Discovery - Sexual Nature 1/3
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Adam Rutherford explores the distant history of sex through three remarkable fossils – a pair of mating turtles, an armour-plated fish and some tiny ancient seaweed.
The oldest known sexual beings, a 400 million year old fish sex movie and the prehistoric turtles which were fossilised in the act of copulation. Discovery this week is strictly adults-only as we begin a three-part natural history of sex. Adam Rutherford talks to the scientists studying the world’s most revealing fossils. (Image: Two carettocheylid turtles, fossilised in mating position. Credit: The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)
- Broadcast on BBC World Service, 1:32AM Sun, 10 Feb 2013
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC World Service, 7:32PM Mon, 4 Feb 2013
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- Duration 18 minutes
