What Was the "Boring Billion" Really Like?
- Episode aired Oct 17, 2021
- 36m
For a billion years before plants, insects, fish or any multi-cellular creatures existed life consisted of single celled organisms in the vast oceans. And for that billion years the earth wa... Read allFor a billion years before plants, insects, fish or any multi-cellular creatures existed life consisted of single celled organisms in the vast oceans. And for that billion years the earth was a remarkably geologically stable hot environment. Prokaryotes were the dominant life-for... Read allFor a billion years before plants, insects, fish or any multi-cellular creatures existed life consisted of single celled organisms in the vast oceans. And for that billion years the earth was a remarkably geologically stable hot environment. Prokaryotes were the dominant life-form but eukaryotes existed in enclaves where they were changing, experimenting and evolving ... Read all