Agreed - I wanted him to expand on that

I wonder if it was something like - changes in the climate made evolution go into overdrive - only the strongest / smartest survived, and passed their genes on. But wanted to know.

In the end, they put a physicist in charge of a programme fundamentally about human evolution. Not surprisngly, he was more interested in, and knowledgeable about, the slightly tangential physics stuff (hence his equations in the van etc)...

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on October 8th 2014 at 13:59:12

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Well?? (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 13:29:17
- A bit scientifically shallow, but then I guess it's not pitched at a hard science audien (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 8, 13:53:53
  - At least it sorted out next summer (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 8, 14:03:23
    - Petra is awesome. Some decent hotels there too. (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Oct 8, 14:07:15
      - looks well shabby to me (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 14:09:58
- Very creepy perma-grin, and a bit of a perma-sneer too (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Oct 8, 13:47:40
- No. Leave the floppy-haired boffin well alone. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Oct 8, 13:41:50
- Well, to expand on my thoughts last night (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 13:38:46
  - Milankovitch cycles (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 8, 14:26:56
    - Bless you (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 8, 14:30:33
    - Oi Tombs - you can go here apparently. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:30:18
  - Yeah, I was hoping for some better head-bendy-up-ness (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Oct 8, 14:19:31
  - Agreed - I wanted him to expand on that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 8, 13:59:12
    - I liked that (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:01:27
  - ^^ this with added bile and grumpiness about modern dumbed down television ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 8, 13:51:43
    - did have some nice footage of camels though (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 14:02:26
      - The best bit was the grinning cosmonauts (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:04:59
        
        camels though eh? (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 14:07:57
        
        I can take them or leave them. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:12:29
    - If you want the same thing with a bit more scientific rigour, try Neil Degrasse Tyson's (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 8, 13:56:28
- here (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 13:34:17

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