4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour

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  • @kurzgesagt
    @kurzgesagt  Рік тому +11759

    Learn more about how complex life evolved with our new, elaborately detailed Timeline of Evolution Poster.
    Available only on the kurzgesagt shop here: shop.kgs.link/timeline

  • @SPCv4
    @SPCv4 Рік тому +92863

    1 hour of animating must’ve taken years, the fact that we got this for free is insane

    • @lawaomer980
      @lawaomer980 Рік тому +3065

      Absolutely true I LOVE Kurzgesagt

    • @julian18273
      @julian18273 Рік тому +2551

      Dude shhhhh don’t let them realize

    • @sammysplanet9400
      @sammysplanet9400 Рік тому +917

      Honestly, I am so addicted to their videos, and his voice 😊

    • @Jan12700
      @Jan12700 Рік тому +633

      """Free"""

    • @Baaaaaaapppppp
      @Baaaaaaapppppp Рік тому +1151

      Probably not years because of the amazing talented team, but definitely many months or a year or so

  • @MarkRober
    @MarkRober Рік тому +12672

    This is sooooooooooooo good!

  • @PJBgamer
    @PJBgamer Рік тому +11065

    "Don't blink, or you might miss all of human history." That line feels so powerful, it really puts things into perspective.

    • @kingjeef9824
      @kingjeef9824 Рік тому +44

      frl

    • @k.p.8955
      @k.p.8955 Рік тому +75

      Why? Because we accomplished so much in so little? haha, joking

    • @busrayavas1854
      @busrayavas1854 Рік тому +22

      I felt that 🫠

    • @Koekenpan2081
      @Koekenpan2081 Рік тому +132

      I read your comment before watching, so i was looking forward to that moment the entire hour, and when it finally came, youtube decided to play an ad. 🤦

    • @k.p.8955
      @k.p.8955 Рік тому +15

      @@Koekenpan2081 haha 😄 😆

  • @kod294fr
    @kod294fr 4 місяці тому +1040

    just noticed that the beat of the music is exactly 120 bpm, meaning you can hear every 2 beats that every second 1.5 million years pass.
    that's awesome, and it shows the crazy level of attention to detail this channel is consistent with

    • @arkrokas
      @arkrokas 3 місяці тому +5

      that is cool

    • @northstarjakobs
      @northstarjakobs 3 місяці тому +25

      And that's on top of how incredibly the different songs for the different eras and their associated instruments and motifs fade into each other, and of course how well they evoke the different eras they're about

    • @vismaykedilaya1318
      @vismaykedilaya1318 2 місяці тому +4

      @@northstarjakobs they use the dinosaur motif they've used for a bunch of their other videos during the paleozoic and mesozoic eras

    • @MatheusAmaral23
      @MatheusAmaral23 2 місяці тому +9

      They literally make the music for the vídeos too, not only the animation and the research, and it amazed me

    • @thetwitchywitchy
      @thetwitchywitchy 2 місяці тому +1

      oh wow i started watching the year counter after seeing this comment and it totally syncs up, that’s so cool!

  • @Jeracraft
    @Jeracraft Рік тому +27474

    I love this so much, took me 10 million years just to write this comment!

    • @oculosis
      @oculosis Рік тому +639

      build all of earths history in minecraft now 💯💯

    • @angelixcide
      @angelixcide Рік тому +80

      IT'S INDENTIFY YOUR PASSWORD OHH FAMILY GUYS MEMES. Hello? Mustache 😎

    • @Fanumtax69420
      @Fanumtax69420 Рік тому +43

      Makes sense tbh

    • @Jeracraft
      @Jeracraft Рік тому +190

      @@oculosis I've thought about this, believe it or not 😄

    • @usharanireddymalireddy1877
      @usharanireddymalireddy1877 Рік тому

      ​@@oculosis go for it

  • @gamemeister2905
    @gamemeister2905 Рік тому +7876

    Man the fact that ALL of human history is not even 1 second of this video is utterly astonishing and puts life into perspective so well.

    • @ikbintom
      @ikbintom Рік тому +267

      Hank Green had the perspective that although our human history is short, we are part of the history of life, which is almost as old as the earth itself

    • @camdenbarkley1893
      @camdenbarkley1893 Рік тому +150

      If we consider human history to be 10,000 years, then it lasts for 0.6% of each second in this video...

    • @jrpence
      @jrpence Рік тому +97

      ​@@FreeOfTheLoop
      I'm certain you are a paragon of animation and knowledge. I look forward to your multiple Nobel prizes, and the speeches you'll make.

    • @jrpence
      @jrpence Рік тому +24

      ​@@FreeOfTheLoop
      You'll notice that there's the use of qualifiers when mentioned what is known... Because in science even mountains of evidence leaves room for adjustment and correction.
      Your "bend the knee" comment should've been followed by counter evidence or some reasoning.. instead you show up to a potluck with an empty bag.

    • @jrpence
      @jrpence Рік тому +62

      ​@@marouanelhaddad8632
      It brings to light for some the insignificant time span humanity has existed. To change it would remove the "every second is a million years" premise.

  • @FunAndGamesAnimation
    @FunAndGamesAnimation Рік тому +11943

    Props to the cameraman for standing around for 4.5 billion years for an hour of entertainment

    • @Allahlover21
      @Allahlover21 Рік тому +82

      Facts

    • @mopedout
      @mopedout Рік тому +235

      should be awarded camera man of the "year"

    • @StellarFart
      @StellarFart Рік тому +22

      LOL

    • @reedmihelich3074
      @reedmihelich3074 Рік тому +92

      @@mopedoutyeah they need like 4.5 billion of those

    • @entertainmentanimations
      @entertainmentanimations Рік тому +35

      Isn't it interesting how Kurzgesagt always has one of those camera-headed androids for these videos? Impressive

  • @cameron_mitchell1970
    @cameron_mitchell1970 Місяць тому +133

    I literally love this video so much it is the best thing ever created and posted on UA-cam ever in all our planet's history.

    • @kurzgesagt
      @kurzgesagt  Місяць тому +38

      Thank you so much for your support and your kind words! Truly means a lot to us 💖🦆

    • @Berlin-j6k
      @Berlin-j6k Місяць тому +6

      🦆🖤

    • @GedeonNehina-r4v
      @GedeonNehina-r4v Місяць тому +1

      Okay

    • @dailydoseofonepiece3055
      @dailydoseofonepiece3055 Місяць тому

      (best thing in our planets history) and it only gets you to give $5 ??? cameron you only talk big no action

    • @justanotheryotuber23
      @justanotheryotuber23 Місяць тому

      @dailydoseofonepiece3055 u go donate then 🤦
      Yeah btw, I'm not responding
      (If it deleted his comment, then he said, in its words: "(best thing in our planets history) and it only gets you to give $5 ??? cameron you only talk big no action"

  • @ProdromosVasileios
    @ProdromosVasileios Рік тому +2748

    What amazes me the most is that every single atom of our own body has experienced all this and has been now combined into a mass that is able to watch and appreciate this form of art.

    • @ThePappaQ
      @ThePappaQ Рік тому +74

      Underrated comment,

    • @cloudboy08
      @cloudboy08 Рік тому +127

      Every single atom of our body was part of the big bang

    • @youllknowme2079
      @youllknowme2079 Рік тому

      ​@@cloudboy08even us are made from a big "bang"

    • @Akshayattr1
      @Akshayattr1 Рік тому

      some atoms of our body must also be a part of dead species. we are product of this all

    • @elgonzo7239
      @elgonzo7239 Рік тому

      @@cloudboy08That is simply not true. The individual constituents of the constituents of your atoms of your body -- subatomic particles were part of the Big Bang. But there were no atoms around during the BB, according to the accepted Big Bang models. Atoms only started to appear a few hundred thousand years after the BB. And no, at best only some of your atoms are from that era either, specifically hydrogen and helium. Truth to be told, a lot of atoms in your body were formed millions (or even billions) of years after the BB, being the products of stars doing fusion and Neutron stars doing the things Neutron stars do. Geez, your comment almost sounds like as if you aren't really interested in science...

  • @tdcsguy
    @tdcsguy Рік тому +3062

    With all the (deserved) praise the animation team gets for this, I feel the need to specifically give a shout out to the composers for this one. The music is a seamless journey as well. Kudos!

    • @SofairCZ
      @SofairCZ Рік тому +55

      Definitely! I'd listen to this even without the commentary

    • @Nekonaut_aka_Jebus
      @Nekonaut_aka_Jebus Рік тому +5

      agreed!

    • @kyokoyumi
      @kyokoyumi Рік тому +41

      @@SofairCZ You're in luck. They have the soundtrack for this video in the description :)

    • @eugostodedub
      @eugostodedub Рік тому +8

      ​@@kyokoyumi Thanks for pointing that out! I was just about to say "the soundtrack is absolutely amazing! Where can I check it out?" Cheers

    • @ElleDreamzSometimes
      @ElleDreamzSometimes Рік тому +4

      100%! It really felt like crossing biomes seamlessly in a video game.

  • @augisterman3685
    @augisterman3685 Рік тому +1465

    I love how this is not only a nice screensaver/background video, an educational video, and a music album all in ONE video. This is honestly one of the best videos I have ever seen on this platform

    • @eamonndalton
      @eamonndalton Рік тому +25

      i'd listen to the music on its own. kurzgesagt needs its own spotify.

    • @jobinbarua6473
      @jobinbarua6473 Рік тому +13

      it's art.... (to sum up ur words)😅
      but for me personally i feel, it's like a vinyl record album.. like how it feels better to not skip tracks and just let it unfold 😅...
      also after watching this video, i could sort of realise how the earth kind of squeezed itself so that we can pop out 🫠🙃

    • @pranavkrishnan2579
      @pranavkrishnan2579 Рік тому +18

      ​@@eamonndaltonEpic Mountain makes the music and they have all their kurzgesagt music on streaming platforms

    • @Bluey-i4b
      @Bluey-i4b Рік тому

      Agree. I'm saving it and sharing it around family.

    • @THEREDHOTWRECK
      @THEREDHOTWRECK Рік тому +2

      I’m Carl Sagan if you look at bones of a JESUSaurus Rex
      MT DEW IS THE BEST SODA EVER MADE

  • @SydneyGrzep
    @SydneyGrzep 2 місяці тому +89

    "we're almost home" something about that line makes me tear up every time. we've come so far, and this video really helps put it in perspective

  • @ChrisForThought
    @ChrisForThought Рік тому +1960

    this is an instant classic. coming back here every day for when i'm doing emails/ any tedious tasks

    • @crozelrodolphe5131
      @crozelrodolphe5131 Рік тому +2

      Yeah !

    • @That_greycoporal69
      @That_greycoporal69 Рік тому +11

      yo arent you the dude who makes fish tank reviews and food reviews, if you are the guy i just wanna say im a huge fan and you also inspired me to make me buy some fishes and a fish pond❤

    • @wcnmd2850
      @wcnmd2850 Рік тому +2

      who is the first man on earth

    • @zen_ith
      @zen_ith Рік тому +2

      Hello verified

    • @Poppa_Capinyoaz
      @Poppa_Capinyoaz Рік тому +2

      /life

  • @Fa1cono
    @Fa1cono Рік тому +1130

    I can't believe Kurzgesagt just dropped this masterpiece, no announcement, no trailer or anything, just dropped this massive project that took almost 5 years for free and for anyone to view, well done Kuzgesagt, please keep doing this, please never stop.

  • @florian402
    @florian402 Рік тому +2190

    This isn't pure education anymore, this is art. Fantastic job guys. This is work for a legacy.

    • @bigmeatswangin5837
      @bigmeatswangin5837 Рік тому +6

      Someone says this every time. Stop it.

    • @florian402
      @florian402 Рік тому

      Well, it was the first time for me and it is my honest opinion concerning this video. So, no, I will not stop.@@bigmeatswangin5837

    • @disgustang1279
      @disgustang1279 Рік тому

      ⁠@@bigmeatswangin5837 No

    • @Orca_mammal
      @Orca_mammal Рік тому +58

      ​@@bigmeatswangin5837this is not just everytime. It's a 1 hour long masterpiece

    • @ImpreccablePony
      @ImpreccablePony Рік тому +2

      Yeah, very little education is left when you have to look at a looped gif essentially. Bill Gates's money well spent.

  • @trenchiano
    @trenchiano 2 місяці тому +322

    If I were a teacher, I'd devote an entire class period to this. Have students watch without any grade being in the question, with the option to take notes. This is really awesome.

    • @tovekauppi1616
      @tovekauppi1616 Місяць тому +51

      I am a middle school science teacher, and let me tell you:
      I’d love to use this but there is no way my students would not immediately be bored and zone out or start talking. They don’t have the attention span for this.

    • @myrinsk
      @myrinsk Місяць тому +9

      your students would not pay attention to this

    • @TDKingMMA
      @TDKingMMA Місяць тому +10

      What if you engaged them when there was no commentary and asked them what they think their thoughts on the habitability would be like?

    • @lykaxyz
      @lykaxyz Місяць тому +4

      You need to put something, an activity, in the middle of each era

    • @Someone22130
      @Someone22130 Місяць тому

      ​@tovekauppi1616 I am a student in high school and learning only started being intriguing since the holidays and dont want to do anything but learn

  • @Diskpartitional
    @Diskpartitional Рік тому +1425

    0:00 Intro
    0:51 Hadean (7 minutes 13 seconds)
    8:04 Eoarchean (4 minutes 16 seconds)
    13:20 Paleoarchean (5 minutes 15 seconds)
    18:35 Mesoarchean (5 minutes 16 seconds)
    23:51 Neoarchean (3 minutes 56 seconds)
    27:47 Siderian (2 minutes 37 seconds)
    30:24 Rhyacian (3 minutes 18 seconds)
    33:42 Orosirian (3 minutes 16 seconds)
    36:58 Statherian (2 minutes 40 seconds)
    39:38 Calymmian (2 minutes 37 seconds)
    42:15 Ectasian (2 minutes 37 seconds )
    44:52 Stenian (2 minutes 38 seconds (huh...))
    47:30 Tonian (3 minutes 42 seconds)
    51:12 Cryogenian (1 minute 6 seconds)
    52:18 Ediacaran (1 minute 17 seconds)
    53:35 Cambrian (42 seconds)
    54:17 Ordovician (32 seconds)
    54:49 Silurian (19 seconds)
    55:08 Devonian (47 seconds)
    55:55 Carboniferous (48 seconds)
    56:43 Permian (38 seconds)
    57:21 Triassic (41 seconds)
    58:02 Jurassic (44 seconds)
    58:46 Cretaceous (1 minute 2 seconds)
    59:48 Paleogene (33 seconds)
    1:00:21 Neogene (17 seconds)
    1:00:38 Quaternary (7 seconds)
    1:00:45 Ending
    Times may be 1 or 2 seconds off. Hopefully there aren't major errors.

    • @therealadamshort
      @therealadamshort Рік тому +33

      dammit you beat me to it by 3 minutes :p

    • @NYR14477
      @NYR14477 Рік тому +22

      Thank you so much for this.

    • @juliynnn
      @juliynnn Рік тому +8

      yooo thank you

    • @manan-543
      @manan-543 Рік тому +8

      There's no way. U've definitely used AI for this.

    • @htheh
      @htheh Рік тому +6

      THANK YOU I FORGOT HOW TO SEE TIMELINES

  • @Halgirwn
    @Halgirwn Рік тому +2436

    Watched this in one go with my six year old son. He intently watched the whole thing with lots of questions, and we talked about everything that happened. Such a cool video, will definitely give this several rewatches.

    • @omgwaffles09
      @omgwaffles09 Рік тому +45

      That's amazing. He's very lucky!

    • @kade-qt1zu
      @kade-qt1zu Рік тому +58

      You seem like a great person. I'm glad you're showing your son these videos and not those click bait videos.

    • @Grimdock
      @Grimdock Рік тому +22

      Sounds like a future scientist in the making 💗💓💞

    • @badusername13
      @badusername13 Рік тому +14

      Sounds like a smart kid!

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ Рік тому +6

      I have "Long Span Attention" but I don't think it's a disorder.

  • @ladyrabahber780
    @ladyrabahber780 Рік тому +1938

    As a geologist, I really like how this video just intuitively gives a grasp on geological timescales

    • @divykrish
      @divykrish Рік тому +13

      Yeah! ❤

    • @ThatGuyWithNoLife
      @ThatGuyWithNoLife Рік тому +4

      True!

    • @crozelrodolphe5131
      @crozelrodolphe5131 Рік тому +11

      yeah ! Rock is timeless ;)

    • @user-vu5zl8pd2d
      @user-vu5zl8pd2d Рік тому

      Sadly these days academics are wrong more than they’re right because all of them have let their Left wing politics influence their scholastic work.
      That’s why they still refuse to acknowledge global warming is a myth despite all available evidence proving so beyond any doubt.
      It’s because they have a Left wing agenda.

    • @amazighberbereculture3179
      @amazighberbereculture3179 Рік тому +7

      we Geologists rocks

  • @edwardc.7230
    @edwardc.7230 Місяць тому +10

    Thank you for the video, it's really impressive!

    • @kurzgesagt
      @kurzgesagt  Місяць тому +4

      Thank you for your support! 💖🦆

    • @BuddyMendivil
      @BuddyMendivil Місяць тому +1

      ​@@kurzgesagtDid this gentleman just donat 4 grand????

    • @SputnikKM
      @SputnikKM Місяць тому +3

      ​@@BuddyMendivilIt's only about 92 cents

  • @MikeHunt-co2jg
    @MikeHunt-co2jg Рік тому +1185

    To manage an illustration of *4.5 billion years* in one video and have the animations flow so smoothly is something to truly be proud of

    • @acetraitior
      @acetraitior Рік тому +11

      Over 91000 frames, AT THE LOWEST (24 fps) and I am pretty sure that this is more than 24 fps, probably closer to 30 or maybe even 50 or 60

    • @dfjr1990
      @dfjr1990 Рік тому

      Cuz it’s ai

    • @makcings4764
      @makcings4764 Рік тому +17

      @@dfjr1990 no, it uses tweening and looping to save time. not ai.

    • @StarsDeveloper
      @StarsDeveloper Рік тому +8

      @@dfjr1990ai will never look this good

    • @Conveex
      @Conveex Рік тому +4

      @@dfjr1990just because its good doesnt immediately mean its AI generated, this is Kurzgesagt’s animation style

  • @philipmonreal5774
    @philipmonreal5774 Рік тому +1528

    They should put this up in a science center exhibit to play on repeat all day for everyone to watch.

    • @josephwodarczyk977
      @josephwodarczyk977 Рік тому +36

      That's actually a great idea.

    • @alexrogan6563
      @alexrogan6563 Рік тому +137

      I like the idea, but logistically speaking it might cause a bottleneck because it's so long. One huge, extremely long picture from start to finish might work better, and everyone could view it at their own pace. If it ends up too long to fit in one room it could be threaded throughout all the exhibits, I'd love to see that in any natural history museum.

    • @MrPerson61
      @MrPerson61 Рік тому

      @@alexrogan6563 I don't think they mean as a main exhibit, just something that plays in the background for people to stop and look at while they browse the main attractions

    • @sultan9givewey
      @sultan9givewey Рік тому

      ​@@alexrogan6563this video can be shorten to 15-30minute

    • @endercreator1302
      @endercreator1302 Рік тому +20

      1-I'd pay him real good to have that in my museum if I had one - for all the work he must've put in this - and 2-I stan the whole exhibit hallway idea, but 45 minutes later I haven't seen the dinosaurs extinction yet, so that would be a hecking long hallway

  • @Gnoggin
    @Gnoggin Рік тому +1814

    Today just got a whole lot better.

  • @poetLink
    @poetLink Місяць тому +21

    Thank you so much for this

    • @kurzgesagt
      @kurzgesagt  23 дні тому +8

      Thank you for the support! 💖🙏

  • @MariTheNon
    @MariTheNon Рік тому +1405

    One hour of Kurzgesagt is 1 hour of bliss and existential dread
    And I'm all for it

  • @stupidunicorn8813
    @stupidunicorn8813 Рік тому +1590

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate the music? Not only did they make an amazing animation for over an hour, they also composed good music for it. Kurzgesagt are such champions

    • @veltarden2419
      @veltarden2419 Рік тому +43

      SO TRUE!!
      I was like "yo! the earth is doing absolute little to nothing (at short term) and the music is going full banger!!"

    • @utsavprabhakar5072
      @utsavprabhakar5072 Рік тому +9

      it sounds so Daft punky i love it!!!!

    • @ivanvonbewski
      @ivanvonbewski Рік тому +8

      Check out Eric Prydz he’s featured heavily on this soundtrack. Best EDM producer/dj out there

    • @alexandroskappa642
      @alexandroskappa642 Рік тому +11

      The mesoarchean period has a very Tool feeling in it

    • @animal579
      @animal579 Рік тому

      i thought i was listening to blue man group at first

  • @bjornulfthunderlot
    @bjornulfthunderlot Рік тому +1167

    To everyone at Kurszgesagt;
    The Animators, voice actors, sound engineers, writers, researchers and more i can't think of, thanks for all the content you're pouring out to us for free, it means a lot for many of us to be able to have this kind of content to relax to, learn and enjoy.
    you're the golden egg of UA-cam

    • @IHateMobileGaming
      @IHateMobileGaming Рік тому +4

      Couldn't agree more bro
      Literally made the last 8 years of my life better

    • @asrio
      @asrio Рік тому

      @@IHateMobileGaming :(

    • @Swiftbananer
      @Swiftbananer Рік тому +6

      Voice actor. Literally has been the same guy for the entire lifespan of this channel

    • @Walker__91
      @Walker__91 Рік тому

      *Kurzgesagt

    • @IHateMobileGaming
      @IHateMobileGaming Рік тому +1

      @@Swiftbananer so true

  • @Psyriusmusic
    @Psyriusmusic 4 місяці тому +26

    This is such a masterpiece. I'm so glad I found this video. I'd love to spend more Saturday evenings like this just enjoying music and your nice animations! You do a good job of giving us perspective on how long time it has taken, but even still, it's difficult to grasp.

  • @Ajyaj
    @Ajyaj Рік тому +358

    1 hour of high quality animation and music, for free, with barely any mid-roll ads... really shows the passion behind this channel and its goal of bringing knowledge to everyone. Thank you kurzgesagt ❤️

    • @KirbyGamer99
      @KirbyGamer99 Рік тому +1

      I only got 3 in total

    • @Leg1503
      @Leg1503 Рік тому +6

      While this is not be discredited as true, you also have to remember that they are partially funded like an education broadcasting network by Germany. Educational broadcasts usually have sparse ads

    • @vejishin
      @vejishin Рік тому

      This is not the type of video they make. This one was more of a waste of time.

    • @untergehermuc
      @untergehermuc Рік тому +2

      @@Leg1503They broke up with the german network some months ago. until then their german channel was not allowed to have ads.

    • @Leg1503
      @Leg1503 Рік тому +2

      @@untergehermuc ahh. I see.

  • @jeffreyhoward8511
    @jeffreyhoward8511 Рік тому +295

    This is one of the cases where I wish they had a "love" button. I literally shed tears over things like this. It's a loveletter to amateur science geeks and really changes your knowledge and perception of Earth's early history. As far as I know, no one has ever attempted to create something like this, and it's an absolute work of art.

    • @Treesinthesummer
      @Treesinthesummer Рік тому +6

      bill wurtz:

    • @TheDaneTV
      @TheDaneTV Рік тому +6

      @@Treesinthesummershhh we dont talk bout em

    • @CatwithFancyHat
      @CatwithFancyHat Рік тому +11

      @@Treesinthesummer I would say his vid was primarily comedy with cool knowledge as a bonus, here it's the opposite. And this video looks amazing, of course. Both have their place.

    • @gamingwithangson4387
      @gamingwithangson4387 Рік тому +1

      What about Paleozoo, Algol, or History of the Earth?

    • @Spacey1800
      @Spacey1800 Рік тому +1

      @@Treesinthesummeryou can’t compare the to man. Sorry

  • @cdocenko
    @cdocenko Рік тому +371

    Can we just talk about how much of a BANGER this soundtrack is?

    • @wilhelmbittrich88
      @wilhelmbittrich88 Рік тому +10

      I was looking for this comment. I find myself coming back to this video just to play the music.

    • @Jagovanni
      @Jagovanni Рік тому +6

      Wow. Same here. The video is great but the soundtrack just lives in your head.

    • @LizzyDidntDoIt
      @LizzyDidntDoIt Рік тому +1

      Yessss I just came to say that 👏🏽🙌🏽

  • @kramerfortuna7228
    @kramerfortuna7228 Місяць тому +16

    I know that, by this standard, I'm hundreds of billions of years late to the party, but this is truly incredible and one of the greatest UA-cam videos of all time. Education meets real art. The soundtrack is a jam, the animation is so smooth, the narration is clean and seamlessly fits in, and the effort to coordinate all of this and create this masterpiece is nothing less than Herculean. MASSIVE respect to the Kurzgesagt team. I've been a major fan for the better part of a decade, but you've solidified yourselves as certified LEGENDS with this one. Dropping this video for free was probably lunacy, but thank you so much for that!

    • @lahatdito7536
      @lahatdito7536 5 днів тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @anahitaghaseminasab2979
    @anahitaghaseminasab2979 Рік тому +435

    Hats off to the music producer. An hour of coherent music so absolutely fitting the animation was such a blast.

    • @2vaclav
      @2vaclav Рік тому +8

      Ketamine vibes.

    • @davinramsaroop5210
      @davinramsaroop5210 Рік тому

      I kept singing: 🎶I love you, always forever; near and far, closer together…🎶

    • @mpeg2000
      @mpeg2000 Рік тому +1

      Mr. Frahm would like to have a word though ;-)

    • @megalodonsniperelite
      @megalodonsniperelite Рік тому

      Vib😮

    • @kerbal255
      @kerbal255 Рік тому +2

      I love the references to other kurzgsagt musics in this video

  • @foxbutterfly-eden8715
    @foxbutterfly-eden8715 Рік тому +815

    I wanna give a shout out specifically to the AUDIO CREW: specifically Thomas Veith and Flabian Glaser!!!
    I see a bunch of people praising the animation crew, and they totally deserve it, but OMG! The full 1+ hour of music and sound design that flowed so naturally and felt so progressively fitting for each time period…astounding! As a music producer and someone who loves sound design (and studied film in uni), I very much appreciate how much work went into what y’all did AND how important your work was to the editing process that gave us this wonderful work of art!
    Seriously, the music evolved and was seriously engaging for me as you ultimately shifted tempo, played with genres, played with time signatures, had so many variations on a theme that were constantly fresh, and built climax after climax but still only incrementally building those climaxes over an hour…
    Well done. Very well done.
    (Audio crews rare get the recognition they deserve on film/animation projects, yet they are SO fundamental to the art, so I just had to focus on them)

    • @gabriel2114
      @gabriel2114 Рік тому +21

      Not enough love for the soundtrack ❤

    • @rey_nemaattori
      @rey_nemaattori Рік тому +9

      This music is indeed out of this world...

    • @tannens
      @tannens Рік тому +11

      I wonder how much the fact(?) that 50% of brain processing is generally dedicated to the visual cortex plays on people mostly noticing the animation crew vs audio crew

    • @BlackIndigenousPosse
      @BlackIndigenousPosse Рік тому +7

      The composers definitely listen to progressive metal.

    • @Hugatree4me
      @Hugatree4me Рік тому +3

      They did an amazing job, they definitely don't deserve the unsung hero treatment

  • @bobcatgaming7492
    @bobcatgaming7492 Рік тому +798

    Respect to not only the animators for animating an entire 1 hour video, but also to everyone else who went into the making of this video. It is a masterpiece.

    • @jovs1020
      @jovs1020 Рік тому +4

      yes just imagine na timeline for this.

    • @kyfisher3662
      @kyfisher3662 Рік тому +2

      i knw right, i was digging the sound track the whole way

    • @creepixx7953
      @creepixx7953 Рік тому +6

      yes, respect to the musician / musicians!!! Unbelievable work

    • @averageSkykid
      @averageSkykid 10 місяців тому

      ​@@creepixx7953FR the elec guitar in some eras like the ectasian was so fire

  • @Kevin01SH
    @Kevin01SH 4 місяці тому +28

    The animations and music are amazing, this is the best earth timeline video ive ever seen. I keep watching it over and over, would love a deep dive video on each period!

  • @fejiroeni
    @fejiroeni Рік тому +244

    The sound track,
    The animation,
    The narration...
    Everything is just perfect
    Thanks guys...
    I use this video to calm myself down

    • @placefeature5329
      @placefeature5329 Рік тому +3

      Jesus loves you he gives joy to all who except him as Lord

    • @cwg73160
      @cwg73160 Рік тому +9

      The video was uploaded only two days ago. How many times have you needed to calm yourself down in the last two days?

    • @Cressyn
      @Cressyn Рік тому

      ​@@placefeature5329accept*

    • @fejiroeni
      @fejiroeni Рік тому

      @@cwg73160 i fell asleep to yesterday

    • @Gerald-i2d
      @Gerald-i2d 5 місяців тому

      @@placefeature5329Stop Imposing Religion Into Everything , Oh My !!!

  • @SPAMMAN123456789
    @SPAMMAN123456789 Рік тому +231

    Having channels really do something outside of the norm once in a while, not just for the sake of views, is incredibly wonderful to see. Great on you KG

  • @winterborne1_
    @winterborne1_ 9 місяців тому +1855

    Earth had such a killer soundtrack during its formative years. I bet every microorganism was rocking out hard to this music.

  • @Platnum-235
    @Platnum-235 Місяць тому +15

    3:50 unexpected beat drop

    • @MRamamoorthy-y6j
      @MRamamoorthy-y6j 21 день тому +2

      How the hell did i read this at that exact time😅

  • @kylebloomer1256
    @kylebloomer1256 Рік тому +946

    The animation: flawless. The soundtrack: immaculate. The narration: perfectly concise. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @stephengrott5916
      @stephengrott5916 Рік тому +5

      that neoarchean track is insanely 🔥

    • @PrinceAbubu59
      @PrinceAbubu59 Рік тому

      That's exactly what I was going to type!!!

    • @tsatziq
      @tsatziq Рік тому

      This first track reminded me of An Analog Guy in A Digital World, one of the most beautiful songs I know.

    • @madgoosegarage
      @madgoosegarage Рік тому +2

      Mesoarchean bass and rhythm

    • @misternarwhalart
      @misternarwhalart Рік тому +4

      We got the meshuggah track in the mesoarchean absolutely slaps

  • @Rdke9042
    @Rdke9042 Рік тому +157

    Not just the sheer amount of animation, but the music is a bop too!! We need more hardworking people like them

  • @DoctorTristanPeh
    @DoctorTristanPeh Рік тому +2703

    Times flies so fast... 4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour. ❤❤❤

  • @zachlee7945
    @zachlee7945 Місяць тому +11

    should have to show this video in its entirety to every major polluter in the world

    • @lailoutherander
      @lailoutherander 25 днів тому +5

      their attention span cant last that long

  • @Meowcrob
    @Meowcrob Рік тому +223

    The amount of talented people involved in this single video is incredible. Good job!

    • @JTJ_07
      @JTJ_07 Рік тому +1

      @@missflissen So what?

    • @Vengance23234
      @Vengance23234 Рік тому

      but then they still have to gather the knowledge and share it @@missflissen

    • @gregoryturk1275
      @gregoryturk1275 Рік тому

      @@missflissenThe sky net Imperium has found you guilty of spreading classified information.

    • @twlight9000
      @twlight9000 Рік тому

      Okay make it do it then. Oh wait - it can't @@missflissen

  • @paulportes1379
    @paulportes1379 Рік тому +978

    I know you intended us to watch this passively in the background while we do other things, but the amazing animation and the drive to find any easter eggs has me glued to the screen

    • @b10_hazard65
      @b10_hazard65 Рік тому +26

      same for me. i was looking at individual pixels.

    • @PierroCh5
      @PierroCh5 Рік тому +22

      Same ! When I stop to look away, everything seems to be moving sideways now !

    • @miya8281
      @miya8281 Рік тому +4

      ​@@PierroCh5yeah same xD

    • @QuantumMilk
      @QuantumMilk Рік тому +13

      Did you find any?

    • @Mikelaxo
      @Mikelaxo Рік тому +2

      ​@@PierroCh5Omg you're right

  • @olejohannesbakke6316
    @olejohannesbakke6316 Рік тому +476

    I just spent one hour of my allotted time on this planet watching this video - an hour that in the vast scale of things (like this video shows) is absolutely nothing. But it was still an hour of my life - and it's easily one of the very best hours I've ever spent online. Totally worth it, in every conceivable way. Excellent work from Kurzgesagt, as always.

  • @davidsamuel6323
    @davidsamuel6323 4 місяці тому +25

    This is the best educational you tube video I've ever seen. Maybe the best youtube video full stop. im going to share this with as many people as possible

  • @Melandru
    @Melandru Рік тому +916

    Mad props to the sound design and music team. Their skills really elevate this masterpiece to a whole new era- I mean level!🤩

    • @jurajkusy
      @jurajkusy Рік тому +10

      This! Also am I the only one hearing strong Nils Frahm references from the intro 4min sounds? 😏

    • @janPeja
      @janPeja Рік тому +1

      ​@@jurajkusyyeah, what he Says

    • @ivanvonbewski
      @ivanvonbewski Рік тому +2

      Check out Epic music from Eric Prydz and Jeremy Olander. They are featured heavily on this soundtrack

    • @charizardfan1017
      @charizardfan1017 Рік тому +3

      One o my favorites is during the Rhyacian, it feels like some absolute banger that would play in a desert area of a video game

    • @SoySolSolecito
      @SoySolSolecito Рік тому +1

      - Kurzgesagt: Ok, so the basic concept is a ambience video about earth's history. Nothing fancy.
      - Audio team: Lemme cook 🔥🔥🔥

  • @itsforthesignup281
    @itsforthesignup281 Рік тому +332

    Being an animator myself i have immense respect for the animation team.. Ik the pain behind every minute pop in the video... Huge huge props to the team.. Big hug for you to make this for people to be inspired for no cost

    • @Naitsirch
      @Naitsirch Рік тому +9

      ikr? I've only animated little things and struggle with hands but still i can have a real appreciation for this work of art

    • @kufenkiproduction7069
      @kufenkiproduction7069 Рік тому +1

      Me to😢

    • @dennisnarra7968
      @dennisnarra7968 7 місяців тому

      Im also a animator but in game geometry dash just making this i can already feel the pain in 1 minute

    • @dennisnarra7968
      @dennisnarra7968 7 місяців тому

      But huge props to him

  • @DDAstronomy
    @DDAstronomy Рік тому +829

    Huge respect for Kurzgesagt for giving us what is essentially an animated documentary for free. Can’t imagine how many hours went into this. You guys are insane 🐐🐐🐐

    • @RainbowOnAStick
      @RainbowOnAStick Рік тому +6

      goated

    • @Googlydogandme
      @Googlydogandme Рік тому +20

      @@ValouroverFearYes it is.

    • @lupin1664
      @lupin1664 Рік тому +11

      It's youtube it has ads, just like traditional televsion programs have constant advertisment in between paid to show them. If you don't have ads you paid for premium.

    • @NguyenMinh792
      @NguyenMinh792 Рік тому +5

      It’s like the animated National Geographic

    • @Ark-zy8in
      @Ark-zy8in Рік тому +8

      @@lupin1664but are WE paying for it DIRECTLY?

  • @faisalnaveed8026
    @faisalnaveed8026 4 місяці тому +8

    Let it be known i watched this entire video every second of it without skipping or fast-forwarding from start till the end in my office during my working hours.. i risked my employment for this and I am proud.

  • @therebedragons2653
    @therebedragons2653 Рік тому +717

    I love everything about this. Noone can convince me that the Kurzgesagt crew isn't a bunch of magicians.

    • @maumaugt91
      @maumaugt91 Рік тому +4

      they sure know how to use knowledge

    • @LucenProject
      @LucenProject Рік тому +10

      🤔Even if Kurzgesagt put out a video explaining how they aren't a bunch of magicians?🤣

    • @therebedragons2653
      @therebedragons2653 Рік тому +19

      @@LucenProject That's exactly what a bunch of magicians trying to hide the fact that they are magicians would do

    • @LucenProject
      @LucenProject Рік тому +5

      @@therebedragons2653 Oh, Absolutely!! But given their track record, they'd still be convincing!

    • @ender5312
      @ender5312 Рік тому +2

      no one*

  • @marklonergan3898
    @marklonergan3898 Рік тому +462

    For the sake of maintaining accurate linear scaling, for the first 8 minutes, basically nothing happened / changed - and i absolutely love and respect that. It might not work as a general format, but as a once-off special, this is an absolute masterpiece.

    • @StirFryTuna
      @StirFryTuna Рік тому +47

      It reminds me of when people do accurate representation of distance in the solar system to show you just how truly empty it is in space.

    • @Xxmystic_shadowxX
      @Xxmystic_shadowxX Рік тому +24

      I agree with that although you can actively see the moon cooling down which is really cool

    • @lindadoune
      @lindadoune Рік тому +11

      The moon cools down slowly, as well as watch the number and size of the floating rock islands increase slowly as the heat slowly cools down.

    • @waydewatanabe5023
      @waydewatanabe5023 Рік тому +4

      "I survived endless eight”

    • @madhatter0082
      @madhatter0082 Рік тому +3

      You... want us to watch this seven more times...? Haruhi have mercy!

  • @Sr.5902
    @Sr.5902 Рік тому +572

    incredible, I can't believe you dedicated 4.5 billion years of your lives making a 1 hour video, that's true dedication

    • @avocado1714
      @avocado1714 Рік тому +63

      Props to the cameraman for sitting through 4.5 billion years of earths history to give us this beautiful time lapse

    • @woahthatiscrazy2485
      @woahthatiscrazy2485 Рік тому +26

      can't believe they waited 4.5 billion years to create this video, mad respect

    • @floot727
      @floot727 Рік тому +10

      Watch someone not get the joke

    • @RandomPenguin-lj1et
      @RandomPenguin-lj1et Рік тому +7

      Imagine the file gates corrupted

    • @gamerperson_epik
      @gamerperson_epik Рік тому

      yeah isn't that crazy?????

  • @orangeaedan
    @orangeaedan 3 місяці тому +8

    This is a master piece. I already knew a lot about the history of Earth. But this video truly puts it into perspective how short we exist. I cried in the end of the video because it gives a really special feeling. I definitely recommend watching this in one sitting without skipping parts. It really gives one of the best ideas of time out of all videos on UA-cam.

  • @oliveradams1555
    @oliveradams1555 Рік тому +431

    A pinnacle of the free internet and a credit to you as a channel. The world needs more people like you.

    • @placefeature5329
      @placefeature5329 Рік тому

      ”for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”“
      ‭‭Romans‬ ‭14‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

  • @shmeepicus
    @shmeepicus Рік тому +297

    A one hour Kurzgesagt video is a bigger treat than all the candy I've gathered in 24 years of experiencing Halloween. Always look forward to these uploads!

  • @Gob998
    @Gob998 Рік тому +204

    This isn't just one hour of history
    This is one hour of pure vibes

    • @quincylinder9738
      @quincylinder9738 Рік тому +4

      dude their music is seriously good. The Egg in particular i got from a firend and never connected the dots that it was this channels music

  • @LupinLovebites
    @LupinLovebites 3 місяці тому +11

    This is my favorite item on UA-cam, hands down. I listen to/watch it at least monthly. Headphones are so much better. Turn up your bass ❤❤❤

  • @NotNonaSoft
    @NotNonaSoft 11 місяців тому +1113

    To think, this is one hour of 4K video. Huge props to the hard drive

    • @Wilt_r
      @Wilt_r 11 місяців тому +41

      And don't forget how long it must've taken to upload at 4k!

    • @averageSkykid
      @averageSkykid 10 місяців тому +15

      Fr, and props to the composers and animators for making music for and animating an hour long viddo

    • @cokxi
      @cokxi 10 місяців тому +2

      The hard drive is fine, dw.

    • @Wilt_r
      @Wilt_r 10 місяців тому +2

      meanwhile the router@@cokxi

  • @richtigmann1
    @richtigmann1 Рік тому +219

    my god, I never expected them to release what's basically a movie compared to their normal format, but it's so much in their style and its all amazing

  • @Mr-DNA_
    @Mr-DNA_ Рік тому +772

    It's absolutely insane when you realize that all of human history only makes up the last fraction of a second.

    • @k.r.99
      @k.r.99 Рік тому

      What's more insane, is if you consider many of these facts have been known or mentioned over 1000 years ago.
      *Big Bang and Evolution starting from the water:* "Do the disbelievers not realize that the heavens and earth were one mass then We split them apart? And We created from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?"
      - Quran 21:30
      We built the heaven with might, and We are certainly expanding it.
      - Quran 51:47
      How could a desert man 14 hundred years ago know that? You may say it's a guess work or a flock, but there're more impossible hints in that book.
      *Origins of iron:* “And We also sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind…”
      - Quran 57:25
      The Quran seems to imply that the iron was something “sent down” and not from this earth, an idea not foreign to 20th century science.
      *Origins of water:*
      When the comets enter our atmosphere the heat generated on entry vaporizes this ice into the atmosphere. The Christian Bible says that God created water directly on Earth, however the Quran didn't do this mistake instead it says that God sent down water from outer space
      "In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the oceans for the benefit of mankind; *In the water which Allah sent down from the Heavens and brought with it life to Earth after being dead and gave life in it to every kind of land animal;* And in directing the winds; And in the clouds that are enslaved between the Heavens and the Earth; [All these] are Signs for a people who comprehend."
      - Quran 2:164

    • @real2124
      @real2124 Рік тому +6

      Mind blowing

    • @EL-xg4yq
      @EL-xg4yq Рік тому +49

      If the history of the earth was 1 year, not 1 just hour, human history would only be just over 10 seconds.

    • @Thesamurai1999
      @Thesamurai1999 Рік тому +15

      And yet, we’ve already advanced so much!

    • @Tangerator
      @Tangerator Рік тому +3

      ​@Thesamurai1999 way less than we could have. Even dating back to the Sumerians, we only recently rediscovered things about the universe & space that was already recorded thousands of years ago.

  • @Blugatron
    @Blugatron 3 місяці тому +7

    mad respect for all the animals taking millions of years just to take step. truly awesome.

  • @neerajnandan3519
    @neerajnandan3519 Рік тому +136

    I think the music really elevated this video. It transitions seamlessly between each era and captures the mood the animation has.

    • @standafaces
      @standafaces Рік тому +3

      its like terraria soundtrack

  • @yulflip
    @yulflip Рік тому +1797

    0:43 ♫ Now the moon ♫
    0:51 Weather update, it's raining rocks from outer space.
    8:04 Severe flooding alert! The entire world is now an ocean.
    12:40 ♫ Something's alive in the ocean ♫
    12:43 It lives at the bottom of the ocean and eats chemical soup which is being served hot and fresh
    17:56 ♫ Now you can eat sunlight! ♫
    27:47 Side effect, now there's oxygen everywhere and the sky is blue
    30:16 Then the Earth might have been a snowball for a while. Maybe even a couple of times.
    42:17 ♫ The Sun is a deadly laser ♫
    53:15 It's a sponge. It's a plant. It's a worm, and some other types of weird, strange water bugs and strange fish.
    53:35 ♫ It's the Cambrian explosion! ♫
    53:40 ♫ Not anymore, there's a blanket ♫
    55:00 Okay, will you learn to walk if there's plants up here?
    55:55 ♫ Bye bye, ocean! ♫
    56:56 Oh fuck, now everything's dead. Just kidding, here are the survivors.
    59:48 ♫ And the dinosaurs are gone! ♫
    59:57 It's mammal time! Here come the mammals; look at those breasts.
    1:00:44 Gneurshk

    • @nieldoesyt
      @nieldoesyt Рік тому +140

      I was thinking this the whole time lol

    • @fabianp.2986
      @fabianp.2986 Рік тому +36

      Gneurshk?

    • @12morefacts
      @12morefacts Рік тому +138

      @@fabianp.2986 it can mean different things

    • @zletroscreations1234
      @zletroscreations1234 Рік тому

      ​@@fabianp.2986 if this is genuine confusion go and watch "The history of the entire planet, I guess". After this video, of course.

    • @lekoicy
      @lekoicy Рік тому +92

      @@12morefactsthat's a human person!

  • @tntristan12
    @tntristan12 Рік тому +767

    I would love to see all of human history condensed into a similar span of time. I feel like it would be an interesting contrast to see all of what fit into that last tenth of a second or so.

    • @pialba
      @pialba Рік тому +43

      Agreed (and even the Egyptians would come in the last seconds of that second video)

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn Рік тому +65

      Bill Wurtz already did that 6 years ago. It's called history of the entire world, i guess.

    • @bangtwicesib4281
      @bangtwicesib4281 Рік тому +3

      I agrée! Learning history like this Is super fun and engaging

    • @kochipj
      @kochipj Рік тому +4

      We need a Video with a logarithmic timescale.

    • @lajoswinkler
      @lajoswinkler Рік тому +16

      @@kochipj We had enough of logarithmic scales. They dominate education. We need linear one to really appreciate how long things take.

  • @xtenjal
    @xtenjal 5 днів тому

    Thanks!

  • @aurelian1
    @aurelian1 Рік тому +173

    What I love most: a discussion of all the phases that are normally glossed over. It's a much clearer picture of Earth's development than usual!

  • @alpheus_land
    @alpheus_land Рік тому +403

    Big thank you to the whole team! A one hour video for free is amazing, you guys are truly dedicated to education and the crafting of beautiful art ❤

    • @neby_nebs
      @neby_nebs Рік тому +3

      it's a big win algorithmically. a huge cash cow is to have long form videos playing in the background

    • @MissiFull
      @MissiFull Рік тому

      explain that pls@@neby_nebs

  • @techhfreakk
    @techhfreakk Рік тому +757

    As a Motion Designer and Animator, the fact that this whole video is continuous 1 hour with seamless transitions, it just makes me wanna bow down to Kurzgesagt. This is probably the longest, continuous, highest quality animation done by an independent UA-cam channel.

    • @KinseySwartz
      @KinseySwartz Рік тому +8

      It's not completely seamless, though. There's that nasty glitching at 29:43.

    • @Caedes.
      @Caedes. Рік тому +17

      bro... its 1 hour do you know how long this stuff takes to render

    • @VoicesofHonour
      @VoicesofHonour Рік тому +7

      your definition and my definition of nasty are not the same ;) @@KinseySwartz

    • @KinseySwartz
      @KinseySwartz Рік тому

      @@VoicesofHonour I use Google's definition: "highly unpleasant, especially to the senses; physically nauseating"

    • @eat.more.chicken
      @eat.more.chicken Рік тому +5

      ⁠@@KinseySwartzit’s only a few seconds Just ignore it

  • @r4foffical311
    @r4foffical311 11 днів тому +5

    I wish they create a remastered version where he talks through out the whole video discussing facts and cool information about the current period the earths in

  • @AshleySmith2-lo7oq
    @AshleySmith2-lo7oq Рік тому +202

    This is INCREDIBLE. The music, the visuals, the sound effects, the voice. Wow. Bravo guys, congrats on 10 years!

  • @TheJege12
    @TheJege12 Рік тому +251

    As an animator, even imagining animating such an impossibly long continuous shot is making my PC melt, absolutely amazing stuff!!

    • @zionjt
      @zionjt Рік тому +3

      You are a pretty bad animator if you don't know how easy something like this is to produce

    • @TheJege12
      @TheJege12 Рік тому +14

      @@zionjt HAHHAH
      I didn't do individual frame by frame animation for 14 years to realize how hard this sort of tweened animation taxes on the programming on the software, maybe learn some animation before saying anything

    • @sammyblaze4234
      @sammyblaze4234 Рік тому +3

      It's not continuous though, it's an illusion

    • @TheJege12
      @TheJege12 Рік тому +9

      @@sammyblaze4234 It's a contnuous tweeniing masterpiece that's an hour long

    • @zionjt
      @zionjt Рік тому

      @@TheJege12 dam, imagine doing something for 14 years and still being so shit at it, not even knowing the bare bones basics.

  • @Araaraboop
    @Araaraboop 9 місяців тому +1240

    Hi!!! I'm a teacher. I showed this video to my students along with a worksheet I made where they had to draw what they saw on the screen. They enjoyed it. The best part was when life became multicellar and time felt as if it moved faster. The students were like "slow it down!!!!" Thank you guys at Kurzgesagt for all you do :)

    • @tiagoferro1717
      @tiagoferro1717 8 місяців тому +14

      you cannot prove scientificlly how life began man... please be honest with the students

    • @The_Bacon_One
      @The_Bacon_One 8 місяців тому

      @@tiagoferro1717💀

    • @Araaraboop
      @Araaraboop 8 місяців тому +186

      @@tiagoferro1717 I always tell my students this is what scientists believe and they are free to disagree or research on their own to come to their own conclusions. Also, I did not mention anything about man, just on how life became multicellular rather than just single living cells. Its part of our curriculum, they can go to a private school for one sided beliefs :)

    • @ABTContinentallyProblematic
      @ABTContinentallyProblematic 8 місяців тому +82

      @@AraaraboopYou seem like an awesome teacher :D

    • @knockthebackdoorbeforeleaving
      @knockthebackdoorbeforeleaving 8 місяців тому +50

      ​@@AraaraboopW teacher

  • @Rhino0815
    @Rhino0815 4 місяці тому +11

    This video is insane, 10 months late but respect

  • @NQProductions
    @NQProductions Рік тому +232

    I can't imagine how long this must have taken to animate. As an animator myself, everything is so impressive!

    • @MaxHackbarth
      @MaxHackbarth Рік тому +4

      They have really stepped up their animation quality from their original videos haven’t they?

    • @NQProductions
      @NQProductions Рік тому +3

      @@MaxHackbarth Oh for sure.

    • @Interesting.For.Everyone
      @Interesting.For.Everyone Рік тому +1

      You vastly, vastly underestimate AI animation capabilities. Lots of this can not be animated in a matter of minutes now

    • @trueber1876
      @trueber1876 Рік тому +6

      ​@@Interesting.For.EveryoneI'm not sure what your point is because your comment contradicts itself, but i don't think AI is this accurate just yet

    • @Interesting.For.Everyone
      @Interesting.For.Everyone Рік тому

      @@trueber1876 I'm confused, where does it contradict itself? I said it takes minutes... that's very fast animating

  • @burger605
    @burger605 Рік тому +233

    Props to all the animators for the amount of time and effort put into this. I learned a lot from this video and will continue to learn more thanks to Kurgesagt.

  • @OreoKittatup
    @OreoKittatup 15 годин тому +1

    imagine existing for millions of years and not even discovering fire couldnt be me

  • @Smett9
    @Smett9 Рік тому +601

    The amount of time and effort it must have taken to animate an HOUR long video as beautifully as this is insane. You guys inspire me more with every video

    • @brindlekintales
      @brindlekintales Рік тому +9

      I thought it was a snoozer, lacking in the diversity of animation they use in shorter pieces. The same background going on and on for each phase of planet earth, was like watching a Hanna-Barbera cartoon with the same background running in loops as Quckdraw McGraw galloped along.

    • @woomynation
      @woomynation Рік тому +37

      ​@@brindlekintalesbro was expecting intricate animation for the whole hour like he couldn't just listen to the video on the side 😭

    • @CylenxswizinSim
      @CylenxswizinSim Рік тому +4

      ​@@brindlekintalessame here, I also hate to be guy but 1hr of animation with the same looped background animations and them saying it took about 4 years to make since 2019 was a bit sus given they have one of the best teams in animations on UA-cam

    • @chronovore7234
      @chronovore7234 Рік тому +8

      @@brindlekintalesI dare you to find any part of the animation that is looped “liked a Hanna Barbara cartoon”. Bet you can’t because the entire video is hand animated and unique from one second to the next.
      The point of the video is to show how long the earth was pretty much empty. To put into perspective our tiny slice of existence.

    • @CamoEnjoyer
      @CamoEnjoyer Рік тому

      It would be difficult for them to do anything with most of the animations of earths full history at an unchanging pace. Most of it was pretty boring as far as we know, so much of it has to be quite boring (although I don't think any backgrounds actually fully loop, there seems to be some variation). I don't think the visuals are boring cause they were lazy. And it probably took them since 2019 because it's an experimental video and they didn't have much of their full team working on it)@@CylenxswizinSim

  • @SayedAli-gq8bl
    @SayedAli-gq8bl Рік тому +869

    Not many creators can pull this off. To make 3 million people watch one hour of mostly silent video in 3 days. Amazing job. I’m already watching it a second time! And yes, the music is otherworldly 👍🏼

    • @thevoid7887
      @thevoid7887 Рік тому +12

      They usually release a lot of the music on Spotify if you’re interested

    • @Avruthlelbh
      @Avruthlelbh Рік тому +17

      I mean, a LOT of people clicked off in the first minute, as these videos always have horrible retention time, but a lot of people definitely stuck around, I'm sure.

    • @Xenc5
      @Xenc5 Рік тому +3

      A lot of us humans are here 4.5 billion years later

    • @k.r.99
      @k.r.99 Рік тому +3

      Views/clicks does not equal "people who have watched the whole thing" ...

    • @lsd-rickb-1728
      @lsd-rickb-1728 Рік тому +2

      Bru I did not watch the whole video because nothing was really going on. I just skipped through parts and want their music for my LSD Trips

  • @garyyeo1968
    @garyyeo1968 Рік тому +381

    Thanks Kurzgesagt, for making this 1 hour animated documentary of our Earth’s History for free. I’ve been following your channel since 2015 and always love the consistent improvement in your videos and the animations. Hope this video gets at least 10 million views in no time!

    • @abinarysystem92
      @abinarysystem92 Рік тому +2

      As a fellow creative i've loved watching the quality of the videos steadily improve with me.

    • @Chris.in.taiwan
      @Chris.in.taiwan Рік тому +1

      It's amazing to see what Allah has created.

    • @ArmaronxasFromKanytelleis
      @ArmaronxasFromKanytelleis Рік тому

      you paid for this it doesn't matter subscribe to yt premium or watch ads.
      It's awesome video anyway thank you Kurzgesagt!

    • @the0point
      @the0point Рік тому

      i second that.

  • @SharnLugonn
    @SharnLugonn Місяць тому +1

    The music alone is absolutely amazing. I have had this video in my "watch later" for a very long time but it was worth waiting until I could watch it all in one go without any distractions. An almost meditative experience.

  • @dacgamer5741
    @dacgamer5741 Рік тому +376

    Despite having 6.4 million views in a month, this is STILL underrated.

  • @dreamlesssleepart
    @dreamlesssleepart Рік тому +854

    I think it's still insane how an entire MILLION years is passing every second, like we can understand what that means, the passage of time and all, but a million years is just so unimaginably long that it's almost incomprehensible, just imagining seeing nothing but lava and blinding light for your entire lifetime and the lifetimes of millions of ancestors after you, it's just overwhelming!

    • @A_Stereotypical_Heretic
      @A_Stereotypical_Heretic Рік тому +21

      I'm sure that life was grateful that eyes weren't a thing then lol

    • @tobilab281
      @tobilab281 Рік тому +5

      ​@@A_Stereotypical_Hereticlife didnt exist back then but still i agree with you😅

    • @A_Stereotypical_Heretic
      @A_Stereotypical_Heretic Рік тому +6

      @@tobilab281 life is over 3.7 billion years old brother...

    • @MikeLaRock88
      @MikeLaRock88 Рік тому +10

      It's only overwhelming because our brains can't comprehend anything past that. If we knew what happened before and after, or could understand other dimensions, it wouldn't be so overwhelming. Death is faster than light. Just like that, you're born again, living the same life over and over with slight changes we feel in deja vu. Knowing nothing more leaves us in a loop

    • @tobilab281
      @tobilab281 Рік тому +1

      @@A_Stereotypical_Heretic i know..

  • @Kochie11
    @Kochie11 Рік тому +585

    I rarely make comments like this, but this is a borderline, cinematic masterpiece. Your music team, or whoever did the music, absolutely phenomenal. Lots of Retrowave type of stuff, really cool drum sets, but aeration is great, the animation is phenomenal… There’s just so much to say. Let alone the information given

    • @sabrooskie
      @sabrooskie Рік тому +15

      I was dancing while I ate my lunch during the Hadean era

    • @OsDijider66
      @OsDijider66 Рік тому

      They deserved that support ❤

    • @AveragePearEnjoyer
      @AveragePearEnjoyer Рік тому +4

      I calmly watched this whole thing, eyes glued to the screen, feeling very connected to the universe. (While ever so slightly altered lol)

    • @TheCheeselordForever
      @TheCheeselordForever Рік тому

      Epic mountain makes their music.

  • @thetwitchywitchy
    @thetwitchywitchy 2 місяці тому

    this is honestly a video i feel EVERYONE should watch in full, no skipping. The fact that lifeforms we can finally SEE didn’t even show up until around 10 minutes from the end is just incredible!! Like so many other comments said, this is such an incredible visual explanation of the whole of our planets history and how new to the planet life actually is. Just an all around awe-inspiring video, we can all read about how old the Earth is, but actually seeing it this way makes it so much easier to grasp the timescale that’s much larger than we can comprehend in our own minds. Fantastic video!!

  • @pera8439
    @pera8439 Рік тому +450

    It's been said before, but making content like this for free in a time we live in is truly wonderful and good and so so rare. It kind of gives me faith in humanity hah. Kurzgesagt just keeps proving it's the best channel on UA-cam and this might be the best video on here. Such a creative and smart premise, and it looks absolutely beautiful. I am in awe.

    • @jex-the-notebook-guy1002
      @jex-the-notebook-guy1002 Рік тому +1

      Propaganda has an infinite budget

    • @lonniex866
      @lonniex866 Рік тому +14

      @@jex-the-notebook-guy1002 you are allergic to fun and whimsy

    • @jex-the-notebook-guy1002
      @jex-the-notebook-guy1002 Рік тому

      @@lonniex866 being ignorant is fun?

    • @lonniex866
      @lonniex866 Рік тому +10

      @@jex-the-notebook-guy1002 you watched one half-assed video about how the channel is supposedly propaganda and hold it to a gold standard. so many people have disproven that claim but if you want to keep to your own ignorance then feel free to do so but let it be known that you are blindly following a conspiracy with no ground

    • @jex-the-notebook-guy1002
      @jex-the-notebook-guy1002 Рік тому

      @@lonniex866 I didn't watch any video. The channel is pro evolution

  • @spedecubre2425
    @spedecubre2425 Рік тому +703

    Props to the cameraman who filmed 4.5 billion years of history for free

    • @NinjaPhantom_V
      @NinjaPhantom_V Рік тому +16

      Cameraman deserves an award fr

    • @Emouse2is
      @Emouse2is Рік тому +20

      His camera must have a crazy amount of storage

    • @TwoWheels_OO
      @TwoWheels_OO Рік тому +7

      Well at 6 million views he’s already made +30K from it in less than 3 weeks

    • @fleebertreatise1063
      @fleebertreatise1063 Рік тому +9

      They’ve got an ancient patreon though

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Рік тому +3

      @@TwoWheels_OO But, in order to be making minimum wage, they would have to be paid 85,536,000,000,000 euros.

  • @alinaeimaei540
    @alinaeimaei540 Рік тому +721

    You guys just made a masterpiece.
    It's innovative, educational, entertaining AF, and healthy in a world full of crappy short content.
    keep it legendary.

    • @maia2828
      @maia2828 Рік тому +9

      am i the only one who finds this video the worst they have ever made? its unwatchably slow with the same animations just looping and very little narration

    • @kevunkown9325
      @kevunkown9325 Рік тому +17

      @@maia2828 yes

    • @sagekelly7177
      @sagekelly7177 Рік тому +27

      @@maia2828it was made for a very specific purpose which they mentioned at the beginning of the video, to show how old the earth is. I don’t think they expected people to enjoy this video in the same fashion as their others.

    • @shatterscape
      @shatterscape Рік тому

      It is 1 hour of misinformation.

    • @jmjw2004
      @jmjw2004 Рік тому +4

      @@shatterscapethen why did you watch it.

  • @MILKSHAKESBOBA
    @MILKSHAKESBOBA 2 місяці тому +3

    i have never seen such a good video! The animating, the beat, and the details is astonishing! Love it! I think this message took me 20 million years to make... Thats a while

  • @max32552
    @max32552 Рік тому +1098

    huge respect to the animators this must have taken insanely long
    edit: I made this comment while watching the video so thankyou for letting me know

    • @DromeG60
      @DromeG60 Рік тому +73

      4.5 Billion years I think

    • @cloudystarsky666
      @cloudystarsky666 Рік тому +7

      It did, pretty sure they said it in the credits.

    • @destructionman1
      @destructionman1 Рік тому +14

      Shout out to the musicians as well :)

    • @OsDijider66
      @OsDijider66 Рік тому +2

      Humans history was less than an actual sec

    • @Sl.....tr...c
      @Sl.....tr...c Рік тому +1

      How long do you guys think the animatior spent to complete all the drawings and animation

  • @leightonkekuewa1545
    @leightonkekuewa1545 Рік тому +331

    Congratulations Kurzgesagt on 10 YEARS 🎉 Thank you for everything you guys do for your community. We all love you ❤

  • @ToxicTurquoise454
    @ToxicTurquoise454 Рік тому +473

    Kurzgesagt... THIS is why we support you. THIS is why we buy your calendars and other merch. THIS is why we keep watching and loving what you do. You have earned, in my opinion, the title of the greatest account in the history of UA-cam. Years of magnificently well-made content by an ingeniously talented team. Breathtakingly beautiful videos that could save the human race. The more people watch Kurzgesagt, the more humanity has a future we can fight for.

    • @PremiumToad
      @PremiumToad Рік тому +4

      my toads are better than kurzgesagt's toads 🐸🐸☠☠💀💀

    • @murppyisdurppy1816
      @murppyisdurppy1816 Рік тому +5

      @@PremiumToadcool

    • @dionisoss1846
      @dionisoss1846 Рік тому +8

      Lol calm down

    • @spynosocks
      @spynosocks Рік тому +1

      LMAO

    • @PremiumToad
      @PremiumToad Рік тому +1

      @Sub15Monkeyenjoyer makes my toads even more impressive then 🐸🐸🐸🐸💀💀💀💀

  • @purplemage4974
    @purplemage4974 2 місяці тому +5

    I first watched this video a couple of weeks before an island vacation. It really put into perspective the world we all live in, and when I took a swim my mind would sometimes wander to how a good chunk of Earth's primordial days was defined by ever-changing activity in the oceans...
    To everyone at Kurzgesagt, thank you so much for working so hard on perfecting this audio-visual masterpiece. :')

  • @LiterallySoSleepy
    @LiterallySoSleepy Рік тому +151

    I feel like no ones pointing this out, the sfx artists have done an absolutely marvellous job on this soundtrack!

    • @EngineerAAJ
      @EngineerAAJ Рік тому +2

      Spofity Lo-Fi Bineural Kurzgesagt soundtrack playlist when?

    • @EngineerAAJ
      @EngineerAAJ Рік тому +2

      Lol, nvm, the spotify playlist is on the video description

    • @mrbfros454
      @mrbfros454 Рік тому

      It’s easily the best part of the video in my opinion.

  • @bernardo1814
    @bernardo1814 Рік тому +385

    Massive shout-out to Thomas Veith and Fabian Glaser for the incredible music throughout this video. It normally loses focus on normal videos, but in this one it shined. Fantastic job!!!

    • @VilleSarmiola
      @VilleSarmiola Рік тому +17

      Indeed! I only wish there was a version without the narrator so I could jam, though I wouldn't want the narration to feel unappreciated.

    • @devikjha4173
      @devikjha4173 Рік тому

      There is one - search up epic mountain and you should find the whole Kurzgesagt soundtrack.

    • @faraga1
      @faraga1 Рік тому +11

      @@VilleSarmiola There is a link to the soundtrack in the description.

    • @thespacemelody
      @thespacemelody Рік тому +5

      Agreed!

    • @toasterdude7403
      @toasterdude7403 Рік тому +4

      @Kurzgesagt Pin this!

  • @ll-Sidious-ll
    @ll-Sidious-ll Рік тому +164

    The amount of work these guys put into their vids is impressive. Literally do it more justice than actual TV shows

  • @the8evil900
    @the8evil900 Місяць тому +1

    Woah, whenever there is a long video I usually go off of it within minutes, but somehow you made me stay. I watched the whole thing, and it’s insane how you’ve worked for probably years to make one video and that really paid off. Thanks a lot for making this video, I understand the earths history so much more than I did before watching this