Table of Contents
Episodes
- Dramatizations
of Darwin's life, interspersed with commentaries by philosopher
Daniel Dennett, biologist Stephen Jay Gould, and historian James
Moore. Darwin's theory that all living things evolved from a
common ancestor in one "great tree of life." Drug
resistance in HIV. Biologist Kenneth Miller on the vertebrate
eye and the role of God. Similarities between humans and apes.
- Fossil whales.
Similarities in limb bones. The transition from water to land
animals. A "genetic toolkit" common to all animals.
The transition from apes to humans.
- Mass extinctions.
Dinosaurs and the first mammals. Saving an unspoiled forest
near Bangkok. Biological invaders in the Hawaiian Islands. Using
a beneficial insect to control weeds in North Dakota.
- Multi-drug
resistant tuberculosis in Russia. Lessons from a cholera epidemic.
Feline immunodeficiency virus. Leaf-cutter ants and symbiosis.
Allergies and the importance of interactions among species.
- Genetic variability
as a reason for sexual reproduction. Sexual selection and peacocks'
tails. Lessons from chimpanzees and bonobos. Evolutionary psychology
on the role of sex in brain evolution.
- The emergence
of art, technology, and society about 50,000 years ago. Hominid
evolution and Neanderthals. Early human migrations. Language.
Memes and how they now counteract biological evolution.
- The creation-evolution
controversy and U.S. science education. Biblical literalist
Ken Ham. Students at Wheaton College struggle with their faith.
A school board denies a petition to teach special creation alongside
evolution.
Activities
- Accompanies
Episode One, "Darwin's Dangerous Idea"
- Accompanies
Episode One, "Darwin's Dangerous Idea"
- Accompanies
Episode Two, "Great Transformations"
- Accompanies
the Conclusion, Section D, "Is Evolution Indispensable
to Medicine, Agriculture and Choice of Mate?"
- Accompanies
Episode Four, "The Evolutionary Arms Race"
- Accompanies
Episode Seven, "What About God?"
- Accompanies
Episode Seven "What About God?"
- Accompanies
Episode Seven, "What About God?"
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