About this season
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 (3)
1. Bones
Aired 17 October 2011 • 60 min
In the first episode Dr Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals our incredible evolutionary journey.
2. Guts
Aired 24 October 2011 • 60 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. Brains
Aired 31 October 2011 • 60 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?