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Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution (2016)

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TV mini series, documentary. Episode list 1. Hawaii: A New Eden 2. Madagascar: A World Apart 3. Madeira: Island Ark Richard Fortey investigates why islands are laboratories of evolution. Examining some of the crucial influences on natural selection that are normally overlooked - like geology, geography, isolation and time - the series reveals that there is much more to evolution than 'survival of the fittest'.

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