Hunt for the Oldest DNA (2024): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2024, Hunt for the Oldest DNA is a documental film directed by Niobe Thompson, running about 54 minutes.

What it’s about. Three million years ago, camels roamed through Greenland’s endless forests and our ancestors lived in the trees. It all came to an end with the Ice Ages. What died and what survived, as natural selection shaped the evolutionary tree during this epochal shift from hot to cold? Until now, scientists have known less about the natural world before the Ice Age than they did about the age of dinosaurs, which ended 64 million years ago. A new discovery is set to reveal this lost world, species by species. Led by Danish gene-hunter Eske Willerslev, a team of scientists for the first time in history is sequencing DNA from before the Ice Age. The picture that emerges is of a hot planet, when forests blanketed the Arctic and carbon levels matched those in our atmosphere today. Is this a portrait of our own climate future?

Who’s in it. Hunt for the Oldest DNA stars Sarika Cullis-Suzuki as Self - Narrator.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, Hunt for the Oldest DNA sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In Estados Unidos you can stream it on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Hunt for the Oldest DNA page.

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