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New! Skin Deep: Nina Jablonski's Theory of Race
Item# 52821
© 2012
52 Min.
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Students of evolution understand that when our ancient African ancestors lost their body hair and ventured out onto the hot savannah, their skin became dark to protect against UV radiation, while subs...
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Bones: Origins of Us
Item# 52548
© 2011
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-379-2
In this program, Dr. Alice Roberts charts the advance from Australopithecus to Homo erectus and beyond to demonstrate what the modern skeleton reveals about human evolution. Examining the traits of ch...
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Brains: Origins of Us
Item# 52550
© 2011
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-381-5
Drawing on research into social politics among chimpanzees, the cognitive development of children, and the ancient tools that have been found littered across the Rift Valley, in this program Dr. Alice...
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Guts: Origins of Us
Item# 52549
© 2011
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-380-8
Anthropologists once emphasized “man the hunter” as the driving force in human evolution, but now they believe it's the gathering of vegetables by women that enabled our greatest leaps. In this progra...
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Origins of Us
Item# 52547
© 2011
150 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-378-5
Within the human body lies evidence of how we evolved away from the early apes to become the most successful species on Earth. But each anatomical advantage that put us ahead of predators and competit...
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Back to the Roots: Learning from the Stone Age
Item# 48292
© 2011
45 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-948-9
Art De Vany has been dubbed an “evolutionary fitness guru” for his endorsement of the food choices and physical regimens of the Stone Age. Despite his 73 years, he runs daily in the Arizona desert and...
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The Book of Life: Genetics and Evolution
Item# 44891
© 2011
60 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-186-5
Likening the beauty and complexity of DNA to an epic poem, this program revolves around the idea that we all carry the story of life on Earth in our genes, and that the similarities between species ma...
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The Gene Code
Item# 44890
© 2011
120 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-185-8
Mapping the human genome has opened up vast new territories of research—with medicine and evolutionary science both reaping the rewards. Led by well-known British science presenter Dr. Adam Rutherford...
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Unlocking the Code: Genetics and Medicine
Item# 44892
© 2011
60 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-187-2
Although the impact of genetic research on human life is an ever-changing and often theoretical prospect, our current knowledge of the human genome already has direct, real-world applications. This pr...
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Are We Still Evolving?
Item# 43944
© 2011
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-008-0
Assume, for the sake of argument, that our species has created everything it needs—all the comfort and protection that technology can provide. Does that mean our biological evolution has come to an en...
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