Uploaded May 2009 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago

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Discover Magazine Evolution Video Contest:
(evolution in 120 seconds or less, deadline June 1st!)
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/28/evolution-in-120-seconds-contest

discovermagazine.com/contests/evolution-in-two-minutes-or-less


Consider this a "first draft" as it is WAY over the 120-second time limit. I may or may not rewrite/reshoot/reedit.


But I thought this video stood up on its own merits, and didn't deserve languishing on the cutting room floor.


The license for THIS video is my typical "Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial" with ONE caveat:

1) Do not use any of the audio or video to enter in the contest. You CAN use or adapt anything I say in this video for the contest, just don't directly use my audio or video. For any use other than for the contest, the "normal" license applies:

tinyurl.com/rabidapelicense

DNA photo is from:
flickr.com/photos/ynse/1531699476/sizes/o


EXCELLENT video from DonExodus2 regarding phylogenetic trees:
youtube.com/watch?v=-CvX_mD5weM