History of the Earth and Life

"The Whole History of the Earth and Life" is a documentary which portrays the birth of the solar system, the birth of the Earth, and the emergence and evolution of life on Earth depicted through our latest research activities.

Chapter 1: The Origin of the Earth

Chapter 2: Initiation of Plate Tectonics

Chapter 3: Birth of Proto-life

Chapter 4: The Initial Stage of Life

Chapter 5: Second Stage of Evolution of Life

Chapter 6: Third Stage of the Evolution of Life

Chapter 7: The Dawn of the Cambrian Explosion

Chapter 8: The Cambrian Explosion

Chapter 9: The Paleozoic Era

Chapter 10: From the Mesozoic to the Birth of Human Beings

Chapter 11: The Humanozoic Eon

Chapter 12: Future of the Earth

Supported by: Hadean Bioscience Project; Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT - Japan) at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) of Tokyo Institute of Technology

Exective producer: Shigenori Maruyama

Production: LiVE

Supervising director: Shigenori Maruyama

Producer: Ken Kurokawa

Director: Hiromitsu Kohsaka

Script Editor and Narrator: Jeff Gedert

Narrator: Ryan Drees