Home How Earth Made Us Season 1 Episode 1

Deep Earth

How Earth Made Us · Season 1 · Episode 1
Iain visits an extraordinary crystal cave in Mexico, drops down a hole in the Iranian desert and crawls through seven-thousand-year-old tunnels in Israel. His exploration reveals that throughout history, our ancestors were strangely drawn to fault lines, areas which connect the surface with the deep interior of the planet. These fault lines gave access to important resources, but also brought with them great danger.

Episode Details

Air date, runtime, timezone, and episode position.

Season
1
Episode
1
Air Date
19/Jan/2010
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
60 min

Overview

Episode summary.

Iain visits an extraordinary crystal cave in Mexico, drops down a hole in the Iranian desert and crawls through seven-thousand-year-old tunnels in Israel. His exploration reveals that throughout history, our ancestors were strangely drawn to fault lines, areas which connect the surface with the deep interior of the planet. These fault lines gave access to important resources, but also brought with them great danger.

Episode Navigation

Move between previous and next episodes.

Previous Episode
No previous episode
Next Episode
Water
S1 E2