600 Million Years Gallery Visit

Journey through the fossil record, starting around 600 million years ago, beginning with life in the sea to Megafauna.

Moving through time, starting 600 million years ago, to examine the change in life through the geological periods using real fossils.
Interviews with palaeontologists about extinction events, whale evolution, Diprotodon fossils and more.
The chance to examine real fossils, representing the first multicellular life to the extraordinary diversity of life in the seas, including trilobites and ammonites, and dinosaur bones found in Victoria.
The real jaw of Koolosuchus, Victoria's State Fossil Emblem!
The evolution of fish to vertebrates moving onto and living on land.

living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils
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organisms have evolved over time, as seen in fossils and scientific records; the structural features and behaviours of living organisms enable them to thrive in their environments
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there are similarities and differences within and between groups of organisms living on Earth; the development and use of classification tools, including dichotomous keys, help order and organise human understanding of the diversity of life
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the theory of evolution by natural selection includes the processes of variation, isolation and adaptation and is supported by evidence including the fossil record, biogeography and comparative embryology; the theory explains past and present biodiversity and demonstrates how all organisms have some degree of relatedness to each other
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