Introduction to Paleontology. Episode 10, Ocean Fire and the Origin of Life.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 12057518 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2016Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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In Process Record.
Stuart Sutherland
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.
For centuries, scientists believed all life on Earth was powered by the sun via photosynthesis. That was before ecosystems, powered by chemosynthesis, were found at volcanic oceanic ridge systems. Paleontologists have now found examples of fossilized vent systems over a billion years old and the life that lived around them.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English