How Far Back In Earth's History Could You Have Survived?

Get Your Exclusive NordVPN deal here: https://nordvpn.com/earth. It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! --------------------------------- Researched and Written by Leila Battison Narrated and Edited by David Kelly Thumbnail Art and Art by Ettore Mazza Time Machine Art by Joseph Ioseliani Additional Visuals by Manuel Rubio If you like our videos, check out Leila's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXIk7euOGq6jkptjTzEz5kQ Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist, stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid. Galaxy and space imagery from NASA and ESO. Image Credits: Cyanobacteria Asai H, Iwamori S, Kawai K, Ehira S, Ishihara J, Aihara K, Shoji S, Iwasaki H, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Jeholornis Stomach contents Hu, Han & Wang, Yan & Mcdonald, Paul & Wroe, Stephen & O'Connor, Jingmai & Bjarnason, Alexander & Bevitt, Joseph & Yin, Xuwei & Xiaoting, Zheng & Zhou, Zhonghe & Benson, Roger. (2022). Earliest evidence for fruit consumption and potential seed dispersal by birds. eLife. 11. 10.7554/eLife.74751. Jeholornis prima By Tiouraren (Y.-C. Tsai) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92942014 Archaefructus_liaoningensis.jpg By Shizhao - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1288516 Tidal Flats By Kennethcgass, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Fractofusus By djpmapleferryman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/63319497@N00/3907146971/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=127863124 Kimberella By James St. John - Kimberella quadrata (Ediacaran fossil) in sandstone (Ust-Pinega Formation, Ediacaran, Neoproterozoic; White Sea, Russia), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84648596 Various Ediacaran Biota by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 , via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 Introduction 5:50 Hell on Earth: 4.5 - 2.5 BYA 17:59 Chasing Oxygen: 2.5 BYA to 750 MYA 37:06 Survive and Thrive: 750 MYA to present