Human Footprint Episode Rating Graph
Jul 2023 - present

Jul 2023 - present
5.5

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Browse episode ratings trends for Human Footprint. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Human Footprint's 12 episodes.

S2 Ep1
8.0
25th Jun 2025
Shane travels from New York City to rural Thailand to explore the Human Footprint of the supermarket – a 20th-century innovation that transformed our relationship with food, reshaping our bodies, our society, and our planet along the way.

S2 Ep2
7.5
2nd Jul 2025
In humankind’s conquest of planet Earth, we rely on improbable allies – species we’ve recruited from nature to help us defeat our adversaries. But in this brave new world of “biocontrol,” is the enemy of an enemy always a friend?

S1 Ep5
7.4
2nd Aug 2023
In "The Urban Jungle," Shane explores the modern city: an ecosystem built by, for us. He encounters three species thriving in the city, reckons with our complex urban history, and envisions a new and wilder urban future.
S2 Ep5
7.3
23rd Jul 2025
Shane travels from ancient aqueducts to modern mega-dams, following our age-old quest to tame water. On a journey down the Colorado River, he discovers how humanity’s thirst for control has reshaped rivers, ecosystems, and civilization itself.

S1 Ep2
6.2
12th Jul 2023
There’s a killer inside us. Our biology, culture, technology, and economy have transformed our species into the greatest predator the world has ever seen. From Yellowstone to Mozambique, Shane explores our global impact as the planet’s top predator.
S2 Ep6
6.6
30th Jul 2025
From fossils entombed in tar to cells frozen in hope, Shane traces the arc of extinction from prehistory to the present. On an epic global journey, he meets species at the brink of oblivion… and the people who won’t give up on them.

S1 Ep4
6.8
24th Jul 2023
Shane explores the surprising science and unexpected histories of “The Replacements”: five animal and plant species that made allies of humans, grew to dominate the planet alongside us, and changed their destinies (and our own) forever.

S1 Ep1
6.9
5th Jul 2023
Invasive species are reshaping the world’s ecosystems, but who’s to blame? Shane wrestles a python, hunts a wild pig, and gets sucker-punched by a carp to answer the question: in the age of humans, how does our species decide what belongs?

S1 Ep1
6.9
5th Jul 2023
Invasive species are reshaping the world’s ecosystems, but who’s to blame? Shane wrestles a python, hunts a wild pig, and gets sucker-punched by a carp to answer the question: in the age of humans, how does our species decide what belongs?

S1 Ep2
6.2
12th Jul 2023
There’s a killer inside us. Our biology, culture, technology, and economy have transformed our species into the greatest predator the world has ever seen. From Yellowstone to Mozambique, Shane explores our global impact as the planet’s top predator.

S1 Ep3
7.0
19th Jul 2023
Shane discovers why dogs are more than man’s best friend – they’ve been reshaped by evolution into the perfect partner for our species. And just as we’ve transformed them, dogs have left an unmistakable pawprint on us and the world we both share.

S1 Ep4
6.8
24th Jul 2023
Shane explores the surprising science and unexpected histories of “The Replacements”: five animal and plant species that made allies of humans, grew to dominate the planet alongside us, and changed their destinies (and our own) forever.

S1 Ep5
7.4
2nd Aug 2023
In "The Urban Jungle," Shane explores the modern city: an ecosystem built by, for us. He encounters three species thriving in the city, reckons with our complex urban history, and envisions a new and wilder urban future.

S1 Ep6
7.0
9th Aug 2023
Shane explores the history and science of cotton. A prehistoric coastline from North Carolina to Texas laid the foundation for a crop that re-shaped our history, our culture, and even our DNA.
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The first episode of Human Footprint aired on July 05, 2023.
The last episode of Human Footprint aired on July 30, 2025.
There are 12 episodes of Human Footprint.
There are 2 seasons of Human Footprint.
Yes.
Human Footprint is set to return for future episodes.