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Record Nr.

UNINA9910887825003321

Titolo

Natural selection : its place in today's world / / Video Education Australasia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Infobase, [2009], c2008

Descrizione fisica

1 streaming video file (29 min.) : sd., col., digital file. + + instructional materials (online)

Soggetti

Animal diversity

Biodiversity

Evolution (Biology)

Heredity, Human

Human beings - Origin

Human evolution

Genetics

Phylogeny

Physical anthropology

Plant diversity

Plants - Evolution

Plants - Reproduction

Primates - Evolution

Educational films.

Internet videos.

Videorecording

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Videoregistrazione

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

What Is Natural Selection? (6:11) -- Is Natural Selection Still Operating Today? (3:52) -- Natural Selection and Humans (5:26) -- Genetic Engineering & Artificial Selection (5:39) -- Natural Selection and the Future (3:22) -- Human Population and Earth's Resources (2:43)

Sommario/riassunto

How do humans influence changes in other species? Has Homo sapiens



itself stopped evolving? This program explores natural selection as an ongoing phenomenon, showing how evolutionary processes continue to shape the future of all life on Earth. Exploring the competition for resources, territory, and mates that occurs in any ecosystem, the video illustrates how species differentiation takes place-whether the environment is a petri dish, a jungle, or a major city. Also discussed: morphological, physiological, and behavioral variation; the relationship between agriculture, selective breeding, and genetic modification; and the puzzling anthropological discovery known as the Hobbit.