If you don’t understand this, you don’t understand evolution

Veritasium’s latest dive unpacks everything from why poop stinks and how life first sparkled into existence to what gene mutations really are—and even shows you how to simulate evolution on your tabletop.

With insights from top experts like Jack Szostak and Joanna Masel, Derek Muller breaks down natural selection, heredity, kin selection and Richard Dawkins’ “Selfish Gene,” proving evolution is less dusty theory and more a living, breathing simulation you can almost see in action.

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