Origins of Us
2011
1 Season
7.6
Documentary
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.
Episodes
E1Oct 17, 20111h
Bones
In the first episode Dr Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals our incredible evolutionary journey.
E2Oct 24, 20111h
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.
E3Oct 31, 20111h
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?
Top Cast
Alice Roberts
Self - Presenter
