WGBH Educational Foundation/Clear Blue Sky Productions

The Mind's Big Bang & What About God? (2001)

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The Mind's Big Bang - 60 minutes
Between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago, something happened that triggered a creative, technological and social explosion, allowing humans to dominate the planet. What forces may have contributed to the emergence of the modern human mind?

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Middle
High
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01:20
The Mind's Big Bang & What About God?

The Evolutionary Arms Race & Why Sex? (2001)

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The Evolutionary Arms Race - 60 minutes

Survival of the fittest: Is it raw competition, a level of cooperation indispensable to life, or both? Explore our own spiraling arms race with microorganisms - the only real threat to our existence - and trace the alarming spread of resistance among pathogens that cause disease.

Why Sex? - 60 minutes

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:20
The Evolutionary Arms Race & Why Sex?