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Professor Alice Roberts

Professor Alice Roberts discusses her tour 'Tamed: 10 Species That Changed Our World', where she asks: 'how do you tame wildness?'.

Professor Alice Roberts discusses her new speaking tour 'Tamed: 10 Species That Changed Our World', in which she asks: 'how do you tame wildness?' For hundreds of thousands of years our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals. They were hunter-gatherers - consummate survival experts, but taking the world as they found it. Then a revolution happened: we started to domesticate wild species. The human population boomed, and civilization took off. In her new tour Alice delves into archaeology, history and genetics to reveal the amazing stories of the species that became our allies. From dogs, cattle and horses to wheat, potatoes and apples, find out how taming these species has left its mark on them - and us.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Tue 20 Jun 2017 17:05
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Music Played

  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Wall Of Glass

  • The Troggs

    Wild Thing

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1966.
    • Premier.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • The Kinks

    Apeman

    • The Kinks - The Definitive Collection.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Be Myself

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 001.

  • Matt Monro & The John Barry Orchestra

    Born Free

    • The Best Of John Barry: Themeology.
    • Columbia.

  • Elvis Presley

    Way Down

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    LovE is LovE is LovE

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Talking Heads

    Wild Wild Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Malibu

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Hank Mizell

    Jungle Rock

    • Rock & Roll Classics (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
    • 14.

  • Maroon 5

    Daylight

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Luis Fonsi

    Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Jun 2017 17:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2