NOVA | Evolution

Intelligent Design on Trial Science is "Exhibit A" in a landmark trial on the teaching of evolution. Judge for yourself.
The Zoo of You In this interactive, see how closely parts of your body match those in other animals, from sharks to fruit flies. Explore the connections.
Learning From Bonobos When it comes to emotional intelligence, bonobos put the human world to shame. What can we learn?

Evolution

Little People of Flores

The remains of three-foot-tall humans are discovered on a remote Indonesian island.
Jared Diamond on the Hobbit

The evolutionary biologist explains why the little people shrunk, how they got to Flores, and more.
Our Family Tree

See (and hear) where you stand among the great apes in this audiovisual interactive.
Judging Intelligent Design

Does intelligent design qualify as science? Not according to Judge John Jones, who ruled in the landmark Dover case.

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

Shop PBS