Horizon
Season 50 Episode 15 - What Makes us Human?
Professor Alice Roberts is making a new human being - she is pregnant with her second child. But before he is born, she wants to find out what makes a human, human? What is that separates us from our closest living relatives - the chimpanzees? We share 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees and yet from the moment of birth, our lives are completely different. So are we just another animal, or is there something special about being human? Before her new baby emerges into the world, Professor Roberts sets out to explore what it is about our bodies, our genes and ultimately our brains that set us apart from our furry cousins - what is it that truly makes us human?
Episodes in Season 50
The Truth About Looking Young
60 min
Mission to Mars
60 min
Eat, Fast and Live Longer
60 min
How Big Is the Universe?
60 min
How Small Is the Universe?
60 min
Defeating the Superbugs
60 min
The Creative Brain: How Insight Works
60 min
How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery
60 min
The Truth about Taste
60 min
The Age of Big Data
60 min
The Secret Life of the Cat
60 min
Little Cat Diaries
60 min
Fracking: The New Energy Rush
60 min
Swallowed by a Black Hole
60 min
What Makes us Human?
60 min
The Truth About Personality
60 min
