Discovery Miracle Planet Disc 5: Survival of the Fittest (2005)
Index 
Discovery Miracle Planet Disc 5: Survival of the Fittest (2005) |
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| 1:40 | 800 holes off coast of Greenland when Greenland and Europe were torn apart 55 MYA. | 2:00 | Oceanic methane released, leading to global warming | 3:20 | Angiosperms flourished in warm climate 44 MYA (Oregon) |
| 5:00 | Primitive primates lived in trees, had good eyesight | 5:15 | Shoshonius had front-facing eyes | 6:30 | Splitting of Gondwana isolated Antarctica with Circumpolar Current , leading to cooling |
| 8:00 | Ancient primate Catopithecus had postorbital septum that holds eyeball (Sahara, Egypt) | 9:40 | Long-tailed Macague (Asia) has circular black spot called fovea for sharp vision, Galago (Africa) has not | 13:00 | More advanced primates can see in 3 colors |
| 14:10 | Anthropoids have muscles that can make facial expressions | 15:10 | Chimps can recognize expressions in social group | 16:10 | 2 hominids lived side by side 1.5 - 1.7 MYA (southern Africa): Paranthropus robustus and early Homo had controlled use of fire |
| 20:35 | Australopithecus africanus evolved in global cooling | 21:00 | Paranthropus robustus ate coarse, fibrous foodlike Hypoxis tubers , while early Homo ate meat | 23:30 | Hadza people hunter-gatheres (Tanzania) |
| 27:00 | Rifting of Africa a few MYA created diverse habitats, together with cooling, leading to more grazers and carnivores | 30:30 | Homo erectus had large brain and migrated out of Africa, became Java man in Indonesia and Peking man in China , but both became extinct | 31:00 | Homo sapiens appeared 200 KYA |
| 31:20 | Neanderthals (300 KYA) also had large brain | 35:00 | Homo sapiens had a rounded central part at base of skull , larynx is lower in the neck, crossing airway and foodway, but can modify vocal cords for speech | 39:00 | FOXP2 gene on chromosome evolved 200 KYA, for speech |
| 41:30 | Cro-Magnons had symbolic thought, left cave paintings in France | 45:30 | Richard Dawkins : transmission of language is new genetics: cultural evolution |
 1:40 800 holes |
 2:00 Oceanic methane |
 3:20 Angiosperms flourished in warm climate 44 MYA |
 5:00 Primitive primates lived in trees, had good eyesight |
 5:15 Shoshonius had front-facing eyes |
 6:30 Circumpolar Current |
 8:00 Catopithecus had postorbital septum that holds eyeball |
 9:40 Long-tailed Macague |
 9:40 circular black spot called fovea |
 9:40 Galago |
 13:00 3 colors |
 14:10 facial expressions |
 15:10 Chimps can recognize expressions |
 16:10 Paranthropus robustus and early Homo |
 21:00 Paranthropus robustus |
 21:00 Hypoxis tubers |
 23:30 Hadza |
 27:00 Rifting of Africa |
 30:30 Homo erectus |
 30:30 Java man in Indonesia |
 30:30 Peking man in China |
 31:00 Homo sapiens appeared 200 KYA |
 31:20 Neanderthals |
 35:00 Homo sapiens had a rounded central part at base of skull |
 35:00 larynx |
 41:30 cave paintings in France |
 45:30 Richard Dawkins |
| Index | Feb 21, 2010 |  Peter Chen |
