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.
We have uncovered the secrets of the atom and traveled to the moon. But how did humans come to be so successful? This BBC documentary series by Dr Alice Roberts explores the anatomical changes that have given us, and our ancestors, the edge.
Everything from the way that we walk, to the shape of our jaw and even the way our thumbs move connects us intimately to the struggles and triumphs of our ancestors.
Yet many of those changes have come at a surprising cost and the problems we face now are a direct consequence of our evolutionary journey.
As much about our bodies today as about our bodies 6 million years ago, Origins of Us will change the way you see yourself.
Bones. In the first episode, Dr Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals our incredible evolutionary journey.
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.
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?
Origins of Us – BBC Documentary
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