The Infinite Variety

United Kingdom, 1980

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Episode of Series “Life on Earth”.
David Attenborough examines the beginnings of life on earth. It took nearly 3,000 million years for life to evolve from the first primitive cells to a single creature such as a jellyfish, and these stages of evolution are traced.

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BBC-TV

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00:55:00:00

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United Kingdom
Production dates
1980

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Life on Earth

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Life on Earth

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