In search of the oldest animals on Earth - Saudi Arabia, Russia, Namibia - The wanderings of a Bedu

Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich is interested in biotic, environmental/climatic change, with emphasis on the late Neoproterozoic (600-540 mybp) and late Mesozoic and Cainozoic (150 mybp to present day). Her research and that of her students investigates the appearance of multicelled organisms and hard skeletons/shells in the late Neoproterozoic with field work in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, Namibia and the White Sea of Russia. She leads the UNESCO International Geosciences Program IGCP 587 with 120 participants from 20 countries and has organized many exhibitions that travel globally including The Rise of Animals, Wildlife of Gondwana, The Artist and the Scientists, Dinosaurs of Darkness), bringing research science to the public, visited by millions of people around the world. She holds an Order of Australia for her research work and science communication efforts, especially with primary and pre-primary age groups and is the Director of PrimeSCI! based at Swinburne (Wantirna) – a group that brings the public and youth especially together with research scientists around the world. Recorded on 10 March 2017.