It used to be that science was thought to have nothing to do with us. In this first of five videos on “Emergent Evolution, Spirituality and God,” Philip Clayton explains how we are in fact part of the grander story of the universe. This brief history of the cosmos shows how we belong to the narrative of continual emergence that is the history of the cosmos. Understanding the physics of the universe’s birth helps one to see how humanity fits into the universal story. (And what about life on other planets?)