Darwin Podcasts

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Lecture Series 1
Prof Jo van As opens the Lecture series on Charles Darwin	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)
The life of Charles Darwin - Prof. Schalk Louw and Maitland Seaman	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)
What Nature tells us about the cosmic history - Prof. Mattie Hoffman	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)

Lecture Series 2
The Origin of our Solar System - Prof. Marian Tredoux	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)
The Geological Evolution of our Planet: The First Billion Years - Mr. Johan Loock	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)

Lecture Series 3
The origin of life: Exactly how did life begin? - Prof. Doug Rawlings, Head, Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)

Lecture Series 4
Transitions and Extinctions - Dr. Jennifer Botha-Brink	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)

Lecture Series 5
Biodiversity - Prof Linda Basson - Introduction	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)
Biodiversity - Prof Jo van As	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)
Biodiversity - Prof Schalk Louw	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv) Download (Apple)

Lecture Series 6
Genetic Basis of Evolution - Prof Johan Spies	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)
Natural Selection - Prof Paul Grobler	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 7
Human Origins - Dr James Brink	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 8
Environmental history as revealed by plant fossil records - Prof Louis Scott	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)
Plants: Adaptations and strategies for survival - Prof Johann du Preez	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)
Evolutionary perspectives of crop production - Prof Wijnand Swart	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 9
Misapplying Darwin: Social Darwinism, Demography and South African History - Dr. Shirley Brooks and Prof. Gustav Visser	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple) View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv) Download (wmv)
Man's rise to civilization - Dr. Leon Jacobson	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 10
Communication in a Manufacturing Environment -Prof. Jorrie Jordaan and Dr Herman Vermaak (CUT)	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv)
Knowledge explosions: From then till now till… - Prof. Jannie Swarts (UFS Department of Chemistry)	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Aplle)	Download (wmv)
The broadband universe - Prof. Pieter Meintjes (UFS Department of Physics)	View Video with sound (PC) View Video with sound (Apple)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 11
Menslike impak op die omgewing - Prof. Maitland Seaman (UFS)	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)
Menslike impak op die omgewing - Me. Marinda Avenant (UFS)	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 12
Evolution of Pathogen MicroOrganisms - Dr Loekie Badenhorst from Medical Microbiology	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)
Evolutionary Innovations of Animal Parasites - Prof Dawie Kok from Clinvet International and include the human impact on these processes	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 13
From Genes to memes- Architecture, Evolution and beyond - Nina Alexandra Maritz	View Video with sound (PC)	Download (wmv)

Lecture Series 14
Trends in Evolution and their Bearing on the Future of Humankind - Prof Bruce Rubidge and Prof Terence Mc Carthy, Jo van As	View Video with sound (PC) Prof Bruce Rubidge View Video with sound (PC) Prof Terence Mc Carthy View Video with sound (PC) Prof Jo van As	Download (wmv) Download (wmv) Download (wmv)