Seasons & episodes

S1 · E1Bones 2011-10-17 · 60 min＋

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

S1 · E2Guts 2011-10-24 · 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.

S1 · E3Brains 2011-10-31 · 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?