How has our ability to communicate defined us as a species? Sharing information with each other has allowed humans to rise to the top of the food chain and dominate our environments. But humans aren’t the only species that can communicate.
Organisms as simple as bacteria can communicate, a strategy that lets them cooperate to take down creatures millions of times their own size. Fish use pheromones to warn each other about predators and find mates. Chemicals are also an effective means of communicating on land, and they’ve allowed insects – some of nature’s smallest and most unassuming animals – to become the most populous and prolific on earth. The ability to interact stretches back billions of years and has often been one of the primary factors in a species ability to evolve and survive.
It’s a tough, violent, and lethal world out there, and it’s been that way since the dawn of time. Roughly 99 percent of all species have become extinct. What enabled that other one percent to survive the cutthroat competition?
Their ability to…. EVOLVE.
Through a stunning combination of dramatizations, computer animations, live action nature footage and lab work; discover the biological and behavioural innovations that have kept us all on this Earth!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
46 comments:
I can't help but think as evolved as we are, men and women still can't communicate very well.
^ agree. especially those who are close to each other.
Haha so true Futomara
Interesting stuff.
Most interesting episode yet. Nice post.
Thats awesome to see the intelligence in animals and even insects
man adsen. joke with us :(
Communication through olfactory cues always amazes me. :D
interesting, I didn't know that...
GTL4life!
wish i could see how life has evolved 400 years fom now
im actually doing a documentary on the similar topic sometime this year
Keep up the interesting posting!
hmm... this is really deep stuff if you think about it.
good post; keep 'em coming!
I like your post and I would really like to see more of them
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Hehe nice post keep e'm coming and check out mah reviews ;)
Keep the posts coming!
I lost my voice/ability to speak for a short period after throat surgery this summer, makes you appreciate communicating with others.
nice videos
love ur post :)
Good stuff, I like this series
this is relevant to just what I was thinking about
This series is more interesting each episode.
Communication via chemicals is pretty cool.
On my playlist, but I'll check the rest of the blogs I am following first.
evolution one of my favorite subjects ;s
Awesome! My favorite of EVOLVE so far.
we prob evolved a bunch of times already and the outcome died cause it was in some thrid world country
Interesting vid mate!
Playlisted! I currently am up to the sex episode (by order you present these to us anyway). Watching thesewhen I want to fall asleep is great since if I get bored I can comfortably get to sleep and if I can't sleep, I'll be learning. XD
As always, thanks for sharing!
awsome... very intersting
Very cool video, thanks for sharing yet again!
hahah.. this goes against my religion.
comunication probably does define us these days
Bio, so much interesting info. X_X
pretty good episode
lots of awesome stuff in that vid! thanks for visiting the 16th Parallel
Just because animals cant speak, doesnt mean they cant communicate:)
thanks for sharing!
Yeah, science is pretty sweet. Too bad people will quickly turn to something else once they reach a point where they can no longer explain something. Animals have consciousness, its just a less complex form than us. Does that mean we are above them? no.
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http://blindprophetoratorium.blogspot.com
Pretty awesome videos. :D
@Tal
i'm presenting it by their air date. the guys who uploads them in youtube have their own order.
I really am loving this series =D
This is awesome! :D
i like the video part 3
nice series, uggh im watchin them out of order o.o
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