The First Life on Earth

Life is a defining characteristic of the Earth. It hasn't just emerged on this planet, it thrives in every last corner. Today, there are hundreds of trillions of organisms alive, spanning across millions of species - and that is less than 1% of the total number of living things that have ever called this place home. In this video, we will go back to the beginning, when the Earth was a fiery ball of molten rock, to look at how life emerged on Earth, with the very first cells.
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VIDEO SOURCES, LINKS AND ATTRIBUTION:
MUSIC: (in order of appearance)
- I Used to Need the Violence - Chris Zabriskie
- Raise Your Hand If You Think Evil Is Increasing In This World - Chris Zabriskie
- I Should Have Been More Human - Chris Zabriskie
- Devoid - ELPHNT (KZbin Audio Library)
- What Does Anybody Know About Anything - Chris Zabriskie
All tracks by Chris Zabriskie licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: chriszabriskie.com/reappear/
Artist: chriszabriskie.com/
FOOTAGE:
Multiple sequences in this video were captured using SpaceEngine Pro, a virtual universe simulator!
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Get SpaceEngine on Steam and try it for yourself: store.steampowered.com/app/31...
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- Animal Shots, Flowing Water - BK Vids (Creative Commons) - www.videezy.com/members/bk-vids
- Underwater Footage: • Underwater loop backgr...
- Cells Under Microscope: • Watch this incredible ...
- Prokaryotes: • Cyanobacteria: Photosy...
- Underwater Volcanism: • Underwater Active Volcano
- A Space Journey (8m Exhibition): • A Space Journey (HD)
- Comet Timelapse: • Time-lapse Footage of ...
- Supernova: • Live Super Nova Explos...
- Clouds Changing: Video by See-ming Lee [SML] (attribution license 3.0)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- Eras of Life on Earth (ICS Chart): www.stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/...
- Abiogenesis: Oparin, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1938). The Origin of Life. Phoenix Edition Series. books.google.co.uk/books?id=J... / ISBN 9780486495224
- Hydrothermal Vents Hypothesis: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/112179/
- Cyanobacteria and Prokaryotes: • Cyanobacteria: Photosy...
- Panspermia & Extremophile Research: www.airspacemag.com/daily-pla...
- Earliest Life Discovered: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earlies...
- Mars' Earth-like Conditions 3BN Years Ago: BBC Documentary - The Planets with Brian Cox - Episode 2 - "The Two Sister Worlds"
- Origin of Life - BBC Documentary - • Video
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