“400 Million Years of Sex” — Lecture by Paleontologist Yaroslav Popov

Life was once extremely simple: divide, bud — no passions involved. Then came two sexes, competition, risk, and rituals. Eventually, the first “sexual revolution” took place with the emergence of internal fertilization!

It makes sense — this method of reproduction became essential for land-dwelling vertebrates. But according to paleontological evidence, sexual life may reach much further back in time — to 400 million years ago. And the pioneers of sexual reproduction might have been armored fish!