How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth - Anusuya Willis
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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.
Cyanobacteria are simple unicellular life forms. What does this mean?
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- Educator Anusuya Willis
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Director Jeremy Jusay
- Animator Chris Muller, Irving George
- Narrator Julianna Zarzycki
