Secrets of the Brain

Professor Jim Al-Khalili unravels the mysteries of the human brain.

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Series 1: Episode 2

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili is on a mission to crack the 600-million-year mystery of how the human brain evolved.\n\nJim watches primates in action to see how they tackle survival ...

16-10-2025

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Theoretical physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili goes on a journey through 600 million years of evolution to uncover how the human brain, the most complex structure known in the u ...

07-10-2025

BBC 2

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