History of the Earth Part 1: Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic Eons

If we are going to learn about the Earth, we had better start from the beginning! The Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic eons will take us all the way from the formation of the Earth, 4.6 billion years ago, until about half a billion years ago, so it's a very nice chunk of time. A lot happened over that time, in the way of the changing conditions on the Earth and its topography, as well as the emergence and evolution of life. There is so much to discuss, so let's dive right in!

Script by Jared Matteucci

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[nick]

i love how dave could easily just churn out “flat earth debunked” videos and get millions of views but he stays committed to educating his subscribers in almost every subject.

[happyhippo]

When I was in 2nd grade, in the 1960s, I asked my teacher if Africa and South America were once joined. She told me it was a coincidence. Little did I know I was a pioneer in plate tectonics, which was also validated in the 1960s.

[LockstepSeries]

I’m currently studying Geology at my university so I’m really excited to see this series to test myself on what I’ve really picked up. Also it’d be great to see a video on planetary geology!

[dutonic]

I find early earth history super fascinating. Wish I had the time to take more classes like this outside my engineering courses. Stoked af to see this series play out

[JaneNayes]

I fully expect you to go into detail on how the earth flattened out in future segments in this series.

[mindthesynapticgap]

Holy crap im so excited for this series thank you for keeping the knowledge output so damn consistent mr dave

[noahdelo]

Now those were the days let me tell you

[angelofrngesus]

It's always mind boggling for me to think about how even the most simple of animals that we have today were comparatively insanely complex for early earth.

[acunit]

It's pretty surprising how fast life emerged, great video as always!

[AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen]

👏🙂
Amazing video Professor Dave
I loved reading about this when I was a kid.

[davidwylie]

This guy is the best. I've lost my relationship with my father and brother due to the flat Earth hoax. Most flat earthers are absolutely die hard into their fanatic beliefs. It's nice to look up to professor Dave for some solace and mental stability

[chemdog]

I find all of your videos fascinating but this is my most anticipated topic, thank so much for all your videos and hard work. You're awesome sir!

[Navman]

Excellent, well done and presented without being needlessly complex.

[JaymeeStudy]

my GOSH, this is SAVING me!! As a second semester Geoscience student, I will be writing an exam on all of history of the earth and life in about 5 weeks. Having all of the stuff lined up like this in the right order and with just the most important events is really helping me to put it all into perspective. Thank you!!

[lore.keeper]

Preserving and proliferating scientific knowledge to future generations is the noblest thing you can do for our evolution as a species. Thank you Dave!
In love with this series and the ones about biology, zoology and astronomy as well. Keep up the amazing work!

[tmjewel]

Happy this video was recommended to me by the algorithm. I've enjoyed your debunking videos and now I'm looking forward to watching every playlist of tutorials! I didn't know they would be this good. Thanks for all your effort Dave.

[painovoimaton]

Geology is deeply interesting. I'm a sucker for structures and systems of almost incomprehensible scale – geology is almost like a cosmology of our homeworld. Gigantic things happening over billions of years (a number already incomprehensible to our brain) is just an infinite source of fascination for me.

[pepperVenge]

This is truly the best science related content on the web. Professor Dave will be remembered as being among the likes of Neal Degrasse Tyson, Carl Sagan, and Albert Einstein.

[TheBillzilla]

I've been fortunate enough to visit a site in Western Australia, where there is a large area of stromatolites. It was amazing to see such ancient living structures.

[richardaitkenhead]

Even though I know all of this, I really enjoyed it, felt like a kid again having fun and learning. Hands down best youtube channel.