Homo erectus | Why Did the Most Successful Early Human Go Extinct?

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  • Homo erectus | Why Did the Most Successful Early Human Go Extinct?
    The Ancients host Tristan Hughes sits down with Professor John Mcnabb at the University of Southampton to discuss the extinct species of archaic human, Homo Erectus (aka the 'Upright Man') that existed about 2 million years ago.
    Were these ancient ancestors the first to make stone tools? Were they the first to create fires? How did they hunt? How similar were they to Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens? Why did they go extinct?
    Tristan and John cover all of this ground as well as touching upon another species of human that lived on the remote islands of Indonesia, Homo Floresiensis, otherwise known as 'The Hobbit' due to its small structure and features.
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    #historyhit #homoerectus #humanevolution
    00:00 Introduction
    03:57 Homo Habilis
    05:59 Homo Erectus
    12:49 Stone Tools
    16:53 Fire Making
    19:24 Origins of Language
    21:40 Origins of Art
    23:29 Neanderthal and Homo Erectus Diet
    25:41 Extinction of Homo Erectus
    27:57 Homo Floresiensis ('The Hobbit')

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  • @HistoryHit
    @HistoryHit  Před rokem +84

    Hey guys! If you enjoyed this video, you'll probably also like 'The Origins Of Homo Sapiens With Professor Chris Stringer' 👉 czcams.com/video/mG4nxegSTCg/video.html

    • @traditionalgirl5585
      @traditionalgirl5585 Před rokem

      czcams.com/video/yUUZ38vaxFI/video.html

    • @cacogenicist
      @cacogenicist Před rokem +2

      The image in the thumbnail definitely does not represent _Homo erectus_ -- why not use an _H. erectus_ image in a video about _H. erectus_ ?

    • @James-kv6kb
      @James-kv6kb Před rokem +1

      Its so confusing if there were people In Indonesia for so long and the Australian Aborigines have only been there for 80000 years it doesn't make sense . How did Australia's stay so isolated when we were hooked up to the rest of the world with the land bridge

    • @larrybedouin2921
      @larrybedouin2921 Před 4 měsíci

      Evolution is fiction.

    • @holdthetruthhostage
      @holdthetruthhostage Před 4 dny

      I think as he said the parent species & child coexist. What if it was Disease from the child that killed the parent

  • @DropdudeJohn
    @DropdudeJohn Před rokem +769

    There is a pub near me where the patrons haven't yet reached this stage

    • @brittk3881
      @brittk3881 Před rokem +43

      I have a few neighbours that act and look exactly like this too

    • @maude6655
      @maude6655 Před rokem +33

      Sadly, it’s not an isolated occurrence.

    • @gonefishing167
      @gonefishing167 Před rokem +1

      👍👍👍👏👏👏😆😆😁😁👵🇦🇺

    • @manueldumont3709
      @manueldumont3709 Před rokem +10

      U must live in(Boer)-South Africa . 👾

    • @beachcomber1able
      @beachcomber1able Před rokem +44

      Are they all Brexit voters. 🤔

  • @rogerking7258
    @rogerking7258 Před rokem +412

    You can tell John McNabb is a real scientist because so many of his answers were variations of , "We're really not quite sure". It has always struck me in life that real experts in any subject you care to mention will sometimes say that they don't know the answer, whereas the 'armchair' experts always know absolutely everything.

    • @cyankirkpatrick5194
      @cyankirkpatrick5194 Před rokem +16

      I'm a "armchair" and I don't know anything really, I know a few things but not like this guy, but I do know what you are saying because I get talked down when I get to speaking about something I know about, and I no longer get upset about it because eventually I'm right, not being arrogant about it, and what really makes me laugh is when they ask either Siri or Alexa after they asked me when I give them the answer and they give them the same answer 🙄🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

    • @julianpalmer4886
      @julianpalmer4886 Před rokem +1

      But what's the actual point if science is both so uncertain & imprecise. Such Academics then risk coming across to the average layperson as being utter ignoramuses and probably mere charlatans!

    • @julianpalmer4886
      @julianpalmer4886 Před rokem +2

      @@cyankirkpatrick5194 me too. I'm known as the "whacky professor" in my largely ignorant, lower decile neighbourhood. Unlike these gutless boffins, I am not afraid to share my out of left field opinions. However even axioms are often dismissed as so much gibberish by my uneducated neighbours. I always preface anything unproven with, "this may sound a little odd to you, yet ...". Professor John McNabb should keep in mind, while on CZcams, that he is neither under: cross examination as an expert legal witness, or academic peer review. I believe that he discounts himself. And i humbly suggest, that if in any doubt, his ilk instead say that, "although I am not absolutely certain, my best educated guesstimate is ...". Otherwise it's all rather academic and a seemingly big waste of time. So much hot, stinky air.

    • @hannibalb8276
      @hannibalb8276 Před rokem +1

      Exactly. You see this so often now in the podcast era where for example, every other guest on the Joe Rogan podcast is some grifter proclaiming to KNOW some "secret knowledge" about some thing. They often use the fact that real experts readily admit they "don't know" all the facts by saying, "SEE?! THEY EVEN ADMIT THEY DON'T KNOW! BUT I DO! blah blah blah by my book/video/podcast series for the real ancient knowledge!".

    • @davidwatson2399
      @davidwatson2399 Před rokem +27

      @@julianpalmer4886
      Its about being honest and not making shit up.
      We dont know is the answer until we DO know.

  • @Deathmastertx
    @Deathmastertx Před rokem +229

    I really appreciate the way that John clarifies where there is a difference of opinion and is careful to point out what we don't know. I think that's real intellectual integrity and respect for the viewer.

    • @SaltyChip
      @SaltyChip Před rokem +14

      Agreed. Saying “I don’t know” creates more trust then any other statement out there.

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Před rokem

      Bacon isn't overrated.

    • @jasonmcroberts7994
      @jasonmcroberts7994 Před rokem

      Are you suggesting that he's keeping the religious folk happy? It seemed pretty obvious to me where his beliefs lie! And that is that we well and truly evolved from our Ape friends!

    • @charliecatesby3346
      @charliecatesby3346 Před 8 měsíci

      What the fuck? Nobody is or could argue anything else lol. What he's unsure of is whether we evolved specifically from Homo Erectus like many scientist believe we did or whether it was another similar ancestor. Whatever the case Homo Erectus is our close relative, anything with the prefix Homo is, technically they are "Huamns".

    • @olddog-fv2ox
      @olddog-fv2ox Před 3 měsíci +1

      It's just basic science.

  • @kelvie855
    @kelvie855 Před 9 měsíci +13

    The passion in the voice of John whilst explaining is felt.

  • @troykuersten2831
    @troykuersten2831 Před rokem +72

    I'm a huge fan of the fact that scientists have become more comfortable communicating what is still unknown and what is still debated in the field. I think it lends more credence to the things that are generally well known.

    • @markhepworth
      @markhepworth Před rokem +3

      This has always been the case..🤷‍♂️ Science is there to be disproven,hence peer review..🤷‍♂️

    • @Talleyhoooo
      @Talleyhoooo Před měsícem

      Maybe you’re just new to discussions such as these, since that’s usually the norm cadence for any professional scientist.

    • @troykuersten2831
      @troykuersten2831 Před měsícem

      @@Talleyhoooo, I am actually a professional scientist. The problem isn't so much that scientists haven't been doing this within the field, the problem is that we haven't been doing this when it comes to public communication. Scientific knowledge has always kind of been presented to the public as dogma, particularly when I was a kid in the early 90s, rather than an ongoing process with continuing uncertainty and questions. That's what I was commenting on.

    • @Talleyhoooo
      @Talleyhoooo Před měsícem

      @@troykuersten2831 lol come on, you’re not a professional scientist dude…
      Don’t lie, just defend your opinions

    • @troykuersten2831
      @troykuersten2831 Před měsícem

      @@Talleyhoooo, I'm actually a professor of Astronomy, you can look me up. Why is your first instinct to jump to personal attacks?

  • @naninano8813
    @naninano8813 Před 6 měsíci +6

    I initially was slightly disappointed because this is rather a podcast than a documentary, but the conversation is so engaging and with all the visual aids integrated into the discussion, I now think this is a marvelous and very informative episode and one of the most up to date sciencewise.

  • @Tymbus
    @Tymbus Před rokem +64

    Excellent, Professor John Mcnabb is thoroughly academic in his approach to the evidence and acknowledges areas of uncertainty, the abscence of evidence and where there are disagreements in how evidence is interpreted. Thoroughly enjoyable. More please.

    • @chaplainsoffice6907
      @chaplainsoffice6907 Před 7 měsíci

      All those apes running around on their knuckles are apes not early man.
      What they don't tell students is when Darwin was on his death bed he called for an Episcopal priest and received Last Rites.

    • @MossyMozart
      @MossyMozart Před měsícem

      @@chaplainsoffice6907 - And.........?
      (But you are correct. Early Hominidae as far back as the Australopithecus folk were upright walkers. Remember Lucy? She is an A. Afarensis.
      However, the Apes split into several pathways. An earlier split led to the 'Lesser Apes", the Gibbons. The "Great Apes" went down several parallel pathways - one path eventually leading to Gorillas and Orangutans; another eventually leading to Chimpanzees, Bonobos, and Homo Sapiens. All of these species remain in the Primate / Ape category.)

  • @thechieftain21
    @thechieftain21 Před rokem +23

    Got a lot of love for the stormtrooper helmet on the top shelf 👌

    • @adamtyson3962
      @adamtyson3962 Před rokem +2

      I searched to see if anyone else spotted that... right on bruv!

    • @tangobravo168
      @tangobravo168 Před rokem

      Ditto!

    • @j.a.weishaupt1748
      @j.a.weishaupt1748 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Well they did live a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. So we’re probably their descendants.

  • @chrisschurke4151
    @chrisschurke4151 Před rokem +29

    Imagine if there was an after life, and you could look down after thousands of years and see someone holding and describing your skull.

    • @docastrov9013
      @docastrov9013 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Imagine a peaceful and quiet afterlife for millions of years then we turn up with our culture wars

    • @Commander_Shepard.
      @Commander_Shepard. Před 7 měsíci

      @@docastrov9013I fairly doubt there was anything "peaceful" about living in the wilderness.

    • @johng4093
      @johng4093 Před 2 měsíci +1

      And decribing the "creature" as primitive, stupid, and ugly.

  • @seantlewis376
    @seantlewis376 Před rokem +11

    I just love Prof. McNabb's approach on things. It reminds me of the idea that wisdom begins with saying, "I don't know," and researching from there.

  • @yesterday1396
    @yesterday1396 Před rokem +19

    Fascinating chat! Wish it kept going!

  • @briangibson6527
    @briangibson6527 Před rokem +11

    Wonderful!! thank you both , Professor John Mcnabb and Tristan Hughes ,for a great enlightening video.

  • @Kompieter
    @Kompieter Před rokem +3

    What a treat this was. Thank you so much for making and sharing this.

  • @ptrinch
    @ptrinch Před rokem +18

    One of the skulls in the display cases looks like it came from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

  • @excession3076
    @excession3076 Před rokem +7

    Very good discussion.
    So much info conveyed, yet clear to follow and absorb.

  • @raelenecreed5513
    @raelenecreed5513 Před rokem +2

    So glad you did a video of this podcast. Would have to be one of my favourites

  • @Tonyblack261
    @Tonyblack261 Před rokem +5

    Fascinating look at our ancestors.

  • @Oturtlegirl51
    @Oturtlegirl51 Před rokem +9

    Good job, gentlemen. Fascinating stuff.

  • @shavaunaronan3188
    @shavaunaronan3188 Před rokem +2

    Absolutely enjoyed this video, so fascinating. John Mcnabb was a joy to listen to and learn from. Thank you so much!

  • @cornelisberndsen
    @cornelisberndsen Před 8 měsíci +2

    Very informative, and well presented. Many thanks.

  • @MrEnglischjules
    @MrEnglischjules Před rokem +6

    the force is strong with the top shelf in the display cabinet......

  • @murkyseb
    @murkyseb Před rokem +10

    That was so interesting, I love learning about our ancient ancestors I find them fascinating

  • @TrotterSoccer
    @TrotterSoccer Před rokem +1

    Much respect for John Mcnabb. I like the way he looks at and present science, discoveries etc. Very keen on not jumping ahead. Nice interview!

  • @leilaland3236
    @leilaland3236 Před rokem +2

    I’m so happy that I find this on the Internet.
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

  • @laurelsayer7557
    @laurelsayer7557 Před rokem +7

    A really great interview, so clearly expressed for lay people like me who want to gain a greater understanding.

  • @ThePapsforshort
    @ThePapsforshort Před rokem +2

    ...absolutely fascinating doc, brilliantly presented!

  • @sherrybirchall8677
    @sherrybirchall8677 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I have been looking for a video on early hominids that wasn't 3 hours long. I really appreciate this.

  • @badbiker666
    @badbiker666 Před rokem +4

    Well goddam! This was about the best discussion on early humans I have ever seen! Well done to every one involved.

  • @ejwilly2309
    @ejwilly2309 Před rokem +18

    Video title: homo erectus
    Thumbnail: Australopithecus

    • @mustyfan1584
      @mustyfan1584 Před rokem +7

      Haha I caught that too... apparently the person in charge of editing isn't an anthropologist!

    • @danziggystardust279
      @danziggystardust279 Před rokem +2

      Hmm I wonder why... 😅😅😅

    • @dirremoire
      @dirremoire Před rokem +2

      And it's smiling too!!! 😆

    • @hfhso37ndnks
      @hfhso37ndnks Před 27 dny +1

      Homo Erectus was taller and less hairy along with a drastically different skull.

  • @Ian-vv6tf
    @Ian-vv6tf Před 9 měsíci +1

    Very interesting listening to John. Very measured and highly intelligent.

  • @juliamacdonald3767
    @juliamacdonald3767 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for making this so clear.

  • @masaharumorimoto4761
    @masaharumorimoto4761 Před rokem +16

    Recently Homo Erectus was dated to be alive up to 100,000 years ago!!! That means we were walking the earth with them, pretty cool eh!

    • @Joyride37
      @Joyride37 Před rokem +8

      I know it’s common for species that branches off of one to still coexist with the original or a cousin. But it’s still weird to wrap my head around since Homo sapiens sapiens are the last one’s standing.
      Like (most likely) some erectus members developed into heidelbergensis and then some of those developed in our ancestor sapiens and also neanderdenisovans (who then split into Neanderthals and denisovans, where denisovans mixed with another super archaic hominin - my guess is Homo erectus - before mixing occasionally with Neanderthals and then out of Africa Homo sapiens). All the while there still woulda been overlapping time where erectus communities could run into any one of their descendant species, and those descendants ran into each other, and everyone was having a lot of prehistoric sex and well, here anatomically modern humans are with trace DNA of that history
      It’s tenuous and hard to prove but I read the language gene likely existed in Homo erectus, maybe it started with them and they were the first to really speak, while Homo habilis and Australopithecus grunted. So if they could, and we know we can and Neanderthals could and do probably heidelbergensis and denisovans could, how developed was language then even? It’s hard enough learning a different language between our own species, how would communication barriers work between species that have differently developed brains? That don’t have behavioral modernity vs those that do?
      Also What animal species exist today that has that overlap, if any? Where the ancestor species still co-exists in time with a descendant or sub species. I know there are plenty Im just blanking on specific examples

    • @oldbloke135
      @oldbloke135 Před rokem

      @@BlueMax507 Russians are proof that Germans did.

    • @markmccullough5873
      @markmccullough5873 Před rokem +2

      @Max actually we did. They never actually died out, just got mixed out.

    • @boneleg6952
      @boneleg6952 Před rokem

      They went exstinct 50 thousand years ago

    • @BenjaminMilekowsky
      @BenjaminMilekowsky Před rokem

      We were ?? What does it mean ?
      They were what we are now...doesn't it ?

  • @peterwhyte317
    @peterwhyte317 Před rokem +16

    Why did they go extinct? I have read that they made the same tools for a million years. Unable to adapt to something? Thank you both for a clear discussion with an amazing set of specimens.

    • @m5a1stuart83
      @m5a1stuart83 Před rokem

      war between species, homo sapiens are known for their barbaric and wage war to each other. Most hominim are tribals group with small populations, maybe 20-50 persons per group. And also they married each other and make their gene pool quite pure.
      But for what I know that The Hobbit in Flores were wipeout by Homo Sapiens by their old folk songs where those Hobbits try to kidnapp child and they burn them down.
      They were featured like small, with wide face and wide nose.

    • @guillervz
      @guillervz Před rokem +2

      I imagine that there could many reasons for their exctinction... Remember they are hominids, you can be perfectly adapted and still go extinct. It could range from bad leadership or lack of resources to simply bad luck or annihilation. Nature is terribly cruel. People too.

    • @Michael-du2fv
      @Michael-du2fv Před rokem +6

      We as a planet have experienced 16 civilization ending cataclysms in just the last 150k years. Imagine if we could go back 2 million years to find out how many asteroids, biblical floods, climate disasters have nearly wiped out us in the early years.
      Its frankly a miracle we are here.

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads Před 5 měsíci

      We are they. They are we.
      They evolved into us.
      They didnt go extinct, basically. Not in the same way H. Neanderthalenis went extinct.

    • @ingloriousbetch4302
      @ingloriousbetch4302 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@Michael-du2fv biblical floods? Pretty sure there's still never been a worldwide flood that covered the mountains.

  • @holyngrace7806
    @holyngrace7806 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Wow! That was brilliant! Engrossing! Professor McNabb is a superlative educator! Big deference after listening to him. Ty!

  • @marsy1480
    @marsy1480 Před rokem +1

    Absolutely fascinating! Thank you.

  • @eh1702
    @eh1702 Před rokem +16

    There is a kind if implement called the Skaill knife from Skaill on Orkney. Right up into astonishingly recent times, people were picking up these beach stones of old red sandstone and splitting them, using and discarding them. You just bang one against a harder stationary rock, and it splits into a fat and a thin half, and the thin one has a sharp edge.
    They have been described as the equivalent of the plastic disposable knife.

  • @dilihopa
    @dilihopa Před rokem +6

    Professor Mcnabb’s enthusiasm makes for a fantastic learning experience!

  • @traver1965
    @traver1965 Před rokem +1

    Thanks John. I really learned a lot here

  • @kateelderson
    @kateelderson Před rokem +1

    Interesting video and more easy to understand than some. Thanks!

  • @RobEnglebright
    @RobEnglebright Před rokem +13

    on the top shelf of that display case... that's a star wars stormtrooper helmet, not a skull?

    • @adaml19
      @adaml19 Před rokem +1

      That is definitely a stormtrooper helmet. Old mate clearly has a good sense of humour 😂

    • @uabhar7215
      @uabhar7215 Před rokem

      Noticed that. Didn't see a Predator though :/

    • @scottmcginn2169
      @scottmcginn2169 Před rokem

      it was a time long ago

  • @54000biker
    @54000biker Před rokem +3

    The interview is presented as if modern humans are the pinnacle of our development, I believe that we are still evolving.

    • @paspax
      @paspax Před rokem +6

      You believe correctly.
      Every living species is still and will always be evolving.

    • @davidwatson2399
      @davidwatson2399 Před rokem +3

      We are the pinnacle at this moment in time.

    • @RossKempOnYourMum01
      @RossKempOnYourMum01 Před rokem +1

      Our brains are actually getting smaller through a process that might be smiliar to domestication

  • @sanny27
    @sanny27 Před 10 dny

    One of the most interesting videos I have ever seen on the topic. Very well explained.

  • @StevenRud
    @StevenRud Před rokem +1

    Excellent video, LOVE it!👍🏻👍🏻

  • @parisfrance6483
    @parisfrance6483 Před rokem +5

    Like the video I really enjoyed this video more please 💯🎉

  • @zelvemorganz9001
    @zelvemorganz9001 Před rokem +3

    It has been a long, tiring day, so was going to skip this. I am so glad that I didn't! Enjoyed immensely.

  • @darrenjosephgregory
    @darrenjosephgregory Před rokem +1

    Fascinating video

  • @peterpayne2219
    @peterpayne2219 Před rokem +1

    This was outstanding.

  • @JohnDoe-px4ko
    @JohnDoe-px4ko Před rokem +16

    Wish John Mcnabb had been my professor when I did my degree in physical anthropology!

  • @csmats5374
    @csmats5374 Před rokem +4

    The guy being interviewed states points of view he disagrees with and lends them honest credibility before stating his own point of view. That makes him eminently credible himself.

    • @Talleyhoooo
      @Talleyhoooo Před měsícem

      Aka, he’s acting like a scientist

  • @GettingSchwiftyy
    @GettingSchwiftyy Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is totally fascinating

  • @guillervz
    @guillervz Před rokem

    Good to hear a real scientist. He's so careful and so clear with his statements.

  • @velvetindigonight
    @velvetindigonight Před rokem +15

    Great conversation, very informative and enjoyable. Thank you
    Now I know what the strange hardly worked, flat sided stone tools from my local brook are called 'Cleavers.! The brook runs along a valley parallel to a south coast long sandy beach so early habitation makes sense given the abundant food supplies of a coastal location.

  • @susannjarvis5587
    @susannjarvis5587 Před rokem +7

    What a wonderful interview. So fascinating. I would love to know why he doesn't believe homo erectus created art; why he isn't convinced. He is so knowledgeable that I feel his explanation would be interesting and informative as well as any arguments for the creation of art by homo erectus. And, yes, I did also watch the Origins of Homo Sapiens with Dr. Stringer. Another excellent interview.

    • @larryscarr3897
      @larryscarr3897 Před rokem

      Art is a concept..
      If an individual put red from a food sorce on its face to express some emotion, I would call that art.. i think we would see the beginnings of artistic expression very early. Maybe none were carving David, but id bet we would recognize art ,in some form anywhere we find culture.

  • @ianbrailsford5843
    @ianbrailsford5843 Před rokem +1

    Another informative and excellent video.m, for which I thank you.

  • @timhannah4
    @timhannah4 Před rokem +1

    Brilliant; Many Thanks 👍

  • @stefaniabosco2182
    @stefaniabosco2182 Před rokem +4

    Good jobs

  • @llengsuch3426
    @llengsuch3426 Před rokem +4

    Star Wars stormtrooper helmet in the top display case!

  • @user-fx3lv8im7f
    @user-fx3lv8im7f Před 4 měsíci

    Fascinating, clearly an expert and very passionate about the way he talks about the origins about humans and how we evolved etc But So many unanswered quesions , yet to be discoverd . Thanks very enlightening.

  • @user-du5xc6zj6b
    @user-du5xc6zj6b Před 4 měsíci +1

    That was really interesting and easy to understand pretty cool! ❤

  • @alicelund147
    @alicelund147 Před rokem +4

    Is small teeth an adaptation to fire? With cooked food you don't need as powerful jaws and teeth?

  • @adaml19
    @adaml19 Před rokem +3

    A long time ago... In a display cabinet just behind the presenters... 😅

  • @renegadeguerilla
    @renegadeguerilla Před rokem

    What a wonderful educator

  • @janetkizer5956
    @janetkizer5956 Před rokem +1

    Awesome discussion.

  • @netgnostic1627
    @netgnostic1627 Před rokem +34

    I wanted him to ask, "When we compare the brain sizes of two species of Homo, where adults of one tend to be 5'6" tall, and the other 3'6" tall, how can we do that realistically?" Surely we can't simply conclude that the species that's smaller in stature was less intelligent, solely because of brain size.

    • @susanross1651
      @susanross1651 Před rokem +14

      Yes, I’ve always wondered that too. I mean small dogs & large dogs have the same level of intelligence, but just look at the variations in the size of brain.

    • @stefanthorpenberg887
      @stefanthorpenberg887 Před rokem +10

      That’s a good argument. The same can said about the debate on neanderhals vs sapiens. The size of their brains were not the same, and they looked different, but were most likely on the same level, and shared many cultural traits.

    • @hypsyzygy506
      @hypsyzygy506 Před rokem +12

      @@stefanthorpenberg887
      Neanderthals had larger brains than us (Sapiens).

    • @cleanerben9636
      @cleanerben9636 Před rokem +8

      it's understood now that corvids are very clever and their brains are teeny compared to ours. The quality is better than the capacity.

    • @craigcottam
      @craigcottam Před rokem +1

      I was going to make a similar comment. Intelligence is far less about brain size than it is about neuron density. This is why corvids and some parrots are far more "intelligent" than much bigger species and why border collies are smarter than say huge headed Rottweilers for example.

  • @Notcorncowsorchickens
    @Notcorncowsorchickens Před rokem +3

    We all are bipedal, hairless African primates evolved from a variety of predecessors who competed for available resources & adapted sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Our species is IMO lucky to have developed language, music, art, as well as technical advances. Unfortunately, we like to fight, dominate & control. Cultural influences have to some extent allowed us to subdue the “savage beast” within with many positive results. I strive for Peace. Defend yourself daily against feelings of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony & sloth

  • @maxmoore9955
    @maxmoore9955 Před rokem +2

    Excellent, very interesting 👍

  • @dukeon
    @dukeon Před 5 měsíci +1

    I wish we still had big ass brow ridges. Those look so cool.

  • @deepgardening
    @deepgardening Před rokem +3

    Do you think the handaxe could have been thrown as a projectile? I had the opportunity to visit Olorgesailie in the early 80's and was impressed by how the handaxes littering the ground were most common below what would have been the shore dropoff to deep water. The H. E. there were butchering huge hippos and I don't imagine they were jumping on them and stabbing them. That would have terminated the individual's membership in the gene pool rather quickly, no?

    • @dwwolf4636
      @dwwolf4636 Před rokem +1

      Even a thrown regular stone upsets the evolutionary arms race.

    • @thychozwart2451
      @thychozwart2451 Před 7 měsíci

      I don't think it's out of the question, but I doubt it was a common thing they did, since it took a long time to make a handaxe, and you'd want to keep them with you. Also Homo erectus didn't have the evolutionary pressures to develop proper throwing, later species were better at it, but it wasnt until Homo sapien that we actually became adapted to throwing

    • @deepgardening
      @deepgardening Před 7 měsíci

      The hand axes I saw at Olorgesailie were of rather finer manufacture than the ones in the youtube viddy, and all the ones present were below the beach shelf, ie in deep water. No axes or giant hippo bones on the beach. I read an article about an experiment done in Belgium where a grad student made plaster casts of hand axes@@thychozwart2451

  • @parisfrance6483
    @parisfrance6483 Před rokem +7

    I wish there was a size comparison between all species in height it's so interesting 💯🙂🧐

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      It's lies. Subjective reconstructions aren't science. It's like modern art but with a veneer of "science" to dazzle the gullible.

    • @parisfrance6483
      @parisfrance6483 Před rokem

      @@scintillam_dei 🤨???

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      @@parisfrance6483 This is macro-evolutionist propaganda. I prove the Neanderthal and such, are lies, in Part 2 of my series "Greeks, Latins, Iberians and Jews were, and are, NOT BLOND!"
      I also undermine their claims of millions of years.
      I used to be subjected to such indoctrination attempts in public schools growing up in the USA a long time ago... but I questioned what I was taught, while my peers fell like flies, because when you stand for nothing, you can fall for anything; even racist garbage like Darwin's. Got a video proving he worshipped Satan.

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l Před rokem +1

      You can find that online Sapiens are close to the tallest though Neanderthals where bigger. Erectus is a fair bit shorter than us.

    • @parisfrance6483
      @parisfrance6483 Před rokem

      @@scintillam_dei dude seriously... all I said was ( I just would like to see skeletons of each species of what people think is correct ). 😐

  • @greatwhiteape6945
    @greatwhiteape6945 Před rokem +1

    I find all this highly compelling.

  • @gordonwallin2368
    @gordonwallin2368 Před rokem +1

    Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

  • @karenangel8922
    @karenangel8922 Před rokem +5

    Some modern human males have a brow ridge, not that large but they do have them. I have seen a few modern humans with rather large brow ridges, actor Ron Perlman for instance.

    • @chrisruss9861
      @chrisruss9861 Před rokem +1

      Some Australian Aborigines have a distinct brow ridge.

  • @nataliedickens1289
    @nataliedickens1289 Před rokem +3

    What fascinates me about human species is just how MANY there were, especially that there were 5-6 the coexisted at the same time on the planet. What I don’t really understand is why we are the only species of human left. Anytime I research the others no one ever knows what happened to them. They all just seem to phase out at some point in time. Some theories say that they all just merged into one mega species - which is us today. I wonder how true that is considering the very small (relatively) DNA contributions they made to our own. Perhaps we only share the amount of DNA we do with them is due to the common ancestors, as opposed to direct procreation between the species. Just my thoughts. I’d love to know what actually happened to them.

    • @anthonyproffitt5341
      @anthonyproffitt5341 Před rokem

      We are very tribal as a whole. Some of us fear differences and others embrace curiosity, challenge, and the beauty in our differences. I’d imagine it was no different back then. What little evidence we have doesn’t argue against it. The evidence shows their were multiple branches, interbreeding, multiple migrations in and out of Africa and Asia into and from Europe. We have dna sequences from 3 and have evidence that we are missing at least one more in south east Asia. Geological disasters, climate change, population growth, etc….. would have been factors reducing population in areas and perhaps forcing different species/subspecies to interbreed or die off. Very interesting to see new information with our growing knowledge.

    • @IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag
      @IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag Před rokem

      I think we mainly outcompeted and perhaps killed them too. Our ancestors were just better at doing everything and surviving in those times was not always easy, there was constant competition with other animals and other groups of hominids, since we probably had a very similar diet too. Think about how humans can kill without second thoughts and be merciless in war, this is similar to the situation our ancestors lived in, because survival was a constant war with other animals; it's either you, your family, your friends, your group, or them. This is how I view it, but I am no expert, to put it mildly.

    • @EJD339
      @EJD339 Před rokem

      @@IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulagit’s such an interesting questions. I understand why we develop instincts to kill for survival but I do wonder eventually if we will slowly lose a lot of our aggression.

  • @Wernerrrrr
    @Wernerrrrr Před rokem +1

    Loved it!

  • @70schild420
    @70schild420 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Excellent!!

  • @lowcountry79
    @lowcountry79 Před rokem +3

    First?

  • @biffphuddle6581
    @biffphuddle6581 Před rokem +4

    It is also possible the weirder and more primitive humanoids and hominids DEVOLVED as offshoots of a main line of development and then were killed off by their stronger relatives or otherwise inbred to the point they were no longer survivable... inbreeding can make a tribe more susceptible to disease and mental retardation.

  • @MrEolicus
    @MrEolicus Před rokem

    Fascinating. We know nothing really. At least compared with what we're about to discover.
    Fascinating field.
    Cheers.

  • @konstantinavalentina3850

    H. Erectus is my favorite ancestor human. They got absolutely everywhere. There's even a (very controversial) site in North America that at least one academic is claiming shows signs of human interaction (tool use) with mastadon bones 130,000 years ago. Granted that site and those assertions are extremely controversial, but, paired with how successful and well-travelled H. Erectus was, and the age of the site described, i have my little heart hoping that in the future, we might, perhaps find unambiguous evidence of a lost branch of H. Erectus in North America that died out long before modern humans ever arrived.

  • @terrymonaghan1240
    @terrymonaghan1240 Před rokem +9

    What a pity man then invented god to try to explain its origins.

  • @gordonspond8223
    @gordonspond8223 Před rokem +4

    Amazingly, several of these have managed to survive to this day!
    They can be found in a place called "Congress" and "The White House" in Washington DC.

    • @Maphisto86
      @Maphisto86 Před rokem +3

      Wow. Dude! Hold on! That is a grave insult to the intelligence of homo etectus.

  • @chrispurdy4859
    @chrispurdy4859 Před rokem +1

    Btw, love the storm trooper helmet in the display cabinet. Obviously from long ago and far, far away.

  • @big1dog23
    @big1dog23 Před rokem +1

    Well done.

  • @colintaylor7733
    @colintaylor7733 Před rokem +5

    Still clinging to the theory humankind started in Africa despite recent discoveries.

    • @jklang7217
      @jklang7217 Před rokem +8

      Please do tell?

    • @cg9952
      @cg9952 Před rokem +5

      Yes. Enlighten us.
      😄

    • @ashleybevis9769
      @ashleybevis9769 Před rokem +7

      In what way, please enlighten

    • @coltonross5414
      @coltonross5414 Před rokem +6

      The genetic evidence overwhelmingly supports the out of Africa theory.

    • @mustyfan1584
      @mustyfan1584 Před rokem

      While hominin evolution is quite a mosaic, with many species migrating all around Africa and Eurasia, the evidence is overwhelmingly clear that Africa is the origin point for Homo sapiens, as well as our genus's progenitors the Australopithecines.

  • @Tron-Jockey
    @Tron-Jockey Před rokem +3

    Looks like a typical MAGA.

  • @faridasachana9967
    @faridasachana9967 Před 10 měsíci +1

    So interesting!

  • @Maderyne
    @Maderyne Před rokem

    The ability to move through time, to be where monumental changes occurred. What an experience that must have been. To be there in that moment!

  • @glenrobinson916
    @glenrobinson916 Před měsícem

    Wonderful, wow, thanks very much!

  • @familyiseverything1617

    History and science is the two interesting and intriguing and fascinating things and stuff in life

  • @spacemanspiff3052
    @spacemanspiff3052 Před 8 měsíci

    I enjoyed the Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet on the top shelf of the display case behind them.

  • @peterwilliamson2965
    @peterwilliamson2965 Před rokem

    Thanks!

  • @scientifico
    @scientifico Před rokem

    Excellent conversation and some new points I haven't known. I know much of the appearance is of H. Erectus is conjecture but considering how long he existed, his dispersal across the region, his elegant human bipedalism, I wonder if showing as apelike with hair rather than smooth (for more heat dispersal thanks to running ability). And i wish there were more conjecture on socialization of these early hominids. I expect that much of the same social structures that we have were possibly expressed then... hunters were male, caretakers were elderly, the extended family of aunts and cousins surviving together. Language (as we know it) would not necessarily be needed. I will always consider Erectus as the first "human" in behavior (considering how long he survived). Then again... it might be those who became MORE human, that ended his reign. Heidelbergensis could have been more language capable and thus better at planning war/raiding parties.
    Such a mystery. Maybe one day answers will be revealed.

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 Před rokem

    Interesting documentary

  • @wotsitalabowt
    @wotsitalabowt Před rokem

    What a great interview, thoroughly enjoyable, especially for its candour about how much we don't know.
    Florensis, the outlier in our history, is especially fascinating. Then there is the other great anomaly, the Denisovans, not mentioned here.
    Together they suggest strongly that human evolution took many turns, not all of which necessarily led to descendants. Or did they?

    • @Talleyhoooo
      @Talleyhoooo Před měsícem

      That’s because your timeline is off. The subject is focused on Erectus.

  • @greatwhiteape6945
    @greatwhiteape6945 Před rokem

    I was hunting in northern NV and came across a lot of flint chips where the natives made arrowheads.

  • @danf7568
    @danf7568 Před rokem +1

    Excellent disclosure and review of the diverse nature of our human history. Interestingly reflected in skulls discovered at different site locations plus additional info and factual review.

  • @davehooper5115
    @davehooper5115 Před rokem

    so interesring

  • @waximillionco9249
    @waximillionco9249 Před rokem +2

    10x the number of ads on this channel than any I’ve ever seen. Cmon guys this is way overboard. I get monetizing but this is something else entirely.

  • @casteretpollux
    @casteretpollux Před rokem

    Those stone axes look handy for clearing vegetation, scraping hides, opening shell fish, shaping timber...