The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents

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    References:
    www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocume... → Hess’s first paper proposing seafloor spreading
    courses.washington.edu/ess502/... → Vine and Matthews’s first description of mirrored magnetic anomalies
    www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens... → Class notes from Stephen Nelson @ Tulane on the history of discovery and mechanisms of plate tectonics
    www.indiana.edu/~g105lab/1425c... → Additional rundown on the mechanisms of plate tectonics
    www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?l... → Biography of Marie Tharp
    www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/oct2... → review article of pre-pangaean continents
    doi:10.1038/ngeo1069 → Paper linking the P-Tr extinction to Siberian Traps volcanism lighting coal on fire
    dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP326.4 → Very solid reconstructions of Rodinia and Pannotia
    www.le.ac.uk/gl/ads/SiberianT... → review of the potential and probable causes of the PTr extinction, as well as some discussion linking the TrJ extinction to the rifting of North America away from Pangaea
    science.sciencemag.org/content... → TrJ extinction linked with North American rifting
    web.archive.org/web/200804131... → Future continents
    • Continental Drift: 3.3... → Basic animation of continental movements
    • 300 Million Years of t... → Animation of Pangaea Ultima (although video called it Pangaea Proxima for some reason)
    books.google.com/books?id=apA...
    citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/...
    people.earth.yale.edu/sites/d...
    science.psu.edu/news-and-event...
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  • @SeanAsgari
    @SeanAsgari 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2615

    it's the *Cambrian Explosion*

    • @insertinsulthere920
      @insertinsulthere920 6 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Sean Asgari literally sat scrolling through the comments to see if anyone mentioned it

    • @RendraKusuma
      @RendraKusuma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      so funny they referenced it lmao

    • @billy6044
      @billy6044 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      use ctrl+f

    • @StoutShako
      @StoutShako 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I half expected airhorns.

    • @TheRotundRider
      @TheRotundRider 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      r/unexpectedbillwurtz

  • @ohno4458
    @ohno4458 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2171

    Its the "♪♪♪Cambrian explosion♪♪♪"

    • @marghiecanas9744
      @marghiecanas9744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      bill wurtz reference OMG

    • @buzz10014
      @buzz10014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i thought it was the channel oversimplified

    • @applemauzel
      @applemauzel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Zimmit's FunHouse Adventure It won't be that cheery when you have that explosion after a really spicy burrito~

    • @applemauzel
      @applemauzel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Zimmit's FunHouse Adventure Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well~

    • @talhajawed848
      @talhajawed848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Moosd

  • @epauletshark3793
    @epauletshark3793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    As soon as I get stable footing in my life, I learn the ground is moving.

  • @carlymoore2182
    @carlymoore2182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1642

    I have been DEVOURING these videos like they are going extinct! Lol I grew up not being allowed to "believe" in evolution and basically everything that is talked about in these videos, but now I feel like I am rediscovering the whole world again! I love how there is so much info packed into relatively short "episodes" and the info provided is easily understandable for us common folks who are craving the learning experience but don't have a degree in the field. You all are amazing for creating these fascinating glimpses into our past and you can count on me to watch EVERY episode! THANK YOU EONS STAFF!!!

    • @Drahko12
      @Drahko12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I know is awesome. From my end is that sadly my school did not teach me any of this that much or the teachers didn’t make it interesting so is cool this channel exists

    • @robfranklin6412
      @robfranklin6412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My discovery of these videos all started with a Starscream video by Lindsey Ellis.

    • @amaliabarefoot8931
      @amaliabarefoot8931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      wow .. not many people would be excited to learn, you go girl (or boy)

    • @oliviajohnson7305
      @oliviajohnson7305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I completely understand how you feel - I also grew up in an environment where I was told that evolution and whole chunks of science was a lie. Enjoy these videos!

    • @TheKaileylusby
      @TheKaileylusby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Drahko12 if your teacher showed you this video in class you probably still wouldn't have found it interesting

  • @introspection461
    @introspection461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1151

    Well I was a little surprised. I thought Pangea was the first super continent. Could you imagine a 1st grade class learning about tectonics and the teacher says "the first super continent is Pangea" and then a kid stands up and sais " actually several came before Pangea, one of the earliest being kenorland which formed at the end of the archean era. It's an understandable mistake this was a fairly recent discovery and our text books are only updated every few decades or so😂"

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      Speaking from personal experience, the kid will probably be sent to the principal's office.
      One only hope that the kid's parents are supporting enough of actual learning to back them up and encourage their kid to being in the research and evidence and fight the ignorance as mine were.

    • @introspection461
      @introspection461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      It would depend on how open the teachers is to new information, and how respectful the tone of the child is. If you don't mind me asking, what is it that you corrected a teacher about?

    • @puncheex2
      @puncheex2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Actually Kenorland isn't quite the ealiest either. Or at least that's suspected.

    • @introspection461
      @introspection461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      puncheex2 so, is it at least the earliest that is confirmed?

    • @introspection461
      @introspection461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well if I Remember correctly, my teacher definitely told me it was the first super continent, though I may be wrong, in any case I will continue to correct my knowledge, and attempt to remove as many inaccuracies as possible. You also bring up a good point, we often forget to question the knowledge we where given, which leads to incorrect information, this being a good example.

  • @thebahooplamaster
    @thebahooplamaster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2560

    4:49
    Did I just hear Bill Wurtz...?

  • @Cipher71
    @Cipher71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    4:47
    This guy really just referenced Bill Wurtz lmao

    • @naysebtc
      @naysebtc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They’ve done it a couple times. Real recognise real!

    • @woolycooly9595
      @woolycooly9595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hehe i noticed

    • @catherinephelan2565
      @catherinephelan2565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I nearly spat out my water

    • @KleinesHendl
      @KleinesHendl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I realize I'm not the only one always singing "the caaambrian explosion" 😁

  • @hollowvoices1268
    @hollowvoices1268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    Nobody:
    Earth: "THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM."

    • @DrReginaldFinleySr
      @DrReginaldFinleySr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It's over 4.5 billion!!!!!

    • @twistedtachyon5877
      @twistedtachyon5877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Would that be "charred by an expanding sun" or "cast adrift in space", then?

    • @neB282
      @neB282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s final form is a dying black hole

    • @autismman6360
      @autismman6360 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Tazzy World No one asked

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao

  • @freshysqueeze
    @freshysqueeze 6 ปีที่แล้ว +983

    You guys put so much work into these videos even though you don't get a lot of views. I love these videos so much and they definitely deserve more attention for how amazing they are. :)

    • @brunosouza3326
      @brunosouza3326 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The channel is fairly new, i'm sure they'll be getting millions of views soon enough.

    • @EmmaDilemma039
      @EmmaDilemma039 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      My thoughts exactly. There's lots of click bait videos about prehistoric creatures and time periods, but these videos are the best I've found so far.

    • @jonathanclark5240
      @jonathanclark5240 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think they also get seen on the PBS and their subsidiary sites, like OPB. But yes! This info should be common knowledge--so glad it's easily available now.

    • @GetMeThere1
      @GetMeThere1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. This is exactly the stuff I want to have out there: the opportunity to see and learn a lot in a short period.

    • @therighteousmoose5036
      @therighteousmoose5036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah this channel is awesome

  • @l0lLorenzol0l
    @l0lLorenzol0l 6 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    Fun fact: H. P. Lovecraft heard of the Continental Drift theory and used it in his stories, because he loved the concept of entire continents being lost to time. He ended up accidentaly future proofing his tales.

    • @TheVirtualObserver
      @TheVirtualObserver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Love it! H.P. Lovecraft truly was a master of his craft. :’)

    • @Mona-kg6hy
      @Mona-kg6hy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Knowing HP, he probably thought it was terrifying and was like "yeah I have to write about this" lmao

    • @juanausensi499
      @juanausensi499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He was very interested in the science of his time. You can tell he was also keeping up with the new advances in physics and maths reading "The dreams in the Witch-House", where he mentions Einstein and Minkowski by name, among others, and from these concepts he extracted one of his favorite descriptions for eldritch things: 'non-euclidian'.

    • @JayStorm199
      @JayStorm199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@juanausensi499 didn't he think air conditioners were weird?

    • @juanausensi499
      @juanausensi499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@JayStorm199 He didn't like cold air currents. At all. That's probably the reason.
      He wrote a history about this phobia, 'Cool Air'.

  • @Deeplycloseted435
    @Deeplycloseted435 6 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    I really want to thank PBS for this channel. I like many of them, especially Space Time. However, “It’s Okay To Be Smart” has become a ritual viewing with my 8 year old daughter. You have to know that when I was a kid, I would have KILLED to have had access to these videos to learn from. I used to set the VCR to record shows and would rewatch them over and over again.
    Now my daughter is getting into dinosaurs and learning about Earth History on this channel has been great for her. They get VERY LITTLE of this information in school. This channel is a great resource for kids and adults alike. We usually watch one video, sometimes two at bedtime. Reading books and stories is also great, but watching her mind wonder as she learns about the amazing things that have happened in her world, is just great! My little scientist may choose to follow in her father’s footsteps, maybe not, but that’s her choice. Still, its great that we can share these videos together, and talk about the amazing people who figured all of this stuff out.

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wow, this is really heartwarming to read, you're such a great family, bless you!)

    • @laurajames6739
      @laurajames6739 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i dislike name its pretty insensitive to constipated people. Next time think about what you say before you say it.
      Lots of love laura xx

  • @robinchesterfield42
    @robinchesterfield42 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    "...then you also have to understand how HERE got here!"
    I love that line. :)

  • @holnrew
    @holnrew 6 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    "Euramerica"
    No YOU'RE America

  • @fingernailclipper2152
    @fingernailclipper2152 6 ปีที่แล้ว +905

    I guess the plate tectonic theory was
    “ground breaking”

  • @AlexWalkerSmith
    @AlexWalkerSmith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I’m so proud of Bill Wurtz for sparking an interest in the history of our planet. It looks like Eons has embraced it as well! Bill gave the Cambrian Explosion a jingle that has shoved the term and concept into the category of “common knowledge”. :’)

  • @Patrick_The_Pure
    @Patrick_The_Pure 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    7:40 Goodbye South Europe, we'll always remember your food.

    • @nodeberiaestaraqui93
      @nodeberiaestaraqui93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @[BosS] HITMAN 20 Not really, It's bound to be hit by Africa and form a giant mountain range in the future

  • @Banditomojado
    @Banditomojado 6 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    Geologist here! Be careful using continental drift when you really mean plate tectonics. The original theory of continental drift was pretty much what it sounds like. The continents just drifting around like ducks on a pond. But plate tectonics takes into account convergent and divergent boundaries as well as things like transform faults, which you covered. Those are the true areas of movement and change. My structural geology professor made sure to correct us when we didn’t use plate tectonics. Just trying to help clarify!
    Also, you should do something on the history of grass. We look around today and see it everywhere and think that it has always been around. That’s not the case!

    • @eons
      @eons  6 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Hi David. We made a point (I think) of only using continental drift in the context of Wegener's theory, because that's what he proposed. Plate Tectonics is the theory about the mechanism behind it, which came later. But you're right, they're often mistakenly conflated. So thanks for sharing your expertise! (BdeP)

    • @Vulcano7965
      @Vulcano7965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Alfred Wegener probably would have laughed at you if one would say to him, the crust gets submerged into earths interior and massive mountain ranges divide the oceans.
      It is mind blowing to know, that we had no proof of this until the 60s.

    • @duhduhvesta
      @duhduhvesta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      David Hahn I second the video on grass

    • @mandirarai1215
      @mandirarai1215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ahh you remind me of studying this in uni.

    • @Luke-xx1ri
      @Luke-xx1ri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes I like smoking grass too🤣
      Due to the meat trade grass has become vast.its only going to get worse.there are videos of this on TH-cam use key words to find🤙

  • @elcabbage2306
    @elcabbage2306 6 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    Was the way he said Cambrian a reference to that beautiful Bill Wurtz video?

  • @symbolotali
    @symbolotali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    RIP wegener, they weren't ready for the truth u were spitting 😔✊

    • @sarwaankk
      @sarwaankk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man was genius

    • @maxfochtmann9576
      @maxfochtmann9576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He vanished during a flight over greenland.

  • @matthewbernobich9413
    @matthewbernobich9413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "the notion was so outlandish..."
    you guys crack me up

  • @stephenwurz
    @stephenwurz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Eons is such an amazing series. Thanks to everyone whose hard work goes in to creating it.
    (I dig the Bill Wurtz reference, by the way!)

  • @noah480
    @noah480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    4:49 Was that a Bill Wurtz reference?!?

    • @tubebrocoli
      @tubebrocoli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      soap

    • @pedrolmlkzk
      @pedrolmlkzk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      HELL YEAH

    • @jairiske
      @jairiske 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aaaaww yeah

    • @nataliagonzalez1698
      @nataliagonzalez1698 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They could do without it. I prefer it the way it is.

    • @dontask2421
      @dontask2421 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was horrible.

  • @grizmizzle
    @grizmizzle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This channel is so good. It's become the way I start every work day over breakfast! It's good to recognise that vastness of our world and the depths of time we owe our lives to over toast.
    I would really appreciate an episode covering a (mostly) complete rundown of human's evolutionary ancestory including LUCA, Cynodonts, and all the rest. I want to know who to be particularly grateful to.
    Thank you for your beautiful work!

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    Kenorland would be a sweet band name.

    • @SmokeyChipOatley
      @SmokeyChipOatley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      TenThumbs Productions ... I was into Kenorland before it was cool. The Earth... before the Earth was cool from the first major ice age.

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As would Laramidia.

    • @arthurdent6828
      @arthurdent6828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There was a band in Australia named Pangaea. Not sure if any of the other super continents have been done. I have played with the idea of using Sahul as a band name. That's one of the technical names for the continent of Australia incorporating Papua, which hardly anyone seems to know about. Can I play bass in Kenorland?

    • @noliyoshida7486
      @noliyoshida7486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or a theme park for Knorr

    • @SkywalkerSamadhi
      @SkywalkerSamadhi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Then we would have two bands sharing names with ancient Earth terms.. the first being Coheed and Cambria of course!! The most underrated band of the 21st Century.

  • @mysteepulcine2510
    @mysteepulcine2510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    Wow I didn't know about supercontinents before Pangaea. So cool. And the pacing was much better this time. Thanks!

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I had always wondered about this. As pangea was only ~200mya, what happened in the other 4 billion years? I guess all this started going down around 2.5bya ago tho. This was a fascinating video.

    • @uTubeMeltsYourBrain
      @uTubeMeltsYourBrain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Pacing can maybe be difficult when you’re trying to summarize billions of years in under ten minutes

    • @notlikely4468
      @notlikely4468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well to be fair....
      If you're studying the continents based on BIOLOGY not geology
      (Fossil evidence)
      Then Pangea would be your start
      Everything before that was really just a rock surrounded by pretty much dead ocean

    • @nachodorito6955
      @nachodorito6955 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately what he says in the end that humans will diverse doesn’t have a strong point to us because we can move by water, land and air. Even a mass extinction event wouldn’t because we’re to adaptive and our brains are fragile but highly advanced. If we picked apart “races” and said culture can change we all eat of the same sources through trade with other Homo sapiens. We all have the same bone structures and move a lot compared to other species of hominids in the past. The color of our skin is similar to how different dog breeds have different colors of fur. There not adaptations towards climate change lol. I’m the next million years we would change integrity but our appearance would be mostly tan with chocolate or blonde hair colors and brown eyes being the dominant trait aside from blue eyes. So really everyone going to look Asian and African with underlining features of an Caucasian.

    • @cz2301
      @cz2301 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@uTubeMeltsYourBrain i think they speed up their videos, to make them fit the 10’ mark. I always set the speed to 0.75 when watching Eons’ videos. It takes me time to absorb the contents. It’s a science channel, not a frigging horse race, damn it lol

  • @Taneth
    @Taneth 6 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Gotta love how when referring to the dinosaur extinction, you now have to specify non-avian dinosaurs. I have pet dinosaurs. I ate dinosaur for lunch.

    • @remliqa
      @remliqa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      "I have pet dinosaurs. I ate dinosaur for lunch."
      Hopefully those two aren't the same.

    • @DanielHarveyDyer
      @DanielHarveyDyer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I was literally eating a dinosaur sandwich while watching this video.
      On a related note, my honest and non-trolling top three dinosaurs are
      1) Stegosaurus
      2) Triceratops
      3) Penguin

    • @TheOneWhoMightBe
      @TheOneWhoMightBe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DanielHarveyDyer Budgerigar, Kookaburra, Peregrine Falcon. :)

    • @gr8oone007
      @gr8oone007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't really have to, but scientists enjoy being smug about things.

    • @mandirarai1215
      @mandirarai1215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      After watching a few of their videos on dinosaurs I kept referring to the chicken at home as dinosaurs for a few days. XD

  • @natemars9258
    @natemars9258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thanks for slowing down a bit Blake. Still pretty rapid fire but much easier to follow.

  • @liamflannery3910
    @liamflannery3910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love the “history of the entire world, I guess” reference

  • @karenpivaral
    @karenpivaral 6 ปีที่แล้ว +864

    Oh my... I really love, enjoy and every single word that exists to describe how inspiring is this channel. It's like watching Interstellar

    • @mulllhausen
      @mulllhausen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      the music on this one reminded me of interstellar too

    • @sawspitfire422
      @sawspitfire422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So glad I subscribed, Its given me a whole new interest I never thought would suit me, but man is it interesting!

    • @wonderfulfable
      @wonderfulfable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Towards the end of the video when Blake was explaining the future of Earth tectonics, that is when the "Interstellar" music crept in. It just feels so surreal.

    • @theawecabinet
      @theawecabinet 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's very inspiring, but unfortunately the theory of plate tectonics is incorrect. Continental plates do not slide about and crash into each other. That is ridiculous, they are very big and rooted in the mantle, like giant concrete paving slabs sitting on a bed of clay. Paving slabs do not slide about and crash into each other do they!

    • @Meganopteryx
      @Meganopteryx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's the music.

  • @jivejunior8753
    @jivejunior8753 6 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Natural history is often taught as if it were a progression toward humanity. As soon as eukaryotes, then fish, then tetrapods, then mammals evolve, the focus leaves the rest of life forever, only to focus on this small branch of life's tree. So far, this show has gone against that convention, and I hope it will never fall to that level again.

    • @kaizokujimbei143
      @kaizokujimbei143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I believe it is called anthropocentrism.

    • @simonmasters3295
      @simonmasters3295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm not sure. The new Geology with its emphasis on Biology (or vice-versa) is also a Natural History taught from a perspective that life appears to bring more and more "earth abundant" elements into play as life adapts to it's habitat. O², N, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Mo..

  • @latronqui
    @latronqui 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've just discovered this channel. How did I live for so long without it!

  • @oqsy
    @oqsy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Big love for Blake. He’s my favorite! He’s just so fun to listen to! Thanks for all the great videos, Eons, and especially to Blake for being such an awesome presenter!

  • @mustardsfire22
    @mustardsfire22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Eons is so amazing. Keep doing what you're doing.

  • @nataliagonzalez1698
    @nataliagonzalez1698 6 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Eons is my favorite PBS show

    • @Trex-or6cd
      @Trex-or6cd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      same I think my second favorite is pbs spacetime. But paleontology is my favorite subject so this show is my favorite.

    • @SuviTuuliAllan
      @SuviTuuliAllan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Spacetime > Infinite Series > Eons but still pretty awesome

    • @vampyricon7026
      @vampyricon7026 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spacetime is my favorite but Eons is a close second.

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget the common ancestor of them all. Idea Channel.

  • @Frogf1sh
    @Frogf1sh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel is my absolute favourite on TH-cam. Awesome subjects, brilliantly explained and well presented.

  • @ammonite400
    @ammonite400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m obsessed with your videos, and I usually watch so many of them on specific topics that I don’t really have any idea of the whole timeline of history. Really helpful for me to get a bigger picture!! Thanks for all your amazing work Pbs!

  • @forreal7403
    @forreal7403 6 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    One of my proudest subscriptions

  • @azdgariarada
    @azdgariarada 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Have you done a video yet on dating methods?
    I'd love to see a general explanation of how geologists can pick up a rock and say "this rock is this old, or that rock is that old".
    Which methods work for various ages? What are the effective ranges and limitations of differing methods?

    • @Wingedshadowwolf
      @Wingedshadowwolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      azdgariarada
      I'd like a video on this as well!

    • @azdgariarada
      @azdgariarada 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I hear they use Bouldr

    • @hamstsorkxxor
      @hamstsorkxxor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Geologists do date a lot, but many of them prefer steady, long relationships. Which is not very surprising, as they are generally very down to earth, and don't take gneiss things for granite. They are also accepting of faults, and when schist happens they will be there for you. If you think that sounds boring, be assured that they do know how to make the bedrock!
      They do throw around a few cheesy pick up lines when dating, though. Had one geologist tell me that if I'd follow her home, I'd be cummingtonite:)

    • @Vulcano7965
      @Vulcano7965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      U238/Pb206 and U235/Pb207 should be fairly known.
      Those are used for billions of years since the half life of U238 is ~4.5Ga (U235 ~0.7Ga).
      Other dating system being used are (depending of the type of rock/mineral you use, because not every element is abundant in every mineral) Sm147/Nd143, Lu176/Hf176 (in Ca2+ rich minerals like feldspars) and Sr87/Rb87.
      The whole procedure might be a little complicated to comprehend when fleshed out tho.
      Fun Fact: We know the age of the earth not from zircons from earth (the oldest are merely ~4.2Ga), but from the U238/Pb206 Ratios in Chondrites (undifferentiated meteorites) which are to be belived the first solid preticipations of the inner solar system.
      So when you say: the earth is 4.567Ga old, you really mean: the first rocks that will form planet earth in a million years or so existed at that time.
      Earth was just a Pebble.

    • @dundee6402
      @dundee6402 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      azdgariarada Search "Carbon dating" up

  • @loganlawson1766
    @loganlawson1766 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PBS eons - thankyou very much for allowing me to fInd you!!
    Absolutely love your channel, you deserve to be way bigger then this, which I have no doubt you will!.
    I just sent this video to everyone in my contacts and told them to subscribe. I hope it helps!!!
    Much love❤️🙏🏼🍄

  • @mysticoversoul
    @mysticoversoul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for your very informative educational videos. Not only do they inform, they correct misinformation or outdated knowledge that may have been acquired earlier over time. I appreciate the time and efforts you bring to your video projects. More power to your organization.

  • @moldytaters4190
    @moldytaters4190 6 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    This stuff is just so darn interesting!

  • @binky2819
    @binky2819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Please do a video on the pseudosuchians! The sometimes forgotten cousins of dinosaurs and pterosaurs that also evolved into huge and terrifying forms.

    • @somedude140
      @somedude140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really want to see them talk about armadillosuchus.

    • @electrichanoi7244
      @electrichanoi7244 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@somedude140 I wanna know about the armoreddildo

  • @timvdhorst2398
    @timvdhorst2398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant Series !!!!! Thank you guys/girls for your hardwork and dedication. Super informative and interesting!

  • @fr4me.01
    @fr4me.01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you guys for your work, your vids are really chill to watch in the background.

  • @kjlk59
    @kjlk59 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    words can not describe how amazing this channel is like oh my god you guys make me feel like a child again when i used to feel all giddly and excited to learn about the history of the earth, much love from a lone guy in Canada

  • @lewismassie
    @lewismassie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    4:48 That Bill Wurtz reference tho

  • @lalezzy__
    @lalezzy__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:48 gonna use that as a ringtone.

  • @shubh.bapi_9423
    @shubh.bapi_9423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:58 When North India is in south and South India in the north.😂

  • @HShango
    @HShango 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It makes a lot of sense, because whenever earth changes, the living creatures that live on it also change along side it

    • @JoeARedHawk275
      @JoeARedHawk275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Moses Jonson Yes, the study of it is known as biogeography and is a fact that supports evolution and natural selection

    • @Kinarr.
      @Kinarr. 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They assume continental drift is a proven theory.
      But there is a newer explanation that this video is unaware of, but also answers the same clues.
      This theory is that continents did not drift, but that the world grew, splitting the continents apart, instead !

    • @JoeARedHawk275
      @JoeARedHawk275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mark Robins Can I see the article or source?

    • @katipunan4212
      @katipunan4212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kinarr. you lost me at "unaware"

  • @cheaterman49
    @cheaterman49 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Loved this episode! Blake's voice and narration are awesome, and paleogeography sounds like the forgotten child of natural history :-)

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Blake has been apart of SciShow and Crashcourse for so long. All these years and I had no idea how amazing a host he was.

    • @katipunan4212
      @katipunan4212 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      or the middle child who went to college before human history was born

  • @Sacha199205
    @Sacha199205 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love digging in your sources after each video so thanks for sharing them ! Your serious work is very appreciated, and I hope this playlist goes on

  • @arijitkundu5577
    @arijitkundu5577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most wonderful videos from Eons. Many , many, many thanks to all the workers ( in all capacities)
    of Eons.

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The land positions relative to the poles and equator were a mind-blowing concept. I could watch an entire series on the continents!

  • @gunnar1846
    @gunnar1846 6 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    The sun is a deadly lazer.

    • @Val_Far
      @Val_Far 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Not anymore, there's a blanket.

    • @tibfulv
      @tibfulv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The galaxy is a deadly quasar.

  • @ramondanas7566
    @ramondanas7566 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best youtube channels available today. I appreciate all the work guys! Keep it up

  • @ijaH000
    @ijaH000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job running these channels! You do a huge service to humanity.

  • @ngochainguyenvan5942
    @ngochainguyenvan5942 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION

  • @BaggiBoi
    @BaggiBoi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1375

    The six dislikes are from flat-earthers

    • @wj9855
      @wj9855 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Haha! Nice one

    • @jamesathersmith2191
      @jamesathersmith2191 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Most likely

    • @jasonpyre8572
      @jasonpyre8572 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      It's funny because of how plausible that actually is

    • @sogerc1
      @sogerc1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I was gonna say that the 74 dislikes came from religious people 'cause they think Earth was created by God or something.

    • @andreblanchard8372
      @andreblanchard8372 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Could just be people who think humans should not sound like chipmunks.

  • @melissarainchild
    @melissarainchild 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your channel is an inspiration, thank you for being here...

  • @xway2
    @xway2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this. I would absolutely watch like an hour long documentary going into even more detail about this. It's really interesting to see what sort of life existed at the time of these various continents, it puts it both the geology and the biology into perspective in a much better way than just saying something existed 400 million years ago or whatever.

  • @Pellsk
    @Pellsk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I would love to learn more about the evolution of things like eyes, teeth, hearing. I find it very interesting! !
    Love this show!

  • @mangaluver1231
    @mangaluver1231 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Paleogeography is one of my all time favorite subjects; I'm so glad you guys made a video on this!!

  • @miasmom1920
    @miasmom1920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is fantastic! Just what I was looking for. Thank you!

  • @a.b.5772
    @a.b.5772 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Epicly deserved thank you! Quite simple when you put it that way...

  • @perrysanders2899
    @perrysanders2899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Hello. Love these videos. Can you guys do the evolution of mammals and reptiles from therapsids please

    • @gemmatweedy7585
      @gemmatweedy7585 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also, could you do a video about the history of Australia and New Zealand. I find both continents (Yes, New Zealand is a continent) so fascinating with it's prehistoric birds, penguins and the fact that New Zealand was once completely submerged at one point.

    • @TheDevian
      @TheDevian 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You could check out Aron Ra's series, The Systematic Classification of life, he is working on it.
      th-cam.com/play/PLXJ4dsU0oGMLnubJLPuw0dzD0AvAHAotW.html

  • @cardinal8200
    @cardinal8200 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    4:50 was... was that a history of the entire world reference, that’s awesome

  • @helsiclife
    @helsiclife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this video was incredibly interesting!! thanks for sharing

  • @unoriginalusernameno999
    @unoriginalusernameno999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great content! I used to read Encyclopedias as a kid! They were so cool! Now this. This is much much more effective in teaching! Keep it up mate!

  • @QUIRK1019
    @QUIRK1019 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love Blake (and Kallie and Hank), love Eons, love the Bill Wurtz reference. Keep up the great work!

  • @stevenbaumann8692
    @stevenbaumann8692 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Rifts can also die. Like the mid-continental rift (about during Rodina). I’m glad you brought up Kenorland! The Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic is my bag. I’m kind of upset you didn’t mention Wilson Cycles.

    • @anomaly2721
      @anomaly2721 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steven Baumann h

    • @ahegaochan2675
      @ahegaochan2675 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi ! I am from Russia. Rodinia -Rodina (Родина-motherland) . Translated from Russian

  • @thelaughingtiger146
    @thelaughingtiger146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great information from a trusted source. Thank you

  • @mysticoversoul
    @mysticoversoul 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks you so very much for making and publishing these science documentaries. So informative and clearly presented. More power to your team. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was so incredibly satisfying!! Thank you all for taking and answering requests! Absolutely worth the wait!!!

  • @CCumva
    @CCumva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Everytime Eons was referencing continental movement animation I thought:
    "Damn, I really want the whole episode on continental movement and tectonics".
    And here we are.

  • @KatherineSundgren
    @KatherineSundgren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These videos are super awesome. They're bite-sized and really capture my attention! I feel like I'm learning more with this channel than I retain from any science course I've taken.

  • @mariehuynh
    @mariehuynh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you. This video actually answered all the questions I had!

  • @joeywall4657
    @joeywall4657 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So far away -- so long ago. So terribly desolate and alien to me. I feel great despair when I see our world so many eons ago. How I love life here in the late Cenozoic.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      *+*

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It wouldn't be lonely if you brought a friend

    • @joeywall4657
      @joeywall4657 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      (: thank you -- you are right

  • @PinkChucky15
    @PinkChucky15 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I’m really enjoying this series :-)

  • @geeh2291
    @geeh2291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really great summary of the subject. Thanks!

  • @ImaplanetJupiteeeerr
    @ImaplanetJupiteeeerr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are absolutely amazing, I cant get enough of them!

  • @brenmoyer4896
    @brenmoyer4896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I feel like this is a form of time travel!! It's so exciting, I literally shouted, "yes!!" When you strated talking about the future movement of the continents!
    I would love to see how life may have changed on earth if humans had never evolved.

  • @nab-rk4ob
    @nab-rk4ob 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was fascinating. Thanks!

  • @martinsapsitis4292
    @martinsapsitis4292 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Informative, as always.
    Much apreciated, best regards!

  • @vallartalocal.foodtoursteq4651
    @vallartalocal.foodtoursteq4651 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing delivery about super-continents. Makes me want to know more about natural history. Thanks for making, and sharing this video.

  • @AJohns-en8kz
    @AJohns-en8kz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm going to watch this video so many times. A great topic! I'd love something similar with the time system itself- laying out the different scales of time and hallmarks of each period/eon/etc.

  • @SyntakticSugar
    @SyntakticSugar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is awesome! I have always wondered how the geography matched up with the animals alive at the time; thanks for this awesome video :)

  • @redbarnz
    @redbarnz ปีที่แล้ว

    That was REALLY interesting! Thanks for sharing!

  • @bocktopus8993
    @bocktopus8993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely adored this episode! So fascinating 😍

  • @wj9855
    @wj9855 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    More supercontinents wow

    • @ObjectsInMotion
      @ObjectsInMotion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't tell if this is a comment or a request.

    • @NovaGirl8
      @NovaGirl8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ObjectsInMotion The answer is yes

  • @bradyonyx174
    @bradyonyx174 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Talk about strange fish from the Ordovician please!

  • @regular-joe
    @regular-joe 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The pace of presentation (and content, of course!) is what brings many of us here, and keeps us engrossed, like the Crash Courses and related series. Please don't slow down the pace - others can adjust the speed down as they like, to where they're comfortable.

  • @MuhammadDawood-zx9qi
    @MuhammadDawood-zx9qi ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it! Amazing content. You made me navigate a lot of research findings in a short period of time.

  • @constanthonesty9937
    @constanthonesty9937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nicely done. I’d love to see something on the Supervolcanos.

  • @kirbyarmstrong9174
    @kirbyarmstrong9174 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What I really want to see is about an eight hour movie that shows the evolution of the Earth from beginning to about 5,000 years ago. When I say beginning I mean about 1 million years before life started. With images telling about continental drift and the evolution of life.

    • @harrisonj.3615
      @harrisonj.3615 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      An 8 hours well spent

    • @commonsense3921
      @commonsense3921 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds more like a documentary.

  • @thedevereauxbunch
    @thedevereauxbunch 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant. Love sharing your videos with the kids

  • @UrsusMarior
    @UrsusMarior 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid and amazing channel - thanks.

  • @Tizzer88
    @Tizzer88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my favorite channel

  • @TeaRex12
    @TeaRex12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Also as a passionate geologist, LOVED this video.

  • @brendarua01
    @brendarua01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a wonderful production. The graphics really help support the really nice presentation. Plate tectonics and continental drift have had a big unifying effect in explaining geologic phenomenon. Just one example is the distribution of life across the older continents that we see via paleontology.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @CCumva
    @CCumva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My proudest subscription so far!
    For some strange reason I enjoy Blake's videos the most. Is it a coincidence or different hosts specialize/prefer and pick different topics ("loving high level things", huh)?