Richard Dawkins: The Greatest Show on Earth

Editor's Take

Here Richard Dawkins sets out the evidence for evolution, drawing together fossils, genetics, and observable change to show how natural selection accounts for the living world. As one of the subject's most fluent expositors, he builds the case as a sustained argument aimed at the general viewer. The film is unambiguously a work of advocacy for the scientific account, and is best understood in those terms. Its value is in the clarity with which a large body of evidence is marshaled and explained.

In this film Richard Dawkins makes the case for evolution as the greatest show on Earth, presenting the evidence that ties all living things together. Drawing on fossils, genetics, and observable change in nature, he explains how natural selection shapes life without any need for design. As one of the most articulate popularisers of science, Dawkins builds the argument with clarity and obvious relish. It is a strong introduction to Darwin's idea for anyone who wants the reasoning laid out plainly. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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