In which Hank and John Green teach you about life on Earth. They won't be giving advice on how life should be lived, because this is a history series. Instead, they'll teach you about the earliest...
========== Hi, I'm John Green and welcome to Crash Course
Big History where today we are going to get a life. Or at least the Earth is going to
get a life. But first, today we have to start with a disclaimer.
The origin of life is in many ways a "blank spot" in the pages of history. Like, the mystery
surrounding the big bang or dark matter - the origin of life is still pretty puzzling to
us. Like, thanks to scientific research, we have a general idea of what needed to happen to
bring about life, but we're pretty fuzzy on the details. Mr Green, Mr Green! I mean, if we don't know,
then why are we studying it as history? Maybe we should just like, let scientists figure
all that stuff out and then they'll get back to us, like, after this cla...