When did the first animals walk on Earth?

Diving into Earth’s deep past, we will find out how and when the first animals left the primordial oceans to walk on land.

Evrim Yazgin, Cosmos journalist, will take you on a journey into Earth’s past to find the first animals to walk on land. Those pioneering first steps played a major part in our own evolution.

What was the first animal to walk on land? When did this take place? And what were the conditions that drove those water-dwellers to surface? Take a deep dive into prehistory to get a better picture.

And look out for a brief mention of a personal favourite meme.

While our ancestors went from sea to land, this 400 million-year old fishapod high-tailed it back into the water