This is a whiteboard animation video summarising Chapter Two: The Replicators of The Selfish Gene (1976) by Richard Dawkins. The chapter discusses the early conditions on Earth that created the first replicators and how replicators became the precursors to all life.
00:00 The Replicators
00:41 Law of survival of the stables
01:34 Early days of Earth and the creation of the replicator
02:34 Why were replicators extraordinary? Mould or template
03:29 Mistakes in copying
04:45 Properties of successful replicators
05:59 Were original replicators 'living'?
06:13 Competition
06:51 We are 'survival machines'
The video was made to help students with reading and understanding the book.
Book & Author: The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Animation and Narration: Dr Jack Tsao, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Acknowledgements:
Music: Sonata Waldstein Op 53 - Rondo Allegretto moderato by Michael Hawley
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