NOVA | Evolution

Alien From Earth Do the remains of a tiny hobbit-like creature found on the island of Flores belong to a new human species? Explore the controversy.
Journey of the Butterflies Follow the 2,000-mile migration of monarchs to a sanctuary in the highlands of Mexico. Follow the migration.
Lord of the Ants Naturalist E.O. Wilson's fascination with little creatures has led him to some very big ideas. Watch the program.

Evolution

Darwin's Predictions

Over 150 years later, science continues to confirm most of Darwin's conjectures.
Sexual Cannibalism

Biologist Maydianne Andrade says that the gruesome mating behavior of some spiders is a lesson in evolution.
Let's Make a Microbe!

Find out what separates life from nonlife, and glimpse how scientists are exploring the boundary.
RNAi

A wayward petunia leads to the discovery of modest little molecules with enormous medical promise.

On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
Island Life
by Alfred Russel Wallace
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Why Evolution Is True
by Jerry A. Coyne
The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution
by Carl Zimmer
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
by Jonathan Weiner
Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
by Sean B. Carroll
Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins
by Donald Johanson and Kate Wong
The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors
by Ann Gibbons
Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
The Complete World of Human Evolution
by Chris Stringer and Peter Andrews

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