Darwin Now - Audio

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Darwin Now - Audio episodes

November 04, 2009 Darwin Now
A short introduction to this album.
2 min
November 04, 2009 Transcript -- Darwin Now
A short introduction to this album.
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November 04, 2009 Darwin's key theory
Steve Jones and Fern Elsdon-Baker outline Darwin's theory of evolution and explore its continued relevance.
11 min
November 04, 2009 Transcript -- Darwin's key theory
Steve Jones and Fern Elsdon-Baker outline Darwin's theory of evolution and explore its continued relevance.
0 min
November 04, 2009 Darwin's anniversary celebrations
Fern Elsdon-Baker discusses how Darwin will be celebrated in the UK this year.
6 min
November 04, 2009 Transcript -- Darwin's anniversary celebrations
Fern Elsdon-Baker discusses how Darwin will be celebrated in the UK this year.
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November 04, 2009 Evolution and Humanity
Steve Jones explores how evolutionary theory knocks mankind off its pinnacle.
6 min
November 04, 2009 Transcript -- Evolution and Humanity
Steve Jones explores how evolutionary theory knocks mankind off its pinnacle.
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November 04, 2009 Be sceptical about Darwin
Steve Jones points out that one day Darwin too may be superseded by a better theory.
3 min
November 04, 2009 Transcript -- Be sceptical about Darwin
Steve Jones points out that one day Darwin too may be superseded by a better theory.
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About Darwin Now - Audio

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Why are we still interested in Charles Darwin, 200 years after his birth? Are his theories still as relevant? And what celebrations are planned for his anniversary? This album provides a solid introduction to Charles Darwin's groundbreaking theory of evolution. The geneticist Steve Jones and the historian Fern Elsdon-Baker explain and comment on Darwin's theoretical approach, and explore how evolutionary theory is relevant to modern environmental concerns and recent developments in genetics. Fern Elsdon Baker introduces the Darwin Now project and discusses some of the events which are planned for 2009. But in the midst of the all the adulation, Steve Jones sounds a note of warning, musing if at some stage in the future, Darwin will be eclipsed by new theorists, with a very different approach to evolution.