One of the first recorded images of a giraffe appeared in the drawings of the ancient Egyptians, who named it ‘sr’. In the 1990s, veterinarian Motke Levinson purchased four giraffes on behalf of two zoos. Upon their arrival in the same container to a port in the Red Sea, they were divided. Two were sent to an Israeli zoo while the others were sent to a Palestinian zoo. Living outside their natural habitat, their survival became an uphill battle at the zoos, and within years, they perished. This is just one of many stories that director Lea Harlaub ponders on. From the wall paintings of ancient Egyptians to exotic animal exports and modern-day safari tourism, this essay film takes us on a hypnotic journey to weave together the history of this majestic animal with the history of humanity.

One of the first recorded images of a giraffe appeared in the drawings of the ancient Egyptians, who named it ‘sr’. In the 1990s, veterinarian Motke Levinson purchased four giraffes on behalf of two zoos. Upon their arrival in the same container to a port in the Red Sea, they were divided. Two were sent to an Israeli zoo while the others were sent to a Palestinian zoo. Living outside their natural habitat, their survival became an uphill battle at the zoos, and within years, they perished. This is just one of many stories that director Lea Harlaub ponders on. From the wall paintings of ancient Egyptians to exotic animal exports and modern-day safari tourism, this essay film takes us on a hypnotic journey to weave together the history of this majestic animal with the history of humanity.

国家地理的新里程碑式系列影片将穿越整个人类历史，以探寻真正使我们变得现代的“起源性”时刻。这是一次全感官式的，穿越时空的冒险活动，它深入研究了历史，从而找到了推动我们进化的关键时刻。《人类起源》里有一位持着现代观点，世界一流的未来思想家杰森·席尔瓦来指导我们探寻这些爆炸性事件。例如火和医学的发现和应用，它们从根本上、不可逆转地创造了我们的现代生活。每一个这些“下一件大事”都是与世界领先的作家和学者，和其他一些破坏因素（或具有“起源”时刻特征的）—如战争，金钱，通讯，运输，探寻和庇护，协商沟通后确定的。这些“量子跃迁”之间令人惊讶的联系在该系列的探寻中也起着重要作用。

A man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man. Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also been cowering since her mother died. But when they venture out in search of breakfast, Bruteforce separates the couple and sends Weakhands scrambling into a cave. There, he hits upon the design for a club: A rock on the end of a stick. With this equalizer, he soon vanquishes Bruteforce and wins Lillywhite back again.

A man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man. Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also been cowering since her mother died. But when they venture out in search of breakfast, Bruteforce separates the couple and sends Weakhands scrambling into a cave. There, he hits upon the design for a club: A rock on the end of a stick. With this equalizer, he soon vanquishes Bruteforce and wins Lillywhite back again.

世界著名自然历史节目主持人大卫·爱登堡爵士和获得无数奖项的大西洋制作公司合作进行了此次时间之旅，周游世界，试图发现最早的动物如何在我们的星球上出现。·爱登堡与致力于寻找化石的专家会面，并实地参观了一些最为著名的发现现场，在这些地方的发现改变了人类对最初生命形态的理解，包括最早的眼睛，牙齿，最早的食肉动物，和最早的寄生虫。爱登堡使用电脑生成图像将6亿年前这些怪异的原始生物呈现在我们面前。《爱登堡之旅》（55分钟）在完成对生命起源追踪的同时，也使我们对爱登堡有了深刻的了解。

世界著名自然历史节目主持人大卫·爱登堡爵士和获得无数奖项的大西洋制作公司合作进行了此次时间之旅，周游世界，试图发现最早的动物如何在我们的星球上出现。·爱登堡与致力于寻找化石的专家会面，并实地参观了一些最为著名的发现现场，在这些地方的发现改变了人类对最初生命形态的理解，包括最早的眼睛，牙齿，最早的食肉动物，和最早的寄生虫。爱登堡使用电脑生成图像将6亿年前这些怪异的原始生物呈现在我们面前。《爱登堡之旅》（55分钟）在完成对生命起源追踪的同时，也使我们对爱登堡有了深刻的了解。

一头钻进生命起源的中心，大格局的魅力、震撼加上迷人的音乐，生命的起源是探索生命从起始到脊椎动物第一次在乾燥陆地出现的那一刻，并开启征服大陆通道的惊人故事。生命的起源邀请我们参加一趟奇特的冒险：40亿年前在海洋中，从生命开始直到脊椎动物在乾燥陆地第一次出现并开始征服大陆通道那奇妙的一刻。影片有几段是利用超显微拍摄技术拍摄迄今仍然生存的生物，生命的起源，在第一种细菌出现后，展示了各种生命的形态。Bruno Coulais (Microcosmos, Himalaya)迷人的音乐加上令人叹为观止的音效搭配，更胜“海中颜面”，不禁拍案叫绝，本片特别邀请您到生命起源的中心来一探究竟。