Origins of Us

★ 8.1 2011 Series 3 eps United Kingdom ● 360p

Revealing powerful anatomical changes that gave humans the edge over all life on Earth, from walking to jaw shape and thumb movement, while exposing the surprising costs and consequences of our evolutionary journey.

Episodes

Season 1

1EP

2EP

3EP

Cast

Matthew Dyas

Director

Paul Olding

Director

David Stewart

Director

Alice Roberts

Self - Presenter

Clive Finlayson

Self - Gibraltar Museum

Kris Hern

Self - Zoo Manager, Twycross Zoo

Brian Richmond

Self - The George Washington University

Svante Pääbo

Self - Max Planck Inst. for Evolutionary Anthropology

Daniel Lieberman

Self - Harvard University

Rick Potts

Self - Smithsonian Institution

Peter Ungar

Self - University of Arkansas

Elizabeth Herrelko

Self - Edinburgh Zoo

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