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The Most Unknown

So, if you had to guess where on this tree of life would be a palm tree, where would you...

So, if you had to guess where on this tree of life would be a palm tree, where would you point?

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So, if you had to guess
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where on this tree of life would be a palm tree,
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where would you point?
Duration
10 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:12
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
VICE Media

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Movie Summary

The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousnes
So if you had a guess - The Most Unknown 00:06
So if you had a guess
Yeast would be here, or maybe back here. - The Most Unknown 00:06
Yeast would be here, or maybe back here.
Insects, flowers... - The Most Unknown 00:04
Insects, flowers...
When we think of the diversity of life, - The Most Unknown 00:09
When we think of the diversity of life,
And then, this... is archaea, - The Most Unknown 00:08
And then, this... is archaea,
You just, you sort of just drew a brain. - The Most Unknown 00:04
You just, you sort of just drew a brain.
The point you're making about diversity - The Most Unknown 00:04
The point you're making about diversity
-Yeah, exactly. -And all this unknown bit, - The Most Unknown 00:05
-Yeah, exactly. -And all this unknown bit,
The point that I want to make - The Most Unknown 00:10
The point that I want to make
Historically, our knowledge of microbiology - The Most Unknown 00:08
Historically, our knowledge of microbiology
And it wasn't until DNA sequencing - The Most Unknown 00:10
And it wasn't until DNA sequencing
Let me get this started, - The Most Unknown 00:04
Let me get this started,
There's a very dark, tiny bit that I'm interested in. - The Most Unknown 00:05
There's a very dark, tiny bit that I'm interested...
Those beads are going to shear the cells, - The Most Unknown 00:05
Those beads are going to shear the cells,
So it spins things really, really fast. - The Most Unknown 00:05
So it spins things really, really fast.
[Axel] You want to be really sober - The Most Unknown 00:05
[Axel] You want to be really sober
Each of these brightly fluorescing squiggles - The Most Unknown 00:08
Each of these brightly fluorescing squiggles
Then, if we change it... - The Most Unknown 00:04
Then, if we change it...
To green, now we're looking at the archaea again, - The Most Unknown 00:10
To green, now we're looking at the archaea again,
This is many more archaea in that same hot spring. - The Most Unknown 00:04
This is many more archaea in that same hot spring.