• Premiered: Sep 2001
  • Episodes: 7
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea
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Air date
Sep 24, 2001
Why does Charles Darwin's ''dangerous idea'' matter more today than ever, and how does it explain the past and predict the future of life on Earth? The first show interweaves the drama .. show full overview
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Great Transformations
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Air date
Sep 24, 2001
What underlies the incredible diversity of life on Earth? How have complex life forms evolved? The journey from water to land, the return of land mammals to the sea, and the emergence of .. show full overview
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Extinction!
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Air date
Sep 25, 2001
Five mass extinctions have occurred since life began on Earth. Are humans causing the next mass extinction? And what does evolutionary theory predict for the world we will leave to our descendants?
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The Evolutionary Arms Race
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Air date
Sep 25, 2001
Survival of the fittest: Raw competition? Intense cooperation? Both are essential. Interactions between and within species are among the most powerful evolutionary forces on Earth, and understanding them may be a key to our own survival.
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Why Sex?
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Air date
Sep 26, 2001
In evolutionary terms, sex is more important than life itself. Sex fuels evolutionary change by adding variation to the gene pool. The powerful urge to pass our genes on to the next .. show full overview
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The Mind's Big Bang
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Air date
Oct 22, 2009
Fifty thousand years ago, something happened -- the modern human mind emerged, triggering a creative, technological, and social explosion. What forces contributed to that breakthrough? Where might our power of mind ultimately lead us?
1x7 Show finale
What About God?
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Oct 29, 2009
Of all species, we alone attempt to explain who we are and how we came to be. This final show explores the struggle between science and religion. Through the personal stories of students and teachers, it offers the view that they are compatible.

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