01: Life, the Universe and Everything | The Story of God

Duration: 58'45''

Synopsis

Professor Robert Winston explores the fascinating history of mankind's search for the divine. Life, the Universe and Everything. Do prehistoric cave paintings indicate the dawn of spiritual awareness? How is it that some religions allow for multiple deities while others recognise only one? And why did humans begin to believe in a higher being in the first place?

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