Video
Guide for Human Origins and Prehistory
Video
Guide for Human Origins and Prehistory
About the Video
Produced and written by Ned Judge ; Cronkite Ward ; TLC. Publisher: Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002 (49 min.) Narrator, Jennifer Jiles.
Summary: This video examines
evolutionary theory, especially natural selection and its impact. Topics covered
include sexual selection, the nature vs. nurture debate,
intelligent design and creationism debates, mutation, and genetic testing, among
many others. Along the way you meet: Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley; science
historian Richard Milner; Richard Dawkins, a primary critic of intelligent
design and creationism; Michael Shermer from Skeptic Magazine; and Craig
Venter from the Human Genome Project.
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Some questions:
1. What role does sexual selection play in natural selection and evolution?
2. What was the "brilliance" of Darwin's conclusions?
3. What are the genetic components of human behaviors? Is nature stronger than nurture? Are there any dangers to finding genetic components to behaviors?
4. Has human culture allowed us to overcome natural selection?
Some fun: Listen to excerpts from Richard Milner's musical "Charles Darwin: Live and in Concert" on his web site, which is loaded with good information!