Origins of Us

Synopsis: Three-part documentary series in which Dr Alice Roberts reveals how the human body tells the story of our evolution. The way we look, think and behave is a product of a six-million-year struggle for survival that transformed us from forest-dwelling apes to the most powerful species on the planet.

Programme 1 - BONES - In the first programme Dr Roberts examines our skeleton with its long legs and narrow waist, which, together with our naked, furless skin and rounded bottom, reveals how our ancestors survived on the open plains.

Programme 2 - GUTS - This episode examines how our ancestors’ search for food changed the shape our faces, the way we see colour, and even how we look for and keep a mate.

Programme 3 - BRAINS - Was it really our big brains that enabled us to succeed where other human species like the Neanderthals died out?
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2012
Year of production: 2011
Notes: Broadcast in 3 weekly parts on BBC2 beginning 17/10/2011
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: bone; brain; digestive system; human biology; human evolution

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