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

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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

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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 u0026 Wang, Yan u0026 Mcdonald, Paul u0026 Wroe, Stephen u0026 O'Connor, Jingmai u0026 Bjarnason, Alexander u0026 Bevitt, Joseph u0026 Yin, Xuwei u0026 Xiaoting, Zheng u0026 Zhou, Zhonghe u0026 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