Symphony of Science - The Greatest Show on Earth! A music video about Evolution
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- mp3: bit.ly/xqVD4J - A musical celebration of the wonders of biology, including evolution, natural selection, DNA, and more. Featuring David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye. "The Greatest Show on Earth" is the 13th video in the Symphony of Science music videos series. Materials used in this video are from:
Richard Dawkins' "There is grandeur in this view of life" speech
BBC Life
BBC Planet Earth
David Attenborough's First Life
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Bill Nye Evolution episode
Visit symphonyofscience.com for more videos!
If you enjoyed the video, consider checking out Dawkins' book of the same name, The Greatest Show On Earth, as well as the other mentioned source materials. Special thanks to everybody who's donated to keep the project alive and to those who helped track down the materials used in this video.
Lyrics:
[David Attenborough]
How could one species turn into another?
[Richard Dawkins]
How is it that we find ourselves surrounded by such complexity, such elegance?
[Bill Nye]
The genes of you and me
They're all made of DNA
We're all made of the same chemicals
DNA - we're all made of DNA
[Attenborough]
Only the fittest survive
And that is the key
Natural Selection
That is the key
[Dawkins]
We are surrounded by endless forms
Most beautiful, most wonderful
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
There is grandeur in this view of life
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
[Attenborough]
The history of life can be thought of
As a many branched tree
The five kingdoms of life
were established early on
Bacteria
Protists- amoeba like creatures
Fungi
Plants
And animals
[Dawkins]
We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig
In the midst of a blossoming tree of life
[refrain]
We are surrounded by millions of other species
Walking, flying, burrowing, stalking, chasing, fleeing,
Outpacing
[Attenborough]
Animals strive to reach this one ultimate goal
To ensure the survival of the next generation
This one ultimate goal
To pass on their genes
That is what life is all about
[refrain]
[Dawkins]
As we look back on the history of life
We see a picture of never ending,
ever rejuvinating novelty
[Attenborough]
Those animals may seem to us to be very remote,
strange, even fantastic
But all of us alive today
Owe our very existence to them - Věda a technologie
Every time I get stressed out about my science classes, I listen to this. It renews my love for universe.
Jenny von Henkelmann me too! Sometimes science class can be overwhelming but it is worth it and I never ever regret what I've chosen.
What are you doing not listening to your science teacher? But I suppose that the study of science in this way through videos is logical and a way to learn the subject.
What science classes are you taking? I’m taking math and science at CALC here in Toronto, Ontario; Canada.
A lot has happened since I dropped high school and left scientific fields. Why exactly can I not take all academic courses?
Here is the quotation from Charles Darwin that so many people misquote,
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change."
"In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment."
+Anthony Starfield Yeah, I hate the "survival of the fittest" phrase.
That's not exactly true. "Survival of the fittest" is not even from Darwin, it is from Herbert Spencer. The fifth edition of the Origin Of Species uses this phrase, however, the earlier versions do not. Here's a direct quote from Chapter 4 in the fifth edition: " "Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest"; of course he is not meaning "fittest" as in physique.
Adapting and evolution definitely do not go hand in hand. It’s about which phenotypes are selectively favored and therefore a far greater number of those alleles are produced increasing the favored allele phenotype.
So basically which species get ridiculously lucky.
@@jessieovendale5821 I'm gonna use the bear example from Cosmos: A spacetime oddesy; A bear living in the artic has 2 Cubs, one is brown like her, the other had a mutation which makes him white. The white one is more suitable for the artic environment so it is able to pass on it's genes where the brown one can't get food. Eventually after thousands of years. the entirety of the population is white. It's not really luck, it's whoever is most *Suitable* for their environment. And as Richard Attenborough said "There's one ultimate goal; to pass on their genes"
This was oddly motivating... I feel inspired to start evolving or something
+Ima Secret This made me chuckle. What less constructive type of motivation could there possibly be? Haha.
+Ima Secret Sure thing.
😂😂
you fool almost made me spit out my tea, that was hilarious.
you a pokemon or something?
You can’t just evolve it takes generations and millions of years
(I know it’s a joke)
First time I saw this video, I had to run downstairs and give my little dog a big hug simply for being there. This video struck me with appreciation for the billion-year-long trillion-branched path of chance and annihilation that brought us together in this very moment. Happiness is such a luxury. Thanks melodysheep!
Burger Voss And indeed, this process led to humans developing brains capable of building computers and thus the Internet, which is why I now get to read your comment and you get to read my reply. It's like Dawin (And later, Dawkins) said: There is grandeur in this view of life.
"Only the fittest survive, that is the key. Natural selection, that - is the key."
Hauntingly beautiful
Art + Science = WONDER
"Walking, flying, burrowing, stalking, chasing, fleeing, Outpacing"
Wow! What a scholarly man!
this gives me much more spiritual amazement & satisfaction than any religion could possibly do.
Wow That is so Brilliant can i quote you for this Atheist and Secular page?
Sean Locke of course you can, go ahead
thx
harpyion I have to admit to being moved to tears at the sheer beauty and wonder that we have come to understand. It's humbling, beautiful and awe inspiring to think, just for a moment, that somewhere a star died to give us life. To allow us to question and discover. We are the universe's attempt to understand it's self.
Addam Miller a much better & more awesome story than any imaginary godlike creature
harpyion it really is. Just recently on my personal FB page, I had to lay out exactly what death and mortality means to a person who doesn't believe in God. Obviously I could only speak for myself. Surprisingly...I have gotten absolutely nothing but positive feedback. Even from those that are judgmental of my beliefs. Honestly, I think describing that did more to make them think than any debate on the facts eve could.
That book of Dawkins (The Greatest Show on Earth) played a big part in me turning away from Creationism and later Christianity.
Good book.
*hawkings
To your knowledge, all what they have said is not against the words of god even if some scientists were not believers
@@ahmed-pr2we if in future all science may contradict religion yet some idiots will still believe in their old outdated religion
Well, reading usually lead us away from ignorance, so... totally understandable.
Why turn away from Jesus? You can still believe in God and in Science.
The greatest show on EARTH!!
Happy 10th anniversary to this video!
Still a massive banger. Still quoting "Natural selection: And that, was the key" on the regular.
Really bummed out this isn't on spotify though :(
"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
-Charles Darwin
All of these are amazing. I would recommend any teacher, especially K-12 bring these into the classroom. Brilliant! *applauds melodysheep*
learning through song and poetry is the best way to learn! the ancients always did it this way, its deep within us to grasp things better in rhyme or verse! its a shame its not done as much these days i think it would make learning more fun and lasting! ive learned a great deal through these songs, even when i was not interested before listening! melodysheep the scientific bard of our times!
+Talons of the Raven Seriously, read some real Evolutionary books etc, don't rely on these videos for education; they're over simplified. They should be more for emotional connection or something.
Deathbyblackhole C'mon man, im not a fool, i realise they are over simplified for musical and etertainment purposes, but it is the spark that this video creates that is what is most important, in my own culture history,mythology and general thoughts and lessons of my nation where carried on from generation to generation through song and verse, and if you want me to read an evolutionary book then my choice would be from the "true" evolutionist Wallace, not Darwin!
also as a person who never had much love for modern Scientists as i think most of them are sheep, give me my comment for what it was, just a simple gesture of mirth and respect!
Talons of the Raven I never said you should read Darwin's book. You need to read the modern books anyway.
Deathbyblackhole `-`
I love Attenborough's relaxing voice. And this is a freakin' amazing music video. I can't get enough of these!
My favorite track from Symphony of Science
Who needs the fiction of gods when we have the beauty of reality.
And that is exactly the reason, why i am a non-believer! I could never find better words to describe it. As someone who loves to learn new things, it's the sheer endlessness of things to learn about. I am currently making my way into the fish keeping hobby, and i spend pretty much every evening searching up some incredably niche species, and let me tell you, there is SO MUCH to explore, in this one hobby alone. And it is only one single hobby among so many things, that one can dedicate their whole life to. It is just breathtaking, how much there is out there, don't even get me started on astronomy! My life may be a bit of a mess right now, but the beauty of reality fills me whit such a joy, i wouldn't lie, if i say, that this is, what keeps me going.
Love how on captions it tells you who’s talking, very nice touch.
If i ever feel exhausted when studying some of my university science content, Symphony of Science pulls me right back into gear! f-yeah! science!
Steven Morrison I hear to be good
Im just sitting here and learning for my last biology exam I´ll write in 6 hours, the topic is evolution and this song just gave me such a motivation boost! :D Keep up your work guys, you are great!
appquak I know I am too late but still I'd like to ask, how did it go?
Combines my love of music with my love of science. Also...BILL NYE. Nuff said.
1:23 that line makes you realise that we humans are not as special as we think. We're just another branch in the tree of life
Hey, Melodysheep! I really love your music! I almost forgot this channel but yesterday i was browsing throug my history and found it again!
love all of the videos! i still find myself coming back and listening to your page over any other tunes out there.
Melody Sheep you make amazing videos, I listen to Symphony of Science almost every day.
These videos inspire me. I want to learn more and more after watching them!
Annotated "lyrics"
[David Attenborough] How could one species turn into another?
---Lots and lots of clues (of various kinds) indicate that this has happened many, many, many times. How does it happen? The simplest way (and undoubtedly the most common way) is through a population getting split in two by a geographic barrier that persists through many generations. Both of the new populations will experience random genetic changes that eventually must turn them into distinct species. They will no longer be able to interbreed, because their molecular parts don’t fit. If the two populations end up in different sorts of environments (and no two environments are identical) then natural selection should drive the evolution of phenotypic differences.
[Richard Dawkins] How is it that we find ourselves surrounded by such complexity, such elegance?
---To address this hard question, the big idea is that information can (accidentally) generate more information - so a complex system can give rise to a more complex system.
[Bill Nye, the Science Guy] The genes of you and me, they're all made of DNA! We're all made of the same chemicals - DNA - we're all made of DNA …
---All organisms’ genes are made of DNA, and further: all organisms’ genes work in the same basic way - they are transcribed to mRNA copies, which are translated (using the same rules of the genetic code) to build protein molecules. Most of our human genes are recognizably related to fish genes. Some of our genes (and fishes’ genes) are recognizably related to genes in ALL organisms.
[Attenborough] Only the fittest survive - and that is the key: Natural Selection - that is the key...
---In the video it sounds like David Attenborough is saying “only the fishes survive.”
Of course everyone has heard of ‘survival of the fittest.’
But what does ‘fittest’ mean? Think of it this way: a creature’s genes produce a phenotype that (more or less) FITS a particular environment - the environment in which Mom and Dad grew up and successfully reproduced. Most of the critters in a population inherit a set of genes that makes them (more or less) fit their environment, and thrive in it. But life is rough, and there’s not enough room for all babies to grow up - most, in fact, die young, killed by parasites and/or predators that make up part of that environment. Every environment naturally selects certain phenotypes that best FIT that environment’s specific challenges and opportunities.
[Dawkins] We are surrounded by endless forms most beautiful, most wonderful ...
---Dawkins is borrowing a famous quote from Charles Darwin (the concluding paragraph of Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species).
…Evolution - the greatest show on Earth…
---The Greatest Show on Earth is a book by Richard Dawkins, well worth reading.
There is grandeur in this view of life ...
---Again Dawkins is quoting from that last paragraph of the Origin of Species.
[Attenborough] The history of life can be thought of as a many-branched tree ...
---It is highly recommended to devote five minutes to this Wikipedia article on the Tree of Life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(biology)
The five kingdoms of life were established early on: Bacteria - Protists (amoeba-like creatures) - Fungi - Plants - and Animals …
---Actually, the first animals and plants do not appear in the fossil record until quite recently: animals about 560 million years ago, and plants less than 500 million years ago.
[Dawkins] We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig in the midst of a blossoming tree of life …
---en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(biology)#/media/File:A_Novel_Representation_Of_The_Tree_Of_Life.png
The first figure in that Wikipedia article maps the genetic distances between all known kinds of today’s living creatures. Branch lengths are proportional to genetic difference. Humans are not labeled on this tree because our twig is WAY too tiny. Humans (and all other animals) are included in the bough labeled ‘Opisthokonta’ at lower right - shaded green, along with all other Eukaryotes. Animals are just one sub-bough of Opisthokonta, which also includes fungi and slime molds.
We are surrounded by millions of other species - walking, flying, burrowing, stalking, chasing, fleeing, outpacing...
---but most of them swimming, or creeping, or oozing, or floating, or just sticking. Most are single-celled organisms. See that Tree of Life.
[Attenborough] Animals strive to reach this one ultimate goal: to ensure the survival of the next generation. This one ultimate goal: to pass on their genes - that is what life is all about...
---More precisely: individual animals, plants, and all creatures behave in ways that maximize their health, survival, and reproduction. From a biological perspective, life seems to be all about living.
[Dawkins] As we look back on the history of life, we see a picture of never ending, ever rejuvenating novelty …
---Except that some creatures seem to have changed very little over millions (and millions) of years. The bacteria in today’s soil follow very much the same lifestyle as their ancestors did a billion years ago. Meanwhile, single-celled opisthokonts gave rise to all the fungi, slime molds, and animals, including us.
[Attenborough] Those animals may seem to us to be very remote, strange, even fantastic - but all of us alive today owe our very existence to them.
---To our ancestors, that is, and to their contemporaries, since the beginning of life.
And to our contemporaries today - all the bacteria and plants and animals and other creatures that maintain the economy of the Biosphere.
These songs have been following me through my long STEM career journey and even today as a Professional Consultant. It feels like a lost love and all of the sudden, you have the opportunity to meet again. So grateful for this musical advocacy project, you continue to inspire me in many ways.
The perfect music to listen to while correct dissertation drafts to. Those amazing bops have carried me so far in life... thank you.
Man, this is so fantastic.
DON'T STOP TO DO THOSE SYMPHONYS, ***** !!!
Dawkins probably has a lovely singing voice.
Aahwwahwha your profile picture is *so cute*!
+Dreamz, inc. lol thanks, I think so too
1:23 goosebumps everytime at this part. Richard Dawkins, a person who I used to despise, has given me way more emotion with this line (helped of course by melodysheep), than I ever got from religion for 22 years.
Same
Same back then when I was very religious I hate learning about evolution in school
Those images incorporates with the music so well, creating majestic and truly mindblowing performance, simply beautiful!
The ABSOLUTEST BEST VIDEO on CZcams
i love it i cant get enough of this tune
love u melody sheep
I'm listening this for years😍but doesn't get bored
When we evolve we must reach a certain level of ourselves, it's either that or we use a water stone, thunder stone, fire stone to evolve ourselves XD
I pushed B. No more evolution.
:0
I would use a Dawn Stone, being a Kirlia myself.
I remember my biology teacher played this song in class during our evolution course.
Cool teacher. Maybe I'll suggest this song to a teacher when it fits the occasion.
Continua atual e inspirador mesmo depois de tanto tempo
man, David Attenborough, a voice I grew up listening to watching nature shows as a kid with my dad
this is so nice and had some catch to it too
Greetings, Melody Sheep.
I noticed a mistranslation in the Portuguese subtitles.
Where it is read "Apenas os mais fortes sobrevivem" (translation for: "Only the fittest survive"), the correct translation would be "Apenas os mais adaptados sobrevivem".
Thank you for the patience and appreciation. Love your videos :)
Have a splendid week ;)
He doesn’t translate his videos. His viewers do. He even gives credit to the people who translate them. Just look at his descriptions.
"DNA
We're all made of DNA
We're all made of the same chemicals " -Bill Nye
man that part really gives me the feels/chills
Melodysheep thank you for all you do, I've been a fan for a little over 2 years now
I am going to buy the Collectors Download
agreed, dude... gives me goosebumps.
Thank you for still making me smile. 🌸🕊❤️
Melodysheep, you have literally changed my life for the far better. Your videos have awoken within me a thirst for knowledge, as well as a renewed pride in humanity. You are a hero almost on par with Mr. Rogers. Thank you.
Awesome!!! How do you convey a spiritual experience? Idk. I'm an atheist and i think melodysheep has made a wonderful example how a beautiful piece of art can show just how incredible life and evolution is.
Try shrooms.
Define "spiritual".
I'm so tired of all the religious bullshit. Absolutely loved the vid, Richard Dawkins and Attenborough are both great persons. Glory to all scientists all over the world!
The Symphony of Science is "most beautiful, most wonderful" thing that
happen to music and to science lately. Momentarily, the greatest show on Earth.
I don't know where you get all these gorgeous clips, but goddamn... Good work.
As a Christian who has no problem with the concept of evolution, I was really moved by the "tree of life" line. Not trying to start an argument, I just thought it was really beautiful and profound.
Okay, fact. Semantics.
***** okay there dawkins, evolution is a fact AND a concept. Wow!
David J. McGee I never understood Christians who believe in evolution. You're just nitpicking the bible. Either believe in it or denounce your faith. You're obviously not really a Christian. Why call yourself something you're not? Not trying to sound rude... Just generally interested.
NizzBomb69 I don't think being a Christian requires believing in a literal six days of creation. For one thing, we mark days by the position of the earth relative to the sun, but according to Genesis, God didn't create the sun until the fourth day, so the three days prior to it must have been measured by some other standard. For another thing, those six days were entirely from God's perspective, and God doesn't experience time the way we do. Psalm 90:4 says "For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night" and 2nd Peter 3:8 says "With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." The reason for that is that God, having created time, isn't stuck in it the way we are; he stands outside of it the way an author stands outside of the timeline of his story, so he can spend as long as he wants on any particular part or go back and forth in it; our past, present, and future are his perpetual NOW. So those six "days" were actually probably a lot longer--in fact, probably just long enough for evolution to happen (or rather, to be overseen and guided), meaning that a more literal, precise account of the creation story would render them simply "six periods of time." But remember, the first five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy--were, according to Judeo-Christian tradition, written under divine revelation by Moses, a primitive man who lived thousands and thousands of years ago, and God gave him what he would be able to understand.
+David J. McGee Just my opinion on your reply: You come up with a lots of "ifs" and "I thinks" with nothing to back it up. (You and I have absolutely no knowledge about god. Justifying your worldview by making up facts about such a creature is questionable at least: for example, stating how it experiences time- how would you know? How do you know how he created anything? The Genesis story is obviously contradicted by every part of modern science) Which you can do I guess, it just sounds like you are really trying to cling on too any shred of hope to keep your faith. Plus you don't address the issue at hand. The problem with the creation story isn't the time span. It is 1, using magic to explain stuff, 2, being incoherent with the teachings of christianity. Let me elaborate. What is one of the most core teachings of christianity? Original sin. How is it solved? With Jesus. (a very, if not the most important part of christian dogma). Now, if the creation story isn't true regarding humans (and as evolution shows, it isn't), then there is no original sin. Undermining the most basic doctrines of the religion. That is the problem with the creation story.
A wonder of cool stuff and a genration what we have become love it
Loved it! Thanks for all the hard work.
These videos just bring tears to my eyes! The world and universe truly is a magnificent place with so much inspiration to want to do something good for mankind!
I love this! Well done, thank you!
Why do people find it hard to accept the possibility that the universe has no creator,yet it's easy for them to assume that God exists eternally and has no creator?
Answer:Simplifying reality is easy.Questioning reality is hard and sometimes painful.
It gets complicated if you ask who or what created a supreme being (a god) as that intelligence must have had a creator itself and as far as I see has no end to it.
Absolutely wonderful. A message that makes learning fun. This ought to be out in the schools around the world.
Where you was all those years? How I survived without your fantastic videos?
lol I just love to imagine Richard Dawkins singing. This is just amazing.
Such Diversity of Life
Hey man I hope your having a good day! Cool video clip hey have you herd the Justin B endorsing God with another rapper? Ugh ppl are flocking to it....
Darren Carpenter Enjoy your weekend :)
must-see - recommended for all children in school, simply brilliant - kötelező szemléltető tananyag az iskolában, hittan mellé ... jav.: helyett ;)
This song never gets old.
My _favourite!_ :)
melodysheep makes some great songs, excellent work
unique and beautiful songs, good ideas, I like it.
Wow! You really put a lot of time, heart and effort into these videos! I am actually only watching them for the 1st time today and they are Simply _ creative and amazing!!! Thank you!
I’m probably going to sound rude but I’m honestly waiting for creationists to say “Nope. Nuh-uh. Wrong.”
Killer Evolution vid. Subbed.
'Sup, GamerGater! c:
ive heard this song countless times and it always gives me goose bumps. If it doesn't give you goosebumps then you are wasting your life.
Dude, seriously. Your songs make me shed the geekiest of geektears. This stuff's amazing.
For a science video these comments are remarkably stupid.
Ikr
I mean it's CZcams though... That's like expecting to walk into a bank and thinking everyone's rich lol...
I showed this to my short brother...
Now he is taller than me!
Thank you so much for the amazing and motivating video !
Nice symphony with the nature!
Religion class. Teacher : Today we're gonna talk about how god created us. Me : **puts on science glasses**. Best 2 hours of detention ever.
Good work
I go to a Jewish day school and my grade is mainly aethiest. We always argue with the rabbis about creation and stuff and sometimes their answers are so stupid. How do you explain the dinosaurs? Well god a world before us but it failed and he left behind the fossils. Well I thought God was perfect. Well...
+A Retarded Twat Moje strony!
+oliver holybee You make a valid point yet by "name calling" divides us in a time when we need to come together in our thoughts though our heart and not our ego.
Whilst I am an atheist, I am of the opinion that when it comes to religion people should be left to their own beliefs- the incredibly devout, such as priests, rabbis and religious teachers, will never be brought around to the irreligious point of view. As long as neither side does any harm, it is best if we just left each other alone.
The fittest doesn't actually mean the strongest or most able. It means which organism can better adapt to its environment has a higher chance of survival.
Man, your work is so wonderful. The music is impeccable and you are a very brilliant person. How I enjoy all your videos. Tank you so much. Kind Regards. 😭💫👀👂🤩😍😍💫🤴🏻🤩❤
He's taking learning to another level...
This needs more Brian Cox...
YES! He's my favorite! Him and Attenborough
Who's still watching this in 2019?
You are creating fantastic videos. Thanks
That part of "branch in trees" [1:25] are out of this world my friend... Cheers.
1:23
The "Symphony of Science" series of videos is fantastic. They should replace religion, being deeper and more meaningful, and educational in their way.
I cannot stop listening
You Sir deserve a award for such a elegantly put explanation, Thank you.
"We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig, in amidst of a blossoming tree of life."
Evolution, the greatest show on Earth!
This should be played from time to time in science classes.
shout to melodysheep!!! I think you just landed a feature on my site! :) great work!
The best music video about evolution is a song called "The Greatest Show On Earth" by Nightwish.
Tip: read the lyrics along with the song. You will be moved if you have feelings.
Don't forget ''Endless Forms Most Beautiful'' Also by Nightwish
At what point does this video question or even touch the subject of atheism/religion?
Watching your videos really going to deep in universe
where can i find David Attenborough's X factor audition tape?
The internet is fucking awesome!
Dawkin's spittin fire
I love this song!!
la cancion de los biologos ?? es en serio ?? x)
really, the greatest show on earth
everything in this world is evolution without that they would not have discovered maths physics
Would you please clarify. I have no idea what you mean
Thank you for your videos! I have sincerely found in them the inspiration and patience I desire.🌿
Where does the video from 0:06-0:10 come from?