Human evolution
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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Science In Action. The Oldest Life on Earth. Audio, 27 minutes
Life on Earth might have started even earlier than we thought, 3.7 billion years ago
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The Truth about Children Who Lie. Audio, 28 minutes
Psychotherapist Philippa Perry investigates when and why children lie.
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Natural Histories. Monkeys And Apes. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood explores how staring into the eyes of an ape is like looking in the mirror
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A History of Ideas. Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolution. Audio, 11 minutes
Archaeologist Matt pope looks at the role of technology in early human evolution.
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The Why Factor. Cookery. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we cook food rather than just eat it raw?
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Darwin's Tunes. Audio, 28 minutes
Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song?
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Extinct! Episode 3. Audio, 28 minutes
Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series.
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The Life Scientific. Chris Stringer. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer to find who our ancestors were.
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Ramblings. Literary Walks, Darwin - Quantock Hills. Audio, 27 minutes
Clare Balding takes an 'evolutionary walk' in the Quantock Hills in Somerset.
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In Our Time. Human Evolution. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the six million year old story of human evolution.
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Designed for Living. Human Evolution. Audio, 14 minutes
Standing and sitting upright was an important step in our evolution
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Earthworks. People on The Planet. Audio, 14 minutes
First broadcast in 1999. Modern man has been on the earth for just 100,000 years
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Earthworks. When Life on the Land Began. Audio, 13 minutes
First broadcast in 1999. How and why did life on earth finally emerge?
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