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Season 2 Episode 25 | 12m 9s
As a scientific concept, evolution was revolutionary when it was first introduced. With the help of all three of our hosts and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s new Deep Time Hall, we’ll try to explain how evolution actually works and how we came to understand it.
Aired: 06/13/19
Video has closed captioning.
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