The WORST episodes of Walking with Cavemen

Every episode of Walking with Cavemen ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Walking with Cavemen!

Ground-breaking special effects illustrate the drama of human evolution in Professor Robert Winston's four-part new series.Series examining the world of the prehistoric ancestors of modern-day humans.

Last Updated: 11/10/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Blood Brothers
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7.80
171 votes

#1 - Blood Brothers

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/27/2003

Two species of ape-man feature in the second of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry: the gentle, root-munching Paranthropus boisei and the enterprising scavenger Homo habilis. Who had the best strategy for survival in their prehistoric world?

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First Ancestors
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8.01
182 votes

#2 - First Ancestors

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/27/2003

Journeying millions of years into the past, Winston goes on the trail of Australopithecus afarensis, an ape who took the first step towards modern man.

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Savage Family
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8.36
168 votes

#3 - Savage Family

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/27/2003

An extraordinary new breed of ape-man called homo ergaster has taken over Africa. They are expert tool-makers, food-finders and travellers, but where they differ most from their predecessors is in their communal lifestyle. The third instalment of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry travels back one-and-half million years to explore this innovative creature.

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The Survivors
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8.54
167 votes

#4 - The Survivors

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2003

A focus on a group of Homo heidelbergensis, advanced tool users who lived in family units but who were incapable of imagination, and their descendents the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, who came to conquer the world.

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