Life on earth had humble beginnings. Journey back through time to when the first single-celled life emerged in the deep-sea vents, and watch how organisms developed from those early stages, through billions of years of evolution, adaptation, and differentiation, eventually leading to the dawn of the Eukaryotes.

Our universe exists on an incomprehensible scale; a supposedly infinite darkness, punctuated with at least 70 sextillion stars shining their light through the cosmos. There are more stars out there than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth, it would be impossible to truly comprehend the immense size of our universe. And yet planets like ours appear to be rare, even on this scale.

A speck of blue in the infinite abyss, we are unique in the solar system. There is one phenomenon found here that we have yet to find anywhere else in the observable universe.

Life. The product of chemistry and biology, and one of the true great marvels of existence. Risen from the primordial soup in the early years of our planet, life forged a path through the ages; driven by the need to survive, and the will to evolve, it changed. Adapted. Crawled from turbulent waters to conquer land and sky, giving rise to empires and dynasties. It is ever-changing, ever-growing, and it will be so for as long as Planet Earth holds water in its oceans and air within its atmosphere. 3.5 billion years of evolution, with every step written in the rocks beneath our feet, the steps that lead towards the rise of humanity.

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