First Fridays Science Discussion | Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles

In recent years, the topics of evolution, creationism and "intelligent design" have become more controversial than ever. Creationists make lot of false claims about the fossil record and the evidence from "transitional forms" that demonstrate the evolution of new groups of animals. In this lecture, Dr. Don Prothero, Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at Caltech, looks at the evidence for evolution from the fossil record, the documentation of important "transitional fossils" discovered over the past 20 years, and the implications of evolution for science and society