4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
Learn more about how complex life evolved with our new, elaborately detailed Timeline of Evolution Poster. Earth is 4.5 billion years old - which is approximately the same amount of time it took us to create this video. We’ve scaled the complete timeline of our Earth’s life into our first animated movie! Every second shows about a million years of the planet’s evolution. Hop on a musical train ride and experience how long a billion years really is.
Courtesy of Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell on YouTube. Watch on YouTube ↗
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