Richard Dawkins: Hawaii as a Nursery of Evolution - Nebraska Vignettes #6

Richard Dawkins shows how the relatively young island chain of Hawaii acts as a nursery of evolution as it moves over a volcanic hotspot in the Pacific Ocean, generating new islands. He shows how Drosophila flies have diverged on the different islands, driven by sexual selection.

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During Richard Dawkins' 2009 American tour, we visited Judy Diamond's "Explore Evolution" exhibit at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Lincoln. This exhibit has now been replicated in six museums around the country. While visiting we filmed a collection of short unrehearsed and unscripted videos—just inspired by the "Explore Evolution" exhibit.

See the "Explore Evolution" web page here:
http://explore-evolution.unl.edu/

Special Thanks to:
Dr. Judy Diamond
The University of Nebraska State Museum
http://www.friendsofthemuseum.org/

Research by
KENNETH Y. KANESHIRO

Photos
D. disjuncta by KEVIN T. KANESHIRO
D. silvestris by KENNETH Y. KANESHIRO

Camera & Music by
Josh Timonen

See more at:
http://RichardDawkins.net

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hawaii
• Drosophila
• flies
• Richard Dawkins
• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Biology
• Science

[porrsmurfen]

@happinesson If you had listened to what he said you might've understood the relevance of those sounds, and what caused them.

[happinesson]

he highlights insects at the island of Hawaii? Ending the video with a frightening sound..you want to scare me?

[coturnix19]

There is no hot spots, it is crack propagation.

[interstellarsea]

@8yankee Are you kidding? A guy in an elevator asked her whether she would like to HAVE SOME COFFEE. And she made a big deal out of this. If that's objectifying, then pretty much everything is. You are an idiot.

[freiheitsalv]

nice tunes, fruit flies :lol: XD :haha: great video!!!!!!!

[8yankee]

Richard Dawkins has gone off the rails:

search for Richard Dawkins and male privilege on Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog.

Participating in flaming a woman because she dares to say 'don't objectify me at a conference'? Poorly done, Dawkins.

[ZachRose88]

@stephenboing Absolutely! And it wildly infectious. He has helped (among others) to open my eyes to the truth. I never want to close them again!

[stephenboing]

I could listen to Professor Dawkins all the live long day, his passion for truth and his love of the natural world is second to none, may people like him never die out.

[babyrazziam]

Dr. Dawkins is a very fine speaker. :) Enjoying this :)

[maximilianitoaguirre]

hehe i just love the comments on dawkin´s videos!!! some people are just funny...