Every creature that’s ever lived, including you, has been honed by the powerful force of evolution. Play NOVA's Evolution Lab to learn how it’s responsible for the explosion of Earth's biodiversity.

Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab/evolution/

Find discussion questions for this video and other resources in the Evolution Lab collection on PBS LearningMedia: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvev-sci-evolution101/nova-evolution-lab-evolution-101/

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Additional imagery: • Certain video clips are screen grabs from NOVA’s Evolution Lab • Extinction: Archaeopteryx photo - iStock • Beauty: mushroom (flickr, user: surreydweller); gecko (flickr, user: Photo Grrrrr); Norfolk Island pine (flickr, user: thinboyfatter), rosefinch (flickr, user: Sergey Pisarevskiy) • Adaptation: Flying squirrel (Caters News Agency) • Stick insect (CC 3.0), Scarlet kingsnake (flickr, user: MyFWCmedia), goldfish (flickr, user: úlfhams_víkingur) • Dinosaur: T. rex (iStock) • Snakes: Shutterstock; flickr, user: Tambako the Jaguar; flickr, user: 0ystercatcher • Neanderthal: flickr, user: NSSMphotos