Veritasium’s video unpacks four billion years of evolution, kicking off with the funky question of why poop smells bad and moving through the origin of life, gene mutations, and a hands-on look at evolution in action. You’ll get a step-by-step on how natural selection really works and what traits we actually pass on.
Then it digs into kin selection and Richard Dawkins’ “selfish gene” idea, wrapping up with the notion that evolution itself is like one grand simulation. Experts from Chicago, Cambridge, Arizona, and the Salk Institute lend their insights, and there are plenty of links if you want to dive deeper.
Watch on YouTube
Top comments (0)