ZEKE DARWIN is an eighth grade science teacher but most people know him for his extremely popular TikTok account where he presents fun facts about science and evolution in a snappy -- and extremely shareable -- visual way.

MARK from Evolution Soup gets to know Zeke, digging into his evolutionary past, discussing TikTok, the human evolutionary story - and lice!

#evolution #tiktok #science


00:00 START
01:13 Wyoming adventure
03:06 Growing up
05:51 Teaching evolution in Kansas
09:47 TikTok
18:28 Inspiring others
21:42 The human story
27:22 Lice!
31:57 New projects



LINKS FOR ZEKE DARWIN

TIKTOK:@science_is_real
  / science_is_real  

TWITTER: @zDarwin21
  / zdarwin21  

YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3OcGgp5


Lice:
Press Release (includes photo of the seal lice) https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/4...

Human Origins & Climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...

Climate effects on archaic human habitats and species successions:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...



Ashfall Fossil Beds: https://ashfall.unl.edu/


Art:

Ettore Mazza:   / ettore.mazza  

Julio Lacerda:
  / lacerda.julio  



Footage:

Sabetha, Kansas - via Sabetha Economic Development Commission

New Zealand fur seals - via Department of Conservation

Ashfall Fossil Bed - via Chris Miller





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