Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution. Like CrashCourse on Facebook: www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Follow CrashCourse on Twitter: www.twitter.com/theCrashCourse Table of Contents: 1) Natural Selection 1:27 2) Adaptation 2:56 3) Fitness 3:36 4) Four Principals 3:54 a. Variations 4:01 b. Heritability 4:17 c. "The Struggle for Existence" 4:25 d. Survival and Reproductive Rates 5:00 5) Biolography 5:59 6) Modes of Selection 7:40 a. Directional Selection 8:17 b. Stabilizing Selection 8:56 c. Disruptive Selection 9:27 7) Sexual Selection 10:22 8) Artificial Selection 11:24 References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: dft.ba/-2Ank This video uses the following sounds from Freesound.org: "20071104.forest.04.binaural.mp3" by dobroide "ForestBirds.wav" by HerbertBoland crashcourse, science, biology, natural selection, genetics, peppered moth, inherited traits, population genetics, charles darwin, darwin, on the origin of species, evolution, adaptation, galapagos finches, fitness, variation, phenotype, heritable, malthus, survival rate, reproductive rate, crossbreeding, inbreeding, genotype, directional selection, stabilizing selection, disruptive selection, selective pressures, sexual selection, artificial selection, selective breeding Support CrashCourse on Subbable: subbable.com/crashcourse