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ELLA AL-SHAMAHI

Walker Theatre Fri 26 Jun 2026
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ELLA AL-SHAMAHI

ELLA AL-SHAMAHI
BECOMING HUMAN

Host of BBC landmark show Human, palaeoanthropologist, TV presenter, explorer and stand-up comic Ella Al-Shamahi presents a talk on our remarkable origin story.

Once upon a time we shared this planet with many species of human – it has been said that our world was a bit like Lord of the Rings. To start with we Homo sapiens weren’t that remarkable, our origins were in fact rather humble and yet somehow today we are the only ones left.

But we didn’t just survive against all odds, we thrived, innovated and travelled like no other species of human – becoming the explorer species who built cities, iPhones and painted the Sistine Chapel. Our success was profound, but how on earth did it happen and at what cost?

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ELLA AL-SHAMAHI

Fri 26 Jun 2026

This is the story of Homo sapiens… us.

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