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  1. Debate, A: Who was the Hobbit (2011)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Archaeology; Biology

    Found on an obscure island, the tiny, small-brained, big-footed, "Homo florensiencsis," or "the hobbit," is unlike any other discovery. Where did this being come from, and who are its ancestors? In this...

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  2. Is Human Evolution over? (2009)

    Subject
    Biology

    Audio recording from the Darwin College Lecture Series 2009 by Steve Jones. Many people - Darwin included - have claimed that the human species will continue to evolve in the future, as it has in the past....

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  3. Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language (5 Parts) (2009)

    Subject
    Languages; Linguistics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 250 minutes ), $599.95 (set)

    Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and controversies, while evaluating the scope...

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  4. Only Joking - How Humour Makes Us Human (2007)

    Subject
    Psychology

    Audio recording of a discussion about the uniquely human capacity called humour, held at the RSA, London, on 4/7/2007. What evolutionary function does it serve? Is it a source of unity or division, sharing...

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  5. Evolving Brains (2007)

    Subject
    Biology

    Audio/video recording of a lecture given by Dr. Bruce Lahn. He discusses newly discovered variants in two genes, one of which affects brain-size in humans. Because these variants have arisen very recently,...

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  6. Collapse of Atheism, The/ Collapse of the Theory of Evolution, The (2006)

    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Two programmes from the series based on the works of the Turkish author and thinker Harun Yahya, who promotes a creationist view of Islam. THE COLLAPSE OF ATHEISM maintains that the history of mankind is now...

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  7. Steve Jones: Why Creationism is Wrong and Evolution is Right (2006)

    Subject
    Biology; Religious studies

    A streamed video recording of a public lecture given by Steve Jones at the Royal Society. Science is about disbelief. It accepts that all knowledge is provisional and that any theory might in principle be...

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