S1E9
Awakening
One Strange Rock
calendar_todayMay 21, 2018
schedule47 min
star7.5
Your brain is an anomaly. We tend to think that once the first life emerged it was inevitable that it would eventually evolve into us. But there is nothing inevitable about consciousness. For over 2 billion years no life on earth possessed a brain. And even today, 90% of life doesn’t have a brain. How life and our strange rock came together to create consciousness is a story of almost impossible and unnecessary coincidences….
broadcast_on_home Networks
National Geographic
star Guest Stars
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Esentai Bekbolat
Self - Eagle Hunter
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Esen Sailau
Self - Eagle Hunter
Jonathan Paredes
Self - Cliff Diver
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Uvaserua Tjiposa
Self - Himba Chief's Wife
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Lama Samdup
Self - Tibetan Buddhist Monk
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Julie Misaki
Self - Hong Kong Resident
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Iain Kerr
Self - Expedition Leader
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Rocky Robinson
Self - Motorcyclist
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Peggy Whitson
Self - Astronaut
Nicole Stott
Self - Astronaut
Chris Hadfield
Self - Astronaut
Michael J. Massimino
Self - Astronaut