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[[File:Phylogenetic.png|frameless|332x332px|The tree of life.|alt=Phylogenetic Tree|border|right]]'''We are all more closely related than you think.''' The traditional way to view how life developed on earth was in stages (as you can see to the right). The tree illustrates how all life was once one thing and progresses into being us, the most complex form of life on the planet. | [[File:Phylogenetic.png|frameless|332x332px|The tree of life.|alt=Phylogenetic Tree|border|right]]'''We are all more closely related than you think.''' The traditional way to view how life developed on earth was in stages (as you can see to the right). The tree illustrates how all life was once one thing and progresses into being us, the most complex form of life on the planet. | ||
The root has always posed a problem where did it come from? It's the old chicken or egg issue. Science has found that life started from simple inorganic molecules, which interacted to make other molecules which could replicate themselves. Imagine, the simplest thing that can replicate itself, however every billion replications it inevitably makes an error which starts a new type of replicant. After this it was just a matter of [[Long collective history|billions of years]] (''a blink of an eye in earth's history'') before more complicated ''organic'' replicants came to being. | |||
[[File:Inorganic life.jpg|center|frameless|700x700px|alt=Biomolecular pathway|Biomolecular pathway]]Once the earliest life was created it took another 3.5 billion years for it to make us. Whilst the stepped classification is useful to scientists, in fact the process is much more fluid. Similar to the roots of a tree branching out, although many stems are produced it is still the same ''macro'' organism. | [[File:Inorganic life.jpg|center|frameless|700x700px|alt=Biomolecular pathway|Biomolecular pathway]]Once the earliest life was created it took another 3.5 billion years for it to make us. Whilst the stepped classification is useful to scientists, in fact the process is much more fluid. Similar to the roots of a tree branching out, although many stems are produced it is still the same ''macro'' organism. | ||
[[File:Step to flow.png|alt=Step to flow|center|700x700px]] | [[File:Step to flow.png|alt=Step to flow|center|700x700px]] | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 22 February 2022
We are all more closely related than you think. The traditional way to view how life developed on earth was in stages (as you can see to the right). The tree illustrates how all life was once one thing and progresses into being us, the most complex form of life on the planet.
The root has always posed a problem where did it come from? It's the old chicken or egg issue. Science has found that life started from simple inorganic molecules, which interacted to make other molecules which could replicate themselves. Imagine, the simplest thing that can replicate itself, however every billion replications it inevitably makes an error which starts a new type of replicant. After this it was just a matter of billions of years (a blink of an eye in earth's history) before more complicated organic replicants came to being.
Once the earliest life was created it took another 3.5 billion years for it to make us. Whilst the stepped classification is useful to scientists, in fact the process is much more fluid. Similar to the roots of a tree branching out, although many stems are produced it is still the same macro organism.
