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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/kABg8lGVo28CHAPTERS:00:00: Welcome 01:36: Formation of Earth05:41: Hydrothermal Vents07:57: The First Lifeforms10:24: Great Oxidation Event13:21: Eukaryotes 14:52: Multicellular Lifeforms19:06: Early Cambrian Creatures21:21: The Age of Fish24:54: The First Amphibians27:24: Pangaea: The Supercontinent30:40: The Great Die-Off33:38: The Rule of Dinosaurs36:16: The Asteroid Extinction39:10: First Humans 42:09: Closing Statements