Today I'm going to be working hard on my book, but I submit for your viewing pleasure the first episode of the PBS Evolution special (in twelve parts). Not everything is exactly right (so keep your thinking caps on), but I still think it's a good mix of the old & new (I especially was impressed by the section on the evolution of the eye).
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