Homo Silicus: Humanity’s Final Mutation

21/11/2025 5 min

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Episode Synopsis

I have recently become enthralled by the BBC Human 2025 mini-series. The five episodes, narrated by Ella Al-Shamahi, examine the history of six human species that were in existence over the past 300,000 years. The series progresses chronologically from origins in sub-Saharan Africa through their wandering across the globe into virtually every ecosystem before eventually choosing to abandon the nomadic life and settle into villages that grew into dense population centers.