Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey on PS4 is a third-person open-world survival game developed by Panache Digital Games (founded by Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Désilets) and published by Private Division. It was released digitally on PlayStation 4 on December 6, 2019. The game spans from 10 million to 2 million years ago in Neogene period Africa, where players control a clan of early hominids and must explore, expand, and evolve to advance their species through generations. Players must manage basic survival needs like eating, drinking, and sleeping while learning new skills, crafting tools, developing intelligence, communication, and motricity, and passing knowledge down to future generations. The game features four core systems (senses, intelligence, communication, and motricity) that support exploration and evolution. Players can swing through tree branches in jungles, stalk prey across savannah grasslands, and face predators and environmental dangers. The game emphasizes realistic human evolution without hand-holding, offering minimal tutorials and letting players discover mechanics through experimentation.