What Darwin never knew

Carroll, Sean B. Endless forms most beautiful. (Added Author). Carroll, Sean B. Making of the fittest. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo devo" that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608830985
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Arlington, Va.?] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Documentary. Based on the books: Endless forms most beautiful ; and, The making of the fittest / by Sean B. Carroll. Originally produced for the television program on Nova in 2009.
Formatted Contents Note:	Unanswered questions -- The Galapagos -- Descent with modification -- Natural selection -- The magic of DNA -- 23,000 genes -- Fruit flies -- Gene switches -- A transitional form -- From fins to limbs -- The hand -- Our brains -- What makes us human?
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Directors, John Rubin, Rushmore Denooyer, Serena Davies, and Sarah Holt ; producers, Matthew Barrett, John Rubin, and Sarah Holt ; writer, John Rubin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lance Lewman, narrator.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned; described for the visually impaired.