Skip to content

Pages tagged as Natural Selection

Syndicate content Feed of latest pages tagged: Natural Selection

Darwin Now pod 7: Evolution and the human family  Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Rissa De La Paz (The Open University), Professor Ruth Mace (Guest)

17 November 2009

What can evolution tell us about falling birth rates, the menopause or the role of parents in childcare? Biological anthropologist Ruth Mace highlights the interplay...  Read more : Darwin Now pod 7: Evolution and the human family

0
You haven't rated.
0 comments

Darwin Now pod 5: Darwinian demons Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Rissa De La Paz (The Open University), Professor Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University)

04 November 2009

If only the fittest survive in nature, you might expect the world to be taken over by a small number of rampant species. So why,...  Read more : Darwin Now pod 5: Darwinian demons

0
You haven't rated.
0 comments

Darwin Now pod 2: Darwin in context Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Professor Jim Moore (The Open University), Rissa De La Paz (The Open University)

13 October 2009

How do you propose a radical theory without sacrificing your reputation? Professor Jim Moore explores the social and scientific context in which Darwin developed his...  Read more : Darwin Now pod 2: Darwin in context

4.25
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.3 out of 5, based on 4 ratings
4 votes   0 comments

Evolving in isolation Featuring: audio, Copyrighted Image ESEB

By Dr Paul Craze (Guest), Professor Aneil Agrawal (Guest)

14 September 2009

What can we learn about evolution from investigating populations evolving in more than one place?  Read more : Evolving in isolation

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 1 rating
1 vote   1 comment

What is evolution?Kevin Renes | Dreamstime.com

By Dr Stephen Serjeant (The Open University)

27 July 2009

Stephen Serjeant explains that survival of the fittest is about reproduction more than strength  Read more : What is evolution?

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 1 rating
1 vote   0 comments

OU Lecture 2009: Post lecture discussion Featuring: video, OU image library

By Professor Jim Moore (The Open University), Professor Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University), Dr Peter Skelton (The Open University), Professor Richard Dawkins (Guest), Professor Steve Jones (Guest)

30 April 2009

Follow the discussion that took place after The OU Lecture 2009: Darwin's Five Bridges by Professor Richard Dawkins  Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Post lecture discussion

4.5
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.5 out of 5, based on 12 ratings
12 votes   0 comments

OU Lecture 2009: Download the discussion Featuring: audio, OU image library

By The Darwin web team (The Open University)

30 April 2009

Download the discussion that took place after The OU Lecture 2009: Darwin's Five Bridges by Professor Richard Dawkins  Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Download the discussion

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 1 rating
1 vote   0 comments

OU Lecture 2009: Darwin and Wallace Featuring: video, OU image library

By Professor Richard Dawkins (Guest), The Darwin web team (The Open University)

27 April 2009

Dawkins discusses the ideas of Blyth, Matthew, Wallace and Darwin and begins to explore neo-Darwinism.  Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Darwin and Wallace

4.714285
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.7 out of 5, based on 14 ratings
14 votes   2 comments

OU Lecture 2009: Solving the riddle Featuring: video, OU image library

By Professor Richard Dawkins (Guest), The Darwin web team (The Open University)

27 April 2009

Random chance, design or cumulative natural selection? Dawkins explores how Darwin and his peers solved the riddle of life.  Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Solving the riddle

4.69231
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.7 out of 5, based on 26 ratings
26 votes   2 comments

OU Lecture 2009: The fifth bridge Featuring: video, OU image library

By Professor Richard Dawkins (Guest), The Darwin web team (The Open University)

27 April 2009

Dawkins explores the ideas of Darwin’s peers including Fleeming Jenkin and Sewall Wright, and discusses how close Darwin came to Mendelism.  Read more : OU Lecture 2009: The fifth bridge

4.714285
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.7 out of 5, based on 14 ratings
14 votes   0 comments

About OpenLearn

Hide

Explore

Try

Study

OU Courses

Open University

OpenLearn Now

Hide
The truth behind the torch Copyrighted Image London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

Once upon a wine
OU on TV and radio this week

Tag Clouds

Hide

Site Cloud

My Cloud

Discover the latest about your passions - Sign In or Register and start a personal tag cloud.

What are Tag Clouds?
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/sites/all/themes/ole/flash/tagcloud.swf

Creative Commons License Except for third party materials and otherwise stated, content on this site is made available
under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence

/openlearn/sites/all/themes/ole/