How Did Life Begin?

Researched and Written by Leila Battison
Narrated and Edited by David Kelly
Script Edited by Pete Kelly
Art by Khail Kupsky
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

If you like our videos, check out Leila's youtube channel:

References for the video:

Thanks to:
Author YassineMrabet
NASA

Music from Epidemic Sound

[HistoryoftheEarth]

Hello folks. Hope you enjoy it! Hopefully gonna have a video every weekend in July. Next weekend...LUCA.

[dibsyD]

when i was a kid (maybe 7 or so) i remember my mum trying to explain to me that moths are made out of dust and if a place is dusty enough for long enough then the dust will just become moths. (im deliberately avoiding using words like spontaneous as they werent her words). And i remember sorta laughing a bit and saying "ok, but that cant be real though" and she looked at me with bemusement and i realised quickly that she truly believed this... it was quite a moment for me!... still makes me chuckle :)

[samarkand]

1:25 with the subtitles on, 'life baguettes life', now that was beautiful

[lise]

I study biology in France, it's my first year and we have a course called Apparition of Life. You described the first chapter almost word for word ! I couldn't be more thrilled, it's always a relief to have a bit of visual support when reading pages and pages of informations becomes disheartening. I can't wait to see more, thank you

[SerpentintheSun]

Such beautiful prose and he makes it so much easier to understand complex ideas. I cannot get enough of this channel. I feel like a child exploring the world for the 1st time again.

[michaelpetersen]

This is extremely well produced, researched and narrated. The Channel is a hidden gem of the internet!

[kimberlyperrotis]

As an older geologist, I’m out of date, my generation of geology students (early 1980s) learned that 92 elements occurred naturally on earth, not 94. Your videos are excellent, thank you!

[fahad]

"Every element is characterised by it's behaviour, it's affinity for others elements, and the energy needed to make or break connections."
If that doesn't deserve a like, I don't know what does.

[octoberrust]

I watched many videos on this subject and by far this one is the most easily understood, Good job very well done

[alexhatfield]

This is extraordinarily well researched, presented, scripted and narrated.

[nyx]

I feel like the production on these videos is on par with some BBC/NatGeo/Discovery shows!! Love it!!

I'd been looking for a channel that details this stuff and YouTube recommended this video. I can't wait for the rest of the series!! <3

[lamegoldfish]

It is nice to see Carbon gets along with everyone.

[Supeere]

I just found this channel a few days ago but from all that I've seen on YouTube this is the most comprehensive and involving channel about earth's history. Very well done! I wish you many subscribers and a good fortune!

[Musketeer]

Note that many of the cells shown in this interesting video, are Eukaryotes which developed from Prokaryotes. Prokaryotes (the Archaea and Bacteria) have no internal membranes to seperate cell chemistry (such as a Nucleus, Mitochondria and Chloroplasts etc.) but do have the outer cell membrane made of fatty acids. Two or more Prokaryotes got together (accidentally) and ended up making a viable symbiont called the Eukaryotic Cell, from which we all developed. This all took a long long time.

[MrBucidart]

Leila, Outstanding work as always .... Thank you and the crew for the most informable series on the tube.

[noscompusarme]

Awesome production! As someone working full-time on emergence of life research it's great to see there's loads of interest on the topic!! Huge thanks

[debbiehenri]

Really nicely-paced narration, wonderfully clear - perfect for those of us with hearing problems :D
Lovely graphics too. Thanks for this!

[it]

Your videos prove that good intention and passion will drive progress, rather than money and profit.

[TheGreenStone]

This channel is criminally under viewed and subscribed.. Excellent video!

[KC-rdgw]

The writing on this channel is leagues ahead of 99% of big TV documentaries. Awesome content!