The Complete History of the Earth: Silurian Period

[@TheKlaun9]

I envy the people that find your channel in like 2026 and can just binge this series back to back.

[@metalismedicine5499]

Agreed

[@Markfps]

He's been out and unable to do lots of videos, have a little patience my dude

[@TheKlaun9]

@@Markfps no worries, not complaining, I'm happy for the free content :). I just envy some folks

[@stormisuedonym4599]

@@TheKlaun9 Yeah, but on the other hand - they'll be in 2025, and if the recent trajectory of history continues...

[@OldieBugger]

Yeah, I envy them too. Especially the 2025 me, who'll be able to binge this series when it's completed. But, it's just a few years ahead so no worries!

[@dudeinfinity]

I've always been interested in paleontology, but I rarely looked into anything that wasn't dinosaurs. This series has taught me so much already, and has gotten me way more interested in paleontology outside of the Mesozoic era. I really love the work you're doing and I can't wait for more videos from this channel.

[@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead]

You summed up why I enjoy this channel soo much, I only wish he would post more frequently!

[@mehodrums]

@@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead there should be a little more structured routine here soon. He’s still getting all settled in from the big move but is really geared up for bringing more content to everyone 😁😁 regardless of the consistency, I’m so happy to see these

[@ThePurpleKrow]

@@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead he should be getting back on track of posting weekly videos soon! We recently moved to another state & you never know how much crap you have until you pack, move & try to unpack 😅

[@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead]

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[@ThePurpleKrow]

@@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead and we have quite a large collection of fossils & other fragile things so that's been extra fun, lol 😅

[@TheMaldawg101]

Good to see another complete history of earth vid. This series introduced me to your channel and I can't overstate how interesting I find all these videos. Thanks for making this stuff for us.

[@DerkMiester]

This series is truly awesome, dinosaurs are so saturated in our consciousness that I'm loving the conversation about the other eras of history. Can't wait for the next one!

[@sirdetmist3204]

Some dinosaurs are but there are other animals from that era that arent.

[@ronschlorff7089]

Yup, instead of the endless remakes of Jurassic Park movies, there could be some interesting ones made of other geologic eras!

[@jonbate5513]

Magic commentary. Mixes brilliantly the two essential ingredients of learning i.e. being Informative and entertaining. I look forward to each episode.

[@ThePaleozoicGuy]

I think what should be worth mentioning is that, by the end of the Silurian, only five of the nine generally accepted orders of Trilobite survived. By the end of the next period, only one will remain, Proetida. Really shows how well adapted they were considering we live closer to the extinction of Trilobites than they did to their own evolution.

[@vault_dwelIer]

Keep these up. Just discovered your videos tonight and I had to watch the other videos to catch up to this one. Coincidentally, I found it within hours of upload. Your style is unique and very enjoyable. I very much look forward to going through all of the eras on this channel. I especially appreciate it when the more obscure eras are given love.

[@jacobgoodstone7572]

I just have to say I love this series. I feel like videos about the history of the Paleozoic start with the cambrian explosion, skip straight ahead to the first jawed fish, and then skip ahead again to the great dying. It’s awesome to have a series detailing the complete history of the paleozoic, and talking about all of these forgotten periods that were so crucial in life’s history.

[@anthonys3892]

Yes! My favorite niche KZbin channel uploaded!

[@MidnightsEdge]

Amazing video and series, thank you!

[@CanaleAV]

Glad to know that this channel isn't a Frankensteinian abomination :)

[@MidnightsEdge]

@@CanaleAV lol

[@apexnext]

Time will tell? 😁

[@christinebartram6182]

I accidentally stumbled on your channel last night and I am blown away by the content on earth's history! Please please please make more videos, it's so interesting and I love how you deliver the content.

[@backwoodscowboy8992]

Haven't started watching yet, but I appreciate the video none the less. Have been waiting for you to post for awhile! + I have introduced many of my family and friends into this channel.

[@msalas0101]

This series is great. Just found it and can’t wait until my 10 year is back. I’m going to rewatch them all with him.

[@meg2831]

I'm glad you are back. You make learning about the history of the earth fun. I never thought I even cared to learn about this stuff but you have me really interested. 😁

[@sksk-bd7yv]

I watch this serie over and over again. It always makes me happy.

[@franciscahazlet4021]

This was a very interesting and entertaining video. It was great. I never new there were tree size mushrooms on earth. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks

[@kevinpeters6709]

And this is why the Paleozoic needs more coverage. We had a literal Mushroom Kingdom so to speak

[@ronschlorff7089]

yes, makes you think that on other worlds there will be eras similar to the ones on Earth; and there may be some big mushrooms there too, a delicious and potentially deadly food source for future explorers on alien worlds!! Que the next "B" sci fi movie: "Planet of the Toxic 'Shrooms"!! LOL ;D

[@Iamthelolrus]

These are some if my favorite videos, thank you for the time you take and effort you put into them.

[@DragonFae16]

I'm so glad there's another of these videos! This series is so much fun and no one else is doing anything like it!

[@yovaha]

Amazing! Really excited for the next periods, and the evolution of the plants too!

[@gwennahedden8485]

Yeah a new installment of your history of the earth series. Love your videos. Educational and entertaining.

[@allanbriggs6349]

Please don't make us wait long for the next one! Your channel is amazing. Love your work!

[@TheSnoopoff]

Welcome back, can't wait to watch more of your amazing videos! Binge watched everything already months ago 🤣

[@jabootiimcfrootii1636]

This has become my new favorite yt series, keep it up!

[@nakenmil]

I just binged all your former episodes yesterday! What a great surprise! :D

[@OldieBugger]

I love this series, there is more to expect, with more detail as the periods accumulate for obvious reasons. Thank you for this content!

[@veggieboyultimate]

YEAH! Bring on the history of Earth!!!

[@melissak118]

So excited another video is out!! This is my first time really diving into the topic of the Earth's history and development, and I'm finding it so fascinating. I can't wait for the next one!!

[@Scott-wf9kp]

So nice to see an update from you! Hope you're doing well. I love the way you talk about Earth's history; I can really hear the passion and appreciation in your words. You have a way of making every era of Earth feel special in its own way. It makes me want to keep learning more. Thanks for another fantastic video!

[@shabazzmcclain5049]

Welcome back! I've been hooked on your deep dives into the Paleozoic.

[@kalebk9595]

Awesome to see another video in this series! Here's my comment for the algorithm.

[@caseyleichter2309]

Welcome back! And thanks again for these deep dives into less well-known periods of Earth' history.

[@eggdog1051]

I absolutely love this channel! It has made me find again my long-lost love for paleontology and history from when I was a child. Also insane respect for that tierzoo shoutout. Keep up the good work and thanks a lot for this amazing content!

[@arthureaton8]

I absolutely love the little helper critters you use, upgrading them every episode in 1980s computer game fashion. Top Marks!!!

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the awesome content!!!

[@joshuajohnson7848]

I missed the videos man. This one was great. Thanks so much and glad you’re back to making content again

[@jagtech490]

Great to see this goated series back

[@omarkarn]

such a good series i wish it wouldnt end

[@PaleoAnalysis]

That's why I find it so shocking that everyone likes it so much, we all know how it ends! 😂

[@johannageisel5390]

@@PaleoAnalysis "And now we're in the time of the 6th mass extinction."

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

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[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@@PaleoAnalysis Just waiting for the Permian. That's the most interesting imo.

[@scambammer6102]

@@PaleoAnalysis no spoilers!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I love this channel and this video was just so epic and I wish yall had a good day

[@johncartwright4041]

Your videos demonstrate a deep personal knowledge of the subject and extensive research. I always enjoy your videos. From Brisbane Australia.

[@silverbemyname]

Man I've been waiting for another of these videos for a while.

[@FloridaMan493]

Loving these history of earth videos

[@reidtaylor7269]

Keep it up! Very entertaining summaries with the right mix of biology, geology and climatology. Admirable scholarship and presentation as well.

[@kelseylogas1580]

Hello! I completely stumbled on your channel because I was hungry for more paleontology videos. I absolutely love your content and I think you are doing an amazing thing here. The information is excellent, the animations and art are wonderful and imagination-sparking, and you have an excellent delivery style. I am so thrilled I found you; I have learned so much about weird animals after the Permian extinction an d the early days of life on this planet, something that isn't discussed too frequently because everyone rushes to the Cretaceous. Please do keep it up; I am enjoying this series in particular, though all of your videos have been great!

[@bensantos3882]

Coolest and down to earth paleontology channel. He may not be the smallest or oldest that hadn't broken the million subscribers mark but if he keeps up he will.

[@1Fracino]

Hurrah! You're back! I've been waiting as fast as I can :)

[@TheGBZard]

Nice to see new content from you, keep up the great work

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

This is great well written and with a dose of humour ! Love this series really top notch stuff !

[@wendywhite4537]

It’s good to hear from you again. Great video. I’m looking forward to more.

[@TheDesisgarf]

You have single handedly made me a paleontology nerd, I’ve spent the whole day binge watching your videos at work. Shut up and take your likes and subscription

[@Leon3347]

Hey, I love your videos, I am watching all of them. Just a small note about prototaxites. It is more likely that they could have been just mats of plant material that rolled into big cilinder-like structure as it dried, forming what could have appeared as a trunk. I don't remember the article's name but there is at least one that discusses this topic. It was disappointing because I really liked the idea of this giant fungi standing upright.

[@swearenginlawanda]

I would love to see this series all combined on one video.

[@mjtravers1507]

I sat here and binge watched the series. Wow! Outstanding content. Bring on the Devonian, that's my favorite.

[@navigatorofnone]

as always, your videos are always amusing. highly educational and amusing. 👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@egghole3]

Can't wait for the next episode! Hyped for more placoderms and chondrichthyes.

[@senorsuave]

We definitely blew way beyond your sub goal, congrats on your success. I hope you've made your offerings to the algorithm gods

[@harrietharlow9929]

Evolution is one of my big interests, and you make it easy for even non-professionals to understand. love that Tim-Tim is evolving, too.

[@WoopersDad]

Waited so long and finally its here !

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Your channel is so good!!! I really am glad that i found it

[@mrmaison4924]

Love this series! Welcome back!

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You know…it’s right around the 5:55 ish second mark, when the “evolving” animation appeared…only then did it suddenly become clear to me….I’m way, way to invested in this series🤦‍♀️as I was literally thinking…😱”ooo I wonder what he’ll be next?” With a big stupid grin on my face! 😅😉👍

[@Doktor_Morlord]

i would focus on this series. this is good stuff. Found ya just a week ago. please do more of this stuff.

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Awesome series, as a layperson it's engaging to see these things put into a continuous chronological context rather than presented in a vacuum as they typically are. Subscribed!

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This is so interesting! I am super invested. xD

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im so glad i found this account before it hit 500k and im glad i got to be one of the 100k to follow

[@colemanmoore9871]

What is the story with the giant mushrooms? Plants compete for height to get sunlight, but since fungi are not photosynthetic, what were they reaching for? What was the evolutionary advantage to becoming enormously tall? Also, what were they using for food? Were they breaking down rock, or using the cyanobacteria and early plants?

[@scvcebc]

They reproduce with spores, so being tall allowed them to release their spores higher into the wind for wider dispersal. Unlike modern mushrooms which release spores once from a cap that then dies back, the Silurian giant fungi stalk kept growing taller year after year. The stalks had scars from the older spore sacs, the newest ones were at the top. Their hyphae fed on the decaying plants which grew low around them. Without animals to eat the plants, they just rotted in place, providing food for the fungi.

[@svennoren9047]

PBS Eons has made a video going into this, it's called "When giant fungi ruled" IIRC.

[@vikingskuld]

There I no purpose or need for a giant mushroom. None its ability to spread spores doesn't depend on such great height. It just doesn't need to and it's counter productive as that REAQUIRES MUCH MUCH MORE work and resources. There is absolutely no gain to get or maintain that kind of height. Noone ever considered the difference in oxygen the much higher air pressure and the possibility of a denser cloud layer. There are reasons why a fragile fly could get big enough to have a 12 in plus wing span.

[@grahamfisher5436]

this is a very interesting debate 🤗

[@pnutbuderjj]

@@scvcebc THANKYOU i learned

[@orzelgryf]

The only problem with this series is that I cannot simply bingewatch all episodes until current times :D Yet.

[@ATier87]

Subbed yesterday coz of these period videos and damn, a new video already! Wish i could double sub. Can't wait for your following vids good sir!

[@kellyharrison5184]

Thank you for yet another well-narrated and informative journey into the distant past.

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I wish I had more friends to show this to. It's so good.

[@duhsbo]

REALLY looking for the next vídeo. Great work man, really well made and acessible

[@oliviawilder7540]

So glad the new paleo analysis dropped 🙏💥🏜

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Another vid, you've just made my week!

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all i can say is thanks for making learning fun cant wait for the next one of these the whole series so far has been and is a blast to watch (tim tim is awesome lol)

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Your channel is awesome and is going to get A LOT bigger soon

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Can't tell you how excited i was to see this video pop up!

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I could watch something like this for hours.

[@meg2249]

I get the feeling Tim Tim is going to end up as his cat or something

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[@michaelbrophy3023]

I absolutely love you channel. I’ve watched every video of the series. Some I’ve watched a few times. It’s amazing how much I learned in such a short time. Paleontology has always interested me, but had a hard time sorting out the different eras. Especially with the Paleozoic eon, so much to learn. Your series is very entertaining, and helped me puzzle it together in my mind. Thank you, and well done. I can’t wait for you next video.

[@lessonslearned2569]

Finally. Glad to see you back again!

[@YakubsMonster]

The algorithm brought me here too early. I need more of this series. Even though I knew most of this already your presentation is phenomenal.

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oh how i have missed this series

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I just started binge watching your channel, love your content

[@Mytwistedvoices]

Keeps my childhood fascination of primitive species alive!

[@quickestscoped7603]

8:42 One interesting fact: apparently we haven't (yet) found any Radiodont fossils from the Silurian, but we know they were alive during this time due to a radiodont fossil named Schinderhannes Bartelsi from the early Devonian. Wonder if any radiodonts ever fought eurypterids...

[@billkallas1762]

The Devonian is one of my favorite Periods, except for the end of it, when Oxygen levels dropped enough to make it tough to walk around, for any length of time. I must go back there, some day.

[@ronschlorff7089]

Mars, will be easier, it will be low O2 as well, for a little while (compared to these past time scales) any way! ;D LOL

[@poskeegget8043]

It is always fun when you drop another video. I always claim that pet videos are the reason youtube can exist, but videos like this, is why it should exist.

[@luckyotter623]

I love this series. I just discovered your channel last night, and I got to say I'm hooked! Fwiw, I've always found the earlier periods of the earth's history (before the dinosaurs) the most fascinating. While the Silurian period isn't my favorite (that would be a tossup between the Carboniferous and the Permian) it does seem the most alien. Imagine if fungi had become the dominant kingdom rather than plants and animals!

[@jrr7031]

Ive been addicted to these and the comic relief is well placed and timed.

[@avery-s1e]

Honestly I just love you and your series

[@yeng1855]

Keep it up! I can't wait until you get to the Holocene.

[@PaleoAnalysis]

Thank you so much for your support! ❤ the next chapter is on the list of upcoming projects

[@robertstuart480]

I've been waiting for this. :)

[@untro7287]

Cant waiiiit for the Devonian one!! Love this mate, keep at it!

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

Good old Jaekelopterus, one of the first truly terrifying sea creatures there was.

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

Nothing says, wtf nature, like a arthropod scorpion thing the size of a goddang alligator!

[@svennoren9047]

I wonder who came up with the name. Jaekel or jäkel is a swedish word for devil. (We have plenty of those. Most Swedish swearing is at the Devil, his home and family).

[@jaredthehawk3870]

@@svennoren9047 named after the person who first described it, one Otto Jaekel.

[@nekohuntress99]

looking forward to next videos, this series is so good! keep it up man

[@SigWahrheit]

This series is incredibly entertaining! Very comprehensive too