What If You Lived in the Paleozoic Era?
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Date: 2023-11-26
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If you were to live in the Paleozoic Era (about 541 million to 252 million years ago) it would be a very different world from the one we know today. The Paleozoic Era is characterized by the emergence and diversification of many different forms of life, including the first fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
The environment would be vastly different as well, with much of the land being covered by swamps and forests, and the climate would be warmer and more humid than it is today. The oxygen levels were also much higher which would have allowed for the evolution of giant insects and arthropods.
Living during the Paleozoic era would be a great challenge for humans as we would have to adapt to the different environment and the lack of modern technology. Survival would depend on hunting and gathering for food, and finding shelter. The lack of modern medicine would also pose a significant threat to human health.
Additionally, the Paleozoic era was a time of frequent mass extinctions and dramatic changes in the Earth's climate and environment, so living through such events would be a significant challenge.
It's important to note that during most of the Paleozoic Era, there were no primates or mammals, and the first land animals were still in the process of evolution, so it would be impossible for a human to live in this era.
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If you were to live in the Paleozoic Era (about 541 million to 252 million years ago) it would be a very different world from the one we know today. The Paleozoic Era is characterized by the emergence and diversification of many different forms of life, including the first fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
The environment would be vastly different as well, with much of the land being covered by swamps and forests, and the climate would be warmer and more humid than it is today. The oxygen levels were also much higher which would have allowed for the evolution of giant insects and arthropods.
Living during the Paleozoic era would be a great challenge for humans as we would have to adapt to the different environment and the lack of modern technology. Survival would depend on hunting and gathering for food, and finding shelter. The lack of modern medicine would also pose a significant threat to human health.
Additionally, the Paleozoic era was a time of frequent mass extinctions and dramatic changes in the Earth's climate and environment, so living through such events would be a significant challenge.
It's important to note that during most of the Paleozoic Era, there were no primates or mammals, and the first land animals were still in the process of evolution, so it would be impossible for a human to live in this era.
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whatif
this video is not scientifically accurate and I don't mean the time travel thing I'll make a list of all the inaccuracy's The Precambrian only having microbes, all life living under mud, being able to breath the air, North America and Europe being part of Gondwana, fish -ruling the ocean- in the Ordovician, ice melting immediately 444 Mya, Silurian climate being similar to modern day, farmable plants, the ocean -belonging- to the sharks, everywhere but the equator being harmed, the Permian environment killing amphibians, and it not being curtain what caused the Permian extinction.
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this video is not scientifically accurate and I don't mean the time travel thing I'll make a list of all the inaccuracy's The Precambrian only having microbes, all life living under mud, being able to breath the air, North America and Europe being part of Gondwana, fish -ruling the ocean- in the Ordovician, ice melting immediately 444 Mya, Silurian climate being similar to modern day, farmable plants, the ocean -belonging- to the sharks, everywhere but the equator being harmed, the Permian environment killing amphibians, and it not being curtain what caused the Permian extinction.
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Uochintom
Except that a lot in this video was rushed and kind of wrong, Gondwana was at the south hemisphere and was formed in the carboniferous, not to mention that oxygen levels and atmosphere was differente during the different periods, so you couldn't breath or even go out in the sun most of the time
Also modern plants didn't exist back then so I don't really know how you would feed on those ones.
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Except that a lot in this video was rushed and kind of wrong, Gondwana was at the south hemisphere and was formed in the carboniferous, not to mention that oxygen levels and atmosphere was differente during the different periods, so you couldn't breath or even go out in the sun most of the time
Also modern plants didn't exist back then so I don't really know how you would feed on those ones.
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Cring
Great, but your information of early cambrian is little incomplete, there is some early macro multicellular life exist from ediacrian period, so we will find a lot other then micro life in the starting and we can easily eat them and not starve. We can easily find these food as early as 600 million to 535 million years ago.
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Great, but your information of early cambrian is little incomplete, there is some early macro multicellular life exist from ediacrian period, so we will find a lot other then micro life in the starting and we can easily eat them and not starve. We can easily find these food as early as 600 million to 535 million years ago.
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Grace
Since u made lot of good vids i wonder where r the source of all of this comes from-
Its fascinating how human can know the history abt our Earth back in hundred millions even billion years ago--
Our continent always changed, so what in the past was in land form very possibly in sea form now -vice versa-
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Since u made lot of good vids i wonder where r the source of all of this comes from-
Its fascinating how human can know the history abt our Earth back in hundred millions even billion years ago--
Our continent always changed, so what in the past was in land form very possibly in sea form now -vice versa-
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education
Hello! Great video but you have said something that is kinda incorrect. In the section about the Ordovician period you say that Eurasia and North America collided to form Gondwana - No, they formed Laurentia. Gondwana is formed principally by present day South America, Antarctica, Africa and Australasia.
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Hello! Great video but you have said something that is kinda incorrect. In the section about the Ordovician period you say that Eurasia and North America collided to form Gondwana - No, they formed Laurentia. Gondwana is formed principally by present day South America, Antarctica, Africa and Australasia.
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Eric
If education is the goal you should quit with the centimeters, meters and measuring systems that are meaningless to many Americans. Maybe one day we can all use the same systems but for now you must use feet inches and miles the way they taught Americans to understand if you really want to teach everyone
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If education is the goal you should quit with the centimeters, meters and measuring systems that are meaningless to many Americans. Maybe one day we can all use the same systems but for now you must use feet inches and miles the way they taught Americans to understand if you really want to teach everyone
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Katia
Well, the cyanobacteria pumping out too much oxygen which caused Snowball Earth happened prior to the Cambrian period and the Cambrian had so many diverse life forms. Also, the Siberian traps with their plumes caused the Permian extinction event
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Well, the cyanobacteria pumping out too much oxygen which caused Snowball Earth happened prior to the Cambrian period and the Cambrian had so many diverse life forms. Also, the Siberian traps with their plumes caused the Permian extinction event
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Oliver
Food would be horrible. No spices besides salt. There is no coal or gas so we can't make a fire, luckily we have wood right? Wrong! This age is truly the worst age. Luckily and unlickily everything has a small brain so they never learn.
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Food would be horrible. No spices besides salt. There is no coal or gas so we can't make a fire, luckily we have wood right? Wrong! This age is truly the worst age. Luckily and unlickily everything has a small brain so they never learn.
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Andrew
Ummm. no, u mean that-s how LONG those animals got, NOT how tall! Ophiacodon got upto 3+m LONG, and Eryops 2-3m LONG! They were probably only a meter or so, tall. If they WERE 3m TALL, they-d b at LEAST 25 or 30+ft long!
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Ummm. no, u mean that-s how LONG those animals got, NOT how tall! Ophiacodon got upto 3+m LONG, and Eryops 2-3m LONG! They were probably only a meter or so, tall. If they WERE 3m TALL, they-d b at LEAST 25 or 30+ft long!
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Timothy
Contrary to what is shown in the above video when -Sea Scorpions- (Eurypterids weren't actually scorpions) are mentioned, they did not in fact have either a tail stinger nor pinchers like modern scorpions do.
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Contrary to what is shown in the above video when -Sea Scorpions- (Eurypterids weren't actually scorpions) are mentioned, they did not in fact have either a tail stinger nor pinchers like modern scorpions do.
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Malujmy
Well if we would live in the Paleozoic Era we could be also 5 or 6 times bigger because of much more air in the atmosphere in these times. So it wouldn't be soo much scary for us like you imagine: D
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Well if we would live in the Paleozoic Era we could be also 5 or 6 times bigger because of much more air in the atmosphere in these times. So it wouldn't be soo much scary for us like you imagine: D
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Akai
gf: nooo please dont time travel into the paleozoic era, dont leave me!
me: and miss my chance to be the fonding titan I THNK NOT.
-proceeds to move forward untill i destroy all my enemies-
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gf: nooo please dont time travel into the paleozoic era, dont leave me!
me: and miss my chance to be the fonding titan I THNK NOT.
-proceeds to move forward untill i destroy all my enemies-
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Caio
When they reach to shoreline
Hange: oh look, whats that?
Hallucigenia: humans, lets say hello.
Levi: dont touch Hange, it can be poisonous.
Hallucigenia: dammit, an ackerman.
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When they reach to shoreline
Hange: oh look, whats that?
Hallucigenia: humans, lets say hello.
Levi: dont touch Hange, it can be poisonous.
Hallucigenia: dammit, an ackerman.
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Marcus
Those sea scorpions would have probably been a non threat to us considering the immense claws of the biggest crabs and lobsters are no match for the average Korean mukbanger.
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Those sea scorpions would have probably been a non threat to us considering the immense claws of the biggest crabs and lobsters are no match for the average Korean mukbanger.
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Marin
Too much of Extasy
is not good for editing process.
This type of screen presentstion and edditing makes me
forget what I knew.
and. not learn anything new.
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Too much of Extasy
is not good for editing process.
This type of screen presentstion and edditing makes me
forget what I knew.
and. not learn anything new.
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Trevor
It was a different kind of oxygen molecules back then: oxygen-18 VS oxygen-16. Idk how that would make a difference but I know our lungs would react some sort of way
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It was a different kind of oxygen molecules back then: oxygen-18 VS oxygen-16. Idk how that would make a difference but I know our lungs would react some sort of way
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Alzoru
Actually, multicellular life did exist before the cambrian. The Ediacaran Biota gave rise to the life forms of the cambrian, so your first point would sadly be moot.
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Actually, multicellular life did exist before the cambrian. The Ediacaran Biota gave rise to the life forms of the cambrian, so your first point would sadly be moot.
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Pat
Moral of the story is that humans would destroy the planet regardless of when their species would begin. What-s the point evolution?
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Moral of the story is that humans would destroy the planet regardless of when their species would begin. What-s the point evolution?
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kira64
It's sad that such magnificent creatures died out. But hey, we can't look back at the past.
We gotta keep moving forward.
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It's sad that such magnificent creatures died out. But hey, we can't look back at the past.
We gotta keep moving forward.
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XxDavid_Gaming
-The thumbnail-
Jimmy: Jack! Look out a strange rock is gonna crush you!
Jack: shut up jimmy I'm eating.
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-The thumbnail-
Jimmy: Jack! Look out a strange rock is gonna crush you!
Jack: shut up jimmy I'm eating.
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TenMrWolf4005
What if humans evolved in the paleozoic Era.
What type of advanced civilization would we be in this Era?
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What if humans evolved in the paleozoic Era.
What type of advanced civilization would we be in this Era?
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Tristan
i wanna live in the Permian Period it'l be cool to meet Ancient Giant Reptiles and Mammal Like Reptiles
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i wanna live in the Permian Period it'l be cool to meet Ancient Giant Reptiles and Mammal Like Reptiles
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Imilyn
thank you so much! i hate it when i accidentaly travel to the paleozoic era! I hardly ascaped last time
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thank you so much! i hate it when i accidentaly travel to the paleozoic era! I hardly ascaped last time
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Akai
girls: noooo why would u possibly want to live in the paleozoic era!
me and the boys: -TATAKAE! -
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girls: noooo why would u possibly want to live in the paleozoic era!
me and the boys: -TATAKAE! -
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