Origins of Us
Origins of Us
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Origins of Us

7.6 / 10
2011
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

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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Seasons

  • Bones

    1.Bones

    17-10-201160m

    In the first episode Dr Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals our incredible evolutionary journey.

  • Guts

    2.Guts

    24-10-201160m

    In 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...

  • Brains

    3.Brains

    31-10-201160m

    In 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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