Brian Cox: How did complex life begin? | Biology - Wonders of the Universe

Suitable for teaching 11-16s. Suitable for teaching 11-16s. Professor Brian Cox visits the Burgess Shale fossil field in the Canadian Rockies, to see evidence of an explosion in life on Earth during the Cambrian period 540 million years ago. Subscribe for more Biology clips from BBC Teach on Mondays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. ===================== Brian Cox explores the origins of life on earth with a visit to the Burgess Shale, a very important fossil field in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The fossils here record an explosion of life around 540 million years ago during the Cambrian period, known as the ‘Cambrian explosion’. He explains a speculative theory that the evolution of creatures with eyes, such as trilobites, triggered the evolution of more complex forms of life. This clip is from the BBC series Wonders of Life, in which Professor Brian Cox explores biology and evolution, discovering how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the universe – life. For more clips from Evolution, Variation, Natural Selection: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachEvolution For our Biology playlist: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachBiology For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p011t2zj. ===================== Teaching Biology or Science? Challenge students to come up with a plus, minus and interesting point about the theory that "the emergence of the eye actually triggered the Cambrian explosion”. Responses can be discussed in pairs or small groups. This clip will be relevant for teaching Biology at KS3 and KS4/GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and SQA National 3/4/5 in Scotland. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religion and Ethics Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media and Film studies, Modern studies, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature