When I was in college, I fancied myself as an actor. Nothing discouraged me, not even the fact that the only time I got a part that didn't call for a full beard and the quavering voice of an old ...

Crisp narration by veteran actor Burgess Meredith lent a "documentarian" feel, suggesting that the show was a dramatic re-creation of how life might have been 72,000 years ago.