Episode
Horizon: Search for Life
Overview
Documentary about the origins of life which attempts to find out what happened in the one billion years before fossil evidence begins.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1974-06-10
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Search for Life is Episode 15 in 1974 of Horizon. It aired on 1974-06-10. The runtime is 60 min.
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