34 Years Of Strandbeest Evolution
Adults Evolution
The surprising genius of Strandbeests.
Why Do Butterflies Bother Being Caterpillars?
Adults Evolution
It seems wild that some animals basically trade in their bodies for new ones during their lifetime, but it's actually really common – and it makes a lot of sense.
We Only Discovered This 10 Years Ago
Adults Evolution
Most living things on Earth need oxygen to survive, but scientists discovered a species of bacteria that uses oxygen totally differently from every other organism on Earth.
The Species That Broke Evolution?
Adults Evolution
The ancestors of gars, horseshoe crabs and coelacanths looked almost the same as their modern relatives. Darwin called species like these “living fossils'' because they seem like they are evolutionarily frozen in time. But Darwin was wrong.
How Did Humans Evolve? Crash Course Biology #19
Adults Evolution
What’s a human? And how did we become humans, anyway?
How Did Life Begin? (Evolutionary History): Crash Course Biology #16
Adults Evolution
Humans may have been around for a long time, but life has existed for way longer. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll journey through deep time to uncover the history of life on Earth.
Ancient Life as Old as the Universe
Adults Evolution
Life has existed on one planet for about 4 billion years, for all we know. But it might have started right after the Big Bang, when the universe was much stranger and more fantastic than today.
Why So Many Ladybugs Don't Look Like Ladybugs
Adults Evolution
Ladybugs are red with black spots, right? Well, not always. There's a lot of genetic and evolutionary reasons that they can be different colors with wacky patterns.
Why Did Megalodon Go Extinct?
Youth Evolution
Dive into the ocean’s depths to see how the gigantic megalodon ruled the seas, and find out what caused its extinction.
Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t?
Adults Evolution
Explore the prevailing scientific theory of why crooked teeth and impacted wisdom teeth are recent developments in human evolution.
Neanderthals 101
Youth Evolution
Learn facts about Neanderthal man, the traits and tools of Homo neanderthalensis, and how the species fits into our evolution story.
Kingdom Of Plants - An Evolutionary Quirk
Youth Evolution
David Attenborough takes us through the jade plant and its extraordinary evolutionary quirk.
Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? - Steve Rothstein
Adults Evolution
Dig into the evolutionary strategy of brood parasitism, where one animal tricks another into rearing its young.
What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse
Adults Evolution
The Map of Evolution and other sciency posters, researched and designed with love, are now available on the kurzgesagt shop.
The Best Dragon
Adults Evolution
We ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are.
You Are A Fish
Adults Evolution
With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our strategy of cladistic naming, if we wanted to have both goldfish and sharks under a single group called "fish", then mammals must also be called fish.
What Would Humans Look Like If We Never Evolved?
Adults Evolution
Here's what you'd look like without evolution!
Are Birds Modern-Day Dinosaurs?
Adults Evolution
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago devastated the dinosaurs. But today's birds are proof there were a few survivors.
How Evolution works
Adults Evolution
The theory of evolution explains how the enormous variety of life could come into existence. How it is possible for primitive life forms to spawn the millions of different creatures, that exist today.
How did teeth evolve? - Peter S. Ungar
Adults Evolution
You may take them for granted, but your teeth are a marvel. They break up all your food over the course of your life, while being strong enough to withstand breakage themselves. How do they do it?
Why Do You Love Your Family?
Adults Evolution
Why do we love people we're related to? Compared to strangers, why do we feel such a deep sense of connection with our family members? Sure, they're nice to us, we take care of each other, and we often live with them, but there has to be a deeper biological reason. That reason, unsurprisingly is evolution. In this video, I explain why taking care of our family, or even dying for them, makes sense in the eyes of evolution.