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Evolution in a big city - Jason Munshi-South

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Using newts, coyotes and mice, Jason Munshi-South shows how animals develop genetic differences in evolution, even within an urban city.

When two bridges were built on a hillside in northern Manhattan, what happened to the Northern Dusky salamanders that lived there?

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Meet The Creators

  • Director Biljana Labović, Kari Mulholland
  • Artist Celeste Lai
  • Animator Franz Palomares
  • Educator Jason Munshi-South

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