Showing posts with label vertebrates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vertebrates. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 September 2013

How Vertebrates Came to Rule the Earth


Very relevant for Y13 Geology. 

David Attenborough visits China's Pompeii to explore the origin of the backbone on a 500-million-year-old journey

  • The first episode of David Attenborough's two-part documentary, Rise of Animals: Triumph of the vertebrates, on BBC 2 and iplayer.
  • Sir David explores the origins of the backbone by studying a tiny prehistoric animal and a living fossil living in the south of England
  • The documentary uses CGI animation to bring long-dead creatures to life such as the Tiktaalik and famous feathered dinosaur

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03bgs18/David_Attenboroughs_Rise_of_Animals_Triumph_of_the_Vertebrates_From_the_Seas_to_the_Skies/