The Life of Earth

The Life of Earth

Documentary 2019

Available on Prime Video, Smithsonian Channel

Explore a question as old as Earth itself: how did the world we call home come to be? Journey through eons of fire and ice to see how Earth became habitable, and how human progress is putting the planet in a precarious state.

Documentary 2019

PG

EPISODE 1

From Space

Witness Earth’s 4.5-billion-year journey from a truly unique vantage point. See how the planet evolved from a hellish ocean of molten rock to the habitable landscape we know today.

41 min · Dec 8, 2019 PG
EPISODE 2

The Age of Humans

Travel back in time to witness Africa’s equatorial zone, where Homo sapiens first walked the Earth. See how humans’ ability to harness agriculture and fossil fuels transformed their ecosystem and the population it sustained.

41 min · Dec 15, 2019 PG

Luke Wiles

Director
Ruth Robert

Producer
Martin Williams

Producer

About

The Life of Earth

DOCUMENTARY

Explore a question as old as Earth itself: how did the world we call home come to be? Journey through eons of fire and ice to see how Earth became habitable, and how human progress is putting the planet in a precarious state.

Information

Studio: Smithsonian
Released: 2019
Rated: PG

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio and Subtitles: English (Canada) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.