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A history of our planet in three minutes
The history of life on Earth retold in one quadrillionth of the amount of time it actually took to happen. Get ready for booms, collisions and the appearance of Earth as a 'molten blob'. Laurence Knight, the producer behind the Geochemical History of Life on Earth, boils the entire story down to the length of the William Tell Overture - that's just over 3 minutes if you're not a classical music boffin.
Photo: Lava is expelled by Cumbre Vieja on La Palma, Canary Islands, November 2021 Credit: EPA
