About 70,000 years ago, a global catastrophe drastically reduced the human population, bringing humanity as close (as far as we know) to extinction. Living on Earth forever is risky. How long will humanity last? The answer depends on whether we will leave the planet or not.

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Chapters:
0:00 0:41 Introduction
0:41 5:38 Part 1: Surviving on Earth
5:38 6:26 Alura
6:26 8:19 Part 2: Colonizing the Solar System
8:19 11:39 Part 3: Colonizing the Galaxy
11:39 14:48 Part 4: The Dark Age

Sources and Additional Reading:

Toba Catastrophe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_ca...

Krauss, Lawrence M.; Starkman, Glenn D. (March 2000). "Life, The Universe, and Nothing: Life and Death in an EverExpanding Universe". The Astrophysical Journal.

Approach of Star Gliese 710: https://doi.org/10.1051%2F00046361%2...

Nelson, Stephen A. "Meteorites, Impacts, and Mass Extinction".

Cox, J. T.; Loeb, Abraham (2007). "The Collision Between The Milky Way And Andromeda". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Frautschi, S (1982). "Entropy in an expanding universe