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S1 E3: Your Inner MonkeyOur primate progenitors had bodies a lot like those of modern monkeys and spent ...Our primate progenitors had bodies a lot like those of modern monkeys and spent tens of millions of years living in trees. From them we inherited our versatile hands, amazing vision and capable brains ...
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S1 E2: Your Inner ReptileA key moment in our evolutionary saga occurred 200 million years ago, when the ...A key moment in our evolutionary saga occurred 200 million years ago, when the ferocious reptile-like animals that roamed the Earth were in the process of evolving into shrew-like mammals. But our ...
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S1 E1: Your Inner FishOur arms, legs, necks and lungs were bequeathed to us by a fish that lumbered ...Our arms, legs, necks and lungs were bequeathed to us by a fish that lumbered onto land some 375 million years ago. The genetic legacy of this creature can be seen today in our own DNA, including the ...
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S1 E3: How Do We Know When Our Ancestors Lost Their Tails?Unlike most other primates, apes don't have a tail. When did our ancestors lose ...Unlike most other primates, apes don't have a tail. When did our ancestors lose this potentially useful appendage? Paleoanthropologist Holly Dunsworth introduces Neil Shubin to Proconsul, a fossil ape ...
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S1 E3: Ancient Human Ancestors: Walking in the WoodsWhen did we start walking exclusively on two legs, and how did this transition ...When did we start walking exclusively on two legs, and how did this transition take place? Neil Shubin pays a visit to Tim White and Owen Lovejoy, two anthropologists working together to understand ...
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S1 E3: The 500-Million-Year History of the Human BrainEven though your brain enables you to do some amazing things, its evolutionary ...Even though your brain enables you to do some amazing things, its evolutionary story runs deep. Biologists Peter Holland and Neil Shubin go hunting for Amphioxus, a tiny, simple animal, whose genes ...
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S1 E3: Episode 3: Your Inner Monkey Preview"Your Inner Monkey" tracks our hands, feet, color vision, spine and upright gait ..."Your Inner Monkey" tracks our hands, feet, color vision, spine and upright gait to our primate and hominid progenitors, who also passed on perhaps the most important legacy of all: a path to the ...
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S1 E2: Episode 2: Your Inner Reptile - Preview"Your Inner Reptile" traces our hair, skin, teeth, jaws and sense of hearing ..."Your Inner Reptile" traces our hair, skin, teeth, jaws and sense of hearing back to reptilian ancestors — from ferocious beasts that ruled the Earth to a little shrew-like animal that lived 195 ...
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S1 E1: Your Inner Fish - PreviewPaleobiologist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human ...Paleobiologist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates ...