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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

If you find a layer inthe earth that indicates the boundary of the first orlast time that...

If you find a layer in
the earth that indicates the boundary of the first or
last time that the fossils of any species can be found, you mark it with
a "golden spike." You drive it into the
rock with a hammer

Full Transcript

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If you find a layer in the earth that indicates
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the boundary of the first or last time that the fossils of
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any species can be found,
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you mark it with a "golden spike."
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You drive it into the rock with a hammer.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:29
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
12
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E10 They communicated over limited areas by - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
They communicated over limited areas by
S01 • E01 If you were an extra-terrestrial on a survey mission, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
If you were an extra-terrestrial on a survey mission,
S01 • E02 On the inside, within its tiny brain, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
On the inside, within its tiny brain,
S01 • E09 You're not gonna believe this, but we can change the pattern - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
You're not gonna believe this, but we can change the pa...
S01 • E05 But if the actions of the heart could be recorded, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
But if the actions of the heart could be recorded,
S01 • E06 Then he got to the part about the origin of the planets. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Then he got to the part about the origin of the planets.
S01 • E04 [gunfire and explosions] - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
[gunfire and explosions]
S01 • E03 For billions of years, all life could do was ooze. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
For billions of years, all life could do was ooze.
S01 • E01 Someday soon there will be ten billion of us. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Someday soon there will be ten billion of us.
S01 • E05 How could you transcribe the brain's delicate murmurings - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
How could you transcribe the brain's delicate murmuring...
S01 • E06 He was offended that an astronomer was making - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
He was offended that an astronomer was making
S01 • E07 The drama unfolding here is not the struggle between - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
The drama unfolding here is not the struggle between
S01 • E08 Cassini told the King, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Cassini told the King,
S01 • E10 But over longer distances, they could communicate only - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
But over longer distances, they could communicate only
S01 • E03 Now, life began to swim, run, jump and fly. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Now, life began to swim, run, jump and fly.
S01 • E09 I know it sounds crazy, but in every trial ever conducted, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
I know it sounds crazy, but in every trial ever conducted,
S01 • E01 How did we become the globe-girdling, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
How did we become the globe-girdling,
S01 • E12 If we are living in the Anthropocene, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
If we are living in the Anthropocene,
S01 • E13 TYSON: This Cosmic Calendar, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
TYSON: This Cosmic Calendar,
S01 • E05 There was no way to do that without harming a patient... - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
There was no way to do that without harming a patient...