How Eyes Developed: A Fascinating Tour By way of the Animal Kingdom

Above, Lars Schmitz, a professional­fes­sor at Clare­mont McKen­na Col­lege, guides us “via a large tree of life map­ping the evo­lu­tion of eyes within the ani­mal king­dom: how they work, why they’ve tak­en the shape they’ve, and the evo­lu­tion­ary advan­tages they’ve unlocked throughout species.” The video comes cour­tesy of Wired. It’s 36 min­utes and down­proper fas­ci­nat­ing.

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