Episode
Horizon: The Book of Man
Overview
Horizon looks again at the Human Genome Project which aims to decipher or sequence all genes.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 26
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1989-01-09
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Book of Man is Episode 1 in 1989 of Horizon. It aired on 1989-01-09. The runtime is 60 min.
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