Episode guide

The Incredible Human Journey

Series 1

The Incredible Human Journey

  • Out of Africa

    Following Dr Alice Roberts as she travels the globe to discover how humans left Africa to colonise the world. Here, she searches for clues in the remote Arabian Desert.

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  • Asia

    Dr Alice Roberts continues her global quest to discover how humans left Africa to colonise the world. How did hunter-gatherers survive in the Arctic region of Northern Siberia?

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  • Europe

    Dr. Alice Roberts traces the original human journey. When humans first arrived in Europe, the peak of the Ice Age was approaching. How did they survive the deep freeze?

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  • Australia

    Revealing how humans first left Africa to colonise the world. Alice Roberts looks at our ancestors' seemingly impossible journey to Australia. How did they travel so far?

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  • The Americas

    How did Stone Age people reach North and South America? Evidence points to an Australasian origin of the first Americans. Could they have travelled across the Pacific?

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