Andrew Marr's History of the World
The Ayoreo meet 20th Century Man
Andrew Marr's History of the World
For thousands of years, the Ayoreo tribe have lived in the forests of South America. They are still leading much the same hunter-gatherer lifestyle as the very first humans on Earth. But in June 1998, they came face to face with the 20th century.
This was the chance encounter between two worlds, both equally human but completely divided by history.
In this series, I'm going to tell the story of the adventures and events that divided them… Thousands of years of explosive change.
70,000 years of human history – stories that we thought we knew and others we were never told. None of us can hope to know all of the human story but it does help to have the big picture because it's really the story of who we are now, our own ancestors' long walk, the tiny things that changed the world… Nature biting back, old glories, winners… And losers, truth seekers and astonishing discoveries… Revolutions in blood and in iron… Modern madness and the wonders of the digital age.
We have been brilliantly clever at reshaping the world around us – almost as clever as we think we are, though not perhaps as wise. There will be challenges, triumphs and surprises, all the essentials of the story – except, of course, how it ends.
