origin

Discusses the major fields of scientific questions that relate to the creation/evolution debate.

Readers will learn about hominids, such as the species "Homo erectus" and the genus "Australopithecus", who help fill out the human family tree.

Uses anthropological theories and discoveries to tell the story of when, how, and from where the earliest Americans entered and spread across the continent and discusses their relationship to modern Native Americans.

"... [an] argument that speech--not evolution--is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements"--Amazon.com.

A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the history of the creation of the earth, the origin of life, and the evolution of the many species including early man.

Examines the history of cellular evolution, arguing that the evolution of multicellular life--such as fungi, plants, animals, and humans--was contingent on the first successful prokaryotic endosymbiosis, or a bacterium living within another bacterium.

Explains the history of paleontology, beginning at the site of an asteroid that may have caused the demise of the dinosaur.

Explores the origins of civilization, focusing on the changes brought about by the development of village life.

Explores the origins of civilization, identifying the Natufians as the first people to give up the nomadic life of hunter-gatherers and begin harvesting crops and settling in villages.

Highlights the migration of people from Asia to North America and the subsequent "discovery" of the continent by Irish monks, Norsemen, and Christopher Columbus.