What Darwin didn't know : the modern science of evolution.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629976204
- ISBN: 1629976202
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from container. 24 lectures (30 min. each). Course No. 1530. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 273-286). |
Formatted Contents Note: | disc 1. What Darwin knew and why it still matters -- Inheritance: Darwin's missing link -- Genome mutations: evolution's raw material -- Gene flow versus natural selection -- Geology and Genes: The geography of life -- Genetic drift: when evolution is random -- disc 2. Rapid evolution within species -- Evolution in the lab -- The many origins of species -- Cambrian explosion to dinosaur extinction -- Reconstructing the tree of life with DNA -- Human evolution in all directions -- disc 3. Evolution doesn't repeat, but it rhymes -- The evolution of extreme life -- Imperfect nature: ad hoc body designs -- The sterile worker paradox -- Coevolution: peace accords and arms races -- Microbiomes: evolution with small partners -- disc 4. The evolution of brains and behavior -- The evolution of sex and parenting -- The evolution of aging and death -- Evolutionary medicine -- Gene editing and directed evolution -- The future of human evolution. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Taught by Professor Scott Solomon, Rice University. |
System Details Note: | DVD video, Dolby digital, NTSC. |
Language Note: | In English ; closed-captioned. |
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Subject: | Evolution (Biology) Human evolution. |
Genre: | Lectures. Educational films. Instructional films. Nonfiction films. |
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