How lucky are we all to be here? Take a trip through deep time and space to explore scientific evidence that points to the extreme improbability of human existence. Led by author and science journalist Evan Hadingham, we’ll explore cosmology, climate, catastrophes, and human evolution to see how easily humanity could have failed to survive. There were many make-or-break points along the way, but somehow, our ancestors in the remote past made it through. Our journey through time and space will touch on some of the biggest questions that science and religion have always been trying to answer: how and why did we get here? How have the answers to those questions changed over the centuries? And why is the world the way it is?

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Evan Hadingham is the Senior Science Editor of the PBS NOVA series produced at WGBH, Boston. He has an MA in prehistory and archaeology from the University of Sheffield. His popular books on archaeology include Circles and Standing Stones, Secrets of the Ice Age, Early Man and the Cosmos, and Lines to the Mountain Gods.