# Evolution: The Big Questions

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Robin May
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/evolution-questions)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The theory of evolution is often described as the biggest idea in the history of humanity. But evolutionary theory itself has evolved over time, often via landmark contributions from some very unusual characters. This lecture investigates some of the biggest ideas about evolution, as well as some of the most ill-conceived. We’ll meet aristocrats and criminals, clergymen and dictators and consider how evolution is as much a product of history as it is of biology.

## Lectures

1. [A Small History of Big Evolutionary Ideas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-evolution-questions/7fb522b77e56) (YouTube)
2. [Random Chance in Evolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-evolution-questions/1f828114555b) (YouTube)
3. [Why Is There Only One Species of Human?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-evolution-questions/442e03841188) (YouTube)
4. [A 300,000-Year History of Human Evolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-evolution-questions/049bdc5a9244) (YouTube)
5. [Artificial Selection: How Humans Have Shaped Evolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-evolution-questions/c126c244879b) (YouTube)
6. [Evolution Tomorrow and Beyond](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-evolution-questions/57d42a53c030) (YouTube)