The Oldest Fossils Ever Found!

Scientists have found fossils that show life appearing on Earth much earlier than we thought. Meanwhile, could there be a new fundamental force?

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[MrKubahades]

I hope the new fundemental force is real. That would be amazing.

[phantasm]

Can you do one on cerebral aneurysms? I had one rupture at 19 and would love to learn more!

[Kamiflage]

The fifth force is clearly The Schwartz.

[Golfbob]

How can there be a fossil 3 billion years old if the earth is only 2016 years old???

[Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

I am happy you included the papers with this.

[niclaswerner]

honestly, what I'd mostly like to see is Sci show chemistry. although, those all sounds really really cool. just putting it out there to voice it :) you're all awesome and stuff!

[onelove]

"...and that's good enough for me." says Hank!
Simply Adorable

[cowboyhank]

Read this in the newspaper last week, so cool!

[s.e.a.-amir]

That reveal got me way more excited than it probably should have

[aguynamedsmith]

I'd want to see scishow psych. My chem teacher says psychology isn't a real science. My psychology teacher disagrees.

[sandycandy]

Amazing! I just taught a class on earths history in spring, cant believe the timelines we had students made already need to be updated!

[batll]

SciShow Psych! Wish you'd had one of them three years ago in time for my degree, I used one of the videos to better understand a paper I actually needed to read this term, it was great :D

[Sanngot]

I literally just read about the early life info from this video a couple of hours ago. I should have just waited for this video! XD

[brisfocus]

oldest fossil ever found? - they've met the mother-in-law

[SuperOm]

Whatever.
Bruce Willis already found the fifth element nearly 20 years ago.

[iangraber-stiehl]

SCISHOW LIFE! Hank, we haven't had a biology science communicator witb the clout the SciShow has since Steve Irwin. Science communication is overwhelmingly dominated by space, physics, and engineering.

[thatoneguysteve]

Patreon supporters better choose Psych, or ELSE.

[TheEvilVargon]

Idk about you, but I feel the new fundamental force should be in the title, not the oldest fossil

[Coraxincarmine]

No Patreon History? :P as a Historian working on that would be like a dream. But I'm okay with just watching it too.

[emilyhuneycutt]

SciSchow Health!!! A YouTube channel that helps explain healthful practices in a scientific but still straightforward manner could change lives. The largest demographic of people who suffer from health problems do not have access to the knowledge that might have prevented their issues in the first place.