What Darwin Never Knew
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Documentary.
Based on the books: Endless forms most beautiful ; and, The making of the fittest / by Sean B. Carroll.
Originally produced for the television program on Nova in 2009.
Unanswered questions -- The Galapagos -- Descent with modification -- Natural selection -- The magic of DNA -- 23,000 genes -- Fruit flies -- Gene switches -- A transitional form -- From fins to limbs -- The hand -- Our brains -- What makes us human?
Lance Lewman, narrator.
The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo devo" that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
Contents: Endless forms most beautiful. -- Making of the fittest.
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SERIES
Nova (Television program)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned; described for the visually impaired.
PUBLISHED
[Arlington, Va.?] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781608830985
1608830985
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Barrett, Matthew.
Rubin, John
Holt, Sarah.
DeNooyer, Rushmore.
Davies, Serena.
Carroll, Sean B.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Evolution (Biology)
Developmental biology.
Science television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Television adaptations.
Television programs.