Summary: Donald R. Prothero vividly illustrates how the fossil record is now one of the strongest lines of evidence for evolution. Tackling subjects ranging from flood geology and rock dating to neo-Darwinism and macroevolution, he takes us on a grand tour that sheds light on such subjects as invertebrate transitions, the reign of the dinosaurs, and the leap from chimpanzee to human. Donald R. Prothero is Professor of Geology at Occidental College and author of the new book Evolution: What Fossils Say and Why it Matters. Recorded on January 8, 2009.
