NHK Special Human Naze Ningen ni Naretanoka Blu-ray Box [Blu-ray]

[Machine Translation] What is a human being? What is it that makes us human? There are 7 billion human beings on the earth today. Although there are many different ethnic groups, religions, and ideologies, there is one thing that we all have in common: our "humanness. It is a kind of "gene" that we have inherited from our ancestors over the course of 200,000 years of evolution. Genes were born and passed down through the process of overcoming environmental changes that could even lead to extinction, powerful enemies that stood in the way, and conflicts between groups. And it still influences our behavior today. How will we live in the future? What is our fundamental power? Based on the latest findings from archaeology, anthropology, zoology, brain science, psychology, and other fields, this program explores the secrets of "human nature" inherited by all humankind. This Blu-ray box set contains the first four episodes. Booklet (12 pages including commentary on each episode by the person in charge and the person in charge of production) is enclosed.

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人間とは何か。人間を人間たらしめているものとは一体・・・。現在、地球上に70億人いる人類。民族、宗教、イデオロギーは様々だが、誰もが共通して持つ"人間らしさ"がある。それは20万年という進化の過程で祖先から受け継いできた、いわば"遺伝子"のようなもの。絶滅すら招きかねない環境変動、立ちはだかる強敵、集団間の対立などを乗り越えていく過程で"遺伝子"は生まれ、受け継がれていった。そして、それは今も私たちの行動を左右している。これからの時代、私たちはどのように生きるのか。私たちの底力とは何なのか。考古学・人類学・動物学・脳科学・心理学などの最新成果をもとに、すべての人類に受け継がれている"人間らしさ"の秘密に迫る。2012年1～2月 NHK総合にて放送。第1～4集を収納したBlu-ray BOX。ブックレット(制作責任者・担当者による各話解説等 12P予定)封入。