Walking with Cavemen

Walking with Cavemen

Eye-to-eye with your ancestors.

Directed by Richard Dale

Produced by BBC, Discovery

2003120 min7.5 / 10

A scientifically rigorous documentary that reconstructs human evolutionary history through vivid prehistoric scenes, balancing intellectual inquiry with wonder at our origins.

The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.

Questions people ask

  • Is Walking with Cavemen sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Walking with Cavemen easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Walking with Cavemen scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Walking with Cavemen end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Walking with Cavemen violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

87/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise79

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love88

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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