Darwin's Book : "Origin of Species"
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Show 1: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
1 hour, 57 minutes, 12 DVD chapters
Chapter 1. Prologue
Introduction to the show and to Darwin
Darwin's voyage on the Beagle
Natural selection: a revolutionary and dangerous idea
Chapter 2. Common Ancestry
Darwin's return to England
The puzzle of the Galapagos finches
Darwin's initial ideas about adaptation and the development of new species
Darwin's relationships with his brother and with fellow naturalists
Chapter 3. Ecuador and the Tree of Life
Darwin's theory of a single tree of life and current biological research
In Ecuador, biologists explore how adaptations to new environments can create new species
Comparisons of rainforest and mountain hummingbirds
What Darwin learned from the Galapagos finches
Using DNA to determine when species diverged
Chapter 4. Natural Selection
Darwin's marriage and the development of his thinking
Darwin's relationships with his brother, scientific peers, and future wife
Darwin considers MalthusÕ theories of human growth and struggle
Does survival of the fittest apply to all species? Even humans?
Chapter 5. Mutation and HIV
A modern definition of natural selection, and HIV as an example of evolution in action
Natural selection explained in detail
How traits are passed along to offspring
Two personal stories about HIV explore how natural selection produces drug-resistant viruses
How scientists use their understanding of natural selection to combat HIV
Chapter 6. Complexity
Darwin's personal and professional life
Darwin with his family
Darwin's reluctance to publish his theory of natural selection
Chapter 7. How the Eye Evolved
The eye's flaws and evolution
Darwin's separation of nature and religion
The human eye as an example of evolutionÕs imperfections
Models of eye development over time and across species
Chapter 8. God
Tragedy in Darwin's life
Darwin's work to produce evidence for his theory, and his continued unwillingness to publish
Darwin's poor health
The death of Darwin's daughter and his split from Christianity
Chapter 9. A Scientist Discusses Religion
The religious beliefs of scientists today
Biologist Kenneth Miller, a self-described "orthodox Catholic" and "orthodox Darwinist"
Natural selection's compatibility and conflict with religion
Chapter 10. The Human Question
Darwin publishes On the Origins of Species and faces resistance to his ideas
Darwin's theory as a threat to Victorian religion and science
Chapter 11. Humans and the Tree of Life
Humans and Darwin's theory
Are humans "just" animals?
Creationist attacks on evolution
Fossils supporting the link between humans and apes
DNA evidence of a common ancestor
Comparisons of human and chimpanzee mental development
Chapter 12. Epilogue
Darwin's death
A prestigious burial in Westminster Abbey; England's recognition of Darwin's powerful idea
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