What Darwin never knew

DVD

What Darwin never knew [videorecording] / a Nova/WGBH production ; produced by Matthew Barrett, John Rubin, and Sarah Holt ; written by John Rubin ; directed by John Rubin, Rushmore Denooyer, Serena Davies, and Sarah Holt.

Barrett, Matthew. (Producer). Rubin, John. (Producer, Screenwriter, Director). Holt, Sarah. (Producer, Director). Davies, Serena. (Director). DeNooyer, Rushmore. (Director). 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
ISBN: 1608830985
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Arlington, Va.?] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Copyright date on credit frame: 2009; copyright date on container: 2010.

Documentary.

Based on the books: Endless forms most beautiful ; and, The making of the fittest / by Sean B. Carroll.
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:: Narrator, Lance Lewman.
Participant or Performer Note:: Lance Lewman, narrator.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:: Originally produced for the television program on Nova in 2009. Aired December 29, 2009 on PBS.
Target Audience Note:: Not rated.
Additional Physical Form available Note:: Also available via the World Wide Web.
System Details Note:: DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
Language Note:: Closed-captioned; optional description for the visually impaired.