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As rich and life-supporting as the Earth is today, it was once nothing more than a column of dust, dancing in a scorched cyclone of gas. And just how we as humans managed to emerge from this ancient dust makes up the topic of this video today. So join us, as we wind the cosmic clock backwards almost five billion years, from you and I in the present, all the way back to the birth of the solar System, back to when Earth was nothing more than a burning, barren wasteland.

SOUNDTRACK:

The music in this video was created by Scott Buckley and CO.AG Music, their respective tracks are listed below:

Scott Buckley Creative Commons Music: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/

- Undertow: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/undertow/

- Moonlight: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/moonlight/

- Machina: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/?s=machina

- This Too Shall Pass: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/this-too-shall-pass/

- Celestial: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/celestial/

- She Moved Mountains: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/she-moved-mountains/

CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

- Lufian Sky (CO.AG): https://youtu.be/LLmuc12sS7g

- Dim Light Documentary Music (CO.AG): https://youtu.be/DKV7Lfda2NM

- Lost Time Edit Mix (CO.AG): https://youtu.be/18R8o8J7GMU

- Dream That Summer Dream (CO.AG): https://youtu.be/5jARlSfkVv4

- Another Time, Another Space, Another Place (CO.AG): https://youtu.be/kABg8lGVo28

CHAPTERS:

00:00: Welcome

01:36: Formation of Earth

05:41: Hydrothermal Vents

07:57: The First Lifeforms

10:24: Great Oxidation Event

13:21: Eukaryotes

14:52: Multicellular Lifeforms

19:06: Early Cambrian Creatures

21:21: The Age of Fish

24:54: The First Amphibians

27:24: Pangaea: The Supercontinent

30:40: The Great Die-Off

33:38: The Rule of Dinosaurs

36:16: The Asteroid Extinction

39:10: First Humans

42:09: Closing Statements