A Tour of Earth's Ancient Supercontinents

[@benjimoomoo]

Remember when the Discovery Channel used to make docos this good? This is actually incredible. Thank you

[@desertman3326]

Before the elite gave orders to dumb down the population

[@brianjensen5661]

No

[@BDayGhostie]

@@brianjensen5661 how no?

[@PeppaJackable]

You can find em on every streaming service now.

[@blainebunton]

I go to the history channel for my daily dose of lies. It should be labeled as a fictional channel full of lies and deceit.

[@adamweidenfeller8819]

Dude I can't believe this is done better than any network over the last 15 years, and with a budget I can only imagine is a fraction of a percentage of what they have to work with. Liking and sharing every video I can, cuz I wanna see what this guy can do on a big boy budget

[@xjohnny1000]

I work for "big tv" and quality does not scale with budget. Running a network and producing 100 shows at once takes a ton of money for salaries, camera crews, overhead, licensing, etc. No one is really paid to care too much about each show unless it's a special or something. For this channel, you have three people doing their own thing and doing it well. I hate to say it but a big budget would probably ruin this channel, as it does for most things when they get too popular. I would much rather see the big money go into their pockets instead of production.

[@theillegalseagull6838]

"DiD aLiEnS wRiTe ThE bIbLe?"

[@adamweidenfeller8819]

@@xjohnny1000 well said, and excellent point that I hadn't really considered from that perspective

[@isray89]

@@theillegalseagull6838 It's amazing how catering to advertisers tends to dumb down content! LMFAO!

[@theillegalseagull6838]

@@isray89 lmao

[@sanfordfaden3930]

All well-deserved compliments, but no mention of the real star, writer and researcher, Leily Battison. Absolutely tops.

[@jamesyahoo4758]

Imagine a crack forming and slowly growing at about the rate of a growing fingernail and it grows grows and becomes the Atlantic Ocean. Nuts

[@friedpickles342]

Why is that nuts? Earth is alive.. Just like you and I. It hiccups and farts pisses and poops. Gets injuries and heals. God is great

[@Username-wm9vu]

@@friedpickles342 so u think that happaned in 6000 years?

[@friedpickles342]

@@Username-wm9vu who knows. .

[@scpdatabase69420]

@@friedpickles342 this video would say that we know it didn’t. How can you read that fact and then go “god is great” when the math doesn’t add up Edit: I am getting replies a year later still. @ the guy below who said I am bullying him for no reason. This guy is supporting Creationist theory in a Scientific Video discussing continental drift, which literally goes against his 'who knows' statement. If he wants to express his beliefs, go ahead, but you should expect pushback if you are expressing those beliefs on a space specifically commenting about this SCIENTIFIC video. If he has some scientific evidence to support his faith, please go ahead.

[@kermitthemutantlevitatingf7836]

@@scpdatabase69420 believing in God doesn't mean you believe the Bible verbatim

[@Ipbulldog]

Dear Leila: You are a wonderful script writer and dedicated researcher! Thank you for a wonderful program.

[@xyzct]

Agreed. Absolutely fantastic.

[@JoanWhack]

This channel is hugely underrated. This by far some of the best work I've seen in a long time, and it's not even a major network production. I wish discovery and history went back to shows like this, it's blinding. I feel privileged to watch these videos as they're uploaded, and I hope as a creator you get a lot more notoriety and acclaim for your work. Thank you so much!

[@harrietharlow9929]

It is indeed sad that Discovery and History have sunk to "reality" shows. It is a sad comment on our society. So many do not wish to be educated, but instead seek to ne hypnotized by shows which present anything except reality.

[@sa.8208]

its 2021.. noone watches them shows anymore.. this is the future. this guy dosent even need to put ads in.. he should be making a living off a patreon

[@PotatoMan007]

Agree to all the points, but why notoriety?

[@kantanlabs3859]

Notoriety will come, I am pretty sure of that. Reminds me the Carl Sagan Cosmos series !

[@davidarmstrong4651]

@@harrietharlow9929 ,

[@SaudiSportsScene]

This channel is a much needed throwback to when documentaries were about the information they contain rather than the scenic shots and how epic a voice the narrator can attempt to do.

[@flatearth6253]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2nFlZeAZbaZbqs

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Great video, thanks. Poor Wegener, he was ridiculed for his Continental Drift Theory during his lifetime, and his ideas were not vindicated until after his death, when the mechanism responsible for his observations, Plate Tectonics, was discovered. I trained as a geologist in the 1980s, and some of my older professors weren’t fully convinced of PT, although it was taught in every class.

[@nathanielhill423]

Ortelius was brilliantly ahead of his time as well, just like Galileo with his optics, people are ridiculed until proven otherwise. But that is what drives the passion for discovery and understanding!

[@NovaGirl8]

When I first saw a world map, I always though Africa and South America looked like they could slot together lile puzzle pieces. When I heard about the Continental Drift Theory, my young mind thought it made a lot of sense.

[@robertabugelis3962]

@@NovaGirl8 Same. At that age, we play with a lot of puzzles and blocks. Fitting together just was a natural instinct for my mind.

[@flatearth6253]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2nFlZeAZbaZbqs

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

There was also the weird idea that the expanding oceans meant earth is expanding. The theory behind it was that all that surface has to go somewhere, and more surface means it needs to be bigger. Obviously by now we know that crust also subducts, but the theory was still interesting.

[@jimjimgl3]

It is hard to remain unmoved when discussing tectonics….

[@vanzeralltheway8638]

im quaking in my boots...

[@thepartysjustbegun5557]

Lol 😆

[@brixen0623]

That's cracking me up.

[@veritas41photo]

[@OublietteTight]

Hehe. Just clipped my toenail. Always makes me wonder about plate tectonics? 🤔😊

[@AdamDavidRusso]

The animation around 21:00 suggests that India was attached to Asia from the get-go. India was attached to today's Antarctica and Australia and collided with Asia!

[@drewhaaland7617]

I noticed this as well and it really pulled me out of the doc's narrative. Accurate representation matters 👏

[@veritas41photo]

Where do you get such information? It may be true, but then again maybe not. Please support your claim with sources.

[@cockenbawlz2552]

I thought India was a part of today's Africa originally?

[@SamForShort]

​@@veritas41photopubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/himalaya.html#:~:text=The%20%22India%22%20landmass%20was%20once,years%20ago%20(see%20text).

[@RushFreak]

Don't usually comment on documentary content, but this series is truly something special. You've covered a swath of topics with uncommon depth and context and made them feel alive with your presentation style. Thank you so much for these. Can I make a suggestion? The relative scale and position of time periods this covers can be difficult to visualize in a simple text-only title format. (There can be a lot of numbers to keep track of.) You could introduce subjects overlayed as a block on a horizontal geologic timeline chart, that would be zoomed in or out of or focused as needed, kind of like a clip in a video editor timeline. It doesn't need to have fancy animation or anything. It would make contextual understanding much simpler! On another note, I also made some earth-from-space VFX footage some years back I'd happily donate if you would find it useful in your b-roll. Looking forward to more of this series. To Leila, Pete, David and all, keep up the incredible work.

[@kathygann7632]

You are great.

[@kostikoskela375]

The scary thing when thinking about these supercontinents is that the other side of the earth was just a massive ocean.

[@HistoryoftheEarth]

Get ready for the next video to learn more...!

[@IudiciumInfernalum]

Really gets the thalassophobia going, init.

[@PyrusFlameborn]

Yeah! I want to know more about how super-oceans are different from just oceans

[@aldunlop4622]

Even today, if you approached Earth in a spaceship directly above the centre of the Pacific Ocean, pretty much much all you’d see is water. Pretty much all the land is on one side of the Earth.

[@kingdavid9252]

Hmmm wow. I'm stoned and imagining it's now. Curious about the seabed on that side too

[@Portuga1984]

This channel is awesome. Reminds me of the national geographic in the 90´s

[@KevinArcade87]

The good old times. NGC, History and Discovery actually airing good programs.

[@mohammadjuma4757]

90's was an awesome era specially in documentaries :)

[@thomasmchugh1989]

It's just so great, so relaxing and informative

[@turgidbanana]

All I remember about national geographic were tits.

[@DennisGr]

instant sub. born in 86, this reminds me of being young.

[@heatherbergsten4190]

As a geologist, and someone who spends too much time in geology electives, this was spot on. It is nice to find grounded science that doesn't get too creative. I loved learning about England and Scotland, that was something I had not yet studied and your summary was nicely put, using proper terms like orogeny.Please keep going!

[@noeldenever]

History of The Universe and History of The Earth, back to back. Life is good and nothing hurts. As usual, your content is better than what major networks pass for documentary these days. Thank you ❤

[@deadeye8843]

What the "History Channel" should be 🌏

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@deadeye8843 Exactly!

[@harrietharlow9929]

Much better!

[@frankowalker4662]

I could'nt agree more.

[@ronanzann4851]

What networks would you be talking about???????????????????????????????????????????????

[@ReidMerrill]

Time to rewatch the entire series again..

[@a.randomjack6661]

Content like this makes me feel connected to Life, the Universe, Everything...

[@Naptosis]

We are the Universe experiencing itself.

[@chrizzbenyon3993]

Your series of videos are wonderful. Thanks for your hard work in getting these together. If only the internet were around when I was a kid 50 years ago and learning about biology and geography!

[@michaelkaiser4674]

and GEOLOGY

[@crewrangergaming9582]

remember, when you are watching this video, which is nothing less of an amazing work of art and a documentrary of sort, you either see stills of people, some related things in between but mostly stick footages.. yet the narration is so good you rarely notice that you are watching mostly a collection of stitched stock footage.

[@Pheidias_Tom]

These documentaries are so beautifully written and well made.

[@MrWolfstar8]

Fantastic videos as always. The visuals, the voice overs, and the scripts are amazing. Better than anything on TV.

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

So true! I’m not sure what happened to the quality of television programs. All I know is they’re not worth watching.

[@maxis2k]

@@MeeMee-gz5vp "I’m not sure what happened to the quality of television programs." Shareholders and ideology which are antithetical to creativity and quality.

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

@@maxis2k Makes sense. I miss the old TV programs, back when they were more meaningful

[@docbailey3265]

One thing I don’t get: how did those ancient roads form? Does this prove the existence of ancient aliens?

[@ariadneschild8460]

I'm so glad I found this channel, being able to see the Earth's history thru these well presented documentaries is a privilege.

[@rock-t3d2k]

These are just wonderful productions. Whoever does the scripting, art, and narration, absolutely outstanding. Although they condense some things, overall all these episodes are excellent. If I were still teaching intro geology courses, oceanography, and extraterrestrial geology, these documentaries would be required viewing. Especially for people that have difficulty reading, these visual and aural presentations are such a great way to present the complexities of Earth's formation and evolution through time.

[@kentmccracken]

At first I was going to rib ya on the condensing 3 million years comment, but then kept reading your praise. Wish I had these in class growing up. Like many others I struggled with reading and am a highly visual learner. Amazing channel for sure. Long live KZbin!

[@flavio-viana-gomide]

When I was 18, It need to decide which undergraduation I was going to choose. I am from a Mining city. But I thought: oh! rocks are boring! Now when I see these documentaries I see they can reveal from our world. 🤯

[@Zamazamar]

Found one "error" around 46:02 to the long-necked lizards of the Jurassic . The Dinosaurs were not lizards, and the famous long-necks are from the Cretaceous, but I suppose it was in a moment of poetic gusto. There is a certain logic in having a cut-off at Jurassic as the rift-building that initiated the Atlantic happened in the Jurassic.

[@nariu7times328]

As I have been interested in these subjects for decades, I don't find I learn any new facts -- but your presentation and editing is truly enjoyable. (And yes, so much better than network stuff, which I can't bear!)

[@kyleroberts3814]

Sometimes you don't need an endless line of new facts and theories. It's nice to just be able to visualize the ones you have.

[@RKOzza]

I question whether the is ANY facts to learn Iam not saying none of this is true (and this production is good) but.. This is surely all guess work? How can any human being today, speak with certainly about the continental layouts of such a far gone time?

[@nathana.m.1622]

@@RKOzzageology

[@johanbadenhorst908]

Well, this was really well done! I love the text, so well written, the narration complementing it masterfully,the pace, just about right, the subjects, the graphic images-I can go on and on. This was very well received by me. Thank you to everyone involved in its creation!

[@michaeldowney6361]

I found this totally captivating and I'm a scientist! A perfect blend of technical information mixed with history. This is an excellent video for a junior high school earth science class. I guarantee it would hold the attention of students and stir a myriad of questions and derivative thought. My compliments to the author and narrator.

[@anditcametopass5924]

you mean pysence

[@mishapurser4439]

The song starting at appr. 29:30 is called In The Backwoods by Josef Falkensköld.

[@Rafaga777]

Another very interesting documentary just like NGC in their heyday. Instant click and like. Thanks a lot for showing us this video...

[@steveclark2205]

Enjoyed the Magellan connection neatly weaved in after the sponsorship announcement 😀👌

[@Nikki_Catnip]

Just wanted to let you know your channel is absolutely incredible. Thank you for making something this great for free. ❤

[@SpiritmanProductions]

I am absolutely loving these documentaries. Thank you so much.

[@notmaireelneim]

That'd be right. We used to be able to get to Europe for free. Now we have to pay for a plane ticket at an exorbitant price. Stupid tectonic plates.

[@phil20_20]

Lol, you can always walk.

[@7quadrillianAtoms]

Good one...

[@julie9589]

You're right, Homer!

[@bradleypotts9865]

The spread of the lemurs is almost certainly not due to continental drift and land bridges. India, Africa and Madagascar were already widely separated before the evolution of the lemur. Lemurs most likely evolved in Asia, spread to Africa and arrived in Madagascar via rafting. The great diversity of lemurs in Madagascar is due to empty ecological niches they could fill and no competition from Monkeys, advantages their relatives on the continents lacked.

[@rtucker0458]

I would think that genetic test would reveal whether that's the case or otherwise.

[@bradleypotts9865]

@@rtucker0458 There's a good discussion of that very topic in a video from PBS Eons - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5m3e5tujJWenrc Genetic testing appears to indicate lemurs arrived on the island some 30 million years after it had become isolated.

[@rtucker0458]

@@bradleypotts9865 Well there may be. But I won't support PBS in any capacity.. To include watching or going to one of their video's. What I was speaking of is. It should be possible to tell which populations are older and how they relate from genetics.

[@ivannpetermagerman2727]

@@rtucker0458 what did PBS do? What are they all about even?

[@rtucker0458]

@@ivannpetermagerman2727 PBS leadership decided to use their platform to promote political agendas.. not purely educational.

[@c.ladimore1237]

"clash of tectonic sumo" what an amazingly unique metaphor.

[@deanbuss1678]

I like the way this series has "evolved".

[@AverageAlien]

?

[@turgidbanana]

What the hell are you talking about? 🤦‍♂️

[@joannaglasby2596]

Lol

[@ArchangelExile]

I like he kept showing us footage of Lemurs whenever mentioning the name of the continent, Lemuria.

[@jonathanturek5846]

I appreciate your work very much. Please bless the younger generations with your wisdom

[@mkfathers]

Again this was a brilliant production that was both intellectually stimulating and interesting. The question that you brushed on but I would like to have a deeper understanding of the link of life forms and the tectonic plate movements. What developed and when and how did the formation of the supercontinents effect the development of different life forms both on land and at sea. Please keep going with these productions as I really enjoy them.

[@mow184]

Yes, I too would love a side-by-side timeline showing what happens when, on both the supercontinent formation and life evolution fronts. Thanks for making this superb video!

[@majestichotwings6974]

The impact is undoubtedly immense

[@dogarualexandru-stefan]

According to the chaos theory, wich is the way our univers work, small diffrent initial condittions, over time, leads to huge differences in the results. So over this huge spans of time, wich the human mind can't even fathom, the changes to weather, climate, distribution of life, ecosistems,etc are inimaginably gigantic and unpredictable.

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

going to need another couple hours for that

[@faithrada]

@Jesus is LORD Repent for what though? God IS Absolute Perfection, therefore only Perfection can come from God. That which is NOT PERFECT is therefore not ultimately real, but only a temporary experience of the finite and subjective mind...which does judge... incorrectly. To KNOW one's TRUE SELF is to KNOW God. Until then we are caught up in the veiled mind's distorting dream of imperfection, limitation, and seperation from The Whole. Something to consider... or not... THAT ONE, which Jesus is, is actually FAR Greater than ANY religion teaches, or comprehends. The finite mind of Man can not fathom THAT Infinite, underlying Reality which God is.. and for a very good reason. God purposefully hides from "His" creation in order to have experiences. The subjective mind of Man creates its own judgemental and flawed image of God .... which does not come close to THAT ultimate reality... which is Absolute Perfection and free of all judgement. Bottom line.. whatever the mind of man THINKS God is, will always fall short. Only by Transcending the non-local / non-physical mind can we truly KNOW THAT which is the Source of all minds.. and that is where Grace comes in... Grace being the Revealing power of God / Infinite Consciousness / Pure Awareness. Grace is the key... and is a free Agent, owned by no religion, individual, or group. Again, just something to consider... or not. God IS THAT unchanging and Constant underlying Essence of everything here. That ONE supports all experiential, and ever changing realities of the mind, while Knowing better than to judge any of it. Seek and KNOW what the limiting mind can not KNOW. Seek Within...and understand that Ultimately.. there is no "out there" out there. All experiences take place ONLY within the mind. In a very real sense we ARE The Dream of God, and of course Dream and Dreamer are ONE and the same. There is nothing to repent for. You are Perfect BEing, incapable of actually DOing anything. This IS the Great Mystery of life... which ONLY Grace can reveal... when the time is right. Peace

[@mathiasthelander7834]

A History of the Universe yesterday and today this, such a treat!,,

[@Xo-3130]

Technically we do have a super continent today but part of what connected it is submerged. In the last glacier maximum Eurasia, Africa and the Americas were all connected.

[@MasterJedi86]

Yep

[@rowbot5555]

I'd call afroeurasia a supercontinent

[@lwnhp8748]

I'm so excited for the young generations today. This is my first time watching this channel. My five-year-old grandson turned me on to this. His teacher let them watch this series. The history of Earth. Im grateful that kids today can be taught with an open mind instead of all that junk I was taught. Lies lies lies. Lol 😆

[@djimma5080]

That's a good mindset and a good observation of modern technology and its advantages which alot of people overlook , its sad that pretty much the whole world has a mobile phones but not many fully utilise or realise the power they have in their hands, you have the actual phones functions , call , text, email , camera, torch, calculator etc all these features would have been on separate devices 25 years ago then you have the endless other applications such as news , TV , movies , books, games etc these were all once separate objects then you have all of human knowledge available to you via the Internet most people go on tik tok and scroll people doing dumb shit

[@edmartin875]

What was accepted as truth years ago is often deemed in error in this day of wider knowledge and newer tech. When I went to school in the 50's and 60's our sources of information (books) were not updated as frequently as today. Updates to textbooks were often decades apart. What you call lies was often just outdated and no longer accepted information. When I got my BS I still carried a slide rule. Tha Apple home computer had not yet been invented. Our campus computer (Dec 10) took up all the space in a large room, was accessed via punched cards, and was not as capable as a modern day wristwatch. Many computers of the day still used tubes, not printed circuits. My first electronic calculator (in the 70's) could only add, subtract, multiply, and divide and cost me $68 when the house payments on my 3 bdrm, 2 bath, brick home on a half acre was $182.

[@manticore4952]

I remember a teacher telling me computers were a terrible way to learn, I just thought computers are the future of learning; now look at what we have today.

[@jasonpye4649]

Now you've got me wondering what junk were you taught or lies for that matter? And how is this video representative of something you weren't taught?

[@ashwin0003]

Thanks!

[@LO2L68]

I've really enjoyed your series so far but this has totally blown my mind. I had a basic understanding of tectonics but never considered the idea of repeatedly converging continents

[@ian_ssali]

I am probably one of the first viewers and I would like to take this very short-lived chance to thank the team for this new video, I love your work, and I thank you for it! I learned a lot from your collective effort!

[@poppasmurf4115]

hi! i have a shyte ton of crystals and homeopathic cures...for 1 billion dollars i can cure cancer and ugly

[@tarstarkusz]

I'm only 11 minutes in and already there are SERIOUS errors, such as made around 11:15 that Venus is entirely covered from pole to pole with lava. This is not true. Not even close. The Russians landed a probe on Venus and sent back photos of the rocky surface. With this kind of error, how can you believe a single word of what is in here. This is a HUGE error. There is no land on Venus is a categorically false statement. If you didn't know it was from Venus, you would think it came from Mars, a planet many hundreds of degrees cooler.

[@wwoods66]

@@tarstarkusz "... plenty of volcanic features, from shield volcanoes to vast lava fields. But they were all hallmarks of a single, basaltic rock. No sedimentary deltas, no metamorphic mountains, no explosive stratovolcanoes. Only dark, fluid lava over the planet's entire surface...." Okay, maybe that could have been clearer, but it doesn't mean that the surface of Venus is all _currently molten_ lava. Rather, it means that Venus is covered by low-silica basalt, like that formed at Earth's rift zones. I.e. plate tectonics isn't working on Venus as it has on Earth, so it doesn't have the differentiation between the oceanic basalt and the continental rocks -- sedimentary, metamorphic, and inland igneous rocks.

[@erikperez1927]

Still living

[@edgeeffect]

I think you're "not allowed" to talk about Magellan's mission to Venus without reminding us that it was actually "cobbled together" out of junk and leftovers that were laying around at JPL.... just makes it even more cool in it's achievements.

[@connarcomstock161]

I had no idea it was literally Kerbal'd together.

[@imyourmaster77]

The little spaceprobe that could

[@mpetersen6]

Sometimes I think that NASA and JPL should come up with a basic bus structure for interplanetary missions that can be tailored by adding mission specific modules instead of custom building each probe.

[@davidabest7195]

@@mpetersen6 - it would make the most sense. Would drive mission costs down and increase proficiency as we could continuously update and upgrade the base system based on technological growth instead of reinventing the wheel with every new mission. It would also speed up the period between missions as all the needed functionality and stress testing wouldn't need to be as thorough with a proven tested system. The members of the mission team could become more and more familiar with the base system making the specialists able to operate and fine tune the base system with better results.

[@davidabest7195]

Really the only benefit of creating a mission specific custom probe everytime is the ability to use cutting edge tech. Even this could be incorporated into a base probe system if the base system was designed in a way to be able to remove and replace various add ons. Like make the sensors with a system that allows them to be able to added or removed so the newest sensors could be installed as needed. Same with the base system's cpu and whatever cameras they use. Something that works like the pitcatinny rail modular system used on firearms today that make it a universal attachment system for firearm accessories.

[@mw-st3qm]

This is OFF THE HOOK. I can't believe the production quality. A masterpiece!

[@renstimpy3568]

youtube has better tv then tv has tv ...

[@isray89]

3:11 - um, that is not a lemur. That is a loris, which do not live on Madagascar... (Sorry, I'm a picky primatology professor!)

[@grip2617]

It may be good to permanently remember with all these colliding, crushing and moving parts it all happened with the speed of a growing finger nail, as mentioned in the beginning of this video.

[@Lora-M-NY]

These are awesome. You make it as visual and dynamic as your other videos about people!

[@kitten2799]

I find it so incredibly stimulating to watch videos like these. They offer both a humbling perspective on life and work as a great source for inspiration for writing fiction.

[@kathleengarvey4634]

Thank you. I enjoyed that very much. I like seeing how the drift of the continents went. I find it fascinating.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

This is mesmerizing and fascinating. It was obviously a huge project to assemble and produce. Thank you!

[@susanjane4784]

Degree in geography in 1984. Wow. I went in other directions but this sure makes me excited about the advancement of science. I subscribed and need to see some more of these!

[@wbwarren57]

Great video! Thank you. The writing is very good. The story built up in a very logical and clearly understandable manner and actually helped me understand a number of things I had not understood before about plate tectonics. Great job!

[@richardberriman]

Back in the Mesozoic era I was hooked on a series called "Making of a Continent", it was focussed on North America, however, this documentary gives some background to that series as things moved about a lot without very much context. Many thanks for great share.

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

The family of three channels (History of the Universe, Earth, Mankind) are all just ..amazing. That is all.

[@christosvoskresye]

23:27 Nice video overall, but someone put a lot of effort into a sadly incorrect animation of plate tectonics. India is shown resting peacefully as part of Asia, rather than violently colliding with Asia and raising the Himalayas.

[@christosvoskresye]

Also, there was no "migration of India towards the Asian subcontinent"; Asia is the continent, India the subcontinent.

[@christosvoskresye]

@@SpoonfedPig I saw that years ago but thought it had disappeared! I take a guilty delight in all the hollow-earth theories.

[@UpNfamish2]

Knowing is Belonging. After watching all these videos I have come to know the very Earth that I had sprung from n a deep feeling of belonging to Earth has also sprung within me n strangely it feels peaceful.

[@planetsec9]

That description of the different climates of the supercontinents and how they differ from regular continents was something I never knew before, was really cool

[@samanvayasrivastava559]

Beautiful work I am so lucky to have this level of contact free of charge. Thankyou for all your hard work

[@YogiMcCaw]

HOTE and HOTU rock. Who needs Netflix when you have this kind of quality programming? Why would I even want to watch a bunch of 20-somethings airing all their social dysfunctionalities on Netflix when I can watch this kind of quality educational programming?

[@pennycarrigan4356]

Wow, this is one of the most educational videos I've seen. I've learned more from this video than I learned in school, and it kept me interested the whole way thru. Knowing the history of our Earth is pretty dam cool.

[@jamesrussell7760]

Brilliant! Compared to the epochal timescale of the continental dance, we are as ephemeral as the mayfly.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Some geologists have found a new subduction zone off Portugal. It may represent the very beginnings of the closure of the Atlantic.

[@rowbot5555]

Sorry for replying three months late but that's awesome, do you have any links for it?

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@rowbot5555 I will see what I can find but please give me time. I have to get a new computer b ut am trying to get by with my phone.

[@stevenmielke6713]

Completely agree. Thoughtful, compelling, comprehensive, and impressively accurate. Extremely well done.

[@SnowblindOtter]

I liked the serendipity of the sponsor being Magellan TV, and then immediately after the sponsor promo the first thing you talk about was the Magellan spacecraft.

[@Bloodknok]

The series keep getting better and better, and this has been one of the most interesting so far.

[@ericpowell4350]

Can you imagine a future astronaut leaving Earth for a deep space mission at the speed of light. Then returning to a planet that appears to be entirely different from the one that he left?

[@kingstoler]

If you could travel at the speed of light, then yes it'd be a kind of "time travel" to the future. A very distant future, with no return.

[@somerandomguy9125]

The astronaut won't live long enough to actually observe much change. The only star within the range of 20 light years that is even capable of noticeably slowing time around nearby objects is Sirius (about 9 light years away). Unless we manage to go FTL and orbit around the nearest blackhole (about 1500 light years away), the astronaut in question won't be seeing any significant changes.

[@ericpowell4350]

@D Chapo Congrats! You just won, "Dumbest Comment of the Week"!

[@derHexenhammer]

That would be the planet of the apes. Lol

[@anditcametopass5924]

just imagine lol

[@PAULLONDEN]

Fascinating stuff . Water saturated planet Earth is such a jewel as it moves through space. It's high time humanity as a whole should recognise how lucky it was to be part of this very rare blue oasis.👍🏻🌏

[@paulsirmay8405]

This is such an intetesting documentary, the timeline is so incomrensible it just bogles the mind.

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

This is the moet interesting channel on yt and I could watch it forever 😍please continue making these docu’s 🙏🏻

[@adsta5]

This is absolutely amazing... I do wish it could have included a show animation showing the movements though.

[@judsonwall8615]

I always find it so funny that the first people to start thinking about plate tectonics did so only after the Americas were found and mapped. Looking at that map, they noticed South America and Africa fitting like a puzzle and took it from there. It’s the exact same process as kids take. They look at a globe and are like, Why does it look like this piece fits into that piece. It literally took the map looking like a puzzle to figure it out 😃

[@BrotherSkodidi]

I love the quality and effort y'all put into these videos.

[@Xaltar_]

Absolutely brilliant documentary. The writing, editing and composition are truly top notch and the narration is very well done too. Thank you!

[@michellelafaye2721]

This is the most fantastic video I have ever watched for it solidly answers so many of my own questions and imaginings that I had way back in elementary school about 60 years ago. Finally all those questions have been answered in a crystal clear manner. I wish we could track humanity so easily. I imagine that the closed doors of the Vatican, and all of the ancient libraries that were destroyed nearly globally, might just have solved a good deal of the questions that remain. I highly suspect that a lot of cultural roots were made during the last Pangia. The stone carvings of the Toltec absolutely have amazed me for decades and have inspired me to think that perhaps idea of latitude connections between South America and Africa may very well show why there were similar cultural expressions. Ancient human experiences during the times of these great changes are more than likely at the root of astral observations in the Pyramid building eras spread across the planet, all of which continue to hold very ancient mysteries. Thank you so much for creating and posting your video. Keep up the great work.

[@turtlesandmoreturtles]

Modern humans first appeared 200,000 years ago, mammals only really developed after the dinosaurs were removed as a threat 65,000,000 years ago. Pangaea disappeared long before then. Just because pyramids are built on both sides of the Atlantic does not mean they were built when the continents were connected, I suggest you revise your time frame. The pyramids on each continent are built in completely different styles which bear no resemblance to each other, and the only reason pyramids were built is because they have a strong base, and ancient cultures couldn't build better shapes as their material wasn't strong enough.

[@jillianc949]

Another great entry in this series! Though I wish you could animate the movement of the continents, it would make it easier to envision the creation and break-up of the supercontinents.

[@brutechieftain9321]

PANGAEA ULTIMA sounds like a Final Fantasy special move.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Actually it does, LOL.

[@budakbaongsiah]

Ability for a FF14 superboss of the next expansion

[@martinalarcon3108]

I just Pangea on my pants 😢😮

[@EUROWEFILMS]

What a beautifully produced video, congratulations and thank you.

[@benjaminseng4271]

Really goes to show how different planetary, stellar, and universal time is compared to the hyper speed of conscious time. Its unlike anything, its beyond metaphor.

[@himssendol6512]

I love finding these youtube’s hidden gems. Nice documentary. Thanks.

[@joz6683]

I cannot recommend this channel highly enough. The narration, subjects and pacing are almost perfect.

[@willd3rbeast]

I love these vids.

[@apatheticattempt]

Always :)

[@apatheticattempt]

18 min left?

[@lordhinton3394]

This makes David Attenborough happy. Spot on work.

[@kargandarr]

The Caledonian Mountains are also extended through what are now the Appalachian and Atlas mountains.

[@stuartbroadhurst7523]

Brilliant documentary I’m surprised you haven’t had this denied by the religious fraternity? Interestingly the Lemurs were one of our earliest ancestors.

[@davidbryden7904]

"Earth was dealt a lucky hand." This is the understatement of the world! ✌️🌏☮️

[@muffin6369]

Well being a history and archaeology lover I've just subscribed. along with History with Cy and History Time with Pete Kelly. I'm 71 year old lady and consider myself pretty intelligent but after trying to learn from a less than stellar History Dept that, is all want to do is learn. Yeah I find plate tectonics so interesting. I love British history and classical history and the person I'd most like to meet is Oh Yeah Alexander the Great!!

[@prototropo]

I love the narration, but perhaps with the hot-shot animated graphics possible today, the slow movement of the continents, both established and speculative, could be imaginatively synchronized with the text?

[@hizaleus]

Very interesting to learn the original meaning of Lemuria, as opposed to the notion of it being a pacific equivalent of Atlantis.

[@Larry000]

Very interesting travel thru Earth time. I would like to see a brief slow motion globe and timeline of the continents forming and separating with a note about the climates and biological life, and with modern evidence (radioactive decay, species, magnetic direction, etc.) of why this is concluded as each configuration is formed.

[@scottbuscavage7361]

Very nicely done. Wonderfully presented. Good clear concise narration and soothing music.. 🌍🌎🌏🌌🌧️🌨️⚡🌥️⛅✨🌤️☀️...thnx!

[@Volvith]

5 seconds in, 50 minute video about one of my favourite subjects (pre-history, yay! :D), and a very brief look at your channel, and i'm subbed. This reeks of quality content. Yes. _Yes please._ EDIT: I've now watched it all, and i have to say, such a beautiful documentary. I have to admit that you really did dig up that excited adventurous kid in me for most of it. Never stop making videos, because you damn well know i'll never stop watching them. ;) You put conventional history channels and large media documentaries to shame!

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Just a tip from an old historian ... "Prehistory" includes all of geological time straight back to the Hadean, technically speaking. When historians use the term, we usually are talking about the paleolithic, mesolithic and neolithic eras (or even more recent times in cultures without any writing system.). But that's only because historians don't deal with early hominids or the deep geological past. I Regardless, it is all prehistoric. I see you are referring to the part of the video about early hominids and early debates around evolutionary theory. But this entire video is actually about prehistory. Anyways ... I totally agree. It's a great topic. I come to this channel for three geology but I really enjoy that they include history of science references. It makes for good "audio book" material while driving for me!

[@mellowmonsoon278]

It will be interesting to know the geological history of Sri Lanka. Looks like at one point it was sandwiched between mainland Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia and India. And at some point Sri Lankan central part became very mountainous.

[@edmartin875]

I seem to have an old memory (my last geography class was late 60's) seeing something talking about Sri Lanka once being a mountainous region on the southern tip of India that was separated by a broad valley that became a land bridge (jogger of my memory) that has since sunk, fairly recently, beneath the waves. By recently I do not mean a few years ago I mean some half dozen or more centuries ago.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

The Lpst Continent hypothesis generated some fascinating culture by the way. It includes what is probably the earliest historucally important example of stop-motion animation in film history. The Lost World. I suspect it also informed some it Jules Verne

[@Grantperkins1]

Goodmorning from Colorado!!

[@Ali-kb8gr]

I ❤ Colorado!

[@michaelkaiser4674]

Goodmorning from Datil NM territory

[@Mike-tg7dj]

I'm still in awe of the Rocky Mountains much less the Andes or Himalayas. I remember how Nat. Geographical did this article on the Rockies up in Canada and specifically how sedimentary rock at one point in Earth's history had been an ocean laying horizontal. Now it's tilted to almost 90 degrees. Yeah pretty amazing.