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.

Genre: Documentary,

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Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: N/A

Duration: 60 minutes

Release: 2011-10-17

Rating: 7.7

Season 1 - Origins of Us
2011-10-17
In the first episode Dr Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals our incredible evolutionary journey.
2011-10-24
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.
2011-10-31
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?