TED Talks

Tara Djokic: This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life (2019x222)

Uitzenddatum: Okt 07, 2019

Exactly when and where did life on Earth begin? Scientists have long thought that it emerged three billion years ago in the ocean — until astrobiologist Tara Djokic and her team made an unexpected discovery in the western Australian desert. Learn how an ancient rock found near a hot volcanic pool is shifting our understanding of the origin-of-life puzzle.