Leaps in Evolution

Leaps in Evolution is a documentary produced by NHK. It is available for view on CuriosityStream.

Episodes

• The Origin Of Eyes
• Creation Of Motherly Love
• And Finally, Intelligence!

List of Creatures

The Origin of Eyes

• Unidentified amphibian

Cambrian:

• Alalcomenaeus cambricus
• Anomalocaris canadensis
• Generic trilobite
• Hallucigenia sparsa
• Hurdia victoria
• Marrella splendens
• Metaspriggina walcotti
• Opabinia regalis
• Pikaia gracilens
• Wiwaxia corrugata

Devonian:

• Dunkleosteus
• Pterygotus

Creation of Motherly Love

Early Permian:

• Diadectes
• Dimetrodon

Late Permian:

• Diictodon feliceps
• Gorgonops torvus
• Lystrosaurus
• Thrinaxodon liorhinus

Late Jurassic:

• Anchiornis huxleyi
• Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis
• Juramaia sinensis
• Mamenchisaurus
• Monolophosaurus jiangi
• Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

And Finally, Intelligence!

Late Cretaceous:

• Alphadon
• Daspletosaurus sp.
• Edmontosaurus annectens
• Triceratops
• Troodon
• Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Early Jurassic:

• Hadrocodium wui
• Sinosaurus triassicus

Pleistocene:

• Cave lion
• Human
• Neanderthal
• Woolly mammoth
• Woolly rhinoceros