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Earth's 4.5 Billion Years in One Hour

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · Explainer · 1 h 4 min · 2023 · YouTube title: 4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
Why it's here

HN commenters recommend it for the sense of perspective it gives on deep time and how brief human history is.

What it covers

Kurzgesagt's hour-long animated film that compresses Earth's 4.5 billion year history into one hour, roughly a million years per second. It follows the evolution of life through to humanity's tiny final stretch.