# How Energy Flow Shapes the Evolution of Life

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Nick Lane
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/how-energy-flow-shapes-evolution-life)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Nick Lane will explore the importance of energy flow in shaping life from its very origins to the flamboyant complexity around us, and ask whether energy flow would direct evolution down a similar path on other planets.

## Lectures

1. [How Energy Flow Shapes the Evolution of Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/how-energy-flow-shapes-evolution-life/d4ff047609c8) (YouTube)