Galapagos with David Attenborough: Origin

S1 E6: More than 150 years after Charles Darwin formulated his groundbreaking theory of evolution on the remote archipelago, David Attenborough explains how life on the islands has continued to evolve in biological isolation, examining how the ever-changing volcanic landscape has given birth to species and sub-species that exist nowhere else in the world. Here he looks at how the islands of the Galapagos rose explosively from the ocean four million years ago. Although life would not seem viable, the first arrivals landed as the fires still burned. David traverses the islands for the animals and plants that descend from these pioneers, from the sea birds carrying the seeds that made a tentative foothold on these rocks to equator-dwelling penguins and a dancing bird with blue feet. This is a story of treacherous journeys, life forms that forged unlikely companionships, and surviving against all odds. It is the story of an evolutionary melting pot in which anything and everything is possible.