Following “The Human Animal" the Natural History Museum has produced three documentaries that can be used as inspiration for the teaching of human evolution. Thematically the films are a natural extension of the students' own investigations in The Human Animal. In the three films biologist and scientific writer Jørn Madsen and conservator Abdi Hedayat go under the skin of a dead chimpanzee in effort to learn more about the similarities and differences between ourselves and our closest living relative. During the investigation of the chimpanzee anatomy they come around topics such as brain evolution, the diets significance for human evolution, the anatomical prerequisites and consequences of bipedal locomotion, the development of the masticatory system and teeth along with the DNA molecules wonderful stories about the human prehistory. In the films Jørn Madsen furthermore visits some of the country’s best researchers in human anatomy, physiology and evolution.

This movie focus on the locomotion system of human and chimpanzee. Jørn Madsen and Abdi Hedayat examines the spine, feet and tendons design during dissection of a chimpanzee in the conservator workplace of the museum. Jørn subsequently visits Professor Bente Klarlund Pedersen at Rigshospitalet in order to find answers as to why we humans uniquely are able to run on two legs - even over long distances.

The human and chimpanzee brain look very similar at first sight - if not for the significant size difference. In this film Jørn Madsen and Abdi Hedayat examine the brain and intestines of a chimpanzee. It turns out that there is an interesting connection between these two organs. In order to learn more about the similarities and differences of the chimpanzee and human brain Jørn visits the Panum Institute where anatomy professor Jørgen Tranum-Jensen presents and describes a human brain.

Two of the most striking differences between chimpanzees and humans are dentition and the strenght of the bite. Abdi and Jørn compare the two species teeth, chewing surfaces and chewing muscles. At the Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark DNA researcher Morten Erik Allentoft explains how DNA from fossil teeth can take us on a fantastic journey back through our own species evolutionary history.