Forces of Nature "Elements"

The Maasai women paint their faces with the ochre that they have collected. Credit: Courtesy of Freddie Claire/BBC

The Maasai women paint their faces with the ochre that they have collected. Credit: Courtesy of Freddie Claire/BBC

Elements

The forces of nature make Earth a restless planet, but they also turned our ball of rock into a home for life. How did our planet's ingredients, the chemical elements, come together and take that first crucial step from barren rock to a living world?

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Forces of Nature

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