Slowly Solving the Mystery of Turtle Origins

The origin story of turtles is a mystery that has perplexed many for centuries, but thanks to more recent studies, we might be one step closer to figuring out their lineage. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Adam, Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, James Knight, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Jason A Saslow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110218-024746 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pala.12460 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264351337_The_dawn_of_chelonian_research_Turtles_between_comparative_anatomy_and_embryology_in_the_19th_century_THE_DAWN_OF_CHELONIAN_RESEARCH https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/nph.15708 Images https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turtle_fossil_cast.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eunotosaurus_africanus_life_restoration.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Odontochelys-Paleozoological_Museum_of_China.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proganochelys_Quenstedti.jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/3d-animation-of-rotating-dna-strand-surrounded-alien-cells-4k-abstract-health-animation-hokwxmyjukamdfntu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fossil_sea_turtle.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_turtle_skull.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turtle_skeleton_cross-section,_labelled_as_infographic.svg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/smilling-turtle-portrait-gm1176850051-328301566 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/newly-hatched-turtles-gm480513299-36591506