
It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates, the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree. Our bodies carry the anatomical legacy of animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.
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Air Date: 2014-04-09
In the opening episode, Neil journeys from an American highway to the Arctic Circle to connect our lungs, arms, legs ...
Air Date: 2014-04-16
Episode 2 traces our hair, skin, teeth, jaws and sense of hearing back to reptilian ancestors - from ferocious beasts...
Air Date: 2014-04-23
In the final episode, Neil tracks our hands, feet, colour vision, spine and upright gait to our primate and hominid p...