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How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology, or when the first primitive life forms appeared. Subscribe ...

This video looks at leading scientific ideas about the origins of life, from early chemistry on ancient Earth to ongoing ...

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