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Evolutionary Arms Race, The

• 2001 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
• (Evolution series, Part 4) Survival of the fittest: Is it raw competition, a level of cooperation indispensable to life, or both? Explores our own spiraling arms race with microorganisms, the only real threat to our existence. It follows the struggles of medical detectives uncovering the roots of epidemics and traces the alarming spread of resistance among pathogens that cause disease, like a new form of tuberculosis nicknamed "Ebola with wings." Interactions between species are among the most powerful evolutionary forces on earth. Understanding them may be the key to our own survival (Closed-Captioned). [Letterboxed]
• Topics: (Agriculture, Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology, Public Health and Safety)

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