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Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 20% off their first box of awesome — go to https://www.bespokepost.com/whatif20 and enter code WHATIF20 at checkout. 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. Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/humans-going-extinct/ 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 Questions or concerns? Contact us at https://underknown.com//contact/ Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: https://shop.whatifshow.com/products/what-if-top-100-book?_pos=1&_sid=c5b671f1b&_ss=r%3Futm_source%3Dyoutube Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join Check out our other channels: How to Survive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOch_vMp7AKaiGE7e6kSHfg?sub_confirmation=1 Aperture: https://www.youtube.com/c/ApertureScience Crazy Creatures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvD6IcobriqC89sVphFJV3w?sub_confirmation=1 Your Body On: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2nLX75iIhJ9ajmVG8lTdHw?sub_confirmation=1 Origins of Food: https://www.youtube.com/c/OriginsofFood Versus: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDjdqErCKFtO6Y2pd2fBB7g WTF Did I Just Watch: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcWBTKrbwC2Rf-w3yWsKClQ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNAKl2ySsHj8GZO Humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdCDQIyXGnw&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIFnvmOeWbv-Mt8zFxSCSvZ T-shirts and merch: https://teespring.com/stores/whatif Suggest an episode: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJIU3JxZQvCAJCCFbLQ74gY2qABW6wLj18dOqP-EBujyLrfA/viewform?usp=sf_link Newsletter: https://whatifshow.com/explorers-club/ What If elsewhere: Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Bj5UnspbwE Twitter: http://bit.ly/whatif-twitter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser What If in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5BW1w7JyJW3r8rpR3BhqKA What If in Mandarin: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIG_f_x7GlHsLy18rkDUNrg Podcast: https://whatifshow.com/podcast/ What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: https://underknown.com Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/