A New History of Life

Fossil Clocks

Documentary May 10, 2013 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E3: Delve into biostratigraphy, the study of fossil sequences in rock strata. The discovery that different layers of rock are characterized by distinctive fossils solved the problem of correlating sedimentary strata from different regions. This led to the geological time scale, initiating a revolution in Earth science.

Documentary May 10, 2013 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2013
Run Time: 28 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.