The Origin and Evolution of Life

Discovery Channel: Greatest Discoveries: The Origin and Evolution of Life.
Hosted by Bill Nye

Bill Nye and the Discovery Channel give you the greatest discoveries in science. Explore the history of paleontology, beginning at the site of an asteroid that may have brought about the demise of the dinosaurs. Visit Bob Ballard, who discovered new deep-sea life forms, and Douglas Erwin, who demonstrates how fossils provide a vivid snapshot of prehistoric life.

Explore Linnaeus' 1735 species classification system and a dramatic re-creation of Darwin's development of his 19th-century theory of evolution.

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