The Truth of Horse Evolution - Part 1

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  • čas přidán 6. 03. 2021
  • The evolution of the horse is often portrayed as a simple progression from small, 4 and 5-toed browsers to the large, one-toed grazers of the modern-day - but the truth is so much more complex than this.
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  • @fredorman2429
    @fredorman2429 Před 3 lety +2932

    I’m 82. When I was young even the NY public library didn’t have the wealth of instruction available in these videos. To think that this can be had by anyone with even a basic computer or pad.

    • @mrvn000
      @mrvn000 Před 2 lety +72

      ❤️❤️❤️ same here. I was born in Uruguay.

    • @biponacci
      @biponacci Před 2 lety +183

      Hi 82, I’m dad.
      I’m so, so very sorry

    • @thenerdbeast7375
      @thenerdbeast7375 Před 2 lety +126

      This is why there is a big push to make access to the internet a necessity like water or electricity. Everyone should have the right to information, especially in this day and age.

    • @RC.-
      @RC.- Před 2 lety +25

      @@thenerdbeast7375 people already have access to the internet. the bigger problem is censorship, free speech & privacy. countries like China can block sites & track down anyone who speaks negatively about them. they’re also considering laws to have an id to make a social media post. the golden age of the internet is over. It’s been turned corporate

    • @thenerdbeast7375
      @thenerdbeast7375 Před 2 lety +68

      @@RC.- That is completely unrelated to what I am saying. Yes that is a valid issue but not at all what I am talking about. Just because someone else is suffering doesn't detract from issues here in the US.
      What I am referring to is how in poorer and more rural parts of the country some people don't have access to reliable internet and because internet is still considered a luxury companies can have full exploitative right to price hike if they see fit. When the pandemic started in particular there was a big problem with learning at home for children because the sad truth was some kids didn't have internet and were at risk of falling behind. Like how owning a cellphone has become a requirement to applying for a job now it is starting to be the case for internet as well especially with more folks working from home. The internet should be a right in this day and age, not a luxury.

  • @silveryuno
    @silveryuno Před 3 lety +806

    Horse: I am the last of my genus.
    Human: I am the last of mine.
    Horse&Human: BEST FRIENDS!

    • @greenkoopa
      @greenkoopa Před 3 lety +13

      💚

    • @andreassjoberg3145
      @andreassjoberg3145 Před 3 lety +111

      Rather Horse: I am the last of my line, I don't wanna end! Human: mmmmmmm! Horsies are yummy to eat! Horse: I'll do anything! I'll carry you around so you can hunt and eat everyone else, just eat me last!!! Human: Deal!

    • @coagulatedsalts4711
      @coagulatedsalts4711 Před 3 lety +12

      @@andreassjoberg3145 we were best friends 🤪😌

    • @RobinTheBot
      @RobinTheBot Před 3 lety +60

      @@vids595 so you learned about horse husbandry from Red Dead Redemption? Some horses grow up with people, and love them like any family animal. Some are treated far better than any humans.

    • @maralonent6257
      @maralonent6257 Před 3 lety +5

      @@RobinTheBot watch Think Like a Horse. You might learn some things about horses

  • @TheMonkeykrunk32
    @TheMonkeykrunk32 Před 3 lety +354

    Equines be like:
    Imma tiptoe super fast.

  • @CMDPromptify
    @CMDPromptify Před 3 lety +2255

    Appreciating that these young people who look like my students are making deadly serious, open-access educational content that everyone can enjoy. Exceptional talent in conveying knowledge on a public platform. Thank you!!! This is the future!

    • @boogityhoo7452
      @boogityhoo7452 Před 3 lety +71

      Im 31 and this dude just made me feel inferior cause he just gave so much knowledge and still have videos about other origins and what not. I commend this dude.

    • @Omachronic8326
      @Omachronic8326 Před 2 lety +77

      Free learning should be accessible and we intend to make it so

    • @joshuajackson4742
      @joshuajackson4742 Před 2 lety +25

      @@Omachronic8326 you could always just get a library card and now you have the entire internet at your fingertips. What you people want is for professionals to work for pennies to give you free university level qualifications. Not the same thing.

    • @evanbecraft8201
      @evanbecraft8201 Před 2 lety +7

      I’ve been planning on making a video about ancient Sardinia, with its insane architecture

    • @TiffanyFinatic1
      @TiffanyFinatic1 Před 2 lety +10

      This is what the internet should be not all this entertainment bs

  • @Fede_99
    @Fede_99 Před 3 lety +2180

    No one:
    Ben: I'm gonna explain this animal's whole career

  • @GustavSvard
    @GustavSvard Před 3 lety +1528

    If part one is 44 minutes, that implies the existence of at least one more part that is 40-50 minutes long.
    My dudes, 1½ hours about the evolution of horses? This is the content I crave!
    Please do ratites next!

    • @jav8094
      @jav8094 Před 3 lety +40

      Bruh this ain’t ign why would he talk about Pokémon 🤔

    • @Ragatokk
      @Ragatokk Před 3 lety +6

      No, 2nd part could be shorter and the last part.
      for example 30 min.

    • @leonardogurney5488
      @leonardogurney5488 Před 3 lety +3

      Frick YEA!

    • @adamclark1972uk
      @adamclark1972uk Před 3 lety +20

      Part two is going to be 3 minutes long.

    • @felafnirelek8987
      @felafnirelek8987 Před 3 lety +9

      @@adamclark1972uk part 2 is going to be a segment on 7dos

  • @breaden4381
    @breaden4381 Před 3 lety +117

    I'm not particularly interested in horses, and yet here I am anticipating part 2.

  • @hippothehippo
    @hippothehippo Před 3 lety +376

    Are you telling me that one of the most important questions in building a complete picture of horse evolution besides their legs and size is: "Why the long face?"

    • @nobodyknows3180
      @nobodyknows3180 Před 3 lety +8

      I get that all the time, lol!

    • @JorgeLopez.888.
      @JorgeLopez.888. Před 3 lety +1

      The problem is those fossils are not from horses, these are complete lies.

    • @notoriousbig3k
      @notoriousbig3k Před 3 lety

      @@JorgeLopez.888. evolution and natural selection are BS

    • @Bsknten
      @Bsknten Před 3 lety +33

      @@notoriousbig3k no they aren’t, its a fact and theres no other theory of how life originated and developed with evidence that supports it.

    • @boogityhoo7452
      @boogityhoo7452 Před 3 lety +31

      @@JorgeLopez.888. oh really? So all these professors , paleontologists, researchers and countless others are all wrong and just making this up yet some random guy on youtube comments just happens to know the truth of it all. We all should be blindly listening to you!!

  • @ZentaBon
    @ZentaBon Před 3 lety +211

    When the lack of horse evolution videos showed, you said NEIGH!

  • @Fede_99
    @Fede_99 Před 3 lety +471

    I'm gonna need a big bag of popcorn while watching this

  • @peanutbuttertoast7742
    @peanutbuttertoast7742 Před 3 lety +54

    I find it really cute to imagine big horses roaming around with tiny versions of thier species lol

    • @raphmaster23
      @raphmaster23 Před rokem +5

      Kinda reminds me of lions along side their little Black footed cat cousins lol

    • @billybabc
      @billybabc Před měsícem

      Thats what i was going to say. Big cats and small cats tend to get along​@raphmaster23

  • @tyrellthiel2201
    @tyrellthiel2201 Před 3 lety +236

    There is an equine trueism in veterinary medicine: horses are born and then spend their entire life searching for the most creative way to die
    (Edit) anyone else absolutely love that porpoise are carnivorous artiodactyla?

    • @memomorph5375
      @memomorph5375 Před 3 lety +41

      Horses are only interested in homicide and suicide!

    • @georgeparkins777
      @georgeparkins777 Před 3 lety +21

      I believe all whales are obligate carnivores. It just seems more... herbivorous in the case of the filter-feeding krill predators.

    • @outinthesticks1035
      @outinthesticks1035 Před 3 lety +29

      My dad used to buy horses from natives , they were tougher than heck , just run loose all winter , no feed . Get into farmers grain piles , never founder , work them hard and turn them loose . After I married my wife got performance horses , I couldn't believe how much care they needed , special diet , dental work, pedicures, urologist's , what ever happened to the tough old hammerheaded mustangs ?

    • @notoriousbig3k
      @notoriousbig3k Před 3 lety +16

      @@outinthesticks1035 got replaced by the performance breed

    • @notoriousbig3k
      @notoriousbig3k Před 3 lety +6

      @@outinthesticks1035 they killed them ....

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 Před 3 lety +398

    "This is a world where birds...eat horses."

    • @tompotter8703
      @tompotter8703 Před 3 lety +12

      While that certainly might of occurred with phorusrachids, the order Gastornithiformes (consisting of Gastornis, Brontornis and Dromornithidae) were actually herbivores, due to the non hooked beaks, footprints indicating a lack of sharp claws and a study of calcium isotopes in the fossil bones.

    • @TaterChip91
      @TaterChip91 Před 3 lety +14

      Its a quote from Walking With Beasts. In 1 episode they show a Gastornis kill a Propalaeotherium. And the narration gives the technically true statement a world where birds eat horses.

    • @tompotter8703
      @tompotter8703 Před 3 lety +10

      @@TaterChip91Oh I am very much aware. I remember watching it when it first aired in 2001. Back then, it’s diet was still in question, so they went with the more spectacular option.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 3 lety +6

      They still do.

    • @bc7138
      @bc7138 Před 3 lety +1

      Very weird, I always thought he said 'This is a world where whales hunt horses' for some reason. I'm pretty sure you are right and it's just my faulty memory.

  • @craniifer
    @craniifer Před 3 lety +56

    My eyes are going cross trying to follow horse evolution. Toes coming and going, size changing left and right. I'll probably give this a re-watch in the future.

  • @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth
    @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth Před 3 lety +48

    *Evolution has no direction or progress.* Horses could just as easily evolve back into small creatures, given the right selective pressures.

    • @juliusfucik4011
      @juliusfucik4011 Před 3 lety +11

      Yeah but now humans select them for breeding...

    • @justarandomperson6401
      @justarandomperson6401 Před 2 lety +4

      its about if you're lineage can survive or not.

    • @GreenGrasshoppa
      @GreenGrasshoppa Před 2 lety +5

      Adapt or die.

    • @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth
      @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth Před 2 lety +2

      @@justarandomperson6401 Exactly. It's purely survival.

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 Před 2 lety +2

      @@The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth "It's purely survival."
      not exactly. it's pure FITNESS. it's whoever can leave the most offspring, that then go on to leave offspring of their own. that doesn't always even equate to long term survival. sometimes it's better to breed fast and leave a good looking corpse.

  • @caesertullo1824
    @caesertullo1824 Před 3 lety +159

    Horses actually developed one toe because they are really just angry creatures who wanted to give the middle finger to life 24/7 but also their mom's were around so they had to be polite.

    • @noegodinez1777
      @noegodinez1777 Před 2 lety +3

      I hope to find out how horse trim their own nails

    • @ihavenoideawhatimdoingwith4240
      @ihavenoideawhatimdoingwith4240 Před 2 lety +19

      @@noegodinez1777 Wild, or rather, feral, horses wear their hooves down by moving across great distances and rocks along those distances.
      Domestic horses have farriers (basically horse nail salons that travel?) that wear it down with tools.

    • @Jackie-hw1wn
      @Jackie-hw1wn Před 2 lety +2

      Actually they walk on their toe nail but I get what you saying

    • @sidilicious11
      @sidilicious11 Před rokem +2

      @@noegodinez1777 in the wild they wear down their hooves like all hooves animals do

  • @Sarafimm2
    @Sarafimm2 Před 3 lety +51

    Looking forward to Part 2: Domestication!!

  • @dinobarb3452
    @dinobarb3452 Před 3 lety +56

    Yes! Horses are some of the most important yet overlooked Cenozoic animals, thank you for going in depth of them.

  • @jurassicmark9368
    @jurassicmark9368 Před 3 lety +14

    My favourite thing about this is how you said "dinky donkey" with a straight face and a serious voice

  • @nacho2000
    @nacho2000 Před 3 lety +67

    I really like how every now and again you cut to camera footage to explain a point in these videos, it really helps the flow and helps people like me to visualize the info better (like in the sauropod feet video)

    • @SpinosaurFacemask
      @SpinosaurFacemask Před 3 lety +2

      Further points for the background curtain on the door, the light switch and whatever the brown dot on the the left side zoomed out shot, so that those of us who are easily distracted by faces have still something to focus on in the camera shots :)

  • @onuregetunccan2249
    @onuregetunccan2249 Před 3 lety +56

    Part 1 and it is 44 minutes already? Oh boy it is finally happening!!

  • @badasst-rex8626
    @badasst-rex8626 Před 3 lety +239

    After 20 minutes of this video my little niece is upset because u didn't mention Unicorn

    • @AvadGroup
      @AvadGroup Před 3 lety +9

      Good old niece excuse aka me my self and I

    • @barriewright2857
      @barriewright2857 Před 3 lety +3

      😂🤣😂🤣😂.

    • @jaggidfire
      @jaggidfire Před 3 lety +20

      tell your niece that though the Unicorn was a perissodactyl, it's actually closer related to the rhinoceros

    • @cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647
      @cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 Před 3 lety +6

      he also left out Pagasus

    • @jaggidfire
      @jaggidfire Před 3 lety +2

      @@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 complete fantasy

  • @NikoKourouklis
    @NikoKourouklis Před 3 lety +23

    It’s all the Terror Birds’ fault. If they didn’t exist, horses wouldn’t exist, therefore our society wouldn’t exist. People keep forgetting how important horses were to the history of humans.

    • @Brakvash
      @Brakvash Před 3 lety +1

      Impotant to Eurasia* no other continent used them as far as I can tell.

    • @DraconianMithril
      @DraconianMithril Před 3 lety +1

      Most humans didnt use the Horse. ALL HUMANS had dogs. Check ✔️ urself before u wreck yo self

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel Před 3 lety

      @@DraconianMithril I for once am totally convinced that the most important animal in history was a little humble 🦟

    • @NikoKourouklis
      @NikoKourouklis Před 3 lety +2

      @@DraconianMithril Horses were really important to European societies, which influenced other cultures around the world.

    • @DraconianMithril
      @DraconianMithril Před 3 lety +3

      @@NikoKourouklis After nearly 200,000yrs of Homo Sapien culture, the horse only made an impact for what? 10-8000yrs for Eurasians and only 500yrs for everyone else? And even so modern Africans and a few other modern societies still never really used them.

  • @squoosetiel
    @squoosetiel Před 2 lety +3

    I remember reading about horse evolution in elementary school and being so excited by what I learned that I decided to share it with the entire school on the morning announcements, and now I'm a high school senior and horse evolution still blows my fucking mind

  • @flygawnebardoflight
    @flygawnebardoflight Před 3 lety +134

    I have learned literally nothing about Horse Evolution in American (state of wisconsin) Public Schools. Really wish I did!

    • @JoJoZaka
      @JoJoZaka Před 3 lety +1

      because it doesn't matter

    • @SammyxSweetheart.02
      @SammyxSweetheart.02 Před 3 lety +23

      Public schools are only meant to teach you the surface stuff (eg. Evolution), not necessarily going too in-depth on certain animals (eg. the entire evolution of horses)

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye Před 3 lety +23

      @@SammyxSweetheart.02 Given the number of university students I've seen who cannot add or subtract fractions, you paint too rosy a picture.

    • @gortalla5474
      @gortalla5474 Před 3 lety +10

      Bruh why tf would schools teach specifically horse evolution? That would be pointless. They just teach evolution in general

    • @soybasedjeremy3653
      @soybasedjeremy3653 Před 3 lety +2

      @@gortalla5474 Evolution as a whole too, this guy definitely didn't pay attention.

  • @jeffreyschweitzer8289
    @jeffreyschweitzer8289 Před 3 lety +52

    This is just amazing work. I have been an amateur paleontologist to one degree or another all my life, and have never seen so clear and thorough an explanation of a major clade of animals. Details, trends, principles and conclusions all thoroughly presented and correlated. Bravo! Well done!

  • @ogieogie
    @ogieogie Před 3 lety +42

    I want to hear more about the evolution of the "dinky donkey."

  • @ERB
    @ERB Před 3 lety +103

    Love your videos.

    • @absoluteschmuck
      @absoluteschmuck Před 2 lety +9

      Huh, what a surprise to see you guys here

    • @Michallote
      @Michallote Před 2 lety +8

      @@absoluteschmuck I love how CZcams subtly serves the purpose of sharing interests

    • @juanjoyaborja.3054
      @juanjoyaborja.3054 Před 2 lety +3

      I would have never expected to find you here lol

    • @IAmTerrestrial
      @IAmTerrestrial Před 2 lety +3

      Duuuudee how has this comment not blown up?

    • @bobibg4ever
      @bobibg4ever Před rokem

      Loool

  • @InsaneGold
    @InsaneGold Před 3 lety +25

    Horse girls in school cliques will go WILD over this! Jokes aside, great video! I had learned more about equine evolution from this, I'm excited to see part 2!

    • @kitkatboard
      @kitkatboard Před 2 lety

      I feel like all my horse textbooks from my childhood lied to me :(

  • @PersonOfRandomnesss
    @PersonOfRandomnesss Před 3 lety +78

    So... is a horse a horse, of course of course?

  • @TheWooblet
    @TheWooblet Před 3 lety +16

    There's also still rare occurrence of polydactyly horses, they're quite impressive things to behold!

  • @justjordan3563
    @justjordan3563 Před 3 lety +12

    i can't force myself to watch my
    online lectures but i pulled out a notepad to take notes during this 😅

  • @Leon-on7sd
    @Leon-on7sd Před 3 lety +59

    Nice, we need more of those type of videos

  • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
    @hailgiratinathetruegod7564 Před 3 lety +449

    I myself see me as a horse-sceptic. Iam not convinced that these animals ever existed. Big hornless deer which are used to carry man and crate ? In Huitzilopochtli's name, call me Montezuma and let my empire be conquered by weird pale people if Iam wrong.

    • @cubanminions
      @cubanminions Před 3 lety +5

      You aren’t very smart...
      Edit: I understand that it is a joke now. I’m not going to defend myself anymore because I came off as very ignorant and rude. Please do not send me hate though, I do not want to get into any more arguments.
      Hope you have a good day

    • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
      @hailgiratinathetruegod7564 Před 3 lety +64

      @CyberDeath1337 Died of smalpox, still didn't care.

    • @gortalla5474
      @gortalla5474 Před 3 lety +50

      @@cubanminions pretty sure this comment was a joke

    • @korrafey1044
      @korrafey1044 Před 3 lety +28

      Giratina could pass for a mayan or aztec god pretty well

    • @EternalEmperorofZakuul
      @EternalEmperorofZakuul Před 3 lety +32

      @@cubanminions says the one who believes the silly theory of evolution! Everyone knows Viracocha created everything!

  • @bugmachine777
    @bugmachine777 Před 3 lety +11

    realizing the length of this video: "oh sick"
    realizing this is part one: *"oh sick"*

  • @suecastillo4056
    @suecastillo4056 Před 3 lety +21

    I’m an avid horsewoman and found this most interesting!!!You did a brilliant job and certainly enhanced my knowledge of these wonderful animals♥️🙋‍♀️Thank you so much! You outdid yourself!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰❣️

  • @Shoebill1447
    @Shoebill1447 Před 3 lety +31

    Try timestampping when Ben says "hippus".

  • @tyranitararmaldo
    @tyranitararmaldo Před 3 lety +17

    Huxley: "Shall I read my paper on horse evolution unedited?"
    Marsh: "Neigh!"

  • @AntoniusTyas
    @AntoniusTyas Před 3 lety +48

    "Time to explore this bush"
    That tone sounds different to my ears, dangit.

    • @glarnboudin4462
      @glarnboudin4462 Před 3 lety

      Reminds me of the Rifftrax short of that Tasmanian/Australia PSA about safely surviving and exploring 'the bush'.

    • @horsetuna
      @horsetuna Před 3 lety

      I just watched this video and I don't remember this being spoken

    • @tessie7e777
      @tessie7e777 Před 2 lety

      @@horsetuna I suggest you rewatch. He said it in reference to the horse evolutionary tree being more of a bush. And then he said…

  • @AidanMartin
    @AidanMartin Před 3 lety +12

    I honestly after watching this saw the similarities between Horse and Human Evolution.They both started off going back during eocene as living in forested environments.When the Rainforests they once thrived in started to disappeared or recede away, they both became more well adapted to living in an open plain environment.There was both at one point many different species of horses existing at the same time and place as well was the case with humans.

  • @FirstmaninRome
    @FirstmaninRome Před 3 lety +12

    This was an adventure inknowledge this was better than anything ive ever seen on horses, and i watched a five part documentary on them once,

  • @sweetcaroline3886
    @sweetcaroline3886 Před 3 lety +35

    I remember learning in gradeschool about the evolution of horses - my young mind was blown 🤯

    • @Ahahashir
      @Ahahashir Před 3 lety +4

      You got to learn about horse evolution in grade school? Lucky...

    • @GreenGrasshoppa
      @GreenGrasshoppa Před 2 lety +2

      Us too, grade 10 Biology though. We were learning about evolution with the horse used as an example because of the wealth of fossilized evidence.

  • @disontago5729
    @disontago5729 Před 3 lety +9

    Ben G here has a dialogue pose like he’s about to do a UFC prefight faceoff

  • @mikepierson7447
    @mikepierson7447 Před 3 lety +5

    "a dinky donkey" made me spit out my tea 😂

  • @jasonpiehler1006
    @jasonpiehler1006 Před 3 lety +86

    This is what should be going viral, instead we get glue being used as hair products.

    • @PersonOfRandomnesss
      @PersonOfRandomnesss Před 3 lety +24

      I think I get what you're saying...
      But I'm not responsible for getting the horse to the vet after putting the glue in its mane.

    • @shanecarubbi7864
      @shanecarubbi7864 Před 3 lety +5

      @@PersonOfRandomnesss 🤦🏻‍♂️ lol

    • @Andrew-ly6yf
      @Andrew-ly6yf Před 3 lety +13

      Glue is the final evolution for some horses..

    • @yomomz3921
      @yomomz3921 Před 3 lety +3

      Be careful what you wish for. I'd wager you wouldn't actually enjoy having a bunch of hair-gluers hanging around. They wouldn't be soaking in the knowledge... they'd be arguing over grooming tips and attempting to sue people.

    • @nobodyknows3180
      @nobodyknows3180 Před 3 lety +5

      I think that's covered under Gorillas?

  • @technologic21
    @technologic21 Před 3 lety +6

    A 45 min video about the evolution of our beloved equestrian companions? I'm all in!

  • @jumbomacaroni
    @jumbomacaroni Před 3 lety +54

    I like how his eye brows “ pop up” every time he pauses in between sentences. I counted 683 times he did that in this video.

    • @petebyrdie4799
      @petebyrdie4799 Před 3 lety +3

      If it were a drinking game, we'd be wasted after twenty minutes.

    • @DeedeedollieF
      @DeedeedollieF Před 3 lety +2

      Oh yeeeeeeeah he is doing that with his eyebrows 🤭

    • @marycraig2315
      @marycraig2315 Před 3 lety

      @@DeedeedollieF evolution has not been proven. Just because one man started the talk on it. Remember Darwin was just man who needed money so he could travel to prove his thoughts. Like I said before it has not been proven.

    • @weaponizedlizardmen360
      @weaponizedlizardmen360 Před 3 lety +8

      @@marycraig2315 it has essiantially bern proven. We have plenty of evidence and we can even see modern day cases of evolution occuring through random mutations. Although yes it is still a "theory", its one of the closes "theorys" to become science fact. Gravity is still technically a "theory" but there is so much evidence for it that you would be a fool to try and argue agasint it.
      Also it wasnt just one guy. It was two. Im blanking on the name (which is a shame because he has kind of been lost to time) but both darwin (and this other guy) were both coming to the same conclusion of eveoluation at the same time. It took darwin years to actually organise and analyse his thoughts and write his book. The only reason why we know about darwin other than the other gentlemen is because he published his work first.
      So no, it wasn't just about money.

    • @marycraig2315
      @marycraig2315 Před 3 lety

      @@weaponizedlizardmen360 I believe in God and your saying he was a monkey?

  • @spambaconeggspamspam
    @spambaconeggspamspam Před 3 lety +18

    "What are you having for dinner?"
    "Linguini"
    "Equini?"
    "What?"
    "What?"

    • @timtrainor9720
      @timtrainor9720 Před 3 lety +1

      I'll have the "Equid Hippus", well done thank you.

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 Před 2 lety

      @@timtrainor9720 meat well done is meat ruined.

  • @Leftatalbuquerque
    @Leftatalbuquerque Před 3 lety +6

    What I have just realized is that most herbivores of the modern era have hooves while most predators have paws. Elephants and rodents notwithstanding...

    • @ZombieBarioth
      @ZombieBarioth Před 3 lety +3

      Seems like more than just survivor bias, paws being more versatile and useful for things like grasping or digging made carnivorans better suited to a wider variety of lifestyles and therefore gave them an evolutionary advantage.
      That idea also extends to rodents, primates, reptiles, and amphibians.

  • @dynamosaurusimperious6341

    Didn't know 44 minutes of the history of Horses was so great,oh wait it's the Ben G. Thomas channel,so it's always great.

  • @beastmaster0934
    @beastmaster0934 Před rokem +2

    Imagine if Anchitheriines never went extinct.
    Imagine how cool it would be to have forest horses be a thing, just roaming the forests of North America and Eurasia, along with deer and other forest animals.

  • @Albertonification
    @Albertonification Před 3 lety +8

    Finally a detailed report about the evolution of horses , one of the most obvious examples
    and evidences
    of this all-inclusive process.If i had to choose superpowers i I'd choose to remember all the proto (eo)(mezo)(merric) hippus species just like Ben G Thomas.

  • @medikos
    @medikos Před 2 lety +4

    Hippo means horse in Greek.
    Potamus means river in Greek.
    Hippopotamus means the horse of the river.
    So ancient Greeks knew the relation between the 2 and like so many things people did not have to wait till 1800s and 1900s to discover.

  • @sampagano205
    @sampagano205 Před 3 lety +10

    I really like this video, it's always nice when paleo youtubers give focus to the evolution of mammals given how it can feel underfocused on compared to archosaurs who kind of absorb all the focus.
    One thing I'd be interested in is if you have any plans to talk about the paleontology and evolution of squamate lineages, because as a herpetology student now, I feel like it's my duty to point out that they don't get nearly enough love.

  • @peanutbuttertoast7742
    @peanutbuttertoast7742 Před 3 lety +5

    It would be helpful during a long video like this, a short review over what you've talked about. It's very confusing lol and hard to keep track

  • @howardshooter3246
    @howardshooter3246 Před 3 lety +18

    Loving the deep dive pieces. Obviously a lot of time and effort to make. Keep up the excellent work.

  • @octoriagaming1277
    @octoriagaming1277 Před 3 lety +13

    28 likes and 28 views. CZcams has nailed it!

  • @pelewads
    @pelewads Před 3 lety +8

    LOVE the longer vids. I grew up with horses. This was fascinating. Very much looking forward to part 2.

  • @blondbraid7986
    @blondbraid7986 Před 3 lety +7

    Great video! I remember being immensely disappointed eohippus was extinct when learning about them as a kid. I can't imagine any little girl alive that wouldn't love being able to have a horsie the size of a cat! I guess the closest thing alive are capybaras, but they're not quite the same.

  • @gotentrunksfusion
    @gotentrunksfusion Před 3 lety +8

    Love all the illustrations and how clearly and informative everything is

  • @hunterG60k
    @hunterG60k Před 3 lety +8

    Fantastic video! As someone who's been involved with horses my whole life I had no idea about most of this stuff, thank you for telling more of the story. Can't wait for part 2 👍🙏

  • @michaellevesley3578
    @michaellevesley3578 Před 3 lety +25

    Just leaving an obligatory comment to boost the engagement on this wonderful video.

    • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal
      @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal Před 3 lety +1

      Doesn't actually do anything comments and likes also dislikes don't help or hinder videos in the algorithm CZcams said this awhile ago in a science paper about their algorithm game theory did a video on it

    • @restinwalken
      @restinwalken Před 3 lety

      @@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal thats cause youtube keeps changing how its algorithm works.

    • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal
      @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal Před 3 lety

      @@restinwalken no it isn't they have never helped

    • @restinwalken
      @restinwalken Před 3 lety

      @@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal youtube once said it did help. So why are we to believe them now and not then?

    • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal
      @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal Před 3 lety

      @@restinwalken they actually didn't they said the exact opposite

  • @FRMJD1996
    @FRMJD1996 Před 3 lety +4

    Absolutely loved the video, it really did justice to the complex evolutionary history of Horses, well done. I can’t wait for Part 2 and personally, I’m really looking forward to seeing your in-depth look at the controversies surrounding the Evolution & History of Przewalski’s Wild Horses😁

  • @peppermintmiso4341
    @peppermintmiso4341 Před 3 lety +4

    The passion for evolution displayed in this video is just so good! I didn't expect it to be a 40-min video and just clicked it because I haven't watched this channel in a while. I'm glad I did~
    But what's the difference between premolars that look like molars, to actual additional molars? I really got intrigued. A lot of new tabs to look things up were done~
    Great content right here!

  • @sunnysideup8980
    @sunnysideup8980 Před 3 lety +4

    this has been one of the most interesting videos i've ever seen on the topic, thanks for making this!

  • @rubenskiii
    @rubenskiii Před 2 lety +4

    Evolution: *does it's thing*
    Humans: _"I WANT TO CATEGORIZE YOUR CREATIONS IN MY OWN NEAT SYSTEM, Y U MAKING THINGS SO COMPLICATED!?"_
    Evplution: *doesn't even notice, nor would it care if it did.*

  • @joesalvator5878
    @joesalvator5878 Před 3 lety +4

    Great video! I live in a flat on my sister's farm. And she has horses. I' m not around them much because she takes care of her own animals. But I think I'll go outside and pet them now, and reflect on this video.

  • @thathobbitlife
    @thathobbitlife Před rokem +3

    This was a spectacularly fantastic wealth of knowledge here. Watching this 1 video was like reading a dozen books. Honestly, so good.

  • @Stephano217
    @Stephano217 Před 3 lety +26

    So if this is anything like your walking with dinosaurs and other projects I expect part 2 sometime in 2027. Regardless an amazing video

  • @ctabacco
    @ctabacco Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for sharing this incredible information. As a life long horse person, it is exciting to learn about the history of evolution of horses, much of which I did not know. Looking forward to Part 2 eagerly!

  • @Redneckkratos
    @Redneckkratos Před 3 lety

    To the Ben G Thomas crew, I’ve been watching your vids for about 2 years and I’m so thankful for these longer vids as they help work go by better

  • @phatshah7377
    @phatshah7377 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow i love this. I have actually always wanted something like this and to date this has been the best. Tracking the evolutionary history of an animal in depth is so fascinating to me. More like this please!

  • @riskybusiness5047
    @riskybusiness5047 Před 3 lety +4

    This is actually really useful for me because it’s a case study for my biology class, thank you!

  • @KSWfarms
    @KSWfarms Před 3 lety +4

    I see anything about horses, I click! I love studying the evolution of horses.

  • @Rattafix
    @Rattafix Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely love the direction this channel is going in, keep it up guys 😄

  • @sarahb2623
    @sarahb2623 Před rokem +1

    What a remarkable, well researched video! Thanks so much for making this available on YT!

  • @cybrhunk333
    @cybrhunk333 Před 3 lety +3

    Masterful! Looking forward to Part 2!

  • @andrewfriday2521
    @andrewfriday2521 Před 2 lety +3

    I love these in depth looks at things no one else thinks about. Fascinating stuff!

    • @andrewfriday2521
      @andrewfriday2521 Před 2 lety +2

      In hindsight, I realize that sounds sarcastic, but it wasn't meant to be. It really is fascinating stuff! Lol

  • @C4Vendetta
    @C4Vendetta Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing video, the time and effort put into it really shows. The only critique I have is to perhaps film the in-person B roll at different locations, it would add a bit more of a dynamic feel to the video. Love your content dude!

  • @upandready4u
    @upandready4u Před 2 lety +2

    Amazing content! Painful reminder of how time has changed things. I'm talking about the fact that this young man could be my grandchild yet these videos are so thorough and informative

  • @Deeplycloseted435
    @Deeplycloseted435 Před 3 lety +3

    Bro, you are like the authority on horse taxonomy and evolution.

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 Před 2 lety

      nah. he's still just a student. he's just relating the information of the people who actually did the work.

    • @Deeplycloseted435
      @Deeplycloseted435 Před 2 lety

      @@thomasneal9291 as a professional student until I was 30, trust me when I say, that the student immersed in the literature, is often the most knowledgeable. What they lack in field and research experience, they make up for by having a voracious appetite for reading and adding to their knowledge. No one can truly keep up with the amount of science happening everywhere and being published constantly. Its just too much.

  • @tommyblansett9254
    @tommyblansett9254 Před 3 lety +3

    Interesting looking forward to part 2. If where to have a series covering animals of South America before the Great American Exchange especially those that resembled the Horses, Camels and Hippos should also be interesting. Developing and selling books on these animals should be a great source of income for your channel.

  • @katenc.3112
    @katenc.3112 Před 3 lety +1

    Realised CZcams had unsubscribed me after I found your channel again looking for this sort of great deep paleo content! Thanks for being such a great channel, I'm glad to be re-subscribed!

  • @Pangolin-Mandolin
    @Pangolin-Mandolin Před 3 lety +1

    Love your channel so much, dude! Can't wait for part 2!!!

  • @KooblyK
    @KooblyK Před 3 lety +29

    Me, a scientist: “Ooh, neat, this is so thorough and well presented!”
    Also me, a horse girl forever: “HORSEY HORSEY HORSEYYYYY 😍😍😍”

  • @HueghMungus
    @HueghMungus Před 3 lety +5

    Hell yeah I'm early 🤣 clicked as fast as I saw notification popped into the bell. Literally!

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 Před 3 lety +1

    This was fantastically done 👏 Another excellent video guys, looking forward to Part 2!

  • @dianesmigelski5804
    @dianesmigelski5804 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for making this wonderful video. I paused, backed up and went back over the information. There was a great amount of detail work that went into this video. I appreciate the effort and I really enjoyed all the information.

  • @joshadams8761
    @joshadams8761 Před 3 lety +13

    This video makes me regret not having stuck with paleontology. 😢

    • @elchinotapia933
      @elchinotapia933 Před 3 lety +3

      Same. Third world didn't give me a lot of choice tho u.u

  • @GiffysChannel
    @GiffysChannel Před 3 lety +3

    Hell ya, This is a full feature length film

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye Před 3 lety

      I'd love for this to make $300 million in the box office.

  • @RyanPHill77
    @RyanPHill77 Před 3 lety +1

    Fantastic!
    This is excellent. The amount of research needed to put this together is an accomplishment in itself, but it was also clearly communicated.

  • @le09das
    @le09das Před 2 lety +1

    I have to thank you brother for putting this together. Really brings me back to when I was a kid and watching a number of post dinosaur times.

  • @Robert399
    @Robert399 Před 3 lety +29

    You need to make this more clickbaity: "The TRUTH of Horse EVOLUTION - You Have Been LIED To - MUST SEE!!1"

    • @evilershark_2043
      @evilershark_2043 Před 3 lety +9

      You forgot the "ALMOST DIED - COPS CALLED - GONE SEXUAL!1!

    • @caviramus0993
      @caviramus0993 Před 3 lety +6

      Additionally the preview should be filled with arrows, emojis and Doug next to photoshoped pile of cash.

    • @MrRyan-wu4jx
      @MrRyan-wu4jx Před 3 lety +2

      A big peeve of mine is content that’s good enough on its own or people that already have millions of subscribers using clickbaity titles. It’s unnecessary and annoying.

  • @cloutlessmouse
    @cloutlessmouse Před 2 lety +3

    ok but when we getting part 2?

  • @VoyagerLife826
    @VoyagerLife826 Před 3 lety +1

    This is another level of quality guys very well done documentary on Amazing Horses I absolutely love it! Make more of these in the future

  • @aurorarowley7310
    @aurorarowley7310 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm really wanting to know when part 2 is going to come out for horses. It's because of this video I found and subscribed to your channel! 😊

  • @MrLolguy93
    @MrLolguy93 Před 3 lety +5

    LOOK AT MY HORSE
    MY HORSE IS AMAZING

  • @AlexMoreno-zj7po
    @AlexMoreno-zj7po Před 3 lety +18

    horses evolved from lobsters

    • @Shoebill1447
      @Shoebill1447 Před 3 lety +4

      No they evolved from a chair

    • @Paulito-ym4qc
      @Paulito-ym4qc Před 3 lety +7

      this is obviously someone experiencing time reverse, who is trying to tell us that horses too will evolve into crabs, like we're all domed to do.

    • @AlexMoreno-zj7po
      @AlexMoreno-zj7po Před 3 lety +9

      @@Paulito-ym4qc horses are a brief stop on the path from lobsters to crabs

    • @isaiahwolftail867
      @isaiahwolftail867 Před 3 lety +4

      There end evolution will be s crab

    • @Shoebill1447
      @Shoebill1447 Před 3 lety +5

      @@isaiahwolftail867 *a crab

  • @n00n87
    @n00n87 Před 3 lety +1

    Great, detailed video as always. Looking forward to Part 2!

  • @KittyCat-ev3cj
    @KittyCat-ev3cj Před 2 lety +2

    Is part 2 almost done? Part one was really interesting and I really really want to watch part 2 when it is ready. I really hope it is ready soon.