Human Factor in Evolution, The

Synopsis: Consists of illustrations and comments on the various ways human intervention as affected natural evolutionary processes. Examples: primitive husbandry and its effects (saami reindeer); artificial selection v. natural selection (pig and wild boar, aurochsen and wild bovids and Longhorn and Zeba cattle, development of breeds for milking); artificial insemination, embryo transplant and gene modification techniques; cost-benefit analysis; effects of predators (bear/reindeer, lion/buffalo, fox/rabbit); effects of feral population (goats, pigs and cattle egrets in Hawaii, rabbits in Australia).
Series: Evolution, Course S365
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1992
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: animals; evolution; mammals

Producer

David Jackson

Cast

Caroline Pond

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