TL;DR

Veritasium’s video takes you on a wild ride through evolution’s biggest ideas—starting with why poop smells bad and tracing life’s beginnings, gene mutations and evolution simulations, right up to natural selection, kin selection and Richard Dawkins’ “selfish gene.” It wraps up with an all-in-one simulation that ties the whole story together.

Along the way, Derek Muller taps experts like Jack Szostak and John Sutherland, drops links to handy resources (from molecular modelling kits to the classic Selfish Gene text) and sprinkles in sponsor shout-outs (Hostinger hosting deals, Snatoms kits and even a tabletop game pre-launch).

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