Name: Great Moments in Evolution
Uploaded: 2016
Description: Over the course of nearly four billion years, a single cell evolved into the diversity of life that surrounds us today.

Over the course of nearly four billion years, a single cell evolved into the diversity of life that surrounds us today.

We have been able to classify and give a name to around 1.8 million species so far, but there are in fact many more species that no one has ever seen.

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The Miracle of Life

Five times in the history of the planet, life on Earth was almost completely wiped out. The greatest mass extinction event of all time took place around two hundred and fifty million years ago.

Five times in the history of the planet, life on Earth was almost completely wiped out.