Christmas Lectures 2018: What Makes Me, Me? - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght

What makes humans human? And what makes every person an individual?
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Due to copyright restrictions, we are not able to include the finale with the choir singing "This is Me" in the version we are uploading to YouTube. You can watch the version with the grand finale on the Ri website: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/2018/who-am-i/what-makes-me-me?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

Alice Roberts is the 2018 Christmas Lecturer, a biological anthropologist, author and broadcaster. She is professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham.
http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/2018-who-am-i/meet-alice-roberts?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

Aoife McLysaght is the Genetics Society Guest Lecturer for the 2018 Christmas Lectures and Head of the Genetics Department at Trinity College Dublin, where she has led a research group focusing on Molecular Evolution since 2003.
http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/2018-who-am-i/meet-aoife-mclysaght?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

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