[David Attenborough] How could one species turn into another?

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[Richard Dawkins] How is it that we find ourselves surrounded by such complexity, such elegance?

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[Bill Nye] The genes of you and me

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They're all made of DNA

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We're all made of the same chemicals

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DNA - we're all made of DNA

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[Attenborough] Only the fittest survive And that is the key

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Natural Selection That is the key

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[Dawkins] We are surrounded by endless forms Most beautiful, most wonderful

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Evolution - the greatest show on Earth

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There is grandeur in this view of life (most beautiful, most wonderful)

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Evolution - the greatest show on Earth

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[Attenborough] The history of life can be thought of ss a many branched tree

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The five kingdoms of life were established early on

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Bacteria Protists- amoeba like creatures

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Fungi, Plants, and Animals

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[Dawkins] We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig

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In the midst of a blossoming tree of life

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Perched on one tiny twig

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In the midst of a blossoming tree of life

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[Attenborough] Only the fittest survive And that is the key

01:46

Natural Selection - that is the key

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[Dawkins] We are surrounded by endless forms Most beautiful, most wonderful

01:55

Evolution - the greatest show on Earth

01:58

There is grandeur in this view of life (most beautiful, most wonderful)

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Evolution - the greatest show on Earth

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We are surrounded by millions of other species

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Walking, flying, burrowing, stalking, chasing, fleeing, Outpacing

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[Attenborough] Animals strive to reach this one ultimate goal

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To ensure the survival of the next generation

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This one ultimate goal To pass on their genes

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That is what life is all about

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There is grandeur in this view of life (Most beautiful, most wonderful)

02:45

Evolution - the greatest show on Earth

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[Dawkins] As we look back on the history of life

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We see a picture of never ending, ever rejuvinating novelty

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[Attenborough] Those animals may seem to us to be very remote, strange, even fantastic

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But all of us alive today Owe our very existence to them

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