Could Humans Survive the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid? Featuring  

Featuring the uber-talented @LEMMiNO! Ok guys, this is my first time experimenting with an end-roll sponsorship message, which helped make this video possible. The sponsor is Ground News -- go to ground.news/melodysheep to see through misleading media narratives and find common ground. Sign up through my link to get 40% off unlimited access this month. I'm exploring hiring more artists to increase my creative output and support more independent creatives -- a sponsorship like this helps make it possible; let me know how this integration feels. This idea was originally going to be a sequence inside of THE HUMAN FUTURE, but the concept was too interesting to shoehorn into a larger video. I hope you all enjoy the ride. I'm cooking up some big stuff for 2024 -- stay tuned :)

Categorically stunning as always! Was a pleasure working with you :)

Out here making the rest of RU-vid look like amateurs. Sick work as always

remember to thank big bro Jupiter for absorbing all them asteroids

Even the sponsor segment was given editing love. This channel truly is a gift to YT.

lemmino and melodysheep is such a raw combo i never thought would happen

Melodysheep x LEMMiNO collab ???? I must be dreaming, this is amazing

the soundtrack elevates this work of art tremendously! astonishing work as always.

The graphics are WAY MUCH better than a movie. I mean come on just truly mesmerizing.

At this point Melodysheep videos have better vfx than anything by disney.

Thanks!

Beautiful work as always, Melodysheep. There's a lot to love about your videos, but I think my favorite is that most of your videos end on a positive note. We face so many challenges; it's good to have hope. ❤🕯

I pulled this up on my phone on a whim and immediately had to stop it. This video deserves the TV, holy cow the visuals are incredible.

I still can't understand why channels like melodysheep are so underrated. The amount of efforts their team puts into the content is beyond words of appreciation!

This should win RU-vid video of the year if they did that anyway. Great work! Most entertaining source of media I’ve seen in years👏🏼

Every one of your videos is visually stunning, really shows a lot of effort in putting together each one.

It was great working with you, John! Another fantastic cinematic piece and a great collaboration with LEEMMiNO. We’re really happy to be able to support channels like yours that ask the big questions, challenge our assumptions and inspire hope. Our team will be checking the comments in case your viewers have any questions about Ground News.

The fact that any living organism was able to survive the Chicxulub Impact is hard to fathom.

What a beautiful peice. Im at a loss for words on how this is even possible. The utterly novel visuals and the perfectly sculpted audio is unlike anything I've ever seen. Bravo man. Bravo

13:53 this gives me goosebumps 🔥

Bro, how?! How do you just keep making content at this level of quality. What a beast. I love this channel!

Absolutely nobody puts out production like this, nobody. Brilliance as usual.

As expected, great video as always, very emotional! Thank you for making such art work and making people aware of their humanity, that's the whole purpose of this channel.

I couldn't believe that you drop another video. Amazing job as usual!!

I love how melodysheep always ends on a kind of optimistic note. Like it will be hard, but we are humanity, if we act as one we can do it.

Astonishing!

This is by far the best short film with great production work and entertainment factor, whilst being educational and very inforrmative. Great job guys, you've earned a new subscriber!

I have been following your work for several years now, and I must say that you have been a great inspiration for me to delve deeper into the field of science. Your research has been thought-provoking, particularly the one where you explained the limitations of human resurrection. It has made me realize the importance of cherishing life and making the most out of every moment.

I used to think humans would go extinct soon, but Melodysheep showed me how resilient our species is. You should collab more with Lemmino, his voice is amazing.

Lemmino’s voice has always been soothing in his documentaries and top ten facts. He really made this topic chilling but captivating

this is so beautiful, i literally cried. outstanding as usual, melodysheep.

Thanks MS. As always, you hit us as hard as you heal us. We needed this awakening.

The biggest challenge of preventing extinction: Putting aside our differences and working together

2:47 I really need a full version of this track.

This was chilling to watch. All the scenarios. Especially the one where we leave earth behind. Bravo!

This is some of the best content I’ve ever seen on RU-vid, or any other platform for that matter. I would watch literally any mini doc on any subject these two team up on.

The CGI & the camera work is *AMAZING*

Fascinating and stunning video as always! You have major creativity.

I was introduced to John's work back in 2010 and honestly thank my teacher,(English of all subjects) for showing me a RU-vid channel that genuinely has changed my life, my thinking about the world and my trajectory in life. The fact that video after video keeps getting better and better is breathtaking in so many ways. This collab is also perfect!

May you never give up on your undying optimism about humanity’s future. While much of mainstream media seems hell-bent on putting center stage the worst of humanity, yours is a bright, welcome, and much needed light in a dark place. Excellent work as always.

Melodysheep is one of the best things to happen to youtube. This quality of production and we're watching it without any subscription is just crazy. Becoming an astronomer and astrophysicist has been a long time dream of mine, and watching these videos gives me immense pleasure. Thank you Melodysheep! I just checked the Lemmino channel now, and it seems to be a very interesting channel. I probably just found another channel that I'm gonna love

BEAUTIFUL as always, and Lemino's crispy voice was just the cherry on top. Bring him back again!

RT/ Man, those 17 minutes flew by like fire. I admire your work so much for its imagery and buildup, sounds, and narrator. I hope I don't sound greedy when I tell you I hope this becomes a series.

As a palaeontologist, the scale of the horror and loss of _that day_ at the K-Pg Boundary, as you correctly stated, the worst day of all time for life on Earth, is one of those especially moving and saddening things in palaeontology (and make no mistake, it has a _lot_ of competition in the history of life on Earth, whether on the smaller or the larger scale) There were nightmares beyond nightmares or the worst monsters in fiction, wrought that dreadful day. It is almost too enormous to come to terms with. Even with all my palaeontological training, even with my lifelong passion for prehistory and the natural world. The sheer ultra-violence and terror of _that day_ just brings me to stillness, quietness and lamentation. We wouldn't even exist without it having happened, yet part of feels this personal bond to that time. My favourite things in all the world - non-Avian Dinosaurs - amongst the ~3/4 of animal groups wiped out in the space of a variably short time (it is debated) The utter scale of the power unleashed, the unfathomable depths of suffering so many innocent animals faced. The confusion, the disorientation, the physical and cerebral onslaught. Even the survivors could be called the 'unlucky ones'. How, one must ask, does an animal fare when trapped in the dark, while starved and isolated? How much sentient suffering was going on worldwide, for hours, days, weeks, months and indeed, years? Comprehending the actual meaning of the K-Pg is one of the most profoundly unsettling and upsetting things anyone can do, and even (or perhaps, _especially_ should I say) as a palaeontologist, it is still most difficult to put into the right words to convey it's meaning, while doing any justice to it whatsoever. It was not just one causal factor, one side-effect, one of the immediate impact phenomena or the secondary disasters and tertiary disasters it unleashed. It was this cascade of death which would not stop, not let up and only end with the deaths of most living things on Earth. Even the surviving families and orders were ravaged to a point of near-extinction (some, were less depleted than all that, though mostly with massive population densities like various Arthropods and Insects; though of course, uncountable quantities, into the quintillions or more of invertebrates must have been obliterated along with the millions and billions of Vertebrate animals) A lot of folks just don't, 'get it'. When I glimpse at the K-Pg I see the worst day of all time. However, it's much more than that. I have an understanding of the subject, enough to see it in a level of clarity; clarity, which only brings more sadness when you stop and think about particular aspects. Sobering and horrible little moments of realisation, from understanding exactly what kind of trauma particular herding animals might face post-impact, to the miserable fates of the giant Pterosaurs caught in those devastating impact winds. Their graceful bodies, their impressive yet lightweight wings, mangled in the maelstrom. For many animals, it would have been a quick death. For plenty of others, it would have been a nightmarish and drawn out affair, potentially lasting months or even years. The scavengers had it good while the death biomass carpeted the ground. But after a point, they too ran out of options and began to tear each other apart, all under the ashen veil and shroud of darkness overhead. I can imagine a million and one ways in which so many specific animals may have been suffering. A million million calamities, cascading in slow-motion. And nothing and nobody to save those poor creatures. The sheer indifference and severity of nature, played out as harshly as it ever has been. When it comes to the K-Pg, and _that day_ in particular, it really depends on how much 'resolution' and focus I want to put into looking into it, on whether or not it will move me to the point of solemn tears. It may seem a strange thing for a hairy primate 66 million years after the fact to lament such a thing in such a manner. Though if you have loved this subject as much as I have, the poignancy and savagery of _that day_ can only bring you to silence and reflection. If people want to be crass about it they can make their Arnie 'ICE AGE' jokes (Batman) and laugh it off as some remote and long-ago thing we don't need to concern ourselves with. But I'm a palaeontologist. I have my eye on Deep Time and millions of years bygone, all the time. And let me tell you; there was no day worse than that which heralded the end of the Mesozoic Era. And I'm well-aware that overall, the end-Permian Mass Extinction (which killed off ~90% of life on Earth around ~251.9 Ma) was the biggest Mass Extinction ever. But it took place over at least 60,000 years (and had been thought to have transpired over 300,000 years in older sources) The thing is, though, that no other day could have been worse than the day the Chicxulub Impactor struck the Yucatan Peninsula. No other moment in Earth's history, was so destructive and ruinous. Sure, in terms of sheer energy release, the collision of Old Earth and Theia over 4.4 Ga would have been much more vigorous and powerful than any meteorite or asteroid impact (literally, two planets crashing together, to make a new and bigger one; plus our Moon, Luna) But all the same; nothing lived back then. It happened all in a lifeless, hellish world. It's not the same as a planet populated with remarkable animals, being turned into ashes and charred bones, after living on Earth for 167 million years at least (and probably over 170 million years; and ruling it for at least 140-150 million years) It's not the same as the most magnificent dynasty of Vertebrates _ever_ to exist, being driven to mass extinction, by the most cataclysmic day life on Earth ever witnessed. There is so much of a 'surface area' to it that it starts to boggle the mind and become quite upsetting. When you break it down to it's component elements and see it for what it truly was, it's not just the end of an era or the breaking of a venerable dynasty, it is the unmaking of the paradigmatic poetry of how life flowed in that era. It is the reforging of the evolution of life on Earth, following new rules and under new management. It is the purging of an entire way the world had once been. And it is very sad. The more you know about it, the sadder it gets. And so, in passing, I can glance over it, but if I delve into the deep ocean of suffering that it entails, then I find myself lost in thoughts of starving animals, bleak herd collapses and the behavioural irregularities of once thriving species, disoriented and whimpering in the dark. And that makes me wonder how humanity would fare. It was a 1 in 100 million year event, statistically speaking. According to planetary geologists and physicists. But it is still a dreadful thing to have to pick through. It's just nature at it's most cruel.

I'm just glad to be alive, witnessing two of my favorite and the best Content creators on RU-vid collaborating. Speechless.

What a amazing video and music and the explanation give something to think about. Much respect for this amazing work ❤

A big thank you yo the creators! RU-vid is truly a gem. This video deserves an Oscar!

Melodysheep and LEMMiNO... This has to be one fo the greatest collabs in RU-vid history

A feast for the eyes. Thank you.

Thank you for these videos,it had made me more aware as from before. Keep making more videos for these cause as I will be happily waiting....thank you for your hard work and effort. Cause there might be someone genius or smart watching this , taking extra caution and awareness

My two favourite youtubers collaboration. Truly a thing of beauty. Thank you so much for this.

at 7:30 its stated that mushrooms would be ideal because they can grow in low light. that's not the issue. it will be plenty bright for plants after an asteroid strike, there's only so much dust that the atmosphere can hold, it would be darker for sure and that will make things cold, but it would be more like a what its like when there is a wildfire nearby, hazy with a reddish cast to the light especially at sunset/rise but It never got dark enough that photosynthesis couldn't happen so long as the plants were kept warm.

This video is so beautiful and horrific at the same time. Just imagining such a thing happening irl scares me but I have to say even if life ending all these events would be beautiful

The quality of the visuals is incredible! This channel makes me live in different eras of space-time, you make my flame of hope for humanity stay lit. A utopia is possible if everyone is willing to live in one!

I just Cannot THANKS the way your video keep me motivated for my ambition to save the earth and humanity making a prosperous future of the Human Civilization... Please do not stop making such videos it inspires us .

from 14:00 on, it just makes me incredibly sad. i cant imagine the sadness of knowing you will not return to the place you knew and loved (its like loosing someone you love

I cant even begin to think how lucky we are to live on this beautiful planet. Watching your videos makes everything else feel so insignificant, but in a way good way.

Another awesome video from melodysheep. The graphics & animation are breathtaking, the theory is well divided into sub parts and assumptions. 👍

So this is free?

This truly feels like a premium tv content. All of your video can be used to test display capability and demo but this particular one is perfect with LEMMiNO voice

One of the best RU-vid videos I’ve ever seen! The VFX is just godly, would love a breakdown on this. And the music!! Cried at the end when the greenery emerged, it was so moving all the way to this climax. And last but not least having Lemmino guide us through this Thank you for making this, a big inspiration to all of us

This is absolutely magnificent. It's literally the most well made and the best video i EVER saw in RU-vid, it's unbelievable. I can't withstand the fact that it has so few views compared on the quality, it's been 1 month and not even a million views yet, it's absurd. The video was delightful in the details, small details and information, it's simply magnificent. While most of the population are watching dumb, bad made, repetitive and generic videos, WE are watching this. Simply so interesting to see, i would literally pay for another video, it's incredible. I may be overreacting, but y'all can't judge me, look at this video, look at the script, the editing, the atmosphere, it's literally better than a movie. Extremely great work, watched it entirely without blinking, super interesting to know that even with a catastrophe like that, we still had a good chance to survive. Personally, i think that if it depend on people's action in general, we wouldn't survive, we act like animals. Again, this video is incredible and made me feel like i was inside of what i was seeing, satisfying to see, made my day.

Ive always thought about this subject. Thanks for making this amazing video

7:28 A hauntingly beautiful sight. I'd like to see a fantasy world with an environment like this- dark yet bright, and full of colorful fungi.

A LEMMINO x Melodysheep video???? This month is off to a good start 🥳

Had to watch this again. So amazing.

Worth the wait, Amazing Visual Narrative explanation

Yo what.....this is a masterpiece. Like a true documentary. Not some silly, poorly put together video. This is genuinely the best video on you tube I have ever seen. Well done!

Man, those 17 minutes flew by like fire. I admire your work so much for its imagery and buildup, sounds, and narrator. I hope I don't sound greedy when I tell you I hope this becomes a series.

Amazing content as always, i wish you all the best man

Amazing concept and Video as always. The Visuals, The Music, The Knowledge in this video is absolutely amazing! I can't stress enough as i don't have words for how to describe how amazing this content really is. This is just a 17 minute long video but this touched my Heart like no other video ever could have. I was in tears by the end of the video. This video gave such amazing information using such methods that i never thought were possible. I would become one of your patreons as soon as i can to help you produce more of these masterpieces. Thanks a lot melodysheep (John D. Boswell) for all these years of such amazing content, I hope you keep posting masterpieces like this for everyone to see for years to come. Godbless and Thanks a lot again!

“I hope you like corpse-starch Mr. Squidward.”

This video tells us that the good side of RU-vid still exists!! Thanks melodysheep for this amazing experience ❤

The atmosphere of these videos is just phenomenal

Incredible Sound Design! Excellent work melodysheep.

1:00 meanwhile: all the fish in the deep sea are chillin LOL

melodysheep and LEMMiNO are the only reasons I will clean my computer screen before watching a video

What an amazing video, appreciate the effort you put into this

thank you for your magnificent work.

Shoutout to the cameraman for surviving and recording this for us!

The wait is over! I love the channel. It fuels my passion for space ❤

Seeing MelodySheep and Lemmino collab gives me joy. You two are my biggest inspirations, and the reason I started RU-vid. I hope one day to come close to even a fraction of your skill.

Sound design and Video make me feel crazy inspired! Its so good i cant describe

I never thought I'd ever feel such a powerful and special connection to mushrooms and algae until now. Melodysheep, you are a national treasure for real, and not just an actor in a movie with the same name.

honestly melodysheep you produce the most, inspiring, jaw dropping, space documentaries on earth, as someone who been a bit scarred by stress over the years and finds it hard to access emotion....your content just fills me full of awe and wonder, it takes a hell of alot to move me emotionally but you always have me on the edge of my seat....thank you

Stunning video, insane cinematics!

Great Video!!! Congratulations bro!💪🏾🔥

Every Melodysheep video is like an entire movie, the quality is perfect! Thank you for this video!

The Human Future and this one were too heavenly for my small Mobile screen. The visuals, soundtrack, and the voice artists were just extraordinary. I'm in awe what I've just experienced. Your videos definitely deserves a theatre.❤

So much faith and optimism in humanity to be functional enough to go through such a major event and to regrow our environment without destroying it even more. We can only dream that humanity will become an actual civilization in order to achieve such a thing. A beautiful video, nonetheless.

Thank you for all that you do bro

Dear Melodysheep, Your videos always reflects that we as an individuals stand a chance in future.. All in all, you give me "HOPE" 🙏

Finally the GOAT is back. You have no idea how much I've waited for this video and how many times I've checked my feed since morning ❤

Love this! This channel is the sole reason I was motivated to make my own channel.

Melodysheep is only channel on RU-vid. Where I like the video first then start watching.

Another banger from Melodysheep, with two of my favorite youtubers! Thank you.

Finally, Got another magnificent Work of Art.... Thanks a lot, Melodysheep

CGI and tracks are just amazing 😮🔥

The video was emotional and inspiring.

This is just otherworldly. Incredible job @Melodysheep and the team.