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[David Attenborough] |
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How could one species turn into another? |
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[Richard Dawkins] |
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How is it that we find ourselves surrounded by such complexity, such elegance? |
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[Bill Nye] |
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The genes of you and me |
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They're all made of DNA |
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We're all made of the same chemicals |
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DNA - we're all made of DNA |
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[Attenborough] |
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Only the fittest survive |
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And that is the key |
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Natural Selection |
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That is the key |
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[Dawkins] |
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We are surrounded by endless forms |
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Most beautiful, most wonderful |
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Evolution - the greatest show on Earth |
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There is grandeur in this view of life |
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Evolution - the greatest show on Earth |
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[Attenborough] |
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The history of life can be thought of |
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As a many branched tree |
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The five kingdoms of life |
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were established early on |
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Bacteria |
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Protists- amoeba like creatures |
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Fungi |
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Plants |
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And animals |
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[Dawkins] |
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We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig |
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In the midst of a blossoming tree of life |
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[refrain] |
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We are surrounded by millions of other species |
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Walking, flying, burrowing, stalking, chasing, fleeing, |
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Outpacing |
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[Attenborough] |
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Animals strive to reach this one ultimate goal |
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To ensure the survival of the next generation |
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This one ultimate goal |
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To pass on their genes |
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That is what life is all about |
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[refrain] |
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[Dawkins] |
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As we look back on the history of life |
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We see a picture of never ending, |
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ever rejuvinating novelty |
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[Attenborough] |
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Those animals may seem to us to be very remote, |
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strange, even fantastic |
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But all of us alive today |
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Owe our very existence to them |
