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GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this 3-part science series that looks at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates - the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree.
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Audiences 87GoodWatch 83
IMDb8.7
Running time
3 h
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +84 min on the typical 96
typical 96180Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2014
April 9, 2014
12 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 3
- David Dugan Director
- Alex Tate Director
- Tom Cook Director
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