Facts of Evolution chapter 1 of 6

Explanation of the facts of evolution, beginning with how the scientific method works. From the Cassiopeia project at http://www.cassiopeiaproject.com/

The organizations in the video panning are:
Animal Behavior Society http://www.animalbehavior.org/

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution http://smbe.org/index.php

Society of Systematic Biologists http://www.systbio.org/

Ecological Society of America http://www.esa.org/

National Council for Science and the Environment http://www.ncseonline.org

National Academy of Sciences
http://www.nas.edu

American Institute of Biological Sciences
http://www.aibs.org/core/index.html

American Society of Naturalists http://www.amnat.org/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• evolution
• facts
• scientific method
• cassiopeia
• creation
• creationism

[spiminator]

Brilliant video!



[EnglishCaddy]

@spiminator Thanks, It was made by the people at the Cassiopeia project. They make great educational videos and they are all put into the public domain.

[EnglishCaddy]

@gearzone2611 "What do you think about his remarks and his evidence against evolution? " What evidence? It's amazing that you believe in a few comments he's "overturned" decades of research. Firstly, I see no cypher shows no evidence of research, no sources, and no critical thought no understanding of evolution. He's only presented his opinion, which everyone is allowed to do. Both you and cypher fail on so many accounts, and I find your comments amusing! Thanks for posting

[AndyWhite007]

I've got a Masters and a first class degree. I often wonder if we know 50%, 5% or 0......5% of what there is to know. This video is great - and I'm glad it avoids religious debate. I think it fails on the presumtions that the evedence it presents fits both 'scientific' and religious agendas.

[MrJonkelp]

very interesting thanks

[jayejayeee]

i enjoyed this vid

[ppsp3]

@SuperLeonti Any argument or explanation to prove your point?

[SuperLeonti]

common descent is not a fact. it is only a presumption.

[SoCalFlya]

I like how early on in the video it shows around 3minutes the monkeys and then the black woman. Nice touch.

[puncheex]

@andythefork: Andy, that is just plain wrong. There is no "two kinds of fauna"; the fossils show continuous change in the past right down to the extant animals (and plants) living today. Today we have dogs and bears; in the past we find intermediates between the two, such that it becomes impossible to classify a specimen as one or the other. The same thing goes for cats and hyenas, and back farther between cat/hyenas and dog/bears. Whales show a continuum from land animal to today's sea life.

[andythefork]

@puncheex The problem is there's no evidence of common ancestry. The fossil record, which is quite extensive now, only shows two kinds of fauna - creatures that are still around and largely unchanged, and creatures that have gone extinct. There are no transitional species and no studied evolutionist will claim otherwise. Every heralded "missing link" has later been proven falsified or misidentified.

[puncheex]

@gearzone2611: Rarely have I ever heard a sock puppet displayed more clearly.

[puncheex]

@andythefork: If you are ever going to get anywhere beyond the genetic/fossil evidence, you eventually have to assume the evidence is overwhelming, the the audience accepts it and then you can go on to look at consequences. It is evidenced in a plethora of other vids, research papers and screeds. Just ask, and we can supply details.