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    The document summarizes the emergence of life from the Big Bang to the formation of early life on Earth in 3 steps: 1) The Big Bang led to the formation of stars and the creation of the first chemical elements like hydrogen and helium. 2) As stars died, they expelled more complex chemical elements into space, which combined to form planets through gravity. 3) On Earth, approximately 3.8 billion years ago, the right conditions allowed for early life to emerge from non-living chemical elements and evolve into more complex life forms over time.

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    The Emergence of Life

    Threshold V
    Big Bang Formation of Creation of Formation of Life
    Stars Chemical Planets
    Elements
    •A singularity •With gravity •From the death •With gravity,
    started to and the first and explosions the new
    expand, elements H of the stars, chemical
    fundamental and He from chemical elements,
    forces were the Big Bang, elements were objects
    created (eg stars were created collided
    gravity formed. together to
    form planets
    Why is the Earth the only known
    habitable place for Humans?
    • Because it is the only planet within the
    “goldilocks” range that could sustain life.
    Primary Elements Essential to
    Life
    Attributes of Life
    • Metabolism

    • Reproduction

    • Adaptation
    Theories on Life
    • Spontaneous Generation (Aristotle) – life
    came from nonliving objects
    • Panspermia – life is scattered by comets,
    asteroids and other bodies
    • Abiogenesis (Miller and Urey) – life from
    the gradual increase of the molecular
    growth of chemicals
    When did Life start on Earth?
    • Life appeared on Earth approximately 3.8
    billion years ago.

    Fossilized Microorganisms (3.5 billion years)


    Theory of Evolution
    Theory of Evolution
    Theory of Evolution
    • Natural Selection

    • Keypoints: variation, reproduction of same


    species, traits passed on to offsprings;
    Genesis or evolution from
    simple to complex?

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