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History of life on Earth

This course contains 3 segments:

Formation of Earth and early life

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This course contains 3 segments:

Formation of Earth and early life

How did Earth form, and what were early life forms like? Learn what we do (and don't!) know about the origins of our amazing planet and the dawn of its diverse inhabitants.

The diversification of life

Life began on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago. Since then, it's diversified in an amazing way! Learn about important events in the history of living organism on Earth, up to and including the appearance of humans.

Radiometric dating

Geologists and archaeologists will tell you how old things are or when they happened, but how do they know? This tutorial covers some of the primary techniques of "dating" (in the geological, not the romantic, sense!).

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This course belongs to a collection called Biology. It's comprised of 31 courses:
  1. Intro to biology
  2. Chemistry of life
  3. Water, acids, and bases
  4. Properties of carbon
  5. Macromolecules
  6. Energy and enzymes
  7. Structure of a cell
  8. Membranes and transport
  9. Cellular respiration
  10. Photosynthesis
  11. Cell signaling
  12. Cell division
  13. Classical and molecular genetics
  14. DNA as the genetic material
  15. Central dogma (DNA to RNA to protein)
  16. Gene regulation
  17. Biotechnology
  18. Developmental biology
  19. Bacteria and archaea
  20. Viruses
  21. Evolution and the tree of life
  22. History of life on Earth (viewing)
  23. Ecology
  24. Biodiversity and conservation
  25. Behavioral biology
  26. Principles of physiology
  27. Human biology
  28. Studying for the AP Biology exam?
  29. Crash Course: Biology and Ecology
  30. Meet the biology professional
  31. Plant biology
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