Beastly

This Is The Story Of Animals And Humans As You Have Never Seen It Before. One Of The Earliest-known Artefacts Marking The Beginning Of Human Culture Is A Flute Carved From The Hollow Wing Bone Of A Vulture. We Have Always Lived Alongside Animals, And We Have Always Had A Paradoxical Relationship With Them. We Have Eaten, Hunted, Domesticated And Eradicated Them. But We Have Also Marvelled At Their Beauty And Skill, Loved Some And Campaigned To Save Others. As The Effects Of Man's Impact On The World, And In Particular The Animals We Share It With, Becomes Ever More Apparent, It Is Now Urgent That We Take A Fresh Look At This Foundational Relationship. In Beastly Keggie Carew Takes Us On A Mesmerising Journey From The 40,000-year-old Vulture Bone Flute To Now. A Lot Happens In Between. Paleolithic Man Festoons Caves With Herds Of Deer And Bison. We Domesticate The Horse. Aristotle Arranges Each Animal Into Its Correct Order. Alexander Von Humboldt Travels To South America And Discovers The Web Of Life, And Darwin Sees Evolution In The Shape Of A Finch's Beak. In A Polish Forest A Young Woman Befriends A Boar. An Englishman Sets Up Home With Two Beavers In Ontario. Jane Goodall Discovers Chimpanzees Use Tools. In Seattle Aquarium An Octopus Is So Bored She Dismantles Everything In Her Tank. Koko The Gorilla Tells A Joke. Our Relationship With Animals Has Always Been Complex, But The Greatest Paradox May Yet Be This: Diversity Of Life Gives Nature Resilience, It Can Heal The Ecosystem, And Animals - If Given The Chance - Might Just Save Us.