Are We Still Evolving?
Assume, for the sake of argument, that our species has created everything it needs—all the comfort and protection that technology can provide. Does that mean our biological evolution has come to an end? Not necessarily, says anatomist and anthropo...
The Great Deep Freeze: Ice Age Giants
Step back in time by just 20,000 years and the world is a very different place. The Great Deep Freeze means that vast swathes of the northern hemisphere are covered by ice sheets, glaciers carve great valleys through the landscape, and continents me...
Heart: Don't Die Young, Series 1
The heart is a hardworking organ that makes sure every muscle, tissue, and cell in the body gets just what it needs. In this episode, Dr. Alice Roberts puts her own heart to the test when she rides in a stunt plane performing acrobatics. She discove...