evolution

But... oh. That actually makes sense. Carry on.

Dinosaurs got the shaft in every way, shape, and form.

People have been getting rid of cockroaches for decades by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept rising. Mystified researchers tested and discarded theory after theory until they finally hit on the explanation: In a remarkably rapid display of evolution at work, many of the cockroaches had lost their sweet tooth, rejecting the corn syrup meant to attract them.

Ryan Uhrich's animation tells two different tales of the beginning of the world in two different ways. First we have the creationists side of the story, told in scientific language. This is juxtaposed with the Big Bang and evolution told in Bible-speak and makes for some confusing (and amazing) imagery.

You've probably learned about vestigial organs in Biology class by now. There are a lot of things that aren't important to humans any more but we've still held onto them in some way. If you've ever seen someone wiggle their ears, it's obvious. 

This video shows some of those unnecessary parts and why we used to have them. It also goes into detail about the way that some humans have actually lost those extra pieces. 



That's evolution at work. 

Music to my ears.

The story of Earth is a long one. So why not try to cram it into a little over a minute?