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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

All that evolution undone. You can see it. A line in the rock layers. A boundary that...

All that evolution undone. You can see it. A line in the rock layers. A boundary that marks a profound,
rapid, global change. Below the line
are a multitude of lifeforms. Above, very few

Full Transcript

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All that evolution undone.
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You can see it. A line in the rock layers.
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A boundary that marks a profound, rapid, global change.
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Below the line are a multitude of lifeforms.
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Above, very few.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:44
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Silverback Films,Altitude Film Entertainment,WWF-UK

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Movie Summary

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
A mass extinction has happened five times in life's four-billion-year history. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
A mass extinction has happened five times in life's fou...
The last time it happened - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:21
The last time it happened
Life had no option but to rebuild. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:20
Life had no option but to rebuild.
Scientists call it the Holocene. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Scientists call it the Holocene.
The Holocene has been one of the most stable periods - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:17
The Holocene has been one of the most stable periods
And the rich and thriving living world around us - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
And the rich and thriving living world around us
Phytoplankton at the ocean's surface and immense forests straddling the north - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:23
Phytoplankton at the ocean's surface and immense forest...
Mangroves and coral reefs along thousands of miles of coast - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:13
Mangroves and coral reefs along thousands of miles of coast
A thick belt of jungles around the equator has piled plant on plant - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:14
A thick belt of jungles around the equator has piled plant o...
And the extent of the polar ice has been critical, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
And the extent of the polar ice has been critical,
The biodiversity of the Holocene helped to bring stability, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:19
The biodiversity of the Holocene helped to bring stability,
On the tropical plains, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
On the tropical plains,
In Asia, the winds would create the monsoon on cue. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
In Asia, the winds would create the monsoon on cue.
In the northern regions, the temperatures would lift in March, triggering spring, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:21
In the northern regions, the temperatures would lift in Marc...
Its rhythm of seasons was so reliable - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
Its rhythm of seasons was so reliable
[mooing] - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:32
[mooing]
The pace of progress was unlike anything to be found in the fossil record. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
The pace of progress was unlike anything to be found in the ...
Our intelligence changed the way in which we evolved. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
Our intelligence changed the way in which we evolved.
In the past, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
In the past,
But for us, an idea could do that. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
But for us, an idea could do that.