Synopsis
This episode explores how our experiences shape our minds and bodies as we journey from the most helpless to the most sophisticated organism on earth.
- Programme: The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed
- Episode: 03: Learn
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2017
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