The Nature of Gaia

This excellent BBC documentary, presented by the lucid Professor Armand Leroi, tells the story of the theory of evolution since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in ‘On the Origin of Species’. (88 min)

This episode is all about primates and how the modern human gained the upper hand in nature’s game of survival. (45 min)

A Sci-Fi Channel documentary about the year 2012 on the human psyche. The film explores the subject through different beliefs of what will happen on December 31, 2012. Fun stuff. (95 min)

This concluding episode reveals, through time and isolation, how animals and plants on the Galapagos Islands have evolved in the most surprising ways to cope with the profound geological and climatic forces affecting them. (49 min)

From about 250 Ma to 150 Ma, there were likely multiple global catastrophic events that changed the dominant life forms, mammals being the latest. (44 min)

This episode follows our ancestors from the shallow saltwater seas to the freshwater rivers, then discusses the colonization of land. Mainly Devonian and Carboniferous periods. (44 min)

Segment 1: The science behind Haiti’s earthquake and Segment 2: Haiti’s history of hardship. (5 min, 2 segments)

David Attenborough narrates another gorgeously filmed BBC documentary, this time it’s about Life in the Deep Sea. (45 min)