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Are We Still Evolving?
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Assume, for the sake of argument, that our species has created everything it needs-all the comfort and protection that technology can provide. Does that mean our biological evolution has come to an...
Assume, for the sake of argument, that our species has created everything it needs-all the comfort and protection that technology can provide. Does that mean our biological evolution has come to an end? Not necessarily, says anatomist and anthropologist Alice Roberts. In fact, technology may be driving human evolution, and at breakneck speed. Dr. Roberts meets scientists who are detecting and analyzing recent changes in the human genome and visits other researchers who have been able to, in effect, alter the development of some plant and animal species. In addition, the program examines the highly significant role of disease in evolution and the possibility that humanity could evolve into two distinct species.
Details
- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2011], c2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn764343244
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 19, 2011.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Overview of Human Evolution (1:53) -- Human Beings: Newcomers on the Evolutionary Tree of Life (2:44) -- Evolution in Action (3:56) -- Human Species (1:51) -- Ancient Human Bones (3:57) -- Evolution by Natural Selection (6:50) -- Human Genome and Evolution (5:53) -- Disease and Evolution (8:46) -- New Approach to Human Evolution (5:59) -- Genetic Future/Genetic Evolution (6:27) -- Extinction or Adaptation (2:32) -- Credits: 'Are We Still Evolving?' (0:43)