Alice Roberts

from Inheritance Tracks · host BBC Radio 4

Professor Alice Roberts is an anatomist, broadcaster and author famous for making science accessible and captivating. Initially she wanted to be a doctor and studied medicine and anatomy at Cardiff University and developed an interest in biological anthropology, looking at what ancient skeletons can tell us about human evolution…getting human remains to give up their secrets. The clavicle is her favourite bone in the body...but what else can we learn about Alice Roberts from unearthing her Inheritance Tracks?Inherited: A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum Passed on: Girl from Mars by AshProducer: Ben Mitchell(This episode is a repeat from 15th June 2019)

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