What If We Traveled One Billion Years Into the Past?
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Published 2021-05-07
Imagine if you could take in all of human history in the blink of an eye. Well, from the first steps on the moon to the first steps out of the slime, that's exactly what we are in cosmic terms. But in that short amount of time, we have done quite a bit. If you could travel through time, you could witness the rise and fall of the many species that existed long before we were here. What would you see if you traveled one billion years into the past? Did Earth ever look like a giant slushball? How far back would you have to go to see the first humans? And, are we already going extinct? Would you need to go through a wormhole or perhaps travel faster than the speed of light? Watch as history unfolds in front of your eyes.
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All Comments (21)
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6:53 this one decided to walk out of the water, and now I have to go to work to pay all my bills.
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Damn man. The suspense that you create by saying "well, that's a story for another what if". Man I can't stop watching because every single time at the end of the video, you say that and I don't know why I get so curious about the topic
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The camera that travel back in time to give us this shots deserves a medal
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this man has mastered the art of pushing adds in videos without boring us.
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Universe - i am the oldest! Cameraman - Hold my beer 😂
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What if we traveled back 1 billion years *What if subs=0 What if : No, come back ..please
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Remebering Dark ..what a masterpiece of show
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One thing for sure, there would be no " What If " for 1 billion year.
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I didn't know that there were so many extinction events! This is why I love science... You learn something new every day.
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Plot twist. Time traveler finds earth is smaller in size, gravity is weaker, moon is missing and earth is orbiting a red dwarf star.
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Usually I am annoying the people around me asking questions this channel finally gives me the answers to, it’s like this is exactly made for me🤭😂
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Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu.
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I know it will be exciting too watch
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Finally I get to see voice over artist in two years ...
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6:07 Eren to Ymir: Write that down! Write that down!
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What an exciting channel! Subscribed immediately and watching all of your videos one after another.
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I told my teacher about this channel and now we are gonna watch it and this video so yeah hi class!!!
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I would love to watch simulation of how this big impact looked from space :)
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This man has mastered the art of pushing adds in videos without boring us.
