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Can Mathematics Elucidate Evolution?

Season 22, Episode 9 of 10

Evolution is the foundation of life on earth, and the mathematics of evolution teases out hidden mechanisms; for example, genetic distances between organisms and probabilities of traits dominating or dying off. But could the mathematics of evolution explain the origin of life? Could it adjudicate between pure randomness and inevitable outcomes?

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7/30/2023
5:30 a.m.
PBS 6 Plus
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