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Life After People: The Series

Life After People: The Series

Population Zero.

20097.23 Seasons28 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.

Created by David De Vries
Written by David De Vries, Sam Dolan, Douglas Cohen
Produced by Sven Berkemeier
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Top Cast

James Lurie

James Lurie

Self - Narrator

Hakeem Muata Oluseyi

Hakeem Muata Oluseyi

Self - Astrophysicist/Author

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Dan Riskin

Self - Evolutionary Biologist

Don Wildman

Don Wildman

Self - TV Host/Historian

A

Andrew Patrick Nelson

Self - Historian

Themes & Keywords

timechangenatureextinctionspeculative

About Life After People: The Series

Life After People: The Series is a documentary series that first aired in 2009 exploring themes of time, change, nature, extinction, speculative. Created by David De Vries, it stars James Lurie, Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, Dan Riskin. Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.

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