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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