HUMAN
A film exhibition about what we have in common
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What does it mean to be human – and what does it mean to become human?
The film exhibition Human is about the 7 basic conditions: birth, fear, love, loss, belief, reason and death. They shape us. They change us. They show us what we humans have in common – today and for 7 million years.
7 basic conditions in 7 continents
THE JOURNEY. The thought-provoking film The Journey takes us to 7 continents and shows the 7 basic human conditions in different cultures:
birth in Denmark, love in Africa, belief in South America, fear in Oceania, loss in North America, reason at the South Pole and death in Asia.
The film is a sensory story in sound and pictures. At a time when emphasis is often placed on what divides us, the film provides food for thought about what we have in common.
To understand what it means to be human,
we must understand what it means to become human.
7 basic conditions over 7 million years
THE STORY OF EVOLUTION. The Journey takes us on an even longer journey – far back into our distant past.
Human evolution is not a straight line from hominins to the humans we are today.
Our origins are a great, complex jigsaw puzzle of different species. Some species live side by side, some become new species, and others become extinct. In the traces of our distant ancestors, the basic conditions of human life appear.
Over 7 million years, human development shapes birth, fear, love, loss, belief, reason and death – from the early hominins to Homo sapiens.
In the big picture, we meet what we have in common.
The latest knowledge of the origins of humans
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In Human we focus on 7 basic conditions that we humans have in common through time and space. We want to give as many people as possible an understanding of what connects us together – all the way back to the early origins of humans.
In the research, we are still working to piece together the full picture of the complex evolution of humans and what has shaped us for 7 million years. Fortunately, new finds are regularly being made, which improve our knowledge of who we are and where we come from.
In the exhibition, we show a film concerning our common, basic conditions today, and share the latest knowledge of the origins of humans – from the early genera of hominins and human species, to the humans we are today.
Trine Kellberg Nielsen, Head of Knowledge at Moesgaard
HUMAN
A film exhibition about what we have in common
Opens: 25 March 2026 at Moesgaard.
The story: Human is about 7 basic human conditions – in 7 continents and over 7 million years. At a time when emphasis is often placed on what divides us, Human offers a perspective on what we have in common.
The exhibition: Human consists of three parts ◀ 1. Introduction to 7 basic conditions. 2. The film The Journey (length: approx. 20 min.). 3. The story of evolution with the latest knowledge of the origins of humans.
The film: The Journey was shown in Moesgaard’s special exhibition of the same name in 2017. The Journey now returns as part of a new story about what it is to be human.
PLEASE NOTE: recommended age rating for the film The Journey: 11 years and older.
The exhibition is supported by
Open today 10:00 - 19:00