How Long Would You Survive in Every Prehistoric Era?

How long would you survive on prehistoric Earth? With no tools, no shelter, no medicine, and no knowledge of the world around you, even breathing could become your first challenge. In this cinematic prehistoric documentary, we travel through Earth’s geological past—from the Precambrian and Cambrian to the Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene, Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene. At every stage, we examine the atmosphere, climate, freshwater, food, dangerous animals, dinosaurs, disease, and the survival skills a modern human would need. Could you find food in the Cambrian seas, escape the giant arthropods of the Carboniferous, survive the predators of Pangaea, or live among the dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous? The final answer may surprise you: the deadliest threat is not always a Tyrannosaurus rex. Sometimes it is the air, the water, extreme weather, infection, hunger, or a single mistake. Watch until the end to discover which prehistoric period offers the best chance of survival—and which could kill you within minutes. Which period would you choose? Tell us in the comments. Subscribe to Primordia for cinematic documentaries about dinosaurs, prehistoric life, evolution, mass extinctions, and the lost worlds of Earth.