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From Luca to You and Me

from Genomics! The Musical! by Singing Science

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A song about the trail of evolution

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From Luca to you and me,
There were millions of living beings,
Steps taken
In between

LUCA lived on the ocean floor
Where thermal vents kept it warm
Then it started
Something new

A single cell LUCA split
Into new cells that didn't exist
different
With different genes

These child cells went their own way
Had their own kids that also changed
And started
To populate the seas

Chorus
Evolution has led to everything that's lived
Mutation means changes in the DNA of kids
Natural Selection then decides
Which species get to survive

Verse Set 2

All the living things which Have
DNA
With each new generation
that DNA may change

DNA changes may lead to
something new,
If it's is good, the creature lives,
If it's bad - bye bye to you

If the creature thrives where it lives
It is closer to perfection
If it grows up, and has some kids
That's Natural selection


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Stick insects didn't start out
Looking just like sticks
DNA changes made each generation
a little more like twigs

The birds who would hunt them
Would end up being tricked
Into eating the less camouflaged ones
so the stick type ones would live

The ancestor of whales
Was a cat-sized deer
It used to hunt in shallow streams
Ended staying their for years

They evolved to swim and live
Underwater
Ending up as whales thanks to surviving
Sons and Daughters

Chorus
Evolution has led to everything that's lived
Mutation means changes in the DNA of kids
Natural Selection then decides
Which species get to survive

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from Genomics! The Musical!, track released January 15, 2022

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Singing Science Cambridge, UK

Singing Science unites two passions of its founder Rishi - writing and performing music, and excitement and understanding of science. Originally launched as a side project 'Professor Karmadillo', over the year of COVID it became clear there was a need for more public engagement with science, so Rishi decided to revive the idea as Singing Science so enjoy the music from the musical mini-lectures! ... more

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