BBC Human Instinct - Part 1 of 4 - Robert Winston

****************************************************************************** Human Instinct - Part 1 of 4: Born to Survive ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type.................: documentary - dokumentär Production...........: BBC Author/Presenter.....: Robert Winston More information.....: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/tv/humaninstinct/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Human Instinct" is the story of how instincts have made us humans into the uniquely successful species that we are, despite us not always being aware of them. Professor Lord Robert Winston was born in 1940 and named Robert Maurice Winston. He graduated at London University in 1964 and held junior posts at the London Hospital from that time. In 1970 he joined the Hammersmith Hospital as a Registrar and became involved in research and development in gynaecological microsurgery. He is well known today to audiences throughout the world for his several BBC television series, which include The Human Body, Secret Life of Twins and Superhuman, and through which he has shown a great capacity for communicating often complex science to a wide public audience. He is Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College School of Medicine, London University, and is world-renowned as a fertility expert. He also heads the Department of Reproductive Medicine at the Hammersmith Hospital in London. In Human Instints Professor Robert Winston provides a unique insight into what it is that makes us human. And it is the story of our extraordinary instincts and why we behave the way we do and what other animals reveal about our most basic drives. With intriguing experiments and secret filming he uncovers the surprising science of sex. And helps us understand why one human being could lay down their life for another. In exploring survival, sex, competition and self-sacrifice, Professor Winston takes viewers on a journey of discovery into human behaviour, to look at ourselves in an entirely new way. He believes the series is not science for scientists - it is about trying to translate complex ideas into something easily accessible for all. He thinks the whole area of evolutionary psychology has been largely overlooked but thinks it's fascinating. According to Winston we all carry a prehistoric baggage around with us and don't have full control over it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part 1: In the first programme of the Human Instinct series we explore how this most basic of instincts means we're all born to survive. A Baby's Cry Within a few hours of birth, many animals are not only feeding but standing up and walking around. By comparison human babies are virtually useless. So the most important weapon in a baby's survival armoury is an astounding scream. It can reach 97 decibels - equivalent to a pneumatic drill. Babies alter both the pitch and volume depending on how urgent their need of help. The louder and more piercing the scream the quicker the response. With this simple tactic a human baby ensures it gets all it needs - attention, loving care and of course food. A Question of Taste Without food we die. But can our instinct to eat explain why we all crave fatty, often unhealthy, food? Like all our instincts, our appetites were formed millions of years ago. In this uncertain world, laying down fat was the perfect way to ensure against times when food was scarce. Our ancestors who craved food which was high in calories and rich in fat lived and passed on their genes to their children - those who didn't, died and left no descendents. Gradually, over millions of years, that craving for calories became instinctive behaviour. But there's an even more sophisticated side to our craving for food. We also instinctively know what is safe to eat and what is not. The Feeling of Fear Each year at the Pamplona bull run hundreds of people put their survival instincts to the test. Their heart rates soar as they are chased through the streets by angry bulls. They are experiencing fear. This instinctive feeling is so important for our survival, our body reacts before our conscious mind has even registered the danger. Adrenaline floods the body preparing us to fight or run. A Gambling Instinct Millions of years ago our distant ancestors were constantly choosing between risky options, balancing threats from predators and unknown landscapes against potential rewards. We're all descended from those humans that took risks and won and went on to populate the world. And this most complicated of survival instincts explains why modern humans just love the thrill of gambling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The file have two audio tracks. One is english and one is chinese. The easiest thing is to play the file in VLC player or other player who support two tracks. English is default in VLC player.

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3bord3 (2007-07-10)

Keep in mind that the more people who seed this torrent the faster i can upload the other parts in the series. So stay connected.

Nationwide_uk (2008-02-27)

Thank you. I really look forward to watching this.
I'll be checking out your Desmond Morris torrents as I have many of his books.

fenikfire (2008-05-08)

Its doubled at chinesse, please, write this before we download it

lebullstud (2013-03-24)

Interesting learning material for kids. Thanks 3bord3 for the uploads.