Darwin's Theory Today
Description
Since Darwin's day, explanations for the causation of evolution have come and gone, Lamarckism, mutationism, and the existence of a built-in mechanism driving to perfection all dismissed for lack of evidence and the proofs of molecular biology. Ernst Mayr examines and evaluates the modifications and adaptations to Darwin's theory of natural selection, to determine whether the resulting synthesis is indeed still Darwin's theory.
Runtime
26 min
Series
Subjects
- Physical anthropology (61)
- Human evolution (75)
- Biodiversity (348)
- Heredity, Human (127)
- Historical geology (101)
- Genetics (271)
Contributor
Genre
Date of Publication
[2010], c1992
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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