Learn How Nature Creates New Life By Learning Undergraduate Fossil Geology For Free On YouTube

Dinosaurs are a source of unending fascination. We can all imagine what they were like, living their giant and reptilian lives among the archaic trees and mountains. The water we drink today was once enjoyed by one of these legendary beasts, whose living ancestors thrive as members of the bird family. Have you ever looked into the eyes of a hen and seen the reptilian stare looking back at you? It must be like looking into the eyes of a dinosaur.
 
The study of fossils is a slow and rigorous process. We can only look at what we have, and the discoveries are not easy to find. From the beginnings of the science, palaeontologists have managed to uncover a large and wide-reaching collection of plant and animal remains that help to tell the story of our own evolution. We can see how varying changes have taken place over time to result in new aspects of life that ultimately become defining features of a species. The best and most efficient biology is maintained as the antiquated and obsolete mechanisms are often left to history. As vast changes have taken place in our local environments, the types of system that thrive have changed too, meaning that life is filtered even further towards the adaptive premium.
 
Uploaded to YouTube is a full section of a university Geology course dedicated to the study of fossils and the processes that form them. Taught by Professor Thomas Holtz, GEOL104 consists of 49 videos each of about 50 mins length. The first entry is an introduction and can be skipped if you want to get straight into the information. A slow and steady pace is given with a generous amount of talking around the subject. This is helpful to give the mind time to digest what is being given, and possibly a skill I am yet to learn! Never-the-less, I highly recommend taking the time to watch these lectures in order so you too can get to grips with the prehistoric record.
 
The end-result for creatives will be a deeper insight into what processes take place in the building of solutions to problems and the creation of new opportunities. A creative trial and error approach akin to natural selection and adaption can be a powerful analogy when finding ways to diversify your own output and come up with new and fascinating adventures to create. The time periods involved can also help us to be patient with ourselves as it takes months and years to make progress, nature can take a lot longer and no-one seems to mind that much. Stability is a good thing when it comes to our daily lives. 

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