Before We Ruled the Earth is a two-part documentary television miniseries that premiered on February 9, 2003 on the Discovery Channel. The program featured early human history and the challenges human beings faced from 1.5 million years ago to the modern era. The first episode was called "Hunt or Be Hunted" and the second called "Mastering the Beasts." It features hominids like Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens.