Evolution

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Evolution.

Video playlists about Evolution

Dinos!

9 talks • 2h 28m
Dinosaurs once roamed the Earth. What were they like, why did they disappear, and what can we learn from them?

The search for ancient clues

6 talks • 1h 49m
Fascinating talks about humanity's beginnings and evolution's journey.

The evolution of music

4 talks • 1h 7m
How did music transform into what it is today? A brief journey through time, sound and rhythm.

Theories of evolution

8 talks • 1h 39m
The enduring ideas, discoveries and observations that define and expand life as we know it.

Talks about Evolution

8:48

Lauren Sallan

A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included)

Posted Feb 2020
16:09

Toby Kiers

Lessons from fungi on markets and economics

Posted Oct 2019
15:10

David Deutsch

After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up

Posted Oct 2019
9:30

Tara Djokic

This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life

Posted Oct 2019
14:42

Barbara J. King

Grief and love in the animal kingdom

Posted Jul 2019
13:06

Ryan Martin

Why we get mad — and why it's healthy

Posted Jun 2019
13:30

Roger Hanlon

The amazing brains and morphing skin of octopuses and other cephalopods

Posted May 2019
14:11

Lucy Cooke

Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal

Posted May 2019
11:23

Juliet Brophy

How a new species of ancestors is changing our theory of human evolution

Posted Mar 2019
5:41

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Four billion years of evolution in six minutes

Posted Jun 2018
13:38

Ingrid Fetell Lee

Where joy hides and how to find it

Posted May 2018
14:47

Anjan Chatterjee

How your brain decides what is beautiful

Posted Aug 2017
15:45

Juan Enriquez

What will humans look like in 100 years?

Posted Nov 2016
13:21

Oded Shoseyov

How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers

Posted Sep 2016
4:49

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish

Posted Jun 2016
14:49

Juan Enriquez

We can reprogram life. How to do it wisely

Posted Apr 2016
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Exclusive articles about Evolution

What can cavefish teach us about the world?

These weird-looking, isolated aquatic creatures probably won’t star in a Pixar film anytime soon, but by studying them, we can learn about our planet’s past and its future, says...
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