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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...
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Season 1

  • Bones
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    Bones

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2011

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

    Director: David Stewart

    Writer: Unknown

  • Guts
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    Guts

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/2011

    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.

    Director: Matthew Dyas

    Writer: Unknown

  • Brains
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    Brains

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/2011

    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?

    Director: Paul Olding

    Writer: Unknown