How life began /

Was life triggered by some event, like lightning hitting a pond full of amino acids? Earth was teeming with life billions of years before the dinosaurs existed. Single-celled organisms inundated the oceans, and the soil swarmed with living creatures. Where did it all come from and how did it go from...

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Corporate Author: Workaholic Productions (Producer)
Other Authors: Ellis, Luke (Director), Hickey, Matthew P. (Screenwriter), Nededog, Jethro (Producer), Thompson, Erik, 1959- (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: New York : A & E Television Networks, 2008.
Series:VAST: academic video online
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Was life triggered by some event, like lightning hitting a pond full of amino acids? Earth was teeming with life billions of years before the dinosaurs existed. Single-celled organisms inundated the oceans, and the soil swarmed with living creatures. Where did it all come from and how did it go from a single-celled organism to a trillion-celled organism like Man? Cutting-edge science is testing out answers about life's origins and how life can be created on new worlds, even this one.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (91 min.).
Playing Time:01:30:40