The Complete History of the Earth: Cambrian Period

[@captainstroon1555]

Paleoart really understates how small most of the cambrian fauna really was. Seeing reconstructions of Hallucigenia or Opabinia I always got the impression they were the size of a trout or something, but nope, they grew barely to the size of a pinky finger. Sure, there were also some decently sized critters like Anomalocaris but even they are small compared to the creatures yet to come. I do really like the Paleozoic because it's far less popular than the Mesozoic but features an equally interesting and far more strange flora and fauna.

[@KlavierMenn]

I mean, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian tend to hog all the attention, if one ever delve into the Paleozoic ( And with a good reason, mind you)

[@williamdodagame2763]

The Edacarian is my favourite period

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🎵It’s the Cambrian explosion🎵

[@PaleoAnalysis]

I cannot believe it has taken 5 weeks for someone to comment this! 😂

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[@KappaClaus]

Let me tell you I dont have ADHD and cringey humour is not the dry factual paleontology that I enjoy so damn much

[@wyvern723]

Dinosaurs are fun, but I find the animals in earlier eras a lot more interesting. Thanks for doing these videos.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

It's thanks to the Walking with Monsters documentary that I first became interested in the time periods before the Mesozoic.

[@dakotahholtman]

The Cambrian has quickly become one of my favorite eras. I think it’s partly to do with game Birthday’s The Beginning, which introduced me to a lot of these very early forms of life. Just watching them sprout up in that game and dominate my seascapes always fills me with such wonder and excitement

[@wcdeich4]

Some paleontologists think Anomalocaris could not eat trilobites b/c a computer simulation suggested the radial teeth around the outside of the mouth would break trying to bite through trilobite armor. But radiodonts had 2 sets of teeth - the outer teeth that looked like a camera aperture & "throat teeth" on the inside of their mouth -- I wonder if maybe the outer radial teeth might have been used to hold the prey up against the mouth (after the "shrimp arms" handed the prey back to the mouth) & then the "throat teeth" inside the mouth could do the work of biting chunks off the prey. I know that is speculative, but Anomalocaris was so far back in time a lot of things are

[@wcdeich4]

Also, unknown if Anomalocaris could just keep producing new teeth like a shark. Just so much we don't know b/c there is no close living relative.

[@st.zahren5683]

i could eat a trilobite

[@robinchesterfield42]

@@st.zahren5683 Well, yeah, but you have tool use. You could just smack it open against something hard to break the shell. :P

[@sakei-kun3090]

This aged well

[@LapisDollhouse]

@sakei-kun3090 How so?

[@littlemissgumflette3204]

I’m 44yrs old, live in regional Western Australia & I’m loving this series already, in one big fat binge watching session! But I’ve enjoyed your other videos too = how I stumbled across these, digging through your playlists for more! I don’t know if you care, but I enjoy collecting rocks & fossils from my own backyard. They say there is no evidence of dinosaurs in Western Australia & that’s such a big fat lie. U can see their skeletal remains exposed in the sides of hills, people out bones on their lawns as displays & there’s 3 places that I have personally been to where you know something major happened. There’s a place known as greenough blowholes where u can still see this massive pile up of bodies, beasts of the oceans trying to escape from the water onto land & beasts on the land trying to escape that same threat by trying to jump into the seas. The only thing I can think of that would trigger such a response from land AND sea animals is heat. Some intense deathly heat from which there WAS no escape. I’ve seen the same thing in 2 places inland, all 3 places separated by a good 500-700kms, but the response was clearly the same, giant hills formed by animals climbing away from some catastrophic event, clambering on top of one another to escape the inescapable. These remains are so detailed that you can literally make out the individual scales on reptiles & plates on crocodilians. They’re also super fragile, almost like compacted dust, or giant creepy sandcastles because of how white they are. I’ve found jaw bones one feet long, I have giant claws still attached to the bone of whatever creature it belonged too. There’s plains & plains of fossilised remains, mainly skulls & vertebrae where they had been rolled around & eventually dumped by some massive body of water, the trickling remains we now call the Murchison river, but it’s easy to see that millions of years ago this river was a decent 50-60km wide. It also carved out beautiful cliff faced gorges as it rushed out to sea at a place called Kalbarri. Absolutely stunning btw if you ever want to travel. Apparently Western Australia is the oldest known land mass on the planet & FYI stromatolites are found all along the coast, they’re definitely not confined to JUST shark bay as we are told. It’s an amazing place, & I’m so proud to call it home coz it’s almost as interesting as these fantastic videos I’m so grateful to have found. Now to let the binge continue!! 👏👏❤️😂

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This, itself, was agreat educational comment Thanks

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You earned a subscriber for how much effort you put into this series. I look forward to seeing this continued.

[@penny_the_wiser413]

Thanks for making these videos. I love learning about different prehistoric animals. Learning about ones that aren't dinosaurs has be super cool.

[@Scott-wf9kp]

So fascinating to see what some of the first creatures on Earth may have looked like. You've really opened my eyes to how becoming highly specialized can make a species VERY weird. It also gives me perspective as to how some of the weirdness we see today came to be!

[@TrinityCore60]

Well… giraffes exist. That would be a stupidly bizarre animal if not for the fact we’re just used to it.

[@knockrotter9372]

@@TrinityCore60 same deal with us humans man, have you ever just stopped and looked at your hands, or faces or something shits weird as hell

[@TrinityCore60]

@@knockrotter9372 no weird than other apes; in my opinion, the weirdest things about humans is our sweat and hairlessness.

[@shawnferguson5681]

Excellent program! I find creatures like Anomalocaris and Hallucinogenia fascinating, like characters from Monsters Inc. Speaking of monsters, what era does the Tully Monster come from? Does anyone have definitive proof of whether it’s a chordate or not? It looks to me like some sort of Opabinia, maybe. When your series gets to the relevant era, I hope you’ll cover this bizarre creature. The Cambrian was like a Lovecraftian menagerie. Thanks!

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You’re doing a great job. Have my grandkids, 10 and 5 1/2, watching too. They love you’re videos! Thanks.

[@justinthehedgehog3388]

Another great episode, thanks :)

[@Darknova67]

I think one of the hardest things to wrap your head around when you watch really old history videos. Is when you see something and your like oh a fish, but no that thing is so old it's a completely different creature that just looks like a fish because millions maybe billions of years later something down it's evolution becomes fish or it just dies off

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"You're like "Oh a fish"" is a fantastic sentence.

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[@Qui_Gon_Ben]

I watched all these 2 years ago, and I'm back watching them all over again. Big shout out to Tim Tim !

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Subscribed. I watched a few eps before doing so but realized when I went to your channel for entertainment randomly a lightbulb clicked. I really enjoy the content, this doesn't even feel like learning to me. You have "the Gift."

[@joyglocker8318]

So informative AND interesting. Should be used in school.....thanks for all the time and effort you put into this.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Another great episode! Well done, man!

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[@pelewads]

I am really enjoying this series. Thank you

[@wisdomeel]

8:18 funny worm that keeps moving forward

[@jenniferguthrie5588]

Until it’s enemies are destroyed

[@Charles_S09]

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[@akrmki3389]

These videos are the best, used to have a bunch of books about these eras as a kid. The world was just so alien then. Still is in a way I guess..

[@johnward5102]

These are just wonderful stories, about us, life on earth, and they deserve to be told. So often they are hidden in specialist jargon and too intricate detail, and for good reason, but it is great to have them told simply for 'the common man'. Thank you so much for doing this. I hope you realise how much this means to so many.

[@AntoekneeDE]

Thanks for sharing, I think in many ways this reminds us how little we truly know about the divergence of major groups despite a fairly fortunate fossil record, but perhaps also the hope that we might yet find some groundbreaking discoveries that confirm or shred our current best assumptions

[@cugelchannel4733]

This is such a great video series! I wish each episode was longer actually. These complex explanations are made simple and understandable. I especially like comparing the scale of everything. It emphasizes how small everything was in the Cambrian. If we went back to dive in those seas, we'd see an array of mostly tiny creatures swimming along the bottom of shallow seas.

[@davidboyle1902]

The thing I’m most pleased about with channels like this is the level of information that is so readily available. I learned to read in the 50s, and I can tell you that what was available then was limited, confined, and in many cases plain wrong. Those were the days when mountains were formed due to the earth’s crust shrinking when it cooled. There was no such thing as plate tectonics, though even in Darwin’s Origin of Species he gave hints that such speculations existed even then. Maybe you could find serious scientific discussion about things like this, but only if you were an academic. Paleo Analysis is a true gem from any perspective. It’s gold from an information standpoint. More, it provides its listeners information that just might make some do independent studies, an endeavor sorely lacking in our ridiculously politicized world. Thank you so much for your hard work in informing and educating.

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I like your content. It's exactly entertaining enough to keep me interested, without overdoing it and becoming silly. Granted, my background is nowhere near the subject, it's still accessable for me.

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[@blahhdittyblahh]

The Cambrian Explosion 💥 I admit I’m biased to love this time because of trilobites! I love those guys ❤

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Rapid expansion to fill in an ecological niche of viewers to be educated 😊. Thank you very much for these insightful and accessible videos.

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[@edwardpike3386]

I feel that this is one of your best videos.

[@eurybaric]

I love this so much. Just got recommended a vid of yours and im binge watching now, thanks!

[@matthewwriter9539]

I just found this channel today. I wish there was a Playlist to watch these episodes in the order they take place. 6:36 Evolution happens again! On to the 4th form.

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I found it! Good luck evolving back to your Human form.

[@vorpalweapon4814]

Incredibly interesting point in time, its tantalizing just how much information is beyond reach.

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[@Darthbelal]

What I like best about these videos is that they give a brief, simple but informative overview of life. Someone not formally trained in paleontology can acquire a solid foundation of knowledge with which, if they're paying attention, can delve into more complicated videos about how life came to be and what steps were taken to get there. Solid roots from which knowledge can grow.....

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Why do I feel such a maternal instinct to give TimTim a hug? What's wrong with my life?

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[@futurehistory2110]

7:03 For real, a Cambrian period video game would be great. Although perhaps it would've been ideal for the days of GameBoy. Still I think it could be fun now.

[@icewolfwolfie173]

i activily looked for a channel doing this.. please..make the next one.. i have watched the next one but i mean like the next in this series

[@PaleoAnalysis]

I'm going to be upfront with you and say that the next History of the Earth video is going to be delayed until maybe 3 weeks from now at the earliest. I will still be uploading content but those videos in particular do require extra work and I have a lot going on at home. I will be updating everyone at the end of Friday's video. I'm really glad that you found my channel and enjoy my content. 🙂

[@garmtpug]

I'm loving your videos and have binge-watched a number of them. I think many are really interested in this and previous periods is because they are rarely covered or talked about. The more "sexy" periods often take center stage leaving these other, and very important, stages waiting in the wings! That being said I really enjoy your information-packed as well as light-hearted look at the history of our planet! Thank you for all your hard work.

[@GohanLSSJ2]

Ah yes, Hallucigenia. The worm that is incapable of turning backwards. It just keeps moving forwards... Until it's enemies are destroyed.

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Informative and most enjoyable. I do hope your channel grows...good luck.

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Im so glad i stumbled across this channel. Incredibly fascinating stuff to learn about. Cant wait to watch more vids! Keep up the amazing work ✨💕

[@ThePaleozoicGuy]

The Paleozoic is my favorite Era, - if you somehow couldn't tell - so it's nice to see some more people giving it the attention it deserves because it lasted longer than both the Mesozoic Era and the Cenozoic Era combined. I think what I like even more about it is that most of the life we see from the Paleozoic looks like it's from an alien planet. Keep it up!

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[@williamsagntag6049]

Love your videos man and also love the Pokemon references please keep up the hard work bro.

[@chamber8234]

Hey, Paleozoic (yugioh archetype) enthusiast here. Not only does Anomalocaris have a pokemon modeled after it, it also has an Xyz boss monster modeled after it (So does Pikaia, Marella, Hallucigenia, and a couple of others)

[@cameronjim2983]

Honestly, there’s something rather humbling about learning of the origins of life and where it began.

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Media about ancient ocean creatures is my happy place my dude, so yea…. I’m here for it, even tho i already knew pretty much everything that was discussed here and it’ll probably be the same way for the next…it doesn’t freaking matter and I’m stoked for the next video regardless!😅😉🤘

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I like all these discussions on earth history. I am especially following the early history. The period before the dinosaurs is very fascinating. To realize there were animals living 500 million years ago and some were our ancestors! Amazing.

[@mankarla1]

this video was really informative and i learnt a lot about the cambrian period

[@arteconceptual3882]

you know i really liked your videos, your narrative is enchanting, however i was waiting for the dinosaur section, you know Jurassic, and stuff, and wow i was surprised not to found it, i mean i dont have anything against specialization but due to your style i believe it would be amazing to see them, thats all a kind regards from Ecuador !!

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[@meg2831]

The more charismatic animals are fun to learn about but I love learning about the weirdos that aren't talked about as often. I honestly just love learning new things and your videos are so informative as well as fun.

[@woodrew5415]

5:20 I like the funny arthropod with the eye under its head. Side note: I'm a little disappointed that Hallucigenia were only about an inch long

[@harrietharlow9929]

Love the lifeform that keeps evolving and all the lifeforms that he has to deal with. You GO, Haikouicthys!

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Great video. Thanks 👍

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This is a really fun science/history lesson for my kids and me!

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Great video. Keep up the good work!

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"Pivotal Part of our Planet's Past" Satisfying alliteration.

[@atalpande836]

Amazing video! Would love a special detailed episode on terrestrialisation 💯

[@TheseAreMyHooves]

Can you do a similar kind of video/videos with more emphasis on the evolution of plants/funghi/lichen ? :)

[@peacepeople9895]

Thanks again for the awesome series

[@aleshiacote-young9962]

Congrats on the channel! We enjoy it because nerdy people like me exist in the world….

[@Ahonya666]

Paleo youtube channels focus most on dinosaurs, but the other stuff is amazing too

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I'm loving this!!!

[@aldgate]

Omg yes, time for actual animals!

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Awesome channel. You deserve way more subscribers.

[@Kariakas]

Great job as usual

[@leshyaedawnfire]

Your video's are reminding me of my love for paleontology. Life sciences are something of a passion of mine, especially ones involving animals. I think when I go back to college, I'm going to look into getting a minor in paleontology.

[@latheofheaven1017]

I think we're all familiar with stories of the dinosaur era, which is fascinating, of course. But I for one, have relatively recently become more interested in the hundreds of millions of years of multicellular life that preceded that. I only heard about the extraordinary Permian/Triassic mass extinction about ten years ago! To think that from the Cambrian to the Triassic is about five times longer than the time from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs to now. That's a lot of history!

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

Indeed. And some other numbers: Tyrannosaurus Rex was closer to us then to Stegosaurus....

[@Smoothbluehero]

I love your sense of humor!

[@teddyrwilliam1428]

So very interesting enjoyed amazing how the earth evolved in a short time time really does fly

[@griffendesai2039]

What was that cool lofi graphic of the Cambrian animals swimming around? Is that from something? It was so cool!

[@038Dude]

I just found your channel, subbed! 👌🏻

[@julianguffogg]

A other great vid, with touches of humour! good job.

[@maximillianquaife-larsen3827]

Great videos bro

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Opabinia is one of my fave weirdos and one of least fave to spell. Really cool to see it covered, and the whole era

[@ultramanJR]

8:06 Attach that thing to your spine. I heard it gives you superpowers, like the ability to shift into titans or something like that.

[@randallphobia8698]

I honestly found this video fun in addition to educational.

[@susankeefer8317]

I have yet to hear about the very early Cambrian small shelly sponge-like reef builders called Archaocyathida.

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