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What Darwin Didn't Know. Episode 7, Rapid Evolution within Species.
Darwin thought evolution was an imperceptibly slow process, but it can happen remarkably quickly. Review Peter and Rosemary Grant's famous studies of Galapagos finches, along with the work of other scientists on guppies in Trinidad, moths in England, and foxes in Siberia. These show evolution p...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Great Courses,
2019.
Kanopy Streaming, 2019. |
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Streaming video (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | Kanopy |
| Summary: | Darwin thought evolution was an imperceptibly slow process, but it can happen remarkably quickly. Review Peter and Rosemary Grant's famous studies of Galapagos finches, along with the work of other scientists on guppies in Trinidad, moths in England, and foxes in Siberia. These show evolution playing out in real-time as creatures adapt to changing conditions within a few generations. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film. In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes) : .flv file, sound. |
| Participant or Performer: | Scott Solomon. |
| Language: | In English. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2019. |