The Whole History of the Earth and Life 　Part7: The Dawn of the Cambrian Explosion
Channel: Hadean Bioscience
Date: 2018-07-18

“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.
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Chapter 7: The Dawn of the Cambrian Explosion
Free oxygen produced by cyanobacteria gradually accumulated in the atmosphere. When the soil covered the dead cyanobacteria, more oxygen accumulated and atmospheric oxygen dramatically increased. “The Leaking Earth" phenomenon that started about 700 million years ago further expanded both the land, and free oxygen in the atmosphere, resulting in the expansion of the habitat of life that led to explosive biological evolution.


Supported by
Hadean Bioscience Project
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
ELSI


Exective producer: Shigenori Maruyama

Production: LiVE


Supervising director: Shigenori Maruyama
Producer: Ken Kurokawa
Director: Hiromitsu Kohsaka

Script Editor and Narrator: Jeff Gedert