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Prokaryotes
Prokaryotes
Transcript: The first biological systems capable of independent life on Earth were prokaryotes. Bacteria are familiar e... Read more
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Extremophiles
Extremophiles
Transcript: We tend to think of the evolution of life in terms of a sequence from simple organisms to large and complex ... Read more
28 Jul 2011
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Phylogenetic Trees
Phylogenetic Trees
Transcript: Similarity or dissimilarity in DNA can be used to trace human origins. The oldest human civilizations date ... Read more
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Tree of Life
Tree of Life
Transcript: If you looked at a biology book from a hundred years ago or even fifty years ago, you would have seen a diag... Read more
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Stromatolytes
Stromatolytes
Transcript: The earliest solid evidence for life on Earth comes from three and a half billion years ago in the form of s... Read more
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Cell Types
Cell Types
Transcript: There are two fundamentally different types of cells in life on Earth: prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The prok... Read more
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Components of Cells
Components of Cells
Transcript: Cells are tiny chemical factories, and they are essential for every complex life form on Earth. They have s... Read more
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Early Cells
Early Cells
Transcript: A major step in the development of life is the transition from free floating organic molecules in water to c... Read more
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Early Natural Selection
Early Natural Selection
Transcript: The construction of larger organic molecules from smaller pieces, even if there’s a mechanism for it to oper... Read more
28 Jul 2011
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RNA
RNA
Transcript: If RNA was the first replicating molecule on Earth, how was it built? Fred Hoyle, a theorist in astronomy, ... Read more
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