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Human Nature

Season 1

  • 45m
  • Documentary
Award-winning evolutionary biologist Dan Riskin attempts to understand the mysteries of the mind that make us human in brand new series ‘Human Nature'. Travelling around the globe, Dan takes a detailed look at different aspects of the human psyche, from our relationship to fear, to the significance, power and potential of memory.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

1x01 Can I Live Forever?

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Evolutionary biologist Dan Riskin explores the human mind, beginning with the science of immortality, asking whether humans will ever be able to permanently cheat death.

1x02 Fear

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An exploration of whether the human brain's fear response has become a burden in contemporary society, instead of a useful survival tool.

1x03 Born to Kill

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Dan Riskin explores scientific explanations for murder, including the role played by genes and brain physiology, and questions whether humans are predisposed to slay each other.

1x04 Memory

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Biologist Dan Riskin explores memory, questioning whether it entirely determines identity and finding out why some things are forgotten and others recalled.

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