Learn the theory of evolution in a simpler, more intuitive way than ever before with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford Evolution is the most important concept in biology. Beginning with the Peppered Moth, we look at the theory of evolution by natural selection in greater detail, looking at the three crucial assumptions on which it rests. Evolution has caused animals and plants to change dramatically over time, and we take a brief tour of the history of life on Earth - beginning with the first animals in the Palaeozoic, through dinosaurs in the Mesozoic, and finally mammals and birds in the Cenozoic.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:20 Titles

00:25 The Peppered Moth

01:21 Adaptations to a changing environment

03:23 Darwin and Wallace

04:09 Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

06:21 Mary Anning and the fossil record

07:39 The Age of the Earth

08:32 The Eon of Visible Life

11:00 Outro