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Brains

3/3 Alice Roberts looks at humans' large brains and why we are the only ape of our kind today.

Guts

2/3 Alice Roberts charts how our ancestors' hunt for food has shaped our bodies and behaviour.

Bones

1/3 Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals the evolutionary journey of our ancestors.

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