The Best Evolution Documentaries

Science & Tech - 32 free documentaries about evolution.

Start with The Most Controversial Idea In Biology (29 min, Veritasium), then What is Impossible in Evolution? (20 min, Be Smart). All 32 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on evolution is On the origin of species by means of natural selection by Charles Darwin.

• The Most Controversial Idea In Biology (29 min, Veritasium)
• What is Impossible in Evolution? (20 min, Be Smart)
• Why Your Grandmother Is an Evolutionary Mystery (19 min, Be Smart)
• 34 Years Of Strandbeest Evolution (22 min, Veritasium)
• The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment (17 min, Veritasium)
• Why Does Every Animal Look Like This? (11 min, Be Smart)
• The evolution of NileRed + NEW LAB TOUR (19 min, NileRed)
• The Insane Evolution of: Flight (19 min, Real Science)
• How Evolution works (12 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Evolution: Brain Power (54 min, NOVA PBS Official)
• The Bizarre Mutations That Allow Us to Eat (54 min, NOVA PBS Official)
• The Insane Evolution of: Hibernation (18 min, Real Science)
• Why Inbreeding is Terrible AND Amazing - Bret Weinstein (12 min, After Skool)
• The timeline of human evolution is older than we thought (59 min, Spark)
• From Steam Power To Space Exploration: The Complete Evolution Of Transport (209 min, Spark)
• There's Proof of Evolution Hiding in Your DNA (8 min, Be Smart)
• The Strange Evolutionary Story of the Thylacine (8 min, Be Smart)
• Why Evolution Hasn't Gotten Rid of Allergies (17 min, Real Science)
• The Dinosaurs That Inspired Darwin's Theory Of Evolution | Darwin's Beagle (51 min, Absolute History)
• The Mysteries Of The Amazon Rainforest | Darwin’s Beagle (52 min, Absolute History)
• Sex & Gender: An Evolutionary Perspective - Heather Heying (42 min, After Skool)
• The Sexy Paradox That Stumped Darwin (10 min, Be Smart)
• When Heat Becomes "Unsurvivable": How Do We Adapt? (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Darwin 1942: The Attack They Tried to Hide (56 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Evolution: The Incredible Animal Kingdom (Wildlife Documentary) | Evolution (52 min, Real Wild)
• Missing Links: The Most Important Fossils Ever Discovered (45 min, Spark)
• Mankind's 4-Million Year Journey Through Evolution (50 min, Spark)
• The Complete Evolution Of The Spacesuit (26 min, Spark)
• Can Creationism And Darwinism Coexist? (53 min, Spark)
• Why Did Darwin Hide His Theory Of Natural Selection For 20 Years? (49 min, Odyssey)
• The Man Who Revolutionised Molecular Biology | Unlocking Evolution (38 min, Spark)
• The Evolution Of Speed & Power In Motorcars (50 min, Spark)

Top-Rated Books About Evolution

1. On the origin of species by means of natural selection by Charles Darwin (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
3. Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
5. The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
6. Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
7. The beak of the finch by Jonathan Weiner (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
8. Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin - View on Amazon
9. Into the jungle by Sean B. Carroll - View on Amazon
10. Darwin's dangerous idea by Daniel C. Dennett (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
11. Why Is Sex Fun? by Jared Diamond (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
12. The Vital Question by Nick Lane - View on Amazon
13. The expression of emotions in man and animals by Charles Darwin - View on Amazon
14. Evolution by Carl T. Bergstrom - View on Amazon