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09 May 2012

Teaching material "Coevolution" online


Organisms do not live in an isolated way in the abiotic world. Rather they interact in manifold ways with organisms of the same species or other species. These interactions often put interactive selection pressures on the involved organisms.
Our new teaching material on coevolution is accompanying the video “An evolutionary arms race”

http://www.evolution-of-life.com/en/teach/coevolution.html#c342

Romanian subtitles for three "Evolution of life" movies

Thanks to the generous contribution of Daniel and Sorina Andriev three “Evolution of life” movies are now available with Romanian burned-in subtitles http://www.youtube.com/evolutionoflife09
Daniel is romanian translator and Sorina has a Biology PhD and is teaching Ecology and Environment Protection.

They offered their professional competencies to provide a set of Romanian subtitles to the following movies:
Darwin on the evolution trail (Darwin pe drumul evoluţiei)
O as Origin (Apa - sursa vieţii)
An evolutionary arms race (O cursă a înarmării evoluţionistă)

Daniel: “Check out these exciting movies about evolution on the project's Youtube channel. You may find out how Darwin set up the basis for his theory during a long voyage, how a small molecule can lead to life on Earth and how an evolutionary arms race is continuously developing in an ant colony. These movies are an easy educational way for kids to better understand what they consider "boring lessons" at school. And, as grown ups, you may be surprised. It's never too late to discover new things!”

A great example of how internet connects people and how participative collaboration can improve science communication world-wide.