Series·2011·1 season

Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth

Name: Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-06-23
Rating: 6
Cast: Rayna Campbell, Jimmy Akingbola, Angela Wynter, Clayton Evertson, Sean Francis

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The story of how Homo sapiens once shared the Earth with other species of hominid, and how, against all the odds, we survived.

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