Being Human. Being Human 2012. The experience of being human can be exciting or stressful, fun or depressing, but most often it’s simply confusing.
How can we make sense of our world with all its pain and suffering, its delights and disappointments? For most of human history we’ve been trying to understand our lives based on metaphysical, religious, and supernatural concepts. Then the Age of Enlightenment ushered in science and Darwin’s remarkable theory of evolution—a powerful new way to look at ourselves and the world.
BBC Two - Prehistoric Autopsy.