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  • How Life Began (2008)
  • TV Movie | Documentary, History
How Life Began (2008)
TV Movie | Documentary, History

Was life triggered by some event, like lightning hitting a pond full of amino acids? Earth was teeming with life billions of years before the dinosaurs existed. Single celled organisms inundated the oceans, and the soil swarmed with living...See moreWas life triggered by some event, like lightning hitting a pond full of amino acids? Earth was teeming with life billions of years before the dinosaurs existed. Single celled organisms inundated the oceans, and the soil swarmed with living creatures. Where did it all come from and how do you go from a single-celled organism to a trillion-celled organism like man? Written by Matt Hickey See less
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Jun 16, 2008 (United States)

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38 cast members
Name Known for
Robert Hazen
Self - Carnegie (as Robert Hazen) Self - Carnegie (as Robert Hazen)   See fewer
George Coyne
Self (as Fr. George Coyne) Self (as Fr. George Coyne)   See fewer
John Polkinghorne
Self (as Rev. John Polkinghorne) Self (as Rev. John Polkinghorne)   See fewer
Michael Allen
Self - UCLA Self - UCLA   See fewer
James Strick
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Michael Holleran
Self (as Dr. Michael Holleran) Self (as Dr. Michael Holleran)   See fewer
Donald Oremland
Self - USGS Self - USGS   See fewer
Janet Browne
Self - Harvard University Self - Harvard University   See fewer
Harold Morowitz
Self - George Mason University Self - George Mason University   See fewer
Alexander Oparin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
James Ferris
Self - Rensselaer Polytech Self - Rensselaer Polytech   See fewer
Jack Szostak
Self - Harvard University Self - Harvard University   See fewer
Raphael Bruckner
Self - Graduate Student Self - Graduate Student   See fewer
James Smith
Factory of Life Foreman Factory of Life Foreman   See fewer
Sam Neely
Aristotle Aristotle   See fewer
Thaine H. Allison Jr.
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin   See fewer
Tom Wade
Antony van Leeuwenhoek Antony van Leeuwenhoek   See fewer
Sydney Jay
Adam (as Sydney Dace) Adam (as Sydney Dace)   See fewer
Arlo Hemphill
John Needham John Needham   See fewer
Jonathan Kelley
Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani   See fewer
Rob Jarvis
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
Victoria Vives
Factory of Life Supervisor Factory of Life Supervisor   See fewer
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