PBS Evolution: Great Transformations (2001)

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From the development of the four-limbed body plan, the journey of animal life from water to land and the emergence of humans, Great Transformations focuses focuses on the evolutionary changes that triggered the earth's incredible diversity.
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6:50Pakistan, 1978: Philip Gingerich discovers whale fossil with inner ear. 9:20Sahara Desert 40 million years ago, Valley of the Whales: Basilosaurus had leg bones 13:10 Sinonyx
13:50 Pakicetus 14:00 Ambulocetus 14:05 Rodhocetus
14:10 Durodon 15:00Frank Fish, West Chester University: Killer Whale swims by undulating their spine up and down 18:30Neil Shubin, University of Chicago, and Ted Daeschler at Central Pennsylvania Devonian rocks
21:00 Tetrapod shoulder bone 21:20Jenny Clack, University of Cambridge in Greenland 22:50 Acanthostega forelimb with fingers
34:00Mike Levine, University of California, Berkeley studies fruit flies 35:30William Bateson: animal structure has repeating segments 36:00Sean Carroll, University of Wisconsin-Madison
36:50Matthew Scott, Stanford University 38:05Ed Lewis, Caltech: each fly segment directed by a single gene 39:30Mike Levine and Bill McGinnis, University of California, San Diego: visualization of Antennapedia gene in fruit flies
43:20Walter Gehring, University of Basel: Eyeless gene from mouse can induce compound eyes in fruit flies 48:00Don Johanson, Arizona State University 48:50Liza Shapiro, University of Texas: lemur's flexible spine allows diverse movement:
51:20 Verreaux's Sifaka leaps 53:20 Chimpanzee knuckle-walking   
WHALE
6:50 whale fossil with inner ear.
Basilosaurus
9:20 Basilosaurus
Sinonyx
13:10 Sinonyx
Pakicetus
13:50 Pakicetus
Ambulocetus
14:00 Ambulocetus
Rodhocetus
14:05 Rodhocetus
Durodon
14:10 Durodon
Orcinus orca
15:00 Killer Whale
TETRAPOD
21:00 Tetrapod shoulder bone
Acanthostega
22:50 Acanthostega forelimb with fingers
ANTENNAPEDIA
39:30 Antennapedia gene
Propithecus verreauxi
51:20 Verreaux's Sifaka leaps
Pan troglodytes
53:20 Chimpanzee knuckle-walking
   

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