Season 1: The Hadean (4.6-4.0 Ga)

Dylan Wilmeth Dylan Wilmeth

20: Primordial Soup

How did the Earth transform simple carbon into the complex ingredients of life?

Today, we'll meet a troubled Charles Darwin hunting for fossils, we'll create slime from thin air in one of the greatest laboratory experiments, and we'll learn what was in Earth's earliest atmosphere.

Extra Credit: Breathe in, breathe out, and have a sip of your favorite soup.

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