What Darwin Never Knew

"One hundred and fifty years later, scientists decode nature's greatest mysteries"

2009 2h 0m EN

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Synopsis

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Earth teems with a staggering variety of animals, including 9,000 kinds of birds, 28,000 types of fish, and more than 350,000 species of beetles. What explains this explosion of living creatures—1.4 million different species discovered so far, with perhaps another 50 million to go? The source of life's endless forms was a profound mystery until Charles Darwin brought forth his revolutionary idea of natural selection. But Darwin's radical insights raised as many questions as they answered. What actually drives evolution and turns one species into another? To what degree do different animals rely on the same genetic toolkit? And how did we evolve?

“One hundred and fifty years later, scientists decode nature's greatest mysteries”

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Cast

Karl Steudel
Jerry Chu
Kandace Cummings
Ellen Becker Gray

Credits

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Director: Serena Davies
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 17 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Karl Steudel and Jerry Chu and Kandace Cummings carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "One hundred and fifty years later, scientists decode nature's greatest mysteries".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1540263 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Serena Davies directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 17 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Karl Steudel and Jerry Chu and Kandace Cummings carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "One hundred and fifty years later, scientists decode nature's greatest mysteries".
5IMDB entry: tt1540263 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 8 themes, including "genetics", "biology", "dna", "natural history".