16/07/2009

Some facts of evolution

In the last weeks, Richard Dawkins has been making several simple videos trying to clarify some of the most common misunderstandings among those who don't accept evolution. I give here three of them:

- Comparing the human and the chimpanzee genomes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBEtw7esmvg)

- Why are there still chimpanzees? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh0F4FBLJRE&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=101582689E353E13)

- Show me the intermediate fossils! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o92x6AvxCFg&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=101582689E353E13&index=1)

Each one of these is informative in itself, and hopefully there'll be new ones coming up in the future. It's true that most of the things he says are well known among scientists, but still these questions seem to keep reappearing in most debates, so it's good to address them like this.

Enjoy!