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How Did Evolution Evolve? | The Evolution of Evolution
Oct 18, 2026 ·
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How Did Evolution Evolve? | The Evolution of Evolution
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How did a word for unrolling a book come to describe a future nobody could read in advance? Settle into The Evolution of Evolution, a thoughtful sleep story about how...
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How did a word for unrolling a book come to describe a future nobody could read in advance?
Settle into The Evolution of Evolution, a thoughtful sleep story about how an idea of life changed, branched and grew.
We begin with a roll of papyrus in ancient Rome. Charles Bonnet watches a solitary aphid, Darwin sketches a branching tree, and a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace crosses the world with an idea Darwin has spent years considering.
Tonight we follow the words that carried evolution, the arguments they caused, and the people who helped the idea change.
Lynn Margulis sees ancient partnerships inside living cells. Kinji Imanishi watches mayflies share a river. On a small Galápagos island, Peter and Rosemary Grant measure change in the beaks of finches.
At last, twelve flasks turn in a warm laboratory. Richard Lenski's bacteria and their frozen ancestors offer a way to ask whether life would take the same path twice.
The experiment can carry on while we rest. The papyrus can stay rolled until morning.
Let the story keep you company as you settle down to rest.
This sleep story is told slowly and gently for sleep, relaxation and quiet late-night listening.
Explore The Idea of Ideas series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5WzOPdClFY
Listen to more Sleep Stories from the Pioneers:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRypv-XVJDZk
Explore Sleep Stories from the Pioneers:
https://pioneersofhumanbehaviour.com/sleep-stories/
Support the project:
https://ko-fi.com/pioneersofhumanbehaviour
Sleep well. 🌙
Stories to fall asleep to. Ideas worth waking up with.
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Settle into The Evolution of Evolution, a thoughtful sleep story about how an idea of life changed, branched and grew.
We begin with a roll of papyrus in ancient Rome. Charles Bonnet watches a solitary aphid, Darwin sketches a branching tree, and a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace crosses the world with an idea Darwin has spent years considering.
Tonight we follow the words that carried evolution, the arguments they caused, and the people who helped the idea change.
Lynn Margulis sees ancient partnerships inside living cells. Kinji Imanishi watches mayflies share a river. On a small Galápagos island, Peter and Rosemary Grant measure change in the beaks of finches.
At last, twelve flasks turn in a warm laboratory. Richard Lenski's bacteria and their frozen ancestors offer a way to ask whether life would take the same path twice.
The experiment can carry on while we rest. The papyrus can stay rolled until morning.
Let the story keep you company as you settle down to rest.
This sleep story is told slowly and gently for sleep, relaxation and quiet late-night listening.
Explore The Idea of Ideas series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5WzOPdClFY
Listen to more Sleep Stories from the Pioneers:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRypv-XVJDZk
Explore Sleep Stories from the Pioneers:
https://pioneersofhumanbehaviour.com/sleep-stories/
Support the project:
https://ko-fi.com/pioneersofhumanbehaviour
Sleep well. 🌙
Stories to fall asleep to. Ideas worth waking up with.
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