Origins of Us

7.6

2011•1h

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.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2011

1. Bones

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

2. Guts

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

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?