Why We Prevailed: Evolution and the Battle for Dominance

We once shared the planet with Neanderthals and other human species. Some of our relatives may have had tools, language and culture. Why did we thrive while they perished? Join evolutionary biologists, geneticists and anthropologists as they share profound insights about the origin of man and retrace our singular journey from fledgling prototype to the most dominant species on Earth.

This program is part of The Big Idea Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.

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Original Program Date: June 2, 2012
MODERATOR: John Hockenberry
PARTICIPANTS: Alison Brooks, Ed Green, Chris Stringer, Edward O. Wilson

John Hockenberry's Introduction 00:22

An abstract look at evolution. 2:20

Participant Introductions. 5:00

How many different species were there 100,000 years ago? 7:05

Why did certain populations move? 10:05

Does the fossil record suggest that everything started in Africa? 12:00

Did the early groups compete directly or was there luck involved? 15:13

Where neanderthals slowly going extinct as humans came onto the scene. 22:56

What would we have seen in the physicality of neanderthals? 31:20

Are there any rapid physical adaptations from neanderthal? 37:58

Do encounters of different species make for more rapid evolution? 42:57

The greatest human variations are in Africa. 49:10

Going to the dentist 100,000 years ago. 55:40

Early cave paintings and the beginning of human communication. 1:01:06

The gene for language? 1:10:50

What was the evolutionary accelerator for humans? 1:14:25

Do we see signs today of evolutionary mistakes? 1:21:40

Being an aggressive species leads us to the top. 1:25:55

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