Darwin's Finches

Duration: 11 min

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Film Associates of California Los Angeles

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: With study guideExecutive producer, Herbert Schick; scientific consultants, Thomas Howell, Robert I. Bowman Discusses Charles Darwin's voyage to the Galapagos Islands and his observations of the animals on the islands which resulted in his reasoning that variation and natural selection are important in the formation of new species. Explains that the modern conception of the origin of new species of plants and animals dates from the publication in 1859 of Darwin's book The origin of the species

Complete Record: With study guide Executive producer, Herbert Schick; scientific consultants, Thomas Howell, Robert I. Bowman  Discusses Charles Darwin's voyage to the Galapagos Islands and his observations of the animals on the islands which resulted in his reasoning that variation and natural selection are important in the formation of new species. Explains that the modern conception of the origin of new species of plants and animals dates from the publication in 1859 of Darwin's book The origin of the species, Darwin's Finches. Film Associates Of California. 11 Min., Sd., Color, 16 Mm. Eastman Color. © Film Associates Of California; 24jul61; Mp14584. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)