通瘫痪，通讯中断，城市顷刻间变为人间地狱……

超级太阳风暴导致的地震及火山喷发，引起了科学家梅雷迪思的关注。她对此十分担忧，并确信近期不断发生的地壳活动，是毁灭性灾难来临前的预兆。情况危急，得不到同事认可的梅雷迪思决心将情况上报给市政府，希望政府重视并对全人类做出警示。然而灾难的到来比梅雷迪思预料的更快，正当她到达市政厅，表明来意欲面见市长之际，海啸、地震、火山喷发等活动正在全球同时爆发，交通瘫痪，通讯中断，城市顷刻间变为人间地狱……

为陪伴在家人的身边，丹尼尔出狱后，回到了家乡马赛。他的女儿玛蒂达，是一位刚成为母亲的实习销售助理，而他的伴侣尼古拉斯，则是每天疲于奔命的自由职业司机。某天夜里，一位因生意损失而心生怨恨的出租车司机袭击了尼古拉斯，他们平静的生活就此改变…

为陪伴在家人的身边，丹尼尔出狱后，回到了家乡马赛。他的女儿玛蒂达，是一位刚成为母亲的实习销售助理，而他的伴侣尼古拉斯，则是每天疲于奔命的自由职业司机。某天夜里，一位因生意损失而心生怨恨的出租车司机袭击了尼古拉斯，他们平静的生活就此改变…

11岁的阿姆拉生长在牧民家庭，他非常喜欢唱歌，一心想参加电视台《蒙古达人秀》的比赛。他的父亲忙于和朋友一起反对矿业公司侵占草原，同时也默默支持着阿姆拉的梦想。当父亲因车祸突然离世后，阿姆拉的梦想被迫中断，前路漫漫，他该何去何从？影片用朴素、写实的镜头语言描述了大工业背景下蒙古游牧名族的生存和环境危机。绝美的蒙古风景背后，藏着一个小男孩令人心碎的成长之旅。

11岁的阿姆拉生长在牧民家庭，他非常喜欢唱歌，一心想参加电视台《蒙古达人秀》的比赛。他的父亲忙于和朋友一起反对矿业公司侵占草原，同时也默默支持着阿姆拉的梦想。当父亲因车祸突然离世后，阿姆拉的梦想被迫中断，前路漫漫，他该何去何从？影片用朴素、写实的镜头语言描述了大工业背景下蒙古游牧名族的生存和环境危机。绝美的蒙古风景背后，藏着一个小男孩令人心碎的成长之旅。