What Darwin Never Knew (NOVA)

[Axes81]

I just watched this whole thing in one sitting so that i can get the homework done 0_o

[SirChocolateHobo]

Why and how does this mutation seem to benefit these creatures in their environments? How does that switch end up being hit ? Also, why do these mutations continue to happen? Also, shouldn't there be evidence in our lifetime of mutations taking place?

[XxSporeAndWebkinzxX]

45:51 That's a Cheetah not a Leopard. Lol

[udirai]

@XxSporeAndWebkinzxX may be its a leopard on dieting/hunger strike.....lol ;}

[XxSporeAndWebkinzxX]

@udirai Heehee XD

[animemangalover4ev]

this helped me soooooo much w/ my hw!!! thx u soooo much~

[venialsin11]

Evolution is the Greatest Blunder of modern science.Billions of dollars spent by teaching students this pathetic theory.What a waste of money and time.

[Tridhos]

@venialsin11 I take it you are now going to provide us with peer reviewed papers to back up that statement or will it be the usual drivel from some creationist website. Please note also that you will be allowed to make your statement on this website without being blocked or having your comment deleted. Now try posting a similar comment on a creationist website and see what happens.

[AgApE010]

@venialsin11

Do you consider a greater understanding of how to treat viruses from flu to HIV to be a "waste of money and time"?

[NobiscumDeus1]

@venialsin11 So studying the evolution of diseases, and how to create strong antibiotics by studying the evolution of cells and their metabolism is an entire waste of money? Maybe we should comeback to the idea of letting billions to die and set a false hope of salvation like the middle ages. The funny thing is, I bet you don't know the terminology of theory in the scientific area, and believe laws are stronger than theories because you're applying the social teminology.

[userwl2850]

@venialsin11 yes, it,s crazy teaching students proven facts, what they should be taught is about ufo and ET visiting this planet but never making contact or visable proof other than lots of fuzzy vids. or maybe they should be taught a god put everything here. that,d be the best way to spend money what do you think?

[monkeypeopleofearth]

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[venialsin11]

@monkeypeopleofearth cant post your DNA code cause you dont have any therefore there is no brain in your head.But I can give you very scientific advice-GO SCREW YOURSELF!

[monkeypeopleofearth]

@venialsin11 FUCK YOU SCUMBAG CHRISTIAN

[venialsin11]

@monkeypeopleofearth thats all you got imbecile?

[jhallberg702]

@venialsin11 I am religious person, yet fully except Darwin's theory of Natural Selection and the modern theory of evolution. It is people like you who give people like me a bad name, encouraging the picture of closed mindedness and an inability to accept what is right in-front of your face. Why is it so hard not to see the pure improbability of a chain of events taking place that would result in a life supporting planet, let alone intelligent life, proof of my belief, not a contradiction?

[venialsin11]

@jhallberg702 imposter

[brewerbrian420]

No Dislikes! Theists don't have the attention span to sit and watch 1 hour and 52 minutes of reality.

[ItIsBadForU]

@brewerbrian420 true that :P

[Tridhos]

@brewerbrian420 You are quite right and venialsin11 who did criticise it undoubtedly never bothered watching it just like he has never studied science or read anything about it apart from what he gets on a creationist website.

[brewerbrian420]

@Tridhos I know right. Creationist never come here and provide any proofs, badmouthing well established science is their only "defense". It is too bad they don't sit and watch this video, they might just change their mind or at least rethink their opinion. Maybe I am too hopeful though.

Trying to show them the truth is much like trying to show a brick the truth, information just doesn't sink in or they're to biased and self righteous to admit they could be wrong.

Anyhow, thanks. :)

[AgApE010]

These documentaries won't ever be removed if something like SOPA/PIPA passes, will they? :/

[ItIsBadForU]

@AgApE010 maybe not, but if ACTA passes we are all in trouble. If SOPA/PIPA passes then mostly those clips from movies and tv shows that have millions of dollars behind them that is theri target. And also music by universal records and others.

[douvil]

why? BECAUSE!! JESUSSSSS!!

[Poncho151500]

@douvil Omg, I laughed hard. Have a thumbs up.

[189643478]

At 34:24 they screw up the DNA molecule pairing C with T and A with G

[YurNotSpecial]

Grrr... It's so annoying how they never name the genes they're talking about!

[TheUntrueFantasy]

awwww man thank you so much for uploading this :D

[deemzje]

If you are like me and thought through the first hour:"been there, done that". Please continue, the second half is (in part) really interesting!

[greatunizuka]

can you upload it to megaupload lol

[dewinthemorning]

Another excellent, very educating video!

Fav'ed

[katastrofa12]

One quick question. How did Darwin get hold of growing human fresh embrios?... From abortions? Otherwise, Darwin is my hero!

[ukmoore]

Why are they looking at embryos? I thought "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" was proven not to be true.

[rkyeun]

@ukmoore

It was. The field is now known as Evolutionary Development, or Evo-Devo, and the similarities between organisms as they develop and the processes that lead them to it is still relevant despite us never having had an adult form that looked like a fetal chicken.

[TekLok]

So how do creationists address these traits found in embryos? They don't, they probably don't know about it. I never knew about the gills to ears thing either. Incredible stuff.

[neocons1345]

This clip just gets 216 views and some stupid clip about Justin Bibber get something like few million...so sad..

[neocons1345]

Thank you for the upload. Please do more :)

[morse3388]

Great post.

[ABitOfTheUniverse]

"How does it actually work?" Magic. Nuff said.

[ndyt]

Darwin's idea was not evolution, it was natural selection. Why does everyone get that wrong? Evolution was already known. They just didn't know what guided it. Some thought natural selection but couldn't prove it. Darwin did.

[SinisterAngel1]

@ndyt Good Point.

[cmsalvagio]

@ndyt Wallace most especially....These types of "errors" in the information always lay the planks for creatards to think they have a dog in the fight. Too bad for them evolution has a 600 pound tiger in the dog fight. I agree I cannot stand the "miseducation" that gets propelled, but perhaps people learning it themselves is the best/ most authentic way to really learn.

[smallvillewanabe123]

@ndyt Oh really? I think that's a fair misconception, but how long did people know about evolution before natural selection?

[Helge129]

@smallvillewanabe123 2-3000 years? The greeks were the first to come up with evolution.

[bryanholl]

@Helge129 The Greeks came up with **corruption**, not evolution (joke!). Believe me, I live in Greece :-)

[saxmanchiro]

@ndyt Correct. Darwin(and Wallace) came up with their hypothesis and provided their incredible work behind it. It wasn't until many more yrs passed and countless more supportive studies were done before Biologists agreed on the Theory.

[AgApE010]

@ndyt

I was just thinking the same thing. Jean-Baptiste LeMarck, after all, was talking about evolution before Darwin.

[Nullifidian]

@ndyt Well, technically, evolution wasn't "known" to occur prior to Darwin, although people in some quarters suspected it. Darwin actually convinced the majority of scientists of his day of evolution, but *failed* to convince them of the efficacy of natural selection. That's why the period from Darwin's death to the 20s is called the "Eclipse of Darwinism". The development that convinced scientists of natural selection was the founding of population genetics by Fisher, Wright, and Haldane.

[ndyt]

@Nullifidian, even the greeks knew about evolution.

[Nullifidian]

@ndyt They didn't know about evolution. To say they knew about it implies that they had substantial basis in evidence or reasoning for believing that it occurred. They never did.

Darwin amassed substantial evidence for evolution and presented it in the penultimate four chapters of Origin, which convinced many of his contemporaries to accept evolution. It wasn't until the Modern Synthesis that scientists widely accepted natural selection and it took even longer to accept sexual selection.

[hihihidddd]

@ndyt Hey at least you don't have to deal with idiots who think Darwin thought Evolution is building "better, stronger, smarter" creatures. Or created Social Darwinism.

[JoeyCMarchio]

Thank you for the upload :)