Evolution - BBC2, Chris Packham

Absolutely marvellous series, we found it fascinating and informative. Calm precise presentation of such an important subject. He also explains how the scientists found the evidence of evolution.
My favourite part was him explaining how the anus evolved before the head. That explains a lot!

I have just watched the first episode.

We really do have someone picking up the baton from David Attenborough.

How fascinating that everything on earth has come from that one LUCA Last Universal Common Ancestor 4.2 billion years ago and that the cute little Tree Hyrax is one of the closest living relatives to the Elephant.

I've order my poster from the OU.

….I still don’t really understand it but I’m just letting it wash over me…( can only put it down to being a bit tired…)

Oh my life, I actually started the other thread! What am I!!!

JenniRen

Didn't you start a thread on this the other day, Maybee70 or am I imagining things?

I hadn't heard about elephants being poisoned, that is upsetting.

I replied to a comment on another thread that was discussing it but can’t remember which thread it was. I’m flitting a bit at the moment! Really upset about the elephants though…I wonder if they were Echo’s descendants. Someone on here said they’d been to Amboseli; I was so envious…

Didn't you start a thread on this the other day, Maybee70 or am I imagining things?

I hadn't heard about elephants being poisoned, that is upsetting.

Thanks for the reminder. Will check it out when I get back.

Bit upsetting watching the first episode about elephants with the recent news of many Amboseli elephants dying from cyanide poisoning .

Might start watching it today. I did half watch some of it but didn’t understand it; my fault for not concentrating. Then on Must Watch they explained that it was all about how everything began with just the one organism and traces it back to them. There’s a very good Folk on Foot podcast featuring Chris Packham. I’ve always liked him ever since I went to a talk he gave many years ago. He says he learned how to differentiate different trees by the sound they make when rain falls on them. What amazes me about him as he sees the world in a different way to most people because of his autism but is such a good communicator.