What Was The Earth Like 1 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
Maps by Adriano Bezerra

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Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist, stock footage from Videoblocks.

Image Credits:

Bangiomorpha images courtesy of Professor Nicholas J Butterfield

Image of Black Sea Wreck courtesy of Dr. Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz/Black Sea MAP

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it is called Black sea from Ottoman customs, as they identified the cardinal directions with colors, and black stands for north. Westerners adopted Ottoman naming for the Red (south) sea as well. Great work, thank you so much!

[Saka_Mulia]

A billion years ago is about 4.3 Galactic years. That amount of time always breaks my brain. We are such a “day and years” species, it's unfathomable to me how researchers can even begin to comprehend the enormous temporal distance. Great vid!

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36:40 I understood that reference! nice one.
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