# Does a simulated time-lapsed evolution video exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 23, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-simulated-time-lapsed-evolution-video-exist/656486 "2013-04-23T12:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-simulated-time-lapsed-evolution-video-exist/656486/1 "2013-04-23T12:16:39Z")
By the question in the title I mean is there a video that starts with an early shrew-like mammal (or any other starting point- such as a lobe-finned fish or something), and based on the fossil and genetic evidence we have, slowly CGI-morphed it through the “intermediate” forms that we have a pretty good idea of all the way to a human? That seems like it would be very cool, if it exists- and if it doesn’t, someone should do it. Even cooler would be such a video side-by-side with a similar video that ends in a dog, or cat, or bird, etc; with a timeline, that would visually show when the various creatures’ ancestry diverged. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-simulated-time-lapsed-evolution-video-exist/656486/2 "2013-04-23T12:23:16Z")
While we wait, here’s a [non-serious version in reverse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twHvV_k4IG0). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-simulated-time-lapsed-evolution-video-exist/656486/3 "2013-04-23T12:31:57Z")
There was a sequence like that in the Carl Sagan [Cosmos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage) series in the 80’s. We have the DVD set that was released more recently. One of the all-time best series of its type. I’m not sure which series it was but a recent History Channel or H2 show had a similar sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-simulated-time-lapsed-evolution-video-exist/656486/4 "2013-04-23T13:05:02Z")
Here’s the [evolution sequence from Cosmos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZpsVSVRsZk).