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Updated: 2009-11-27 15:00:00 Description: Chapter Fourteen: Recapitulation and Conclusion. In which Darwin expounds his "long argument" and addresses the "mystery of mysteries": why there are so many different species. Narrated by Roger Highfield....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-27 12:00:00 Description: Chapter Thirteen: Mutual Affinities of organic beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary organs. In which Darwin considers classification and shows how his theory can be used to organise the living world along evolutionary lines. Narrated by Ruth T...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-26 12:00:00 Description: Chapters Eleven and Twelve: Geographical distribution. In which Darwin demonstrates the importance of geographical barriers and climate change to explain the distribution of life as we see it today. Narrated by Richard Webb....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-25 12:00:00 Description: Chapters Nine and Ten: On the geological succession of organic beings. In which Darwin considers why our palaeontological collections are full of gaps, and describes how his theory can account for the pattern of succession from fossils to living form...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-24 12:00:00 Description: Chapter Eight: Hybridism. In which Darwin examines what keeps species apart. Narrated by Valerie Jamieson....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-23 12:00:00 Description: Chapter Seven: Instinct. In which Darwin faces the issue of how behaviour might evolve. Narrated by James Urquhart....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-20 12:00:00 Description: Chapter Six: Difficulties on theory. In which Darwin considers organs of extreme perfection and other apparent stumbling blocks for his theory. Narrated by Jessica Griggs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-19 12:00:00 Description: Chapters Four and Five: Natural selection and laws of variation. In which Darwin explains how inherited differences in the ability to survive and reproduce have shaped nature, and explores the forces influencing the variation upon which natural selec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-18 12:00:00 Description: Chapter Three: Struggle for existence. In which Darwin describes the competition in nature for limited resources. Narrated by Shanta Barley....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-17 12:00:00 Description: Chapter Two: Variation under nature. In which Darwin considers individual differences and highlights the wide degree of variability within species upon which natural selection works. Narrated by Rowan Hooper....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-16 15:05:00 Description: Chapter One: Variation under domestication. In which Darwin uses examples from domestication to explore the causes of variability and the principles of selection. Narrated by Kat Austen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-11-16 15:00:00 Description: To mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, geneticist and author Steve Jones has updated the book for the 21st century. Listen to his version in this new series of podcasts...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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