Extinctions: Past and Present Week 1 - Importance of knowing the past

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2017-03-17

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Week-1_Video-7_Importance of knowing the past.mp4 (13.29 MB)

The_importance_of_knowing_the_past.pdf (66.46 KB)
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Chinsamy-Turan, Anusuya
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Department of Biological Sciences
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In this video, Professor Anusaya Chinsamy-Turan reflects on the information presented in previous videos. She highlights points about the immense age of the Earth, the historical and continued success of microbes, as well as the evidence of increasing complexity over time through examining the fossil record. This is video 7 in Week 1 of the Extinctions: Past and Present MOOC.
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mass extinctions
microbes
complex multicellular life
fossil record

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Chinsamy-Turan, A. 2017. Extinctions: Past and Present Week 1 - Importance of knowing the past. [MOOC]. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38635

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