What Was The Earth Like 2 Billion Years Ago?

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Researched and Written by Leila Battison
Narrated and Edited by David Kelly
Thumbnail Art and Art by Ettore Mazza
Art by Khail Kupsky
Map by Adriano Bezerra

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Stanley Tyler Photo: Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fair use)
Elsa Barghorn image (fair use)

[HistoryoftheEarth]

Correction: Melody at the beginning is Ukrainian not specifically Soviet.
References and follow up reading:

[NickSturtz]

History Channel: Here’s a pawn store and/or a storage unit. Discovery Channel: here are some some truckers. This channel: here’s actual science and history for you. Thank you!

[malakaihernandez]

Shout out to the camera man who was able to record this for billions of years

[jaydendrelinger]

These presentations are masterful. The order in which the stories are pieced together combined with
spot-on narrative and impactful imagery is simply brilliant

[lordlem]

I've heard that more recently the theory is that some heavier elements such as uranium were actually most likely formed in neutron star mergers and not in supernovas themselves. It doesn't make a major difference for the purposes here, as the point is that almost all uranium on Earth was created at the same time billions of years ago, but the closer details and theories of nucleosynthesis might be worth exploring more closely in the later episodes of the sister series on the history of the universe.

[TheMrCougarful]

I just want to add, the writing in this series is off the charts. If it is the work of one person, then we have a world-class talent at work. I feel fortunate to have met this person, if only in words. The words really are that good.

[oddviews]

One doesn't even need to have special interests in subjects like these to enjoy them. For many students, method of presentation determines whether they are boring or fascinating and ultimately learning valuable knowledge. Congratulations on a super channel, that from the many comments on here, you can have real pride in your work.

[thomasvieth]

After having watched a good number of videos in both series, I think you are due the praise that you deserve. Not only am I fascinated by the contents you present, but I am a writer (novelist) and I do appreciate the language with which you package your information very much. Sometimes it borders on poetry which delight in reading and writing at times. I can see how much effort you have put into the language you use to present what you have to say. Thank you very much

[helenaziegler]

Nice job! I just want to point out that we have fresh samples from the Earth's mantle, they are taken out by some kinds of magmas that rise up in few hours from below the Moho. They are called mantle xenoliths and are stunningly beautiful, with the lime green olivine as dominant constituent. Love them so much.

[ste]

It is lovely and refreshing to have a YouTuber talk about the Kola Bore Hole without spouting absolute rubbish about 'sounds from hell' or showing images from things with not the slightest relevance to the bore hole, like open cast mines in Canada for instance.

[Monkey.D.Pression]

the quality of these videos is just insane

[ajdrag]

Watching this makes me wonder about how the future will play out. One day, the volcanoes will erupt again; the ice will cover the earth. And what will humanity look like when that happens. We truly live in a golden age, and we should appreciate it.

[MisterOcclusion]

11:33 "Toxic Geezers" had me thinking of some of the seniors I've known in life XD

[iaw]

Who funds this ? This is better than most if not all tv documentaries.

[myquirkisfred]

Looking at prehistoric earth, it makes me realize how insignificant we are. This doesn’t make life feel hopeless, though, it just makes me appreciate it more. It humbled me in some strange way.

Edit: didn’t expect to get hardcore Christians to flood the replies lmao. Isn’t there something in there that says not to flaunt your beliefs around? I already believe in god, I don’t need lectures on not wearing wool and Lenin together or to not eat pork.
I appreciate life with and without god, I’m humbled by the reality we’ve been through.

I believe that god made the universe to be vast and huge (not bigger than him, for he is everything and more), he made space to exist for us to one day explore even if it seems impossible.
So y’all can chill out with the rapture and fear-mongering about raptures and stuff.

[edwardloomis]

Thank you for the visual of Split Rock Lighthouse at 24:29, a reminder of my first cross-border trip as a pre-teen up Minnesota's North Shore by station wagon to Thunder Bay, then called Fort Williams and Port Arthur, Ontario. The reward was the Malkin's jam we brought back from Canada and enjoyed at breakfast for several weeks.

[dominictarrsailing]

this channel is absolutely fantastic. I saw the "great oxidation event" first then started watching from the start. It's really impressive what you've done with just narration and some footage and stills. There is quite a lot of information that can be difficult to follow. I'm often rewinding a bit because I didn't catch something. I think it may be easier to follow if there was also occasionally some text on the screen - for example if the narrator says "two billion years ago" showing that on the screen, or that some life combined or evolved with some other. not whole sentences but just a couple of words.

[williamscoggin]

Knowledge is the catalyst that stimulates the brain into realizing that everything leads to everything else. I never get tired of learning the nuances of all things. 👍🏻

[Queenofimps.]

It's really refreshing to watch an educational and informative video where the majority of comments aren't dumb jokes and memes.

[ethanpritchard]

This has always confused me. It was called the space race, not the race to the moon. It's true the soviets didn't get to the moon first, but they most definitely won the race by getting to space sooner.