Search results for “Cambrian”

What happened during the Cambrian explosion?

Around 500 million years ago, where the Atlantic is today, the Iapetus Ocean existed, a vast primordial sea dividing the continents of the time. In these waters, an evolutionary explosion unfolded. Authors: ZDF/Terra X/O. Gurr/L. Bockius/E. Jesse/KawomGbR/K22/M. Heß Translation and dubbing: alugha

The origin of life

For life to develop, it needs amino acids, sugars, bases and fats. In addition, RNA, an acid and a kind of chemical Morse code - this is how chains with building blocks are created. But it is only a protective lipid shell that turns the chains into a cell. Author: ZDF/Terrax/R. Schlosshan/F. Hädeck