The First Living Things

From the first bacteria to the dinosaurs, the exhibition traces the great history of life on Earth, reconstructed thanks to fossils.

Panel by panel:

• The formation of the Earth and the appearance of life
• Fossils and the work of palaeontologists
• The explosion of life in the oceans: trilobites and strange creatures
• The first fish and the first land plants
• Leaving the water: amphibians, giant insects and reptiles
• The age of dinosaurs, marine and flying reptiles
• The great extinction and the first birds and mammals

Audience: all ages, from 8. Ideal for: a science festival, a life and earth sciences project, a children's event around dinosaurs.