
The Whole History of the Earth and Life Part 06 : Third Stage of the Evolution of 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 6: Third Stage of the Evolution of Life 2.3 billion years ago, the Milky Way Galaxy collided with a dwarf galaxy resulting in a supernova explosion that produced abundant cosmic rays. Due to the degeneration of the heliosphere, cosmic rays struck the Earth, promoting the formation of clouds which eventually enveloped the Earth Due to the thick cloud envelope, the Earth experienced global glaciation, called the Snowball Earth, which caused global mass extinction. However, some Prokaryotes survived the Snowball Earth to evolve into larger life as an endosymbiotic system. At last, eukaryotes appeared. THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND LIFE Part1:The Origin of the Earth • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 02 : Initiation of Plate Tectonics (2nd edition) • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 03 : Birth of Proto - life • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 04 : The Initial Stage of Life • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 05 :Second Stage of Evolution of Life • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 06 : Third Stage of the Evolution of Life • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 07 : The Dawn of the Cambrian Explosion • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 08 : The Cambrian Explosion • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 09 : The Paleozoic Era • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 10 : From the Mesozoic to the birth of human beings • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 11: The Humanozoic eon • The Whole History of the Earth and Li... Part 12 : Future of the Earth • The Whole History of the Earth and Li...