What Was The First Complex Life on Earth?

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The English are known for diplomacy and or subtlety.

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i caught that also - and loved it!

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4:40 "either by the bones or the stones they left behind" bravo, sir

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Came here looking for this comment

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My favorite part was at 31:37, when the research assistant fumbled the microscope and destroyed a priceless specimen.

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"We have no evidence of a giant race of humans, either by the bones or the STONES they left behind" 😆

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You caught that, too.

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I caught that.

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LOL

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I’m so dense, I thought the narrator was talking about tools and the innuendo went right passed me lol

[@jamestaylor338]

I (as a geologist) was highly critical of your inferior stock footage of lab microscopy, but at 31:38 when the slide broke, that was just hilarious!

[@alyssastewart738]

I’m not a scientist but I watched it like ten times over and I don’t see what you’re talking about. Aren’t they just switching the lens on a microscope like they use in high school?

[@hoperules8874]

@@alyssastewart738 nope-it broke, or at least knocked out of the clamps when the lens turned--and stock footage of labs are still labs--I was just as giggly over the "private" door to the back of the Smithsonian. You know he had a hella time finding some way to show that which may not be shown! edit: @49:22 wait for it!

[@john-ic5pz]

@alyssastewart738 I used to do a lot of m licroscopy and he broke the slide. they're brittle and the lenses are bomb proof solid AF that's a common way to scratch the lens element too. very bad form, rookie mistake 🤭. might have been an actor for the footage

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An hour? This will be good!

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thats what i said to your girlfriend.

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Two hours even better!

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6 days...still good

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bro saw the bone and made a balls joke

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In your opinion.

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just got started-it'll grow

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Nice balance in vocal warmth / space here. I see you taking that advice. It's actually very skillfully applied here, like you're constantly working on your craft, and it was beyond exquisite to begin with. You, and those you work with are quite gifted. Complex life in its fractal explorations somehow resulted in you. A gift we all cherish. Cheers.

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[@themadplotter]

I’ll tell you if I ever encounter any complex life, no joy as yet.

[@breannafreeman5520]

When regarding skeletal remains, I love how the Cyclops mythology came about after people saw elephant skulls, assuming the large nasal passage was an eye socket. I can only imagine what else was cooked up when people saw strange skeletons and bizarre fossils. Dragons no doubt, sea monsters, too.

[@christopherbolton4199]

How about... "Terrible Lizard's" The way it just rolls off the tongue. Who knew.

[@ewetn1]

Dragons make sense to me. Dinosaurs, obviously, look like huge lizards. However, their spine bones have holes in them just like bird bones do. Birds have lighter bones to help them fly (and also happen to descend from dinosaurs....), And dinosaurs have partially hollowed bones to help them carry their own massive weight more easily. So the fossils would have looked like huge lizards, with bones fit for flight. Ergo, dragons.

[@prehistoricnerd2068]

@@ewetn1 I mean...flying reptiles existed. Sure, they aren't dinosaurs and don't resemble our (modern) depictions of dragons, but they look close enough. Actually, I find flying reptiles to be extraordinarily unique!

[@ewetn1]

@@prehistoricnerd2068 genuinely did not know flying reptiles were an extant, living animal type, wow. 🌠

[@prehistoricnerd2068]

@@ewetn1 Sorry, meant existed*

[@erikfreeman2472]

15:49 - This is the Yellowstone River (not the Colorado), flowing though the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (not the Grand Canyon), in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. (even so, I've been enjoying your excellent series of videos! :-) )

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[@hoperules8874]

Aw...you left out how stromatolites contributed to the development of an oxygen rich atmosphere(!)-but that atmosphere made it more possible for other cellular development (stabilizing pH among other things, which in most cases is too hostile to carbon based life).

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Just came to read the silly science deniers comments, Always entertaining. I could have gotten more likes from the community and said, Thanks for this wonderful upload!

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And there are lots of uneducated deniers comments here...

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I thought I was the only one that did that lol Those people make me sad but at the same time I get the great feeling of "I am stupid, but, God, I could be worse"

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[@monkemode8128]

I have a lot of respect for the people who figured this out. Their default assumption was that it was a giant human shows how undeveloped the field was. They just figured it out without the hundreds of years of research we have today.

[@kdavis4910]

These documentaries are incredible. The amount of research it takes to create one documentary must be legendary. So is the narrator's ability to narrate for so long without his voice showing any signs of giving out. No breaking or raspy hoarseness. Great job folks.

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that assumes the whole thing is recorded at once. But yes, the narration is some of the best I've encountered.

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If you go to college, you will find that this is hardly the research required for even a single "B" paper. As far as the voice work, that is all in the editing.

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A long time ago, when we still used petroleum based recording devices (No digital assets whatsoever… Just various forms of audiotape), I owned a studio and produced award-winning audiobooks for the Canadian school system and so forth. And you’re right Kay Davis because even though it’s a lot easier to edit in the digital format, when you add on to the workflow/work load all of the research being done it just doesn’t add up! In other words I could easily do videos like this if I had a team of, say, 6 to 8 people and all of us were willing to put in 60 to 75 hour work weeks.

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@@KCUFyoufordoxingme in college also you wouldn’t be required to edit hour long videos every month or more. Even if the editing isn’t done by the same person who does the research it’s a bit of a dumb comparison

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@@pete5516 Thank you! I appreciate all the work that goes into every video. Every time I watch (and I do watch them more than once, an enjoyable experience each time) I learn at least one new thing.

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"Either by the bones or the stones they left behind." That was magnificent! lol Bravo. Best stuff on the internet. Thank you!

[@TheYorkshireFossilHunter]

loved it, great video and very informative. I have been collecting fossils in the UK for many years now and absolutely love the thrill of the next find ! Each fossil i find and prep is a small window in time and tells a story of what life was like millions of years ago.

[@knockitoffhudson3470]

When I was a child I was always very upset about the fact none of the 'cool' dinosaurs were discovered in Britain. Always America. Made me think we never had any.

[@ruthmckay9086]

@@knockitoffhudson3470 Two different species of Spinosaur were recently found in Britain - surely those rate quite highly in the coolness factor?

[@knockitoffhudson3470]

@@ruthmckay9086 hell yeah. I don't think child me was aware of tectonic movement either. Pretty sure Britain was connected to North America at that point anyway.

[@ruthmckay9086]

@@knockitoffhudson3470 Nope, I never learnt any of that at school either - I was fascinated by dinosaurs as a kid, too, so I had to teach myself... Which eventually led to an interest in geology and tectonics, the subject of deep time and even astronomy. My child self would be buzzing if I'd known of all the advances in these sciences that were to come. Anyway, nice talking to you!

[@jasemalhammadi4228]

Sura Al Isra (verses 49 - 50) Th Holy Quran speaks of fossilization. The holy Quran is the last testament. It is a testimony of God’s creations and his words points to his creation: “And they said; “What! When we shall become bones and decayed fragments (crumbled dust), shall we then certainly be raised up (resurrected) again, being a new creation?” Verse 49 “Say, ‘[That is bound to happen] even if you should become stones, or iron.” Verse 50 Petrification fossils form when the organic matter is entirely replaced by minerals and turns to stone. Permineralization fossils form when groundwater saturates a plant or animal's remains after it dies, sometimes the organism's materials dissolve, and minerals such as calcite, iron and silica replace them.

[@patrickregan3302]

The first complex life on Earth was the great “Foghorn Leghorn” himself. Just listen to any of his speeches! A wiser individual has never been born!!!!!!

[@rga1605]

I feel that the fact that fossils are extremely rare to form and yet they can be form and we might think (probably incorrectly) that they're common, it does mean there used to be a lot of life on Earth (99% of all life in Earth is already extinct, huh?), so that a very very small portion of it fossilized

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I'm pretty sure Ive watched all of your videos on your channels over the years. Always amazing content. keep up the good work and thank you for your time and impeccable research. Your passion shows with the quality you bring.

[@charlesjmouse]

Always fantastic, thank you! Just a quick point on using molecular clocks in an attempt to date the origin of eukaryotes, in addition to the usual ones to do with assumptions that may not hold true. If accurate the technique dates the common ancestor for the test organisms only and therefore sets a *minimum* time. One might conceivably find 'less related' subjects that push the date back further. More, if the ultimate common ancestor lead to very early lineages that are now entirely extinct one would forever underestimate the origin of eukaryotes.

[@thatonekid6677]

love how the first guy to recognize a leg fossil was just like, 'yeah that looks like a nutsack'

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You know I've always had an odd relationship with learning. I hated school because I had adhd n was going through opioid withdrawal through alot of high school because I became addicted to Lortab at 13 but thats a story for another day. I've always had a yearning n a real hungry for knowledge, but I didn't learn much if anything from my time in school, all of my knowledge I taught myself n always enjoyed watching the universe or how the universe works or similar informative material for fun. Honestly im A bit of a nerd who also enjoyes things to make you laugh. I find that you don't ever really learn anything in school, your just presented with a list of questions that you have to then search in a textbook for the answer for n to me that's not learning that's transcribing. Honestly ask yourself out of my wealth of knowledge how much of that was learned in school? If your like me most if not all of the things I have learned have all come post school n learned through experience or taught to me, by me. One should never loose their desire to learn. I enjoy your videos n appreciate the attention to detail n use of accurate science is much appreciated. I would enjoy a video on Venus or mars if you released it too, hint hint

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I use them to go to sleep too. I get a whole queue of them and let them play😴

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I love the way you tell stories 💙 What a fascinating tour through the ages

[@PyrusFlameborn]

I never considered the fact that at some point we didn't know about fossils and that at some point we discovered fossils for the first time and had to figure out what they were. Thank you for educating me and expanding my horizons!

[@suelane3628]

There is an interesting idea that the ancient Greeks recognised fossils which were incorporated into their mythology . It is also possible that Native Americans recognised fossils as the remains of animals: in particular dinosaurs.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

@@suelane3628 I'm thinking the Chinese dragons were dinos too

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Believe it or not. At one time there were no such things as Cars airplanes and computers. Or pencils.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

@@tazkrebbeks3391 Perhaps the first life forms were pencils, but they languished for millions of years because of a lack of hands.

[@tazkrebbeks3391]

@@nmarbletoe8210. That theory has been erased from the history books. That's why its no longer taught.

[@rafaelsodre_eachday]

Title: "What Was The First Complex Life?" Video, after 55 minutes: "we don't have the slightest idea."

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I was a natural science guy in undergrad, but decided to go to med school. What blows my mind, is how much more we know, over just the last 20 years. It is incredible! I enjoy this channel so much. I feel like it brings me up to speed on the latest and greatest.

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Dr. Poop, I presume

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@@LolUGotBusted DDP MD, damn straight.

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Did you become a gastroenterologist or proctologist?

[@Kedai610]

Fantastic video! Just a quick correction - the waterfall you show at around the 16 and 18 minute marks is not in the Grand Canyon. That's the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (and the rocks there are far younger than the Precambrian). Blame the pioneers who named a bunch of impressive canyons the "Grand Canyon"!

[@KippiExplainsStuff]

As always - this is some of the best content on KZbin today. The narration is phenomenal, As is the storytelling.

[@DulceN]

As someone with a decades long interest in Paleontology, I found this video fascinating and beautifully made. It’s a pity that it has so few ‘likes’, as this is the kind of information people should be consuming in order to understand how life evolved in our planet.

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Agreed. Liked by me for the algorithm. This content is a different class to the normal KZbin vid.

[@skaetur1]

Here hear!

[@jasemalhammadi4228]

Sura Al Isra (verses 49 - 50) Th Holy Quran speaks of fossilization. “And they said; “What! When we shall become bones and decayed fragments (crumbled dust), shall we then certainly be raised up (resurrected) again, being a new creation?” Verse 49 “Say, ‘[That is bound to happen] even if you should become stones, or iron.” Verse 50

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@@jasemalhammadi4228 What about Humpty Dumpty ?

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[@derpnerpwerp]

it is interesting to think that you've got what's basically archeabacteria living in your cells.. and then you also have regular old bacteria living in your gut and on your skin and it's all in symbiosis (unless of course it's not and you have an infection).

[@jaredlash5002]

Another excellent video in this series. Please, though, stop using the stock microscope footage at 31:37. That is exactly how NOT to use a microscope without breaking your slides.

[@enterthecarp7085]

Westfield New York public beach has tons of fossils easy to find. Eichinoderms, horn corals, sponges, crinoids, bryozoans, graptolites. Some full bodied, source rocks unknown

[@gregmckenzie4315]

An excellent video. You didn't over-dramatize or over simplify. I love that. Gives me a greater understanding of what's been accomplished so far. I loved hearing about Lynn Margulis and her unconventional ideas that, seem to me, to be the only sensible way to look at evolution--with the Earth's life as a single evolving organism. This is an important idea that needs to be championed. Many films are replete with subconscious religious assumptions. Your work is a laudable achievement. Congratulations!

[@owenshebbeare2999]

I don't believe in the bioshphere as a single organism, or the common New Age view that the planet itself is alive or conscious in some way, but Lynn Margulis' views are interesting if one sees it more as an interconnected biosphere as the single organism notion seems trite and unscientific.

[@suelane3628]

@@owenshebbeare2999 Hi, the Gaia Hypothesis is not accepted scientifically. However, recently some mathematicians declared the universe to be conscious. If you need a reference let me know & I shall dig it out.

[@suelane3628]

Of course, Lyn's unconventional idea that mitochondria used to be free living bacteria is now scientific dogma.

[@gregmckenzie4315]

@@suelane3628 I fear that scientific dogma is deeply rooted in our language abilities and perhaps in our physical brain structure itself. We seem to be driven to dissect and classify all life "forms" and to question how those "forms" interact. We don't seem capable of grasping the wholeness of evolution's work. That is why we separate ourselves, semantically, from the natural world. And that is the reason we are such a threat to the ecosphere.

[@suelane3628]

@@gregmckenzie4315 Yes, Native American Tribes recognised our kinship with the rest of the Animal Kingdom but our so called advanced society seems to ignore the fact: in fact it is cheaper to do so in the short term. Actually I would divide life into 2 domains: Eubacteria and Archaebacteria. The usual third domain; Eukaryotes are really a mix of the two domains as Lyn originally postulated with the serial endosymbiosis hypothesis.

[@abestm8]

I feel privileged to have grown up in an era where Documentaries were so good and improving all the time. I'm 69 this year but I, ve listened to the likes of David Attenborough from my childhood onward. Sadly in recent times. They seem to have dropped the ball. Until I watched your series that is. You seem to have picked up the ball with your series. Its fantastic all together but especially in the most important way, the narration. All the finest touvches are in your producionts. There is one thing however. Release a soundtrack of the music. I would buy it in an instant. It would make great mood music for those deep thought times. Love your work.

[@pauljowsey7511]

Just fabulous Leila! Magnificant research & cinematogrophy, groovy narrative so calm & easy to follow. Love your work!

[@Phate18]

3:49 Top-tier trolling, showing aerial footage of Cambridge when talking about Oxford!

[@thomasjohnpaine8443]

I love these full length videos that transport me to the mysterious past that we all share. Such a pleasant way to educate one's self about the planet that we live on and the vast tree of life that brought us into existence. Thank you for the wonderful videos you folks make.

[@gallifreys7281]

This is my go-to video for when insomnia kicks my ass and I need to relax. Whenever I read things out loud I find myself trying to mimic this narration style XD not too good at it though. I’ll leave it to the pros

[@andybeans5790]

The transition to mineralised bodyparts reminds me of a Time Team episode I watched last night, they were investigating a settlement with both Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon remains, but because they weren't built in stone all that you could see were slight differences in soil constitution where the original wooden posts and planks were situated.

[@JimGobetz]

Terrific content! Well done, thanks for your work.

[@staninjapan07]

Beautifully done! I thought I recognized the narrator's voice. He's Pete Kelly and you can find him by that name here on KZbin. His history videos are seriously worth watching. It's not a one-person show, of course, and my thanks and congratulations on a wonderfully made and fascinating program go to all involved. You guys and and guys like you are the reason it's still worthwhile visiting KZbin.

[@HistoryoftheEarth]

Pete Kelly edited this video but the narration is his brother David Kelly.

[@staninjapan07]

@@HistoryoftheEarth Oh! That's why I both recognize the voice but, though I did not say so, thought there was something different about it. Well, thank you. In any case, it was a wonderful video.

[@Isawwhatyoudid]

4:40 - "by the bones or by the stones they left behind" I see what you did there. Clever indeed.

[@chernobylpacket]

I guess that answers my question about Lynn Margulis! I cannot say enough about this series, especially the writing. Sure the whole production is superb, but the writing is science communication at its finest. Each one is a masterpiece of compression without loss of signal. And, of course, the same must be said for "History of the Universe." Thank you, "History of" team, and special appreciation to Leila Battison for sharing an extraordinary gift of communication. To my fellow learners: if you have been bemoaning the fate of the once-great Learning Channel and wondering what happened to educational media, make sure the sponsors of these marvelous shorts hear from you.

[@Scorge120]

This is an incredible 1 hour documentary! Thank you!!

[@FairyWeatherMan]

In 2 words: Thank you! Social media like youtube can be used to share knowledge and to make people understand the wonders of our world. Videos like this one make me grateful and glad. Again, thank you!

[@jonathansturm4163]

Fantastic to see Lynn Margulis being given the credit she so richly deserves.

[@Skeptical_Numbat]

Absolutely.

[@lucianazolotoi3238]

I was sooo looking forward the next episode! And what a delight!❤

[@Craigish93]

Clicked as soon as I seen this 👍

[@marc-andrebrunet5386]

My story is : when I was young I played a lot with my G.I.Joes and fossils of Precambrian organism that I found very easily behind my home to simulate another word for my G.I.joe's combat as a young boy. The ground under my feet is full of this stuff. 😁It's always a pleasure to listen high quality documentary on this channel

[@Penguin_of_Death]

Q: What Was The First Complex Life on Earth? A: My ex-wife. After millions of years of evolution there's still nobody that can figure her out...

[@supersuitguy7567]

absolutely obsessed with this channel!!! Enriches my evening every time I watch

[@blackreign673]

Videos like this are why I don't pay for cable tv anymore

[@christopherarchuleta3669]

Great lesson of sometimes having to rethink things, even multiple times, to discover new things.

[@parad0x200]

When you mentioned the gunflint area, I got shivers… I was just up there a few weeks ago, and I never thought one bit about how those rocks were so interesting, since what I was mostly focusing on while at campsites was if those mosquitos were gonna come out (they were HUGE up there, single handedly the worst part of my camping trip) but the fact that i’ve been somewhere like this was so cool. I will admit the rocks up there are quite impressive, but I never once thought they would be evidence of precambrian life! So cool!

[@ikemuhlen]

Professional tier documentary.. for free on KZbin. Bro is a saint

[@kailawkamo1568]

The first time I learned mitochondria and chloroplasts are heavily derived endosymbionts, I was so mindfucked. I can still feel that elation in my bones when I remember it

[@dancingnature]

You’d like Hatena . It’s secondary plastid endosymbiosis that occurs while we watched . Secondary because the chloroplasts were in another algae cell instead of being free living bacteria

[@susanfarley1332]

This made me think of the ground that has been covered by buildings that we will never know what fossils might be under that ground. Where I live, a few blocks away, an ancient whale fossil was discovered while they were building a new suburb of expensive houses (probably when they were digging the lake, so a lot of those houses could have waterfront property). The whale was pretty complete. It's on display in the local museum. If they had built a house there we would have never got to see it. Makes me wonder what might be under those houses. I have found megalodon teeth and a wide variety of over fossilized sharks teeth in that same area. Probably lots of other fossils there.

[@Replicaate]

Earth's First Complex Life, goes great with an after-dinner cocktail by the fireside. Thank you so much for this series, it's becoming a highlight of my day when you come out with a new video!

[@lucasjames7524]

Excellent, as always! One of the very best channels on all of KZbin.

[@Artiz...]

Couldn't agree more Lucas!

[@bedeAnimeFAN]

I love History of the Universe, and have seen all videos multiple times. I'm not really that interested in the history of Earth, but the way you narrate..... My goodness... Your voice, accent and narration style is beyond impeccable. You make me learn about topics I don't even care about.

[@JulieBullard-ol8ly]

Here Here 😊

[@123seven3]

Yo, I like the things you have to say and the straight facts you be spittin but, my dude, I can't get over this freakin ADHD selection of music. You don't have to swap the song every seven seconds. I mean, I like the number, and I'm a fan of the number, but in this one instance it's just really distracting

[@123seven3]

@Conservatism is Cancer I mean, maybe? I do value having things all nice in a row and I'm a completionist in games, but I'm definitely not bad with it, I don't rearrange items in a store because A: that's not my job and B: it's going to be messed up later by the next rowdy kid. But I would argue that it's not any OCD that's making me resent the music in these videos, it's the fact that you literally don't get any time to hear the music, and you're expected to hear an entirely new piece of music, often in another genre, every few seconds. It's distracting from the actual cool science topics.

[@Artiz...]

The longest story ever told... the 'History of the Earth'! Sincerest thanks to everyone involved in this Channel... astounding work!

[@leg-twitch]

i no for a fact that it had a twin turbo LS on it in 2020 lmao btw you are right on the money regarding the C8

[@AyanKhan-og3sd]

1. Sword fish ( 6.6 ft 2 m ) 2. Jaeklopterus ( 8.5 ft ) ( 2.7 m ) 3. Japanese Spider Crab ( 9.6 ft 3 m ) 4. Icthtyosaurus ( 10 ft 3 m ) 5. Archelon ( 13 ft 4 m ) 6. Metronicthys ( 18 ft 5 m ) 7. Xiphactinus ( 20 ft 6 m ) 8. Great White Shark ( 21 ft 6 m ) 9. Orca Whale ( 26 ft 8 m ) 10. Cameroceras ( 28 ft 8 m ) 11. Kronosaurus ( 30 ft 9 m ) 12. Helicoprion ( 33 ft 10 m ) 13. Dunkleosteus ( 33 ft 10 m ) 14. Liopleurodon ( 35 ft 11 m ) 15. Whale Shark ( 40 ft 12 m ) 16. Giant Squid ( 43 ft 13 m ) 17. Elasmosaurus ( 45 ft 13 m ) 18. Tylosaurus ( 47 ft 14 m ) 19. Colosal Squid ( 49 ft 15 m ) 20. Shonisaurus ( 50 ft 15 m ) 21. Predator X ( 52 ft 15 m ) 22. Livayatan Whale ( 57 ft 17 m ) 23. Mosasaurus ( 60 ft 18 m ) 24. Basilosaurus ( 65 ft 20 m ) 25. Megalodon ( 66 ft 20 m ) 26. Sperm Whale ( 67 ft 20 m ) 27. Shastasaurus ( 69 ft 21 m ) 28. Leedsichthys ( 72 ft 22 m ) 29. Finn Whale ( 85 ft 26 m ) 30. Blue Whale ( 108 ft 33 m ) 31. Lion Mane Jellyfish ( 121 ft 37 m ) 32. Siphonphore ( 164 ft 50 m ) 33. Bootlace Worm ( 180 ft 55 m )

[@Silly.Old.Sisyphus]

And on the 3rd billenium, the Protoprotokaryote made the Protokaryote. And the Protoprotokaryote saw the Prokaryote and saw that it was Good. And on the 4th billenium, etc etc.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Given enough 'time' and favourable conditions around a sun's orbit ,life emerging in essence from space dust, is utterly fascinating . We live in great times that we can begin to seriously comprehend life's origins and begin to see through the superstitious fog of eons .

[@jamisojo]

Agreed!👍

[@scarman5367]

Omg yes the old intro is back thank you so much for doing that

[@ariblue400]

It was an awesome work!! Please do a video about the Ediacaran Biota. It's so interesting and every year there are new exiting findings!!

[@VinsCool]

I love these videos. Perfectly suited for a relaxed mood, going in a trip back in ancient times where everything was so different.

[@DachampsterStudios]

me too! i watch these every night to calm down

[@rowbot5555]

Listening to it in 0.75 speed is really good to relax for sleeping

[@whyyes6428]

Absolutely incredible. The immense enjoyment I receive from watching your channel cannot be understated. The trove of information here is invaluable and as other have said, your voice is perfect. Thank you for this content. This is exactly what inspires people in life to follow dreams, and perhaps realize new dreams and consider the unknown abnormality that is life on Earth.

[@victorcontreras9138]

Really a great and interesting series of videos! I get glued to watching these.

[@iaminyourwalls2211]

"the bones- or stones- they left behind" this had me rolling

[@Stefan-ij1qb]

Jesus Christ, this is the most underrated channel on youtube

[@henriquesantarem5565]

The cryogene is fascinating, at its start all life was microoscopic and then the Earth frose, during this seemingly harsh times life makes the jump from invisible to visible. It really blows my mind how far youve come, and the videos are becoming more complete and fascinating on every upload, keep up the good work!

[@Psalm1101]

Well not that simple. Protoscientist chemist james tour

[@margoschulter5279]

Interestingly the Global Oxygenation Event (GOE), like the Cryogene, involved glaciation, and in the late Archaen may have led to prokaryotic multicellularity in cyanochloranta (bluegreen algae or bacteria) with the origin of heterocysts (cell differentiation in cyanochloranta) maybe at around 2.3 Ga (billion years ago), as well as to the origin or expansion of eukayotes; the Cryogene you mention was the prelude to the Ediacarian or last period of the Proterozoic and Precambrian, when complex multicellularity evidently developed (at around 0.635-0.541 Ga). So I see a certain connection. As a fan of simple multicellularity, I was very excited by the news of Bicellum Brasieri -- this is a beautiful documentary!

[@gerrardjones28]

Intresting as always, an hour long aswell it's my lucky day, something about the Ediacaran has always got my interest its cool to see life before the cambrian explosion, i would say keep up the good work but you've done more than enough!

[@MrEllivnerg]

I've watched many documentaries on this topic, and your series is the best. Amazing work, thank you.

[@BFDT-4]

Quite good. Nicely written script, too.

[@Sluggii]

The content on this channel is so good, honestly I could see my professors assigning us these videos to discuss later as an intro to a given unit, thank you so much for making content like this open to the public for free, education is power after all

[@florisv559]

Missing all reference to the Ediacaran fauna and recent fossil discoveries of Dickinsonia, some of the oldest sponges, etc. Apart from that, great video quality and wonderful voice.

[@joschafinger126]

I guess, and hope, that's the next episode 😉