

Origins of Us
Dr Alice Roberts reveals how your body tells the story of human evolution. The way you look, think and behave is a product of a 6 million year struggle for survival.
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1.Bones
17-10-201160mIn the first episode Dr Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals our incredible evolutionary journey.

2.Guts
24-10-201160mIn this second episode Dr Alice Roberts charts how our ancestors’ hunt for food has driven the way we look and behave today – from the shape of our face, to the way we see and even...

3.Brains
31-10-201160mIn the final episode Dr Alice Roberts explores how our species, homo sapiens, developed our large brain; and asks why we are the only one of our kind left on the planet today?
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