What If Humans Suddenly Went Extinct?
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Whether it was a global pandemic, a planet-wide volcanic event or a gigantic space rock, we reached the end of the line for our species. Every single human on Earth is gone. For good. While there’s no hope for humanity to make a comeback, we’d be leaving behind a lot of stuff. Cities. Highways. Waste. Time to see just how long it would take for the last remaining traces of human life to disappear.
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00:00 Countdown to human extinction
01:26 Thanks Bespoke Post!
03:17 One Week
05:03 One Year
06:12 50 Years
07:22 150 Years
08:13 500 Years
09:08 One Million Years
09:49 Five Billion Years
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