What Was The Earth Like 2 Billion Years Ago?

Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/historyoftheearth. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/genres/nature ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Researched and Written by Leila Battison Narrated and Edited by David Kelly Thumbnail Art and Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Khail Kupsky Map by Adriano Bezerra ****REFERENCES IN A PINNED COMMENT**** Thanks to A. El Albani for the use of his videos and images from the article "Organism motility in an oxygenated shallow-marine environment 2.1 billion years ago.": https://www.pnas.org/content/116/9/3431 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: Kola Borehole Building By Andre Belozeroff - Страница автора на Panoramio.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6822548 Drill Bit By Urfin7 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74986137 Drill bits By Geolina163 - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25732598 MOHO map By AllenMcC. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25709592 2 billion year old rock By Anders Damberg, Geological Survey of Sweden SGU from Sweden - Värmland, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17420427francevillian biota microbial community By Benoit Potin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45300482 Pierrlate nuclear By Marianne Casamance - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50711193 Urananite By Geomartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6612845 Shield Volcano Ethopia By Hervé Sthioul - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1637081 Colombia supercontinent By Celiayangyy - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63938078 Banded Iron Formations By James St. John - Jaspilite banded iron formation (Soudan Iron-Formation, Neoarchean, ~2.69 Ga; Stuntz Bay Road outcrop, Soudan Underground State Park, Soudan, Minnesota, USA) 53, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41251871 Banded Iron Formation Fortescue Falls By Graeme Churchard from Bristol, UK - Dales Gorge Uploaded by PDTillman, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30889569 Stanley Tyler Photo: Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fair use) Elsa Barghorn image (fair use) Tree Fossil from Carboniferous By Michael C. Rygel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11232561 Stromatolites By James St. John (jsj1771) https://www.flickr.com/people/jsjgeology/ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/8363773070/sizes/o/in/set-72157632477572336/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27162039 Stromatolite CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27162039 Gunflint range Stromatolite By James St. John (jsj1771) https://www.flickr.com/people/jsjgeology/ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/8363773070/sizes/o/in/set-72157632477572336/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27162039 Modern stromatolite By Paul Harrison - Photograph taken by Paul Harrison (Reading, UK) using a Sony CyberShot DSC-H1 digital camera., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=714512 Franceville Biota By Ventus55 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33158470 Anthracite Coal By Amcyrus2012 - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37728088Anthracite Coal By Amcyrus2012 - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37728099 Gunflint Microfossils Alleon, J. et al. Molecular preservation of 1.88 Ga Gunflint organic microfossils as a function of temperature and mineralogy. Nat. Commun. 7:11977 doi: 10.1038/ncomms11977 (2016).Cyanobacteria By CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35480947 Franceville Biota Microfossils El Albani A, Bengtson S, Canfield DE, Riboulleau A, Rollion Bard C, et al., CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kola borehole sealed shut By Rakot13 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=210297482012 Kola borehole By Bigest - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20538061 Subduction Image By KDS4444 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49035989