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Lucy McDowell, one of the producers of the "Search for the First Human" film, takes us behind the scenes on three shoots: the site in Kenya's Tugen Hills where fossils belonging to Orrorin tugenensis were found, the galleries of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and a meeting with paleontologist Donald Johanson at the Institute for Human Origins at Arizona State University.
"Making this film was an incredible experience for everyone involved," says McDowell. "We felt privileged to be able to witness science unfolding. Personally, handling the fossilized bones of a candidate for our earliest ancestor ... was something I'll never forget. It was also fantastic to meet and get to know the team of scientists who've worked on Orrorin. Its been an eye-opening glimpse in to the study of our origins. ... I've been very tempted to exchange the camera for a trowel!"
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