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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the origin of terrestrial life and ...mushrooms!
Links:
nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02851-z
https://news.berkeley.edu/2011/08/05/fungi-helped-destroy-forests-during-mass-extinction-250-million-years-ago/
Previous videos:
youtube.com/watch?v=EXUsgs0neM4
youtube.com/watch?v=SPutgPjdb8g
#mushroom #fungi #originoflife
0:00 Origin of terrestrial life
1:20 New evidence points at fungi!
2:30 Why is this only discovered now?
4:00 Previous fossils from 400 million years ago
4:55 Controversial fossils from 2.4 billion years ago
5:45 Breakthrough from the Canadian arctic
6:30 Molecular clock analysis
8:40 Fungi existed on the surface longer than we thought
10:55 Implications and surviving extinctions
12:40 Conclusions and search for life elsewhere
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Adrian J. Hunter CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus#/media/File:Penicillium_labeled_cropped.jpg
BorgQueen CC BY SA 2.5 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus#/media/File:Fungi_collage.jpg
Peter coxhead CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynie_chert#/media/File:Rhynie_chert_with_Rhynia_1.png
C.C Loron, University of Liège
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads)
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the origin of terrestrial life and ...mushrooms!
Links:
nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02851-z
https://news.berkeley.edu/2011/08/05/fungi-helped-destroy-forests-during-mass-extinction-250-million-years-ago/
Previous videos:
youtube.com/watch?v=EXUsgs0neM4
youtube.com/watch?v=SPutgPjdb8g
#mushroom #fungi #originoflife
0:00 Origin of terrestrial life
1:20 New evidence points at fungi!
2:30 Why is this only discovered now?
4:00 Previous fossils from 400 million years ago
4:55 Controversial fossils from 2.4 billion years ago
5:45 Breakthrough from the Canadian arctic
6:30 Molecular clock analysis
8:40 Fungi existed on the surface longer than we thought
10:55 Implications and surviving extinctions
12:40 Conclusions and search for life elsewhere
Enjoy and please subscribe
Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow!
bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4
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The hardware used to record these videos:
New Camera: amzn.to/4pCVINS
CPU: amzn.to/4qXIaxC
Video Card: amzn.to/2M1W26C
Motherboard: amzn.to/2JYGiQQ
RAM: amzn.to/2Mwy2t4
PSU: amzn.to/2LZcrIH
Case: amzn.to/2MwJZz4
Microphone: amzn.to/2t5jTv0
Mixer: amzn.to/2JOL0oF
Recording and Editing: amzn.to/2LX6uvU
Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid.
Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel
Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships
Credit:
Mark Garlick markgarlick.com
Adrian J. Hunter CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus#/media/File:Penicillium_labeled_cropped.jpg
BorgQueen CC BY SA 2.5 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus#/media/File:Fungi_collage.jpg
Peter coxhead CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynie_chert#/media/File:Rhynie_chert_with_Rhynia_1.png
C.C Loron, University of Liège
PebbleLetters CC BY SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodinia#/media/File:Rodinia_900Ma_annotated.jpg
Licenses used:
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
and relevant Creative Commons licenses
