How Earth Made Us (series)
- User score: 7.2
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Production companies: BBC, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, National Geographic
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1/19/2010
- Release date of last episode: 2/23/2010
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 5
- Run time: 60 min.
Series description
In each episode, geologist Iain Stewart describes how a certain geological force played a determinant part in human history. Culture may render people less dependent on nature, it still interacts with it, and actually increases the importance of such natural resources as minerals and fossil fuels.