Season 1

(2011)
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Episodes 3

1 Bones

October 17, 2011

1h

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

2 Guts

October 24, 2011

1h

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 the way we attract the opposite sex.

3 Brains

October 31, 2011

1h

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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