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Learn Through Videos: Evolution

This is a collection of links to educational videos related to evolution, which are made for a general audience. The videos listed in this collection include lectures and documentary films telling the scientific story of evolution. They discuss the evolution of life on Earth and in the universe. They trace Earth's geologic evolution and explore the catastrophic events that shaped planet Earth. They discuss the theory of evolution by natural selection, as well as tell the story about the lives and works of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. They explain the evolutionary origins of a particular trait of living creatures such as eyes, size and skin. They explore the specialized strategies and extreme behavior that living things have developed in order to survive. And also they tell the story of human evolution from Australopithecus afarensis to Homo sapiens and look at the evidence for the theory of early human migrations out of Africa and subsequently around the world.

Evolution
This documentary series explores various facets of evolution - the theory of evolution, its impact on our understanding of the world, and how evolution continues to affect us everyday.

Life on Earth
This is a BBC nature documentary series hosted by David Attenborough, about a study of the evolution of life on the planet.

100 Greatest Discoveries - Evolution
100 Greatest Discoveries - Evolution. This episode shows ten important discoveries related to evolution, including K-T Asteroid Theory of Dinosaur Extinction and Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection.

Biology: The Science of Life
How information about the structure and organization of living things is found in the DNA molecule, how this information is transmitted and modified, and the implications of these processes for understanding life.

Life
This documentary series takes a global view of the specialized strategies and extreme behavior that living things have developed in order to survive.

Origins - From the Big Bang to the Emergence of Humans
This course covers our modern scientific understanding of origins, from the Big Bang to the formation of planets like Earth, evolution by natural selection, the genetic basis of evolution, and the emergence of humans.

Origins
This is a four-part PBS documentary series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, tracing Earth's geologic evolution.

Growing Up in the Universe
This is a series of lectures given by Professor Richard Dawkins, discussing the evolution of life in the universe.

Wonders of Life
This is a five-part BBC documentary series presented by physicist Brian Cox, discovering how a few fundamental laws of science gave birth to the most complex and unique feature of the universe - life.

Journey of Life
This is a five-part BBC documentary series hosted by Steve Leonard, taking us on a 4 billion year journey from the first spark of life to the conquering of a planet.

Triumph of Life
This is a six-part PBS documentary series narrated by Liev Schreiber, telling the story of evolution of life on Earth.

Evolve
Evolve is a documentary television series produced by History Channel, explaining the evolutionary origins of a particular trait of living creatures.

The Nature of Sex
This is a PBS documentary series explaining how a diversity of life forms find their mates and conceive, raise, and protect their offspring.

The Shape of Life
The Shape of Life is an eight-part PBS documentary series narrated by Peter Coyote, discussing recent researches on evolution.

David Attenborough's First Life
This is a two-part BBC documentary series presented by David Attenborough, looking at the origin of life on Earth.