New series 1/5. Jonathan Miller returns to his roots in medicine and explores our scientific and philosophical journey to explain life. He talks to scientists and historians about our efforts to understand the mechanisms that control reproduction and heredity. In the first programme, Miller argues that, unlike spiders or termites whose artefacts are also self-made, humanity's ability to create things with foresight and intelligence makes us unique in the living world. Producer John Watkins
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