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The Giant Bird That Got Lost in Time
470 views / 1 likes - addedThe California condor is the biggest flying bird in North America, a title that it has held since the Late Pleistocene Epoch. It's just one example of an organism that we share the planet with today that seems lost in time, out of place in our world. Than
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The History of Climate Cycles (and the Woolly Rhino) Explained
407 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about Hack the Moon at https://wehackthemoon.comCheck out Reactionss Summer of Space video on the Northern Lights! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_LPFOa-zsThroughout the Pleistocene Epoch, the range of the woolly rhino grew and shrank in syn
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The Time Terror Birds Invaded
777 views / 3 likes - addedAbout 5 million years ago, a new predator made its way from the south and onto the coastal plains of North America. It was a giant, flightless, carnivorous bird and came to be known by one of the coolest and most richly earned nicknames in all of paleonto
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Neanderthals Were Smarter Than We Thought!
548 views / 0 likes - addedYour ancestral history might be a lot more interesting than you think. Here's what makes us human... and part Neanderthal. Could Neanderthals Talk Like Us? - http://bit.ly/28Lf8uP Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: N
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5 Ways Humans Have Changed The Earth
673 views / 0 likes - addedWe are approaching a whole new era! . . .or at least a new epoch. Michael Aranda explains how humans are leaving their mark on the Geologic Time Scale. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we coul
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5 Giant Ice Age Animals | Natural History for Kids
1,295 views / 2 likes - added12,000 years ago, the earth was very different, and so were some of the animals living on it! Here are 5 giants creatures you might have seen back then. ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patr
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Over 200 Bizarre, New Crystals Were Accidentally Created by Humans
879 views / 2 likes - addedThese new, manmade minerals could be evidence for the argument that we are living in the Anthropocene. When a River Goes Missing, It's Kind of a Big Deal... - https://youtu.be/s42dVrSoyQc Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read
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A Brief History Of Life: Rise Of The Humans
549 views / 0 likes - addedWith the non-avian dinosaurs extinct, it was time for mammals to take over. Finally, in the tiniest sliver of the history of life, humans emerge. A Brief History of Life Part 1: https://youtu.be/7HiFxKK2yjU Part 2: https://youtu.be/kBUNR10wvhw Part 3: htt
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From the Fall of Dinos to the Rise of Humans
602 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our other journeys through geologic time here : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6K9w_UbfFSFIpEU9VMavTM5MIbOAiW5 After taking you on a journey through geologic time, we've arrived at the Cenozoic Era. Most of the mammals and birds that y
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What If You Were Sent Back To The Ice Ages?
414 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to Dollar Shave Club for sponsoring. Go to http://DollarShaveClub.com/lifenoggin to get your first starter set for $5.What would happen if you traveled to the ice ages? Would you be able to survive the earth in it's dangerous icy state? Watch more:
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The First Billion Years of the Universe - with Emma Chapman
268 views / 0 likes - addedWhat happened after the Big Bang? When did the very first stars burst into life? Why are those stars were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today?Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/9zxsC68PJUIEmma's book "First Light" is available now
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A Brief History of Geologic Time
1,363 views / 1 likes - addedBy looking at the layers beneath our feet, geologists have been able to identify and describe crucial episodes in life’s history. These key events frame the chapters in the story of life on earth and the system we use to bind all these chapters together i
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What the Earth Went Through Before Humans Appeared
795 views / 2 likes - addedWhat did the Earth look like 4.6 billion years ago? Nope, it wasn't the fancy blue and green ball youre used to. It was more like a giant rock covered in molten lava and constantly bombarded by comets and asteroids. There was no sign of life here yet noth
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Are We in the Middle of an Ice Age Right Now?
79 views / 0 likes - addedEver wondered if we're smack dab in the middle of an ice age? Well, buckle up because we're about to dive into some cool science. Join us as we unravel the mysteries of Earth's climate and explore whether we're currently chillin' in the midst of an icy ep
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The History Of Life On Earth - Crash Course Ecology #1
1,250 views / 0 likes - addedWith a solid understanding of biology on the small scale under our belts, it's time for the long view - for the next twelve weeks, we'll be learning how the living things that we've studied interact with and influence each other and their environments. Li
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The Island of Huge Hamsters and Giant Owls
540 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Sound Field: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMLMyKPomE6kTTL9Kv8Iww Back in the late Miocene epoch, there was an island--or maybe a group of islands-- in the Mediterranean Sea that was populated with fantastic giant beasts. It’s a lesson in th
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How long will human impacts last? - David Biello
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The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water
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The Croc That Ran on Hooves
423 views / 0 likes - addedOur Pocket Shirt!: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons/products/eons-pocket-shirt In the Eocene Epoch, there was a reptile that had teeth equipped for biting through flesh, its hind legs were a lot longer than its front legs and instead of claws, its
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When We Tamed Fire
511 views / 0 likes - addedOur new shirt! https://store.dftba.com/products/eons-pocket-shirt The Best-Of Nature League: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZftFO1i4jNijeKInnCZXTYg9l3HVlbXl The ability to make and use fire has fundamentally changed the arc of our evolution. The
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Mammoths vs. Mastodons: Can we 'de-extinct' them both?
653 views / 1 likes - addedThere's been a lot of talk and research interest around the possibility of resurrecting certain groups of organisms (or, at least their genomes) from extinction, with Woolly Mammoths being prime candidates for such an endeavor. But what about a closely re
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When Antarctica Was Green
426 views / 0 likes - addedHelp Eons out and fill out this survey! https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/Eons_YTvideoBefore the start of the Eocene Epoch about 56 million years ago--Antarctica was still joined to both Australia and South America. Andit turns out that a lot of what we rec
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When Humans Were Prey
476 views / 0 likes - addedNot too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful. Thanks to Julio La
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The Holographic Universe Explained
393 views / 0 likes - addedWe live in a universe with 3 dimensions of space and one of time. Up, down, left, right, forward, back, past, future. 3+1 dimensions. Or so our primitive Pleistocene-evolved brains find it useful to believe. And we cling to this intuition, even as physics
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Why Do Some Animals Get Gigantic?
415 views / 0 likes - addedGet your first KiwiCo box free by going to http://www.kiwico.com/minuteearth Occasionally, internal or external factors change, allowing certain animals to become giant versions of themselves. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/Minut
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When Whales Walked
940 views / 6 likes - addedWe know whales as graceful giants bound to the sea. But what if we told you there was actually a time when whales could walk. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/x0Hi30egd4K Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital St
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Every Animal In Your DNA
444 views / 0 likes - addedSignup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZYou are the living ancestor of an unbroken chain of lives stretching from you, through your mother and your grandmother all the way back through the complete history of lif
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The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats
494 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/eonsAll of todays big cat species evolved less than 11 million years ago and yet their evolutionary history remains an almost total mystery. But scientists have recently discovered a major clue about
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How Space-Time Works When You Look At The Stars
305 views / 0 likes - addedWe're used to looking at everything around us unfolding in real time. But when we look at the stars, were actually looking at the past. We arent seeing the stars, or really anything in the universe, as they currently are. Were seeing things as they were.
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Why Don't Scavengers Get Sick?
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Which Bear Is Best?
583 views / 0 likes - addedWhy do some species flourish and others falter? Sometimes it just comes down to luck. A big thank-you to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shi
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Volcano VS Glacier
201 views / 1 likes - addedSign up for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/aZqY30spaZ6Volcanoes might seem like an unstoppable force of nature - but there is at least one OTHER force on Earth that seems to be able to keep them down.LEARN MORE**************To learn more a
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When Apes Conquered Europe
487 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Origin of Everything: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiB8h9jD2Mlxx96ZFnGDSJw Today, our closest evolutionary relatives, the apes, live only in small pockets of Africa and Asia. But back in the Miocene epoch, apes occupied all of Europe. Why ar
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The Great Acceleration
294 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Were in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet.Thanks also to our Patreon pa
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Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying
130 views / 0 likes - addedThis video is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.Because eclipses are powerful and frightening events, ancient cultures went to great lengths to understand eclipses, leading
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What Happens If A Star Explodes Near The Earth?
135 views / 0 likes - addedPeople have witnessed supernovae for millennia, but what threat do they pose to life on Earth? This video is sponsored by Brilliant. You can get started for free, or the first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly
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