In the latest behind-the-scenes look at Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, the long in works and ambitious new game from Panache Digital Games and Private Division, we get to see how new skills and abilities and mechanics tie into the story of human evolution.

And it's pretty impressive to see just how concepts like learning how to hit and pick-up objects, simple gameplay mechanics, translate into skills and unlocking new neural pathways are early man evolves over the course of generations. Check it out.



And this all plays into the overall structure of the experience, which aims to show humanity's evolution from prey into predator. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is out for PC via the Epic Games store next week on August 27, 2019, with a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One digital release planned for December 2019.