← Origins of Us

Season 1

3 episodes · 2011

  1. 1Bones

    17 Oct 2011 · 1 hr 0 min

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

  2. 2Guts

    24 Oct 2011 · 1 hr 0 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 and even the way we attract the opposite sex.

  3. 3Brainsfinale

    31 Oct 2011 · 1 hr 0 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?