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Missing Link

Missing Link

Film · 1988

Original languageEnglish

Runtime1 hour 31 minutes

GenreAdventure

Set inc. 1,000,000 BCE≈ date uncertain
Letterboxd average
2.0 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0165Last checked

Directed byCarol Hughes, David Hughes
about 1 million years
between the events and the release
about 1,000,000 BCE → 1988

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Process

The adoption of primitive tools by humanity's evolutionary predecessors. Hard pounding stones and chipped scraping implements would, gradually, over millions of years, complexify into sharp spear points, bone needles, and stone axes. Some of the earliest tool usage in evolutionary human history is generally attributed to Australopithecus Afarensis, with tool industry beginning to proliferate widely by the time members of the genus Homo such as Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus emerged.

filed under 3,000,000 BCE

Runs throughHuman Evolution2 titles

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Production Information

Written by
David HughesCarol Hughes
Cinematography
David HughesCarol Hughes
Music by
Sammy HurdenMike Trim
Production country
United States

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