Life's Rocky Start (S43E11)
S43E11
Four and a half billion years ago, the early Earth was a tumultuous environment marked by meteorite strikes, erupting volcanoes, and violent lightning storms in a scorching atmosphere. Amidst this chaos, life spontaneously arose, a phenomenon that has baffled scientists for years. In this episode of NOVA, mineralogist Robert Hazen travels the globe, from a historic market in Morocco to the rugged Australian Outback, to present a provocative theory. He suggests that the minerals beneath our feet were crucial in igniting life, and in turn, that early microorganisms contributed to the formation of many essential minerals we rely on today, redefining our understanding of Earth's evolutionary history.
Show
NOVA
Episode
S43E11
Air Date
Jan 13, 2016
Season 43 Episodes
S43E01
Dawn of Humanity
S43E02
Arctic Ghost Ship
S43E03
Secrets of Noah's Ark
S43E04
Cyberwar Threat
S43E05
Animal Mummies
S43E06
Making North America: Origins
S43E07
Making North America: Life
S43E08
Making North America: Human
S43E09
Inside Einstein's Mind
S43E10
Secret Tunnel Warfare
S43E11
Life's Rocky Start
S43E12
Mystery Beneath the Ice
S43E13
Himalayan Megaquake
S43E14
Creatures of Light
S43E15
Memory Hackers
S43E16
Iceman Reborn
S43E17
Rise of the Robots
S43E18
Vikings Unearthed
S43E19
Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped?
S43E20
Wild Ways
S43E21
Operation Lighthouse Rescue
S43E22
Bombing Hitler's Supergun