Documentary Description
Documentary which tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in 'On the Origin of Species'.
The theory of evolution by natural selection is now scientific
orthodoxy, but when it was unveiled it caused a storm of controversy,
from fellow scientists as well as religious people. They criticised it
for being short on evidence and long on assertion and Darwin, being the
honest scientist that he was, agreed with them. He knew that his theory
was riddled with 'difficulties', but he entrusted future generations to
complete his work and prove the essential truth of his vision, which is
what scientists have been doing for the past 150 years.
Evolutionary biologist Professor Armand Marie Leroi charts the
scientific endeavour that brought about the triumphant renaissance of
Darwin's theory. He argues that, with the new science of evolutionary
developmental biology (evo devo), it may be possible to take that
theory to a new level - to do more than explain what has evolved in the
past, and start to predict what might evolve in the future.
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