What Was The Earth Like 1 Billion Years Ago?

Go to https://bit.ly/3hW5RVj and use code HISTORYOFTHEEARTH to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. ----------------------- Researched and Written by Leila Battison Narrated and Edited by David Kelly Thumbnail Art and Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Khail Kupsky Maps by Adriano Bezerra 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. Image Credits: Gruinard Island By Kevin Walsh from Oxford, England - https://bit.ly/3vQbMn7, CC BY 2.0, https://bit.ly/35K1Cd3 Isle Royale By Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Lake Superior Shore at Isle Royale National Park, CC BY 2.0, https://bit.ly/34pPXQ9 Copper By James St. John - Copper and silver (Mesoproterozoic, 1.05-.1.06 Ga; Isle Royale Number 3 Mine, Houghton County, northern Michigan, USA), CC BY 2.0, https://bit.ly/3HNzAdK By James St. John - Copper crystals (Mesoproterozoic, 1.05-1.06 Ga; Franklin Jr. Mine, Hancock, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA), CC BY 2.0, https://bit.ly/34uGNlu Laurentian Mountains By Josyan Pierson - https://bit.ly/3vRdAfS, CC BY 2.5, https://bit.ly/3hPN26w Great Rift Valley By Redgeographics - Map produced from scratch using public domain source data, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://bit.ly/3HT4q4E Amethyst By JJ Harrison (https://bit.ly/3hPO4iJ) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3KpxQZZ Great Lakes By Philroc - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://bit.ly/3tAQCqq Eukaryotes By Picturepest - Amöbe mit einverleibtem Rädertierchen - Fokalebene 3, CC BY 2.0, https://bit.ly/35K1Ctz Cells Ojima K, Lin Z, de Andrade I, Costa M, Mermelstein C, CC BY 4.0 https://bit.ly/360mfS6, via Wikimedia Commons Beyeler J, Schnyder I, Katsaros C, Chiquet M, CC BY 4.0 https://bit.ly/360mfS6, via Wikimedia Commons Eukaryotic cells by Alexander Klepnev, CC BY 4.0 https://bit.ly/360mfS6, via Wikimedia Commons Cyanobacteria Asai H, Iwamori S, Kawai K, Ehira S, Ishihara J, Aihara K, Shoji S, Iwasaki H, CC BY 2.5 https://bit.ly/360yP3E via Wikimedia Commons Red Algae By Dagoberto E. Venera-Pontón, William E. Schmidt and Suzanne Fredericq - [1] doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00652, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://bit.ly/3hW61Mp By Eric Guinther at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3hS5lYu By Emoody26 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, https://bit.ly/3IUd7Nn Bacteria Fontana C, Lambert A, Benaroudj N, Gasparini D, Gorgette O, Cachet N, Bomchil N, Picardeau M, CC BY 4.0 https://bit.ly/360mfS6 via Wikimedia Commons Bicellum images By Authors of the study: Paul K. Strother, Martin D. Brasier, David Wacey, Leslie Timpe, Martin Saunders, Charles H. Wellman - https://bit.ly/3oKEmSu, CC BY 4.0, https://bit.ly/3uO8Fvs Somerset island By LawrieM - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://bit.ly/3tFq8nR Bangiomorpha images courtesy of Professor Nicholas J Butterfield Image of Black Sea Wreck courtesy of Dr. Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz/Black Sea MAP Back arc basin By Zyzzy2 at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3IWsoxc