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Born To Survive

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A series in which Professor Robert Winston examines human instincts and patterns of behaviour. In this edition: instincts for survival in a hostile world.

A series in which Professor Robert Winston examines human instincts and patterns of behaviour.

In this edition, he reveals that our instincts are honed to survive in a world far riskier than the one we inhabit today, and that this is why we often crave food high in calories, reject food that could be poisonous, and react to primeval dangers such as snakes.

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Thu 31 Oct 2002 03:30

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