Veritasium: If you don't understand this, you don't understand evolution

In If You Don’t Understand This, You Don’t Understand Evolution, Derek Muller takes you from why poop stinks all the way to the origin of life, gene mutation, and a live simulation of evolution. You’ll learn how natural selection and kin selection really work, what traits actually get passed on, and how Richard Dawkins’ Selfish Gene idea ties it all together.

Along the way he taps experts like Jack Szostak and John Sutherland, sprinkles in colorful animations and penguin footage, and thanks his Patreon backers and production crew. It’s a breezy, fun-packed dive into the mechanics behind life’s biggest show.

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