How evolution works | Sean B. Carroll

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Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc “Chance invents and natural selection propagates that chance invention.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The mind-bending probability of our existence | Sean B. Carroll: Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hOjpxNHgQc Evolution doesn’t create with intent: it begins with error. Random mutations, filtered through time and circumstance, give rise to the astonishing order of the natural world. Evolutionary biologist Sean B Carroll explains how chance and chaos operate as life’s quiet architects. 0:00 Evolution starts with error 0:44 The staircase of evolution 2:30 The speed of adaptation 3:14 The randomness of mutation 4:12 Icefish, antifreeze, and clear blood 6:43 Speciation 8:27 If humans evolved from apes, why are apes still around? 9:20 Our records of evolution 11:26 Evolution and the origin of life Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-think-interview/error-and-evolution/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Youtube Member Get exclusive classes and early, ad-free access to new releases withou

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