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UnavailableHow a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth - Anusuya Willis
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How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth - Anusuya Willis

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing


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How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth - Anusuya Willis

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

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Length:
4 minutes
Released:
Aug 31, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There's an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth's history ... and also paved the way for complex life. How? Anusuya Willis explains how cyanobacteria, simple organisms that don't even have nuclei or any other organelles, wrote a pivotal chapter in the story of life on Earth.
Released:
Aug 31, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (97)

TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed's growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).