The Origins of Life on Earth

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🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re going back to the beginning – no Romans, Celts, Egyptians or Macedonians in sight. We’re going much further back, covering billions of years of prehistory as we look at the emergence of life on Earth. From the rise of the earliest microscopic membranes to the arrival of the dinosaurs.

To talk through this massive topic, Tristan was joined by Henry Gee, a palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist and senior editor of the science journal Nature. Henry is also the author of a new book: A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth. Prepare to be blown away, as Henry expertly narrates you through several billion years of history in just under 90 minutes.

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The Beginning - Jessica Jones

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0:00.0	It's the Engines on History Hit.
0:15.6	I'm Tristan Hughes, your host and in today's podcast where we are covering one of the biggest
0:21.0	topics in the whole of history, in the whole of human history and prehistory because
0:26.8	we are talking about the beginning of life on earth.
0:31.1	I'll say that again.
0:33.3	We are talking about the beginning of life on earth.
0:37.3	We're going back billions of years.
0:40.6	We're going to be covering millions of years within minutes as we look at the evolution
0:46.5	of life from the tiniest beginnings at the bottom of oceans to the creation of super
0:53.0	consonants and ultimately up to the arrival of the dinosaurs.
0:58.4	Now Joveney me to talk through this huge topic I was delighted to get on the podcast
1:04.0	Henry G. Henry is a British paleontologist and he is the senior editor of the scientific
1:11.3	journal Nature.
1:12.3	He was wonderful to get him on the podcast.
1:15.1	He is quite a character and without further ado, he is Henry.
1:23.0	Henry, it is great to have you on the podcast today.
1:34.4	Thank you Tristan, thanks for inviting me.
1:36.6	You're very welcome indeed.
1:38.6	I've never done a subject like this on the ancient before, very very exciting and talking
1:42.6	about big topics of the world.
1:45.0	The beginning of life on earth.
1:46.8	Henry, you can't get many topics bigger than this.
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