Human evolution
CrowdScience. Where was the last place humans made home? Audio, 30 minutes
Our species started in Africa, but what was the last habitable landmass we reached?
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- Posted24 January 2019
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Series 19, Are humans still evolving? Audio, 47 minutes
Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask whether human beings are still evolving?
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The Infinite Monkey Cage. Series 19, Are humans still evolving? Audio, 47 minutes
Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask whether human beings are still evolving?
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- Posted24 October 2018
Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry? Episode 1. Audio, 14 minutes
What in our biological and social evolution made us so angry? Oliver Burkeman finds out.
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- Posted14 August 2018
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- Posted14 August 2018
CrowdScience. Why do Humans have Different Coloured Skin? Audio, 29 minutes
Anand Jagatia looks at the science behind why we have different skin colours
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Alice Roberts on human and Neanderthal interbreeding. The Infinite Monkey Cage. Video, 00:00:53
How DNA sequencing provided the evidence that humans and Neanderthals interbred.
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- Posted11 July 2018
Why do we love to dance with each other? CrowdScience. Video, 00:02:47
Dancing makes us feel good...but dancing together is even better
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- Posted1 June 2018
How has dancing helped us survive as a species? CrowdScience. Audio, 00:01:18
And it wasn't all about finding a mate...
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- Posted14 May 2018
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- Posted12 April 2018
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- Posted9 April 2018
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- Posted15 March 2018
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- Posted13 March 2018
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- Posted23 February 2018
BBC Inside Science. Ancient DNA and Human Evolution. Audio, 30 minutes
Adam Rutherford on the DNA revolution in our understanding of human evolution.
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Analysis. Primate Politics. Audio, 30 minutes
Professor James Tilley discovers how chimpanzee power struggles mirror human politics.
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- Posted21 September 2017
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- Posted22 September 2017
Science In Action. Oldest Homo Sapiens Found. Audio, 27 minutes
A discovery of the oldest Homo sapiens remains shakes up ideas of human evolution
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Science In Action. African Astronomers Recycle Old Telecoms Dishes. Audio, 27 minutes
Ghana’s first radio telescope, built from an old telecommunication dish, is up and running
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Science In Action. More Evidence that Lucy Climbed Trees. Audio, 27 minutes
The bones of hominin Lucy, show she may have walked upright, but she still climbed trees
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