Seeing with eyes ancient and modern: how we are other animals see the world - Lyn Beazley

Video | Updated 10 years ago

Recording of "Seeing with eyes ancient and modern: how we are other animals see the world", presented by Professor Lyn Beazley AO on 4 June 2014 at the Western Australian Maritime Museum. This talk was the official launch of the WA Museum’s 2014 In the Wild West Lecture Series proudly supported by Rangelands NRM.

Synopsis

The colours we and present day animals see are a legacy of the eyes of the most ancient fish. The features of various species are lost or modified over time. Marsupials, for example, see colours invisible to the human eye.

Take a journey along the electromagnetic spectrum with Professor Lyn Beazley AO as she explores what we and other animals can see, whether we can achieve bionic vision to restore sight and emulate our success in restoring hearing via cochlear implants, and what the world of radio-astronomy can reveal.

Rangelands Natural Resource Management is the Presenting Partner of the 2014 In the Wild West series.

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