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[David Attenborough]All life is relatedAnd it enables us to construct with confidenceThe complex tree that represents the history of lifeOur planet, the Earth, is as far as we knowUnique in the universe; it contains lifeHere plants and animals proliferate in such numbersThat we still have not even named all the different speciesDarwin's great insight revolutionized the way in which we see the worldWe now understand why there are so many different species[Carl Sagan]Every cell is a triumph of natural selectionAnd we're made of trillions of cells (Within us is a little universe)Those are some of the things that molecules doGiven four billions years of evolution (We are, each of us, a multitude)Now how did the molecules of life arise?[Attenborough]It began in the seaSome 3 thousand million years agoComplex chemical molecules began to clump togetherSongtexteThese were the "seeds"From which the tree of life developedThey were able to split, replicating themselvesAs bacteria do[Sagan]The secrets of evolutionAre time and deathThere's an unbroken thread that stretchesFrom those first cells to us(refrain)[Jane Goodall]There isn't a sharp line dividing humansfrom the rest of the animal kingdomIt's a very wuzzie lineIt's a very wuzzie line,and it's getting wuzzierAll the timeWe find animals doing things that we,In our arrogance,Used to think was "just human"(refrain)[Attenborough]Its continued survival now rests in our hands Aus Songtexte Mania