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The naysayers giving this series such poor reviews are clearly of the flat earth belief. Not to mention, their differing opinions of creation vs evolution, if one's fundamental belief is of the latter, then they will of course call this rubbish. A critic labeled this series as a right wing religious conspiracy of misinformation???Whah!? This critic has obviously not watched this in it's entirety, or clearly not at all by claiming this to be religious propaganda. It's not at all about religion, if anything, it slaps the face of religion. This series is dated, if you're into this info e.g., Ancient Aliens, meaning much of the overview of info has been covered, but with that been said, there is quite a bit of extensive info presented more in depth. Many of the interviews are the younger versions of the Ancient Aliens scientific & expert sources.

As a child I read in a popular science magazine about the discovery of dinosaur tracks alongside with human footprints and ancient civilisations that evidently possessed knowledge far more advanced then the evolution theorists can allow it to be. In school I was taught we were evolved apes and questioning that was a crime. Today, the western society is moving towards that Orwellian society that has no place for God, where science is made a new world religion claiming that not only it possesses the truth but that it is the Truth, which is extremely disturbing. They ignore the fact that science is a method of observation and study of the world around us and when put next to the ability to create Life, conquer death and give definitive answers as to the origins of the universe it shrinks to no more than a child's knowledge of quantum physics, only in infinitely larger proportions.

It's a shameful fact that science does not only turn a blind eye on discoveries that don't fit officially taught theories, but can actually silence scientists and ruin their carriers for simply trying to make their discoveries open to scientific community and public. Not only that but Darwin's myths of evolution (and here I stand for the truth wherever it may lead, regardless of one's religious or anti-religious convictions) has been made the only answer to our origins by the "enlightened" man. It is very peculiar how human attitude towards a Creator determines the scientific "facts" that are made to fit that attitude. When Darwin proposed his theory, which is still no more than a hypothesis, at the time when sceptics and atheists alike were attacking religious beliefs from all sides, it was sold as the only possible explanation of the origins of man. At the same time fake "facts" where manufactured by the same sceptics to disprove the historicity of Christianity, to demonstrate that it is no more than a resurrected myth based on other old myths. Today, some 150 years later unsuspecting general public is casually fed these lies as "facts" along with ridicule and mockery of religious beliefs. Curiously, a theory, a myth has been turned into a reality and historical facts connected with Christianity tuned into a myth. Truly, an Orwellian society where lie is truth and truth is lie.

This documentary starts with archaeological discoveries that do not fit Darwin's theory but then switches and focuses on the ruins of ancient civilisations which provide some indirect evidence as to their level of knowledge and the time period of their existence, thus challenging the theory that our knowledge has gradually evolved. But I wish they concentrated more on the archaeological discoveries, on rebuking Darwin's theory where it clearly tries to manipulate facts to fit into its postulates. Still it presents some very important facts and must be seen by anyone who cares about the health state of their intellect.

This was an amazing eye opener! I alway felt Modern Archeology was rock solid, but now I can see how data & cover-ups really are going on in Archeology! Here's some back round info on the show. On February 25, 1996 NBC aired a one-hour prime-time special, The Mysterious Origins of Man, hosted by Charlton Heston. Controversy exploded in the academic community following this telecast. Much of the material for the program was taken from the book Forbidden Archeology,featuring interviews with co-authors Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson on the show.

... The show had some great footage that's relatively hard to find in a shorter well-balanced review of content and theories developed by the likes of Graham Hancock and Michael Cremo and similar. Ideal for anyone who hadn't heard some of these theories before and wants to hear and see the authors expound their theories while showing the actual evidence on the show. Whether you like the theories or not is up to you but the quality, pacing and presentation of the material is all good albeit not in HD.

WOW, I guess playing Moses really went to Charlton Heston's head. Nonsensical pseudo science. My guess is this "documentary" was funded by the religious right to sow more doubt into the minds of the gullible. Utter garbage.

This is one case where you can drop a "documentary" right from the first line of the description. Science does not claim that "man evolved from apes" in the same way that your cousin is not your father (at least, shouldn't be). To put it simple: man and ape shares a common ancestor who was neither man not ape, the line split and each species went through their own evolution while retaining obvious similarites. Hence, this documentary is built on a strawman argument and the results are scientifically worthless.

Might still be worth watching just to understand why people become scientifically illiterate despite watching "science on TV".