What Did Humans Evolve From?

Written by Carys Phillips Fact checking by Lucy Timbrell Narration by David Kelly Editing by Siji Sheehan and Andrew Dixon Title editing by Manuel Rubio Audio edited and engineered by Peter Halstead Produced by David Kelly and Andrew Dixon Music from Silver Maple, Epidemic Sound and Artlist. Stock footage from Storyblocks, Artgrid and Shutterstock.

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