Alien

Overview

The freak accident behind complex life. All life on earth started as single cell bacteria and stayed like that for 2 billion years. Successfully spreading across the planet. So even if we do find alien life, what are the chances of that life being complex – like us? Vanishingly rare… on our strange rock, it's all down to a freak event, which accidentally happened when one cell ate another to create a kind of cellular power pack: mitochondria. This almost miraculous event transforms earth into a complex interconnected food web based on a competition for food. And at the top of the pyramid sits us humans.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

Nichelle Nichols

Self

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Logan Doull

Self - Caver

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Ian D. MacLeod

Self - Corrosion Scientist

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Marlice Van Vuuren

Self - Conservationist

Nicole Stott

Self - Astronaut

Chris Hadfield

Self - Astronaut