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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

We now understand that it came from gradual process, incremental natural selection,...

We now understand that it came from gradual process, incremental natural selection, lasting over hundreds of millions of years, culminating in creatures like us, with brains big enough to understand the whole process

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We now understand that it came
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from gradual process,
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incremental natural selection,
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lasting over hundreds of millions of years,
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culminating
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in creatures like us,
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with brains big enough to understand the whole process.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:42
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
And we in the 21st century - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
And we in the 21st century
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads
Oh, the Gutenberg Bible - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Oh, the Gutenberg Bible
I see you've got one book on hold - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
I see you've got one book on hold
I believe that the issue - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I believe that the issue
We still do have old books - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We still do have old books
You have Is There All... Is That All There Is?, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
You have Is There All... Is That All There Is?,
Okay, it's about the geography and geology of New York City - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Okay, it's about the geography and geology of New York...
So you can return your books - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So you can return your books
You cannot... you can't return your material - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
You cannot... you can't return your material
A unicorn is actually an imaginary animal, okay? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
A unicorn is actually an imaginary animal, okay?
He's not, it's not a creature that ever existed. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He's not, it's not a creature that ever existed.
You need someone who speaks Spanish? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
You need someone who speaks Spanish?
The first appearance I have of it - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
The first appearance I have of it
I'll sort of have to translate this - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I'll sort of have to translate this
But he's sort of saying that man is a wolf on the outside, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
But he's sort of saying that man is a wolf on the...
You want to basically find - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
You want to basically find
Right, because I've connected - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Right, because I've connected
So she's, she's... Because she's a Herzog, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
So she's, she's... Because she's a Herzog,
What I'm going to say we should do - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
What I'm going to say we should do