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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about prototaxites - the first complex life on Earth that went extinct
Links:
science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aec6277
nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02851-z
Previous video: youtube.com/watch?v=lPGIVwWjjEw
Age of Fishes: youtube.com/watch?v=hY2tGU-IDLI
#prototaxite #biology #earth
0:00 Prototaxites - strange ancient organisms
1:30 Why this is important, Age of Fishes explained
2:50 Original discovery and assumptions: trees or mushrooms?
5:25 2025 discovery challenged previous theories
8:15 New kingdom of life?
9:40 Then they went extinct
10:20 Conclusions
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about prototaxites - the first complex life on Earth that went extinct
Links:
science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aec6277
nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02851-z
Previous video: youtube.com/watch?v=lPGIVwWjjEw
Age of Fishes: youtube.com/watch?v=hY2tGU-IDLI
#prototaxite #biology #earth
0:00 Prototaxites - strange ancient organisms
1:30 Why this is important, Age of Fishes explained
2:50 Original discovery and assumptions: trees or mushrooms?
5:25 2025 discovery challenged previous theories
8:15 New kingdom of life?
9:40 Then they went extinct
10:20 Conclusions
Enjoy and please subscribe
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The hardware used to record these videos:
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Motherboard: amzn.to/2JYGiQQ
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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
Kennethgass CC BY SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites#/media/File:Prototaxites_milwaukeensis.jpg
Matt Humpage
Mary Parrish, National Museum of Natural History
Smith609 CC BY 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooksonia#/media/File:Cooksonia_pertoni.png
G.J. Retallack CC BY sa 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites#/media/File:Prototaxites_apex.jpg
Y_tambe CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypha#/media/File:Penicillium.jpg
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