Origins of Us

Overview

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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Episodes

Bones

S01E01 Bones

October 17, 2011 60 min
In the first episode Dr Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals our incredible evolutionary journey.
Guts

S01E02 Guts

October 24, 2011 60 min
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...
Brains

S01E03 Brains

October 31, 2011 60 min
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?

Cast

Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts
Self - Presenter

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