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Season 50 Episode 15: What Makes us Human?

59 SeasonsJul 03, 2013TV-PG1h8.6

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 Robert...

Season 50 Episodes:

Episode 2 Monitor Me

2. Monitor Me

Aired: Jul 30, 2012

Dr. Kevin Fong tries to find out if humans get better health by using modern ...

Episode 3 Defeating the Hackers

3. Defeating the Hackers

Aired: Aug 6, 2012

Horizon meets the two men who uncovered Stuxnet, the pioneers of ultra-parano...

Episode 6 Sugar v Fat

6. Sugar v Fat

Aired: Sep 10, 2012

Twin brothers try to find out the consequences of having a diet based on fat ...

Episode 11 Living with Autism

11. Living with Autism

Aired: Jun 13, 2013

Horizon discovers what your cat really gets up to when it leaves the cat flap...

Episode 15 What Makes us Human?

15. What Makes us Human?

Aired: Jul 3, 2013

Professor Alice Roberts is making a new human being - she is pregnant with he...

Info about Horizon

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary