Provost's Lecture: Douglas J. Futuyma on Evolutionary Biology

Douglas J. Futuyma is a Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University. His research concerns speciation and the evolution of interaction between species. His lecture, delivered Feb. 12, 2010, touches upon some aspects of the extraordinary
progress that has been achieved in evolutionary biology since the publication of Charles Darwins On the Origin of Species150 years ago.

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[Kewch90]

Had him for a course at Stony Brook, great professor. Such a down to earth man, you would never know how renowned he is.

[katheryncruz24]

Thanks for this.

[camilabuturi]

@anastasiyafutuyma I used his book all year, is a great book.

- Esse vídeo poderia ser legendado.

Hi from Brasil :)

[anastasiyafutuyma]

@standards09 lol awesome!!!

[standards09]

@anastasiyafutuyma He's my Professor :D

[Homoloquenslibidinus]

okay...decent lecture

super annoying pronunciation.

("see-lection"...cringe)

[anastasiyafutuyma]

for realzz he is my great-uncle im serios

[Twick78]

It's interesting to see from the second part of this lecture, that much of the genetic differences between species have nothing to do with natual selection, as the differences are usually found on genes that don't actually do anything.

Also, many active and essential genes are found in different, distantly related species, and sometimes have the same funtion.

Something to remember when you hear someone say that we share so much of our DNA with a chimpanzee... or with a banana for that matter.