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Written by Emma Chapman
Check out her great book on this exact subject here: https://www.amazon.com/FirstLightSw...

Narrated by David Kelly
Edited by Manuel Rubio and David Kelly
Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazz...
Sound Editing by Craig Stevenson
Animations by the superb Jero Squartini https://www.fiverr.com/share/0v7Kjv using Manim MIT License, (c) 20202023 3Blue1Brown LLC
CGI of Star Comparison Chart by Moritz Brand
Galaxies, space videos from NASA, ESA and ESO.
Music from Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Silver Maple And Yehezkel Raz.
Stock footage from Videoblocks, Artgrid and Shutterstock.

#populationIII

00:00 Introduction
05:46 Hot Planets
14:52 Population III
29:28 The Hunt (For The First Stars)
43:59 Mammoths