Ediacara Hills
Low range in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, with Precambrian fossils; in Life on Air Attenborough films the earliest animal imprints there.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life on Air | David Attenborough | setting | Attenborough films the earliest animal imprints there. |
Life on Air — David Attenborough (2002)
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In the first programme that dealt with the very earliest life forms, we filmed at an extraordinary site in the Ediacra Hills in South Australia.
- Role: setting
- In the book: He films ancient sandstones with imprints of jellyfish-like creatures, and tells the local scientist that Charnia was named after Charnwood Forest.
- Why it matters: A key site for the earliest life in Life on Earth, connecting to his Leicestershire childhood.