What Was The Earth Like 1 Billion Years Ago?
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Published 2022-02-18
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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:
Gruinard Island By Kevin Walsh from Oxford, England - www.flickr.com/photos/86624586@N00/36190793/, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2623790
Isle Royale By Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Lake Superior Shore at Isle Royale National Park, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84671906
Copper By James St. John - Copper and silver (Mesoproterozoic, 1.05-.1.06 Ga; Isle Royale Number 3 Mine, Houghton County, northern Michigan, USA), CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39951133
By James St. John - Copper crystals (Mesoproterozoic, 1.05-1.06 Ga; Franklin Jr. Mine, Hancock, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA), CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39951107
Laurentian Mountains By Josyan Pierson - www.josyan.ca/, CC BY 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=925886
Great Rift Valley By Redgeographics - Map produced from scratch using public domain source data, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57359214
Amethyst By JJ Harrison (jjharrison.com.au/) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7515666
Great Lakes By Philroc - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54977685
Eukaryotes By Picturepest - Amöbe mit einverleibtem Rädertierchen - Fokalebene 3, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39165167
Cells Ojima K, Lin Z, de Andrade I, Costa M, Mermelstein C, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beyeler J, Schnyder I, Katsaros C, Chiquet M, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Eukaryotic cells by Alexander Klepnev, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cyanobacteria Asai H, Iwamori S, Kawai K, Ehira S, Ishihara J, Aihara K, Shoji S, Iwasaki H, CC BY 2.5 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
Red Algae By Dagoberto E. Venera-Pontón, William E. Schmidt and Suzanne Fredericq - [1] doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00652, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112754576
By Eric Guinther at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=188826
By Emoody26 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3455016
Bacteria Fontana C, Lambert A, Benaroudj N, Gasparini D, Gorgette O, Cachet N, Bomchil N, Picardeau M, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bicellum images By Authors of the study: Paul K. Strother, Martin D. Brasier, David Wacey, Leslie Timpe, Martin Saunders, Charles H. Wellman - www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(2…, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=105582202
Somerset island By LawrieM - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63304454
Bangiomorpha images courtesy of Professor Nicholas J Butterfield
Image of Black Sea Wreck courtesy of Dr. Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz/Black Sea MAP
Back arc basin By Zyzzy2 at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22037184
All Comments (21)
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These videos are so comfy. Sometimes you just want to put on some science and chill, it’s no fun if the video is 10 minutes and you gotta be picking something else soon. 42 minutes of high quality content and you can actually relax.
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The sun is still a deadly laser!
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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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I am a chemist and astronomer at heart, but I must admit, these videos you make really peak my interest in geology and biology immensely .
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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!
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36:40 I understood that reference! nice one. the quality of the video is excellent as usual for your channel. I am always happy to see a new one in my inbox.
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Ive been in love with this channel for months. Its got a non intrusive and short intro thats so rare. Often times most channels their intro feels 5x louder. Then the writing is just stellar. Hearing shit like "...the sun was still a deadly lazer." fucking cracks me up, every episode is captivating and theres that bit of humor mixed in too. Amazing work, thanks!
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The sun is a deadly lazer 🤣 36:40
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The writing, narration and production quality on these videos is absolutely stunning. It leaves 99% of TV documentaries in the dust.
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I remember when both of the channels started. Came right out of the gate with high quality, epic content. I believe I have watched every one twice, and many of them I have seen more than once. Thank you for making these videos.
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I'm not quite ready to watch this yet, it's a bed time thing, but I can't tell you how excited I am that it's droped 😃 this and history of the universe are by far and away my favourite channels!
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imagine this guy being your spouse, how often you would be having a conversation with him, and then waking up with only a memory of a half of a conversation... It would be rough
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“ The sun is a deadly laser” The way I looked up from painting my nails when you said that-
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Leila Battison is an excellent researcher and writer. Thanks.
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Whoever writes and narrates and edits these are brilliant. Both the terrestrial channel and the cosmic one
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I'm really impressed with the narrative progression of this series. Ms. Battison did an excellent job with the script for this episode. Thanks for all your work to the whole team.
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One of my favorite things about this channel and history of the universe is the story at the beginning that is written so well that I forget for a moment what I was originally watching until the Segway happens, and then gets woven into the main topic later. I swear these ~45 minutes always pass too quick and leave me yearning for more. Keep fueling our curiosity!
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I genuinely don't understand how this channel doesn't have more subscribers. The overall quality of each subsequent video goes from strength to strength, truly superb. The absolute marvel that this content is available to so many people for free cannot be understated. Well done, History of the Earth, this channel is a fucking gem <3.
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its like he's reciting a beautiful 42 minute long poem. excellent content. thank you.