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Series
Holiday lectures on science volume 2011
Publisher
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Language
English
Description
"When Darwin proposed that humans evolved from a common ancestor with the great apes, he lacked fossil evidence to support his idea. One hundred and fifty years later, the evidence for human evolution is plentiful and growing, including detailed molecular genetics data, an impressive fossil record, and artifacts of early human culture like stone tools. In four presentations, leading scientists John Shea of Stony Brook University, Sarah Tishkoff of...
Series
Publisher
DK Vision
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (62 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the history of the creation of the earth, the origin of life, and the evolution of the many species including early man
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 293 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"How did we get here? ... Using the evidence from genetics, fossils, archaeology and climatology, Dr. Alice Roberts uncovers five epic routes our ancestors took across the globe and the obstacles and brutal challenges they encountered along the way. It reveals how our family tree grew and spread out across the world, producing all the variety we see in the human species today -- but despite all that diversity, Dr. Roberts reveals how astonishingly...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD-R (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Follows the story of famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey and his wife Meave, daughter Louise and their colleagues as they work in the arid northern regions of Kenya's Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries of human evolution. While one of the Leakeys' goals is to demonstrate the complexity and truth of human evolution, they also seek to show how the qualities that we proudly call human were all born in Africa. The story that emerges in the film...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
NOVA presents an exclusive new investigation into the sensational discovery of the bizarre ancient bones of the so-called "Hobbit" unearthed in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia. No more than 3 feet tall when fully grown, these tiny humans survived in the cave for tens of thousands of years, hunting the huge and fierce Komodo dragons that roamed their remote island home. In Alien from Earth, NOVA explores the latest evidence in a furious scientific...
Publisher
Atlantic Productions
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Scientists have discovered a 50 million-year-old perfectly fossilized primate. This perfectly preserved specimen is not only complete; but has traces of hair and gut contents. Scientists believe this discovery will open a window to the most important era of evolution, the Eocene Period. Scientists involved believe that the primate Ida is a new species and therefore might be the ancestor of humans, apes and monkeys
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's ... investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and ... computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today ... In the first episode ... encounter...
Publisher
Foundation for Conscious Evolution
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard brings together some of the finest minds of our time to reveal a positive future for humanity, filled with infinite possibilities."--Container.
10) The human spark
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Alan Alda takes a look at how humans first appeared on Earth millions of years ago, and how our species not only survived, but thrived, through some unimaginable conditions. Alda visits with dozens of scientists on three continents, and participates directly in many experiments - including the detailed examination of his own brain
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four segments on the topic of origins, exploring questions like the conditions that first created life, the precursors to DNA, the birth of our solar system as we know it, the role lice played in the story of human evolution, and the medical erasure of memories.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Join geneticist Spencer Wells and a team from National Geographic's Genographic Project as they trace the human journey through time, from our origins in the heart of Africa to the ends of the world. Cutting edge science, coupled with a cast of New Yorkers -- each with their own unique genetic history -- helps paint a picture of these amazing journeys. The human family tree answers some of humanity's most burning questions -- who we are and where...
13) Your Inner Fish
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the many ways that our animal ancestors shaped our anatomical destiny. Using both the fossil record and DNA evidence, traces various parts of the human body's structure to creatures that lived long, long, ago.
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