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Evolution

Evolution

This seven-part documentary explains why Charles Darwin’s “dangerous idea” is so important today, and how it explains the past and predicts the future. What underlies the incredible diversity of life on Earth? How have complex life forms evolved? The journey from water to land, the return of land mammals to the sea, and the emergence of humans all suggest that creatures past and present are members of a single tree of life.

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (playlist)

Great Transformations

Extinction

Evolutionary Arms Race

Why Sex?

The Mind’s Big Bang

What About God?

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Expanding on the critically acclaimed special, In the Womb, National Geographic explores the extraordinary...
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Europe, eighty thousand years ago, for countless generations the kingdom of a remarkable and mysterious...
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Documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer shows us Andy Goldsworthy as he creates art in natural settings using...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1956 film, The Mystery of Picasso (Le Mystère Picasso), sets out some lofty goals...
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To produce one of the world’s great masterpieces is impressive. To create three is truly astonishing –...
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A powerful, moving and accurate docudrama based on the life of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Paul...
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An enlightening and enveloping reconstruction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756–1791) life. Masterfully...
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This is the story of one of the greatest minds in history. An artist, scientist, engineer, visionary and...
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This BBC documentary follows the lives of three women who feel uncomfortably defined by their naturally large...
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Will boys always be boys and girls always be girls? Will we ever really understand each other? You may be...
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It has long been considered the most compelling question in our history: Where do human beings come from?...
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You might think that your memory is there to help you remember facts, such as birthdays or shopping lists. If...
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In 2001, scientists announced an amazing discovery: the oldest skull of a human ancestor ever found. The 3½...
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This is a documentary about a controversial theory regarding the mechanism that drove the evolution of humans...
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Human Body: Pushing the Limits takes you across continents and introduces you to people who have pushed their...
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This seven-part documentary explains why Charles Darwin’s “dangerous idea” is so important today, and...
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There are 6 billion people on the planet. Every single one of them are unique individuals. We each have...
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Three films exploring the very thing that makes us human. Each episode features an extraordinary character...
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In early times, evil spirits were thought to possess people and make them act in strange and frightening...
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Thoreau said that if an emergency struck, a man should be able to leave his home with nothing more than the...
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Permaculture is a bit of everything. To some it is architecture, to others, organic farming. Some say it is a...
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His name is Michel Blomgren and his greatest interest is survival in the wilderness and primitive, but...
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Nearly everyone has experienced a moment when a faint fragrance brings a memory of a long-lost moment in time...
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Clouds of alien life forms are sweeping through outer space and infecting planets with life – it may not be...
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A comprehensive review of scientific findings, published in prestigious scientific journals, is presented to...
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Weighing the same as five baby elephants and a shade less than a Mini Cooper, Patrick Deuel is one of the...
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Startling documentary shows evidence of brain damage from Mercury in silver amalgam fillings. Most dentists...
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The Disappearing Male is about one of the most important, and least publicised, issues facing the human...
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'Thin' is an exploration of The Renfrew Center in Coconut Creek, Florida; a 40-bed residential facility for...
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The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? Medical science...
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This is a film which seeks to tell the life-story of Gandhi the Man and his incessant search for Truth. In...
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The psyche is the greatest of all cosmic wonders and the “sine qua non” of the world as an object. It is...
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This is the documentary film about Nikola Tesla, the scientist and inventor, one of the greatest men in...

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