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The Learning Channel: Understanding: Evolution
Examine the theory and scientific developments since Darwin. Explore the
Galapagos Islands and the life forms that inspired Darwin's thinking. Hear the
John Scopes controversy in Kansas where fundamentalist Christians want to
abolish teaching evolution in schools; origin theories, Azee the orangutan,
sexual selection, female boxer Bridgett "Baby Doll" Riley, and genetic
engineering. Features interviews with science historian Richard Milner, author
Jonathan Weiner, Celera Genomics president J. Craig Venter, evolutionary
biologist Rob Shumaker, Pat Pratt, author Richard Dawkins, Los Alamos Labs
scientist Bette Korber, USDA scientist Richard Beeman, evolution teaching
opposer Linda Holloway and supporter Sue Gamble, Los Alamos Labs geophysicist
and religious fundamentalist John Baumgardner, Swami Dheerananda, evolutionary
psychologist Geoffrey Miller, author Michael Shermer (Skeptic Magazine),
Professor of Biology Randy Thornhill, and Ward F. Odenwald.
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