
Origins: The Journey of Humankind
2017 · TV Series · TV-14 · 50 min
★ 6.3(13)unSUB Rating
Origins explores how mankind became modern, in a time-travel adventure delving deep into history to find the pivotal ‘origin’ moments that fueled our evolutionary ascension. World-class future-thinker Jason Silva guides us through the exploration of these key developments – such as fire, medicine, war, money, and communication – that fundamentally shaped our modern lives.
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Watch free on Peacock — also streaming on Peacock and Disney+.
6 hours to watch · 8 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-03-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 50 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.5/10 (13 votes)
Themes
- human evolution
- fire
- medicine
- money
- evolution
- communication
- humankind
- technological evolution
Cast & crew

Jason Silva
as Himself - Presenter

Mark Monroe
as Narrator
Episodes1 season · 8 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1Spark of Civilization48mDisney+Peacock
- S1E2Cheating Death46mDisney+Peacock
- S1E3Power of Money48mDisney+Peacock
- S1E4The Writing on the Wall48mDisney+Peacock
- S1E5Progress of War47mDisney+Peacock
- S1E6Building the Future48mDisney+Peacock
- S1E7Into the Unknown48mDisney+Peacock
- S1E8The Road Ahead46mDisney+Peacock