Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth: Crash Course Biology #40
Hank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it does. The world is crammed with...
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For the last 38 episodes of Crash Course Biology, we've talked about how to make an organism. And you know what I've learned in those 38 weeks? Putting a living thing together is hard! There are molecules that make up organelles that run cells, which come together to form tissues, which make up organs that make up systems. And knowing this stuff is incredibly important, because it shows us the ground rules for being a living thing, on this particular planet anyway. But still, there's so much more to biology than that! I mean, understanding how an organism goes about its internal business is great, but it doesn't tell us much about its place in our world. For that, we need ecology, the study of the rules of engagement for all of us Eart...
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For the last 38 episodes of Crash Course Biology, we've talked about how to make an organism. And you know what I've learned in those 38 weeks? Putting a living thing together is hard! There are molecules that make up organelles that run cells, which come together to form tissues, which make up organs that make up systems. And knowing this stuff is incredibly important, because it shows us the ground rules for being a living thing, on this particular planet anyway. But still, there's so much more to biology than that! I mean, understanding how an organism goes about its internal business is great, but it doesn't tell us much about its place in our world. For that, we need ecology, the study of the rules of engagement for all of us Eart...
