2016年3月26日 星期六

You have no idea where camels really come from

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March 26, 2016

Latif Nasser: You have no idea where camels really come from

12:27 minutes · Filmed Nov 2015 · Posted Mar 2016 · TED Talks Live

Camels are so well adapted to the desert that it's hard to imagine them living anywhere else. But what if we have them pegged all wrong? Join Radiolab's Latif Nasser as he tells the surprising story of how a very tiny, very strange fossil upended the way he sees camels, and the world.
This talk comes from the new PBS show TED Talks: Science & Wonder, premiering March 30 at 10pm Eastern.

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