Whalevolution

Synopsis

Animation. This ten minute film shows the evolution of the sperm whale from the amphibious Pakicetus to its present form. After depicting six distinct points in evolutionary history, the film maker, a UK artist Jordan Collver, morphed his still illustrations into one another, incrementally, over ten minutes. The resulting animation emphasises that a single strand of evolutionary history is not characterised by a series of distinct species, but rather, as Charles Darwin put it, an ‘infinitude of connecting links’.

Language

English

Country

United States

Subjects

Natural history

Keywords

evolution; natural selection; whales

Online availability

URI

https://aeon.co/videos/watch-as-the-whale-becomes-itself-slowly-slowly-from-land-to-sea-through-deep-time

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Director

Jordan Collver

Distributor

Name

Aeon Video

Web

https://aeon.co/ External site opens in new window