General Synopsis of the five-part Adventure Series From the very beginning, over four million years ago, the fossil record reveals that the flow of hominid evolution has always been episodic rather than gradual. Due to some unpredictable perturbations in the global climate, during the late Pliocene, the African landmass witnessed a dramatic shrinkage of habitable woodlands, which induced the early humans living there to adapt or face extinction. The record shows that they not only succeeded but also flourished, by displaying true innovation, superior cognitive skills and an imaginative...