The Fantastic World of Other Human Species

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  • čas přidán 15. 09. 2022
  • Move over House of the Dragon, Rings of Power, and other keywords that will attract viewers, because the world of prehistory is as fascinating and richly populated with sentient races as any in Fantasy. Well, off to play Warhammer 3.
    Also, I know it’s Homo neanderthalENSis and Homo FlorESiensis. Re-recording was not an option this time.
    Wikipedia Articles for the human species if you want to learn more about them:
    Paranthropus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranth...
    H. erectus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_er...
    H. neanderthalensis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._nean...
    H. heidelbergensis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_he...
    Denisovans: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan
    H. Longi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_longi
    H. Naledi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_na...
    H. floresiensis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_fl...
    Red Deer Cave people: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dee...
    Ghost populations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_p...
    Sources Used:
    australian.museum/learn/scien...
    humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/...
    www.si.edu/stories/why-did-ne...
    www.worldhistory.org/Neandert...
    humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/...
    www.britannica.com/topic/Deni...
    www.worldhistory.org/Denisovan/
    www.nature.com/articles/s4158...
    www.newscientist.com/article/...
    www.homonaledi.org/
    humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/...
    humanjourney.us/discovering-o...
    www.sciencedirect.com/science...
    www.nature.com/articles/natur...
    www.livescience.com/ancient-d...
    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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    Note: All videos should presumably fall under fair use, as not only is a small fraction of the video used, but my video and the means I use these videos falls under education.
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  • @Edenium01
    @Edenium01 Před rokem +2619

    When someone asks “What would happen if the other hominids were still alive?” the answer is always: Racism 2

    • @MAYBEMAYNOTBE2
      @MAYBEMAYNOTBE2 Před rokem +328

      They would've been killed and any remaining population would be restricted to few patches of land , you know like what happened to native American population in America

    • @non-whitesareevil.9090
      @non-whitesareevil.9090 Před rokem

      @@MAYBEMAYNOTBE2 Yeah when Spanish (dark skin Europeans) killed off 80% of the native American population.

    • @p00bix
      @p00bix Před rokem +313

      Exactly lol. Considering how horrible people are vs. people genetically almost indistinguishable from them (and behaviorally/psychologically identical), I can't imagine any positive outcome for anyone if there were multiple species with ACTUAL behavioral/psychological differences.

    • @theaman42069
      @theaman42069 Před rokem +15

      A Different Flesh in a nutshell.

    • @christopherhorn1161
      @christopherhorn1161 Před rokem +26

      Yup, they would have been discriminated against.

  • @YeszCore
    @YeszCore Před rokem +1952

    Imagine being a 3ft tall human and seeing a giant Komodo dragon

    • @werren894
      @werren894 Před rokem +61

      also climate for that tiny body and any animal that is more predatory in the pasific that is extinct today, bruh.

    • @gaywizard2000
      @gaywizard2000 Před rokem +95

      I was 3 feet tall once!

    • @CaptainMichaelJCaboose
      @CaptainMichaelJCaboose Před rokem +149

      Imagine being 3 feet tall and seeing someone who looks just like you at 6 foot

    • @DDoubleEDouble
      @DDoubleEDouble Před rokem +33

      You were 3ft at one point. We all were lol

    • @DDoubleEDouble
      @DDoubleEDouble Před rokem +35

      @@CaptainMichaelJCaboose like a house cat looking at a lion

  • @Godzilla00X
    @Godzilla00X Před rokem +481

    Imagine going back in time and giving a Neanderthal an atomic warhead sour candy

  • @MourningCoffeeMusic
    @MourningCoffeeMusic Před rokem +157

    “Ghost Populations” has me thinking about all the amazing creatures that we’ll never know have existed.

    • @daniellewillis2767
      @daniellewillis2767 Před 24 dny +2

      Drives me insane knowing we only know a fraction of what once existed civilisation-wise, extinct fauna-wise, etc..

  • @donjuan2001
    @donjuan2001 Před rokem +2750

    We need to rehabilitate the Neanderthal public perception, especially since it’s evident many of us are actually part Neanderthal ourselves. Despite often being portrayed as brutish and uncaring, analysis of burial sites indicate the Neanderthals actually cared for the old & infirm, which suggests they were actually quite compassionate and willing to help others without the expectation of anything in return. Shoutout Neanderthals, real recognize real.

    • @elitilton7015
      @elitilton7015 Před rokem +136

      Not to mention they were stronger, faster, and smarter than us lol. The only advantage we had was language which led to better organized social structures

    • @NZBigfoot
      @NZBigfoot Před rokem +191

      @@elitilton7015 We were far more adaptive however... they just couldnt change to habitat changes fast enough, often it comes always down to the middle ground, the ones that sit in the middle of everything survive better, the specialists are to rigid.
      But they live on within in alot of us still, even if just by a small bit.

    • @daylightbright7675
      @daylightbright7675 Před rokem +195

      @@elitilton7015 They had language from what we know, and were on our level intellectually. However they had significantly larger brains, more muscle mass and far more dense bones. This meant they had much higher energy and nutrient requirements, and needed to eat about twice what we do to survive. They were also less social and tended to keep to their own familial groups, they were unable to form what we call "culture." Now that's not because they were stupid, its just how they evolved cognitively. But our ability to form cultures and coordinate en masse is really the only thing that's kept us alive this long. After all, a lone human is a dead human. And a damn miserable one at that
      (Edit) Spelling errors

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 Před rokem +68

      @@elitilton7015
      Who tf told you they were "faster, smarter" and incapable of language?!

    • @gokuthetypeofningen1688
      @gokuthetypeofningen1688 Před rokem +21

      You’re right bro they did many things like us, it’s just they lived in small family groups compared to our large groups which is one of the main reasons they had no chance to outlive us, we were using more teamwork and sharing ideas. After that, fighting and fucking between our species led to their extinction/absorption into our population

  • @s7robin105
    @s7robin105 Před rokem +1501

    It would be cool if there were some fantasy book that took these species of humans and set them in a later period for a semi fantasy setting

    • @juliandacosta6841
      @juliandacosta6841 Před rokem +128

      There's one with a neanderthal world, but it's not great because the author just made the neanderthal world a perfect utopia.

    • @s7robin105
      @s7robin105 Před rokem +65

      @@juliandacosta6841 Yeah, if I were to make such a story I would more have them on a semi equal level rather than any being too far back or ahead. Makes it more interesting for conflicts, drama, and such

    • @cheezbiscuit4140
      @cheezbiscuit4140 Před rokem +25

      It's a double edged sword cuz science marches on. There could be a new discovery and your human species design or tools become outdated

    • @lets_fish_already_9345
      @lets_fish_already_9345 Před rokem +7

      I feel like neanderthals would be like the orcs from Skyrim if the neanderthals were in a fantasy setting.

    • @s7robin105
      @s7robin105 Před rokem +6

      @@cheezbiscuit4140 Hence why it’s fantasy. If it was realistic the small hobbit humans wouldn’t get anywhere but with fantasy you can create whatever you want

  • @Demos_Jeff
    @Demos_Jeff Před rokem +352

    The uncanny valley effect is something that I’ve always thought was a interesting concept because a lot of phobias and common fears do have some relation to problems that our far ancestors had to deal with. So I wonder if our hostile interactions with other human species may have created it?

    • @shinjite06
      @shinjite06 Před rokem +77

      I get the uncanny valley feeling while looking at chimps. I find them supremely ugly and unsettling.

    • @timestorm5687
      @timestorm5687 Před rokem +46

      i heard the uncanny valley is against dead bodies

    • @cryptic_gold5269
      @cryptic_gold5269 Před rokem +67

      Humans like to recognize faces, so I think uncanny valley is when our brain gets confused by something that we can recognize but doesn’t look right. But I do like your theory

    • @CAMSLAYER13
      @CAMSLAYER13 Před rokem +2

      Could be other barely human looking homonids

    • @computerfri3nd
      @computerfri3nd Před rokem +2

      ​@@shinjite06 nice pfp

  • @TheNuclearGeek
    @TheNuclearGeek Před rokem +674

    Homo Floresiensis is simultaneously a textbook, run of the mill case and an unbelievably remarkable case of "island dwarfism".
    The fact their entire population was isolated on perhaps only that one island (but at most several nearby islands) shows that general purpose approaches to survival, like we are designed, costs a lot in resources, so they "simply" evolved away everything they didn't need. Smaller body requires less food and water to maintain, they had no large prey to hunt which would only drive them smaller to go after things like seafood which they would have access to but not need strength to overcome.
    The brain is also a HUGE drain on resources. If you only have a limited diet and don't have to worry about defending yourselves, best to just cut back on it. However, that's not to say they weren't intelligent or had no need to think. They could have just focused on a more specialized set of skills and tools, like traps for whatever seafood they ate.

    • @theluftwaffle1
      @theluftwaffle1 Před rokem +37

      I wouldn’t say they lacked any large prey to hunt. The Flores island was home to dwarf elephants the size of a cow. We have a decent amount of carved bones of these elephants in a few scattered caves across the island.
      There was also an immense monitor lizard that was the dominant predator of the island.
      But the rest of what you said is correct

    • @randyross5630
      @randyross5630 Před rokem

      You have no Evidence for your Claims. However going over the Vastness of the Little People Data, and Evidence clearly shows most didn't live on Tiny Islands, but clearly you are not well versed enough with the overall subject and it's depths. Be Gone Simpleton, do not Diminish this Subject with your Feeble Mind!

    • @sanshandlebars2.09
      @sanshandlebars2.09 Před rokem +9

      Large *prey
      Predators hunt prey.
      Religious people pray.

    • @adogonyoutube6783
      @adogonyoutube6783 Před rokem +6

      @@sanshandlebars2.09 Corny

    • @V-S-
      @V-S- Před rokem +8

      There's has been many sightings of them in Indonesia since even before their remains is discovered, chances are they probably still exist! (hopefully)
      There are some videos too but probably most of them if not all are fake

  • @Draco84
    @Draco84 Před rokem +281

    7:11 I actually did a high school project for biology where we were given different species of hominids to study. I got homo naledi and I found it to be a really interesting species of hominid that sadly not many people talk about. I’m glad that you featured it in your video.

  • @Betterthenme
    @Betterthenme Před rokem +419

    A Stone Age/Ice Age D&D game would be amazing. Maybe have divine and most arcane magic be incredibly rare with primal magic being common.

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller Před rokem +12

      for fun, you could go to west papua, where they are being silently murdered by u.s. backed indonesia (world's biggest goldmine, who knew...) 60 years silent genocide 1.8 million dead. amazing cultures, music talent peaks in west papua/timor leste.. but too much darn gold.
      anyway, back to video games and youtube eh.

    • @Betterthenme
      @Betterthenme Před rokem +32

      @@atomictraveller my wife is Indonesian so I’m on the other side 😅 sorry buddy

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller Před rokem

      @@Betterthenme that's a real dumb side to be on. it's ok to be indonesian and pro-merdeka. but you're right, most indonesians are pitifully subject to propaganda and not seeing all the fing murder.

    • @CatsAreAmazing8187
      @CatsAreAmazing8187 Před rokem +23

      @@Betterthenme based

    • @mapache-ehcapam
      @mapache-ehcapam Před rokem +1

      Druids all around

  • @geordiejones5618
    @geordiejones5618 Před rokem +140

    I'm an aspiring writer and I've been developing a science fantasy series for a couple years now and this content is exactly what keeps me going. I think mythical/cosmic fantasy and magic grounded in evolution/nature are crazy underexplored in speculative fiction.

    • @toxicmaniax5719
      @toxicmaniax5719 Před rokem +3

      Bro lemme read when u done bro

    • @bradleyb4920
      @bradleyb4920 Před 11 měsíci

      I can relate with that as I, too, find joy playing around with creative endeavors such as what's mentioned above. What's the status of your project? You have a couple of people interested✌️

    • @shadow_wili2975
      @shadow_wili2975 Před 7 měsíci

      I'm interested, dropping a reply so I can be reminding if you make an update!

    • @sabrinarolim235
      @sabrinarolim235 Před 5 měsíci

      I'm interested too!!

  • @doggo7078
    @doggo7078 Před rokem +117

    I love this. I remember when I was a kid and I started searching what kinds of humans had existed, classifying them in a word document with some information about them and pictures. When I found out that Florensiensis existed I went nuts, but it was better when they announced the discovery of Naledi and Denisovans more recently on TV

    • @telesniper2
      @telesniper2 Před rokem +1

      you should plan a trip to indonesia and go out in the countryside. Lots of little Florensienians scrabbling about, you'd be thrilled.

  • @ironwillACNH
    @ironwillACNH Před rokem +56

    It's kind of beautiful that they live in us, and how much history we all have.

  • @DanKeehner
    @DanKeehner Před rokem +123

    Great to see you back, and what a comeback. Dragon Man was just getting talked about when I took my Evolutionary Biology class.
    Really interesting to see that like many animals there was a time where several species of humans coexisted or at least lived alongside one another.

    • @JRBDWD
      @JRBDWD Před rokem +2

      We literally live in a world filled with different human species

    • @donjuan2001
      @donjuan2001 Před rokem +8

      @@JRBDWD wut

    • @SunofYork
      @SunofYork Před rokem +1

      Different species cannot mate successfully.... the neanderthals etc were therefore not a deferent species, but a different race. Am I right ?

    • @JRBDWD
      @JRBDWD Před rokem +3

      @@SunofYork Some species can indeed reproduce. And no,Neanderthals were a different species

    • @SunofYork
      @SunofYork Před rokem

      @@JRBDWD All species can reproduce. Both your parents were members of a single species. Homo Sapiens mated and reproduced with Neanderthals, and therefore Neanderthals were the same species as homo sapiens, but a different race that's all.. Modern humans have physiologic differences between races but all can reproduce with each other..... so same species .... The boundary of species is marked by their ability or otherwise to mate with other species... Modern Humans are genus great ape and species homo and race homo sapiens...

  • @jantyszkiewicz8823
    @jantyszkiewicz8823 Před rokem +75

    Love your vids, glad you're back. I always got fascinated by merging prehistory into the realm of myths and fantasy. Most recent I guess are the works of R.R. Martin but you can see the same sentiment in the old Robert Howard stories about Conan and others (though painfully outdated by now). Anyway, can't wait for another video!

  • @JohnRBIV
    @JohnRBIV Před rokem +64

    Great video. This is somewhat of a crypto-anthropology thing, but I always loved the idea of the “Pygmy/Stork War” myth talked about by Plutarch, and how the Homo Florsiensis remains were found in that cave alongside the bones of that massive Stork. So many pieces of Ancient Greek and Roman art depicted battles between Storks and small humans, it’s fun to fantasize about maybe, somehow, our ancestors knew about Homo Florsiensis and their Stork problems. Plutarch’s pygmies were said to live on the Nile though, not some far off island.
    The more likely explanation is probably that throughout history there have been gigantic storks that hunted smaller prey, even if they were human. I just love to think that maybe there are stories that go back THAT far and made it to antiquity.

    • @ssjjshawn
      @ssjjshawn Před rokem +12

      I mean the oldest surviving tale, the Epic of Gilgamesh beginss with "In those long Ancient Days"
      I personally hold to the idea that some form of proto Village/proto cities could possibly be found in the Sahara, since that was still Green a few thousand years before Mesopotamia. And rven older tales could be formed and reinterpreted for new Cultures so that their origins become obscured.

    • @jackvos8047
      @jackvos8047 Před rokem +4

      @@ssjjshawn there has been sites found already like that in the Sahara.

    • @ssjjshawn
      @ssjjshawn Před rokem +1

      @@jackvos8047 i was unaware, need to look into that more then lol

    • @skehleben7699
      @skehleben7699 Před 7 měsíci

      The great pygmy/stork war. The idea cracks me up!

  • @williamgwirtz4318
    @williamgwirtz4318 Před rokem +17

    I'm glad you're making videos again. I enjoy your style of explaining things

  • @jaygroovy4744
    @jaygroovy4744 Před rokem +6

    Another great video. It's so rare for me to love a youtuber's content as much as this. You're awesome!

  • @MrPatrickguy
    @MrPatrickguy Před rokem +4

    One of my favorite channels, so glad to see more uploads :)

  • @pyaesonehtun1272
    @pyaesonehtun1272 Před rokem +5

    This gotta be my favorite prehistoric channel ever. I love every single episode from it.❤

  • @BrianH1313
    @BrianH1313 Před rokem +3

    Welcome back. This is an interesting look at past human species relatives. Keep up the good work.

  • @alejandrorios2920
    @alejandrorios2920 Před rokem +5

    I just came across your channel and I been enjoying it, I was wondering if you can make a video about when the language barrier become prominent or when we as humans beside to make our language for the region we live in. Keep up the great work 👍!

  • @itsKelsen
    @itsKelsen Před rokem +2

    glad to see you back! your videos are always interesting

  • @Jakkozaki
    @Jakkozaki Před rokem +14

    Wonderful video to make your return with!

  • @samisbasement
    @samisbasement Před rokem +3

    so glad to see you back! another great tbm exhibit

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner77 Před rokem +18

    The branch of human evolution has many, many twigs that have grown out of it, representing the many human species that became extinct, and we are familiar with only a few as of today. Some say that 99.9% of all life forms that have ever existed have gone extinct or evolved. Everything is in constant change given the time.

  • @panqueque445
    @panqueque445 Před rokem +9

    7:13 that looks like the sickest LAN party of all time. Playing Counter Strike 1.6 with the homies in a cave.

  • @nobrac1647
    @nobrac1647 Před rokem +5

    Lovely video! The fantasy comparison was nice in setting the tone too.

  • @HellaTeeth
    @HellaTeeth Před rokem +15

    I recently started listening to Quest Master and other dungeon synth so it is very cool that it showed up here as well. I highly recommend Tales Under The Oak and Glog as other bands in the genre to check out.

  • @traviscansler223
    @traviscansler223 Před rokem +16

    This is so thought provoking! I want to learn everything about the history of these people.

  • @demoflower3583
    @demoflower3583 Před rokem +2

    Damn these vids are insanely well made, great job dude

  • @nekoeko500
    @nekoeko500 Před rokem +22

    The process of population of the Americas is weird as they come. Dunno if still stands feasible, as I'read it decades ago, but the Onas (y'know the guys Darwin returned after they were kidnapped) are closest to australian aborigins, while mapuche and tehuelche populations seem to be closer to the rest of american populations, except for amazonians who seem to come from Asia. It is not only weird as hell, but also probably lost

  • @lordarthur2165
    @lordarthur2165 Před rokem +4

    Thank you for this video! It made me have some ideas for an fantasy alternative universe to ours with different civilization made of different species.

  • @leekinnucane9278
    @leekinnucane9278 Před rokem +12

    I know its a small detail but adding Wikipedia links for a more casual watcher really compliments the more detailed sources, amazing vid as always!

  • @jackhazardous4008
    @jackhazardous4008 Před rokem +15

    I fucking love my ancestor ape bros

    • @zoulzopan
      @zoulzopan Před rokem

      we need to return to monke

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Před rokem

      @@zoulzopan
      You're a Hominoidea (Ape), and apes are Catarrhini (Old world monkeys). Humans are apes and apes are monkeys. Humans are monkeys.

  • @john_dillermand
    @john_dillermand Před rokem +5

    I love quest master's music. Thank you for featuring him. Please 🙏 continue to in your future videos.

  • @glopple
    @glopple Před rokem +13

    A video on the giant birds of New Zealand would be very interesting

  • @icycrusader1947
    @icycrusader1947 Před rokem +1

    It's been quite a while, glad to see you're still up and running.

  • @alantremonti1381
    @alantremonti1381 Před rokem +4

    You're one of the best creators on this platform.

  • @Whydidtheychangeittohandlesnow

    Have you covered the cerutti mastodon site yet? I would love to hear your review of the findings! It suggests hominids in North America as early as 130,000 years ago.

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek Před rokem

      Miniminuteman did a good video about it a couple weeks ago:
      czcams.com/video/5z3DbmOuaFI/video.html

    • @doggy1716
      @doggy1716 Před 7 měsíci

      I'm pretty certain that it was found that it wasn't actually evidence of human arrival in North America but I might be wrong

  • @chancegivens9390
    @chancegivens9390 Před rokem +4

    This is one hell of a video! Great job.

  • @blockbuster3712
    @blockbuster3712 Před rokem

    I've been looking forward to seeing this video for months!

  • @DCrswims
    @DCrswims Před rokem +1

    He's back!!! Very great to see a new BH vid!

  • @ScanovatheCarnotaurus
    @ScanovatheCarnotaurus Před rokem +16

    I’m curious if instead of crossing Beringia, that one ghost lineage crossed the Pacific, considering it’s not super unheard of for island races and peoples to travel between the pacific islands. Doesn’t explain how they scaled the Andes to reach the Amazon though.

  • @HaiderMHadi
    @HaiderMHadi Před rokem +95

    too late have a hobbit waifu, too early to have an alien waifu

    • @JRBDWD
      @JRBDWD Před rokem +19

      Disgusting

    • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
      @JohnGardnerAlhadis Před rokem +16

      Frikkin' weebs, man.

    • @nome5273
      @nome5273 Před rokem

      Please touch grass

    • @JRBDWD
      @JRBDWD Před rokem +2

      @@nome5273 Keep using death memes and you will be next to him on the cringe records

    • @HaiderMHadi
      @HaiderMHadi Před rokem +2

      @@JRBDWD put my name above his tho

  • @Actual_Neanderthal
    @Actual_Neanderthal Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the shout out bro, appreciate it!

  • @daudiochero
    @daudiochero Před rokem

    Bro I remember watching a vid on this channel several months ago..I think it was something about ancient animals...I'm so glad I found this again

  • @owenschulz9504
    @owenschulz9504 Před rokem +5

    My favorite theory about brain size not mattering was that the evolutionary bump that gave humans their niche was that they became bipedal, leading to the development of a more complex brain to use these newly freed hands

  • @autonomouspublishingincorp8241

    The last known "Hobbit" people dwelled in the Philippines, and were only hunted into extinction a mere 300 years ago, according to local accounts, and the discovery of their bones. ...well, sort of. Technically the last account was of a singular remaining specimen (unconfirmed) as it was hunted / chased into the woods after it attempted (and failed) to abduct a small human child (The child out-witted it) but was never found, and assumed dead. (Reportedly was badly wounded during it's escape attempt) This account would conceivably put the extinction event even nearer modern day, but aside from the written accounts, and oral traditions, we have no physical confirmation of that one. OR, if we apply movie logic (No body = not dead) then the primitive Hobbit kind could theoretically still exist unnoticed by modern man in some remote hole in the rocks somewhere.

    • @Twiggo_The_Foxxo
      @Twiggo_The_Foxxo Před rokem +16

      Where the hell did you get that information from

    • @declanjones8888
      @declanjones8888 Před rokem +3

      ​@@Twiggo_The_Foxxo That's what I want to know.

    • @alancoe1002
      @alancoe1002 Před rokem +4

      Ah, yes. The Many Gollums Theory. Our version will be the Morlocks. After the next Not Us species arises from our ashes.

    • @Fife1621
      @Fife1621 Před rokem +5

      Man, I thought I was stoned lol

    • @misteryA555
      @misteryA555 Před rokem +1

      It feels kind of rude to refer to other hominins as "it"...

  • @clareellen7722
    @clareellen7722 Před rokem +2

    This channel feels like Sisyphus 55 but like history/science version. Which is a high compliment!

  • @jayneblanche3853
    @jayneblanche3853 Před měsícem

    To the content, channel creator: beautiful humor at 6:51!* One of the best to be appreciated characteristics of any home sapien:) Fine gold example:) Keep up the great work. Your vids are very cool in style and informative.:)

  • @wfield123
    @wfield123 Před rokem +8

    Hey Budget Museum, great work as always! One thing you didn't touch on here but that I'd be interested in, is the idea of Homo Sapiens exterminating other Human Species instead of the others simply dying away do to natural causes. Yuval Harari makes a compelling case that Homo Sapiens went about systematically exterminating competitors and very cleverly ties it back to our belief systems as humans. How many mythologies and religions are predisposed on the idea that we are singular, "made in gods image" and so on. it would certainly demystify human sentience if we were just one of many sentient species habitating earth... I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this if you have any!

  • @Williamfuchs420
    @Williamfuchs420 Před rokem +13

    Cavepunk as a genre needs to be a thing. Monster Hunter kinda fits the bill and a way Ark maybe for games but we rarely see any storytelling set in this late early tool making age the events had to be intense and unique with different Human races all living among each other and interacting and interbreeding probably waring with them.

    • @swamplife3148
      @swamplife3148 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Only 10,000 bc kids remember cavepunk

  • @takenname8053
    @takenname8053 Před rokem

    VERY NICE, happy to see you back!

  • @birdbon3s
    @birdbon3s Před rokem +1

    I knew I was hearing Quest Master!! Great choice, suits the video super well

  • @pennyflowers8027
    @pennyflowers8027 Před rokem +4

    Different species interbreeding usually result in sterile offspring.
    Genetic research showing that we have Neanderthal DNA and some populations have Denisovan and others Longhi DNA suggests we (& possibly Foreinsis) are subspecies of the human species.
    Thoroughly enjoying your videos.

  • @viciousyeen6644
    @viciousyeen6644 Před rokem +6

    Please don’t forget that hominids probably never really lived in caves. They spent time there, seeked shelter on hunts and used them as religious sites, such as a burial site. There are hints they actually lived in houses and tents relative to the ones we know from the early stoneage. There definitely was a technological evolution on the usage of building materials and techniques used to erect houses. But they had to built their shelters, no one can live in a cave for long

  • @craigmitchell8892
    @craigmitchell8892 Před 3 měsíci

    amazing video x im subscribing for sure!
    Shout out quest master too was loving the music and immediately recognised some zelda ocarina of time soundfonts!

  • @cottton
    @cottton Před rokem

    man when i first discovered your channel u were at like 120 subs
    Now ur at 200k nice

  • @kourdoumpoulis
    @kourdoumpoulis Před rokem +5

    Could you do a video on snails and slugs?

  • @Duskstone89
    @Duskstone89 Před rokem +17

    In a way, I can appreciate the fact that there's only one of us left. Us Sapiens can barely handle others of our own kind having darker skin or redder hair, imagine if there were different hominid species with seriously distinct traits on top of that?

    • @dhuh6760
      @dhuh6760 Před rokem

      Even worse than Racism, Scientifically Accurate Racism.

    • @I-io8ee
      @I-io8ee Před 5 měsíci

      If neanderthals were to live, they'd already be considered people since we can already breed with them

  • @ethan.8791
    @ethan.8791 Před rokem

    Glad you’re back!!

  • @HolyApplebutter
    @HolyApplebutter Před rokem +2

    My favorite explanation (or at least contributing factor) to Neanderthals' disappearance is actually specifically due to their body size. They were larger and stronger than our species, and because of that they needed much more food to sustain themselves. So during the winter (and especially once mega fauna began to disappear), they struggled much more than we did from lack of food.

  • @fallintheabyss4758
    @fallintheabyss4758 Před rokem +3

    Yes I love this topic!

  • @bluejay7071
    @bluejay7071 Před rokem +3

    Those ghost populations should have left the Heart of Lorkhan alone.

  • @mayceehash8434
    @mayceehash8434 Před rokem

    glad to have you back

  • @SparkySouI
    @SparkySouI Před rokem

    great to see you back!

  • @gabitheancient7664
    @gabitheancient7664 Před rokem +5

    being a human is so weird, why can I look at stones modified by homo floresienses and be like "owwwn"

  • @Tjalve70
    @Tjalve70 Před rokem +27

    I'm sure many of the prehistoric populations has wizards.
    Or at least shamans, which is many ways is about the same thing.

    • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
      @JohnGardnerAlhadis Před rokem +8

      Shamans probably couldn't cast _magic missile_ though. :

    • @Tjalve70
      @Tjalve70 Před rokem +3

      @@JohnGardnerAlhadis Probably not.
      But I didn't see that mentioned as a requirement.

    • @gravel9270
      @gravel9270 Před rokem +10

      The fact that many ancient "magicians" are actually the equivalent of priests, priestess, monks and shamans. "Magic" is technically part of some religions.

    • @Tjalve70
      @Tjalve70 Před rokem

      @@gravel9270 My point exactly.

    • @Eternal_Sufferring
      @Eternal_Sufferring Před rokem +1

      @@gravel9270 "magic" is just undiscovered science

  • @BloopSuperJuice
    @BloopSuperJuice Před rokem

    I've been studying about our for months to years at this point and there are still things to find out! love it.

  • @azarmoni7928
    @azarmoni7928 Před rokem +1

    Cool video. Really enjoyed watching it, especially while listening to the background music. What is it? I would like to know.

  • @CommanderToad307
    @CommanderToad307 Před rokem +6

    you should do a video on how Dinosaurs eventually turned into birds.

  • @mysryuza
    @mysryuza Před rokem +5

    I find it sad that when people talk about their ancestors, they don’t typically don’t include these guys unless they’re talking about evolutionary lines 😭

  • @MrCorey1357
    @MrCorey1357 Před rokem +1

    Questmaster rock man! So good to hear them in a video! Such a perfect soundtrack to this!

  • @stevencoleman9928
    @stevencoleman9928 Před rokem

    Glad you’re back :)

  • @trevortammen2341
    @trevortammen2341 Před rokem +4

    In reference to the multitude human species, I quite liked halos take on the pre flood human empire where, except for the absolutely truly ancient evolutionary ancestors in our family tree, all of the truly intelligent and societally advanced human species existed together and filled their societal niche in the empire, with neanderthalis mostly existing in the worker role with their stockier builds and larger muscle structure, with home sapiens, us, taking advantage of our structurally more complex brains and filling in the strategic and military roles of the society, with everyone being mostly equal to eachother.

    • @TmanRock9
      @TmanRock9 Před rokem

      It would be neat if we did form a civilization together but by the time anything you’d call an empire formed other species where long dead.

    • @trevortammen2341
      @trevortammen2341 Před rokem

      @@TmanRock9 I'm aware of this..only ones who'd be a part of a real life one would've been us, Neanderthals, those little hobbit dudes from the Philippines they found a while back, and maybe homo florensis

  • @franklinlara1831
    @franklinlara1831 Před rokem +5

    I wonder if it’d be possible to bring Neanderthals back from extinction if we were to try to synthesize their genome from our own DNA. Would they be perfect Neanderthals or would they be our own version of what we believe them to be like kinda like Jurassic Park

    • @morgan9005
      @morgan9005 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I have contemplated this and I wonder if they would truly be Neanderthals. Sure, mostly genetically Neanderthal, but not in their culture. What did they pass down by teachings that a genetically resurrected Neanderthal would not obtain? How would our influence change who they become? How would the drastically different world we’ve since created change them?

  • @Paden0418
    @Paden0418 Před rokem

    I needed this , thanks!

  • @richarddelo3506
    @richarddelo3506 Před rokem

    Well done. Welcome back. I hope you had a nice summer.

  • @TimangiFanClub
    @TimangiFanClub Před rokem +4

    Could the 'ghost population' be our common ancestors DNA? Or is the shared DNA much more recent and specific than that? Cool vid.

  • @The-Black-Death
    @The-Black-Death Před rokem +8

    You'd LOVE Conan The Barbarian as it touches on early humans somewhat and how the Atlanteans of the series were Cro-Magnon men.

  • @gegeeza1339
    @gegeeza1339 Před rokem

    Great video as always

  • @VI6JayBeGrabbin
    @VI6JayBeGrabbin Před rokem

    You gotta upload more often my guy 🙏🏽

  • @CenturionMkXIII
    @CenturionMkXIII Před rokem +18

    It is kind of Scary how Advanced these people were, like there is a time line where the dominant species on earth is different type of human

  • @Breaker2005
    @Breaker2005 Před rokem +3

    To add on to the Neanderthals. I read that another reason they were short is because their habitat consisted of mountainous terrain. A shorter body provides a lower center of gravity and helps with balance.

  • @masonmachell683
    @masonmachell683 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Its surprising how many other sorta human species there were and also how almost all of them were super short like with the neanderthals I thought”5’3 thats pretty short” And then naledi”4’9 that’s really short!” And then florensis I thought”Oh my god 3’0!”

  • @stargobo
    @stargobo Před rokem +2

    Great video as always, but Quest Master was an awesome recommendation. Thanks!

  • @jourdansarpy4935
    @jourdansarpy4935 Před rokem +2

    I wonder if those South Americans who are related to New Guineans come from an old lineage of seafarers as opposed to people who crossed beringia.

  • @yaofan1552
    @yaofan1552 Před rokem +3

    It's crazy that the DNA of these ancient hominids consist of up to 20% of West African genetics!

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek Před 10 měsíci

      It's crazy because it's bullshit.

  • @lovendor
    @lovendor Před rokem +1

    fascinating. took an anthropology course and im ready to switch majors

  • @colhammer1
    @colhammer1 Před rokem

    Subbed. Love your humor. So dry.

  • @pippywondergirl
    @pippywondergirl Před rokem +4

    hood classic

  • @Spag419
    @Spag419 Před rokem +3

    I remember it being said that another reason our species was more successful than the Neanderthals was because we needed less calories to function. The example given was two groups of equal size, one homo sapien and the other Neanderthals and both groups were given a fixed amount of food. By the end of the projection the Neanderthals needed almost 10× as much food to maintain their group size.
    Now if I can only remember for the life of me where I'd heard that.

    • @danielperezcardenas4074
      @danielperezcardenas4074 Před rokem +2

      Sapiens Diet was 2.000 calories
      Neandertha diet was 4.500 calories

    • @dirtydan2721
      @dirtydan2721 Před rokem +2

      Not 10 times as much food but I could see it getting exponentially worse the larger you are.
      Human hunter-gatherer groups like native americans all had multiple camps they would visit throughout the year, this is 100% needed to collect enough food even in the more "temperate" parts of north america. If you use double the food you also have to walk twice as far and have to build double the amount of temporary camps. They didn't sit still like farmers on their designated plots of land, they had to move. Anything they couldn't carry with them including their houses they would have to leave behind in a "safe" place and build anew once they exhausted the local resources.
      A cave is a great example of what I would imagine their "winter-house" to be, they have the naturally warmed air from beneath the earth and great insulation with more space than the average shelter that they could build. I'd imagine they would know where all of the caves in the area are and would primarily be in the caves in the winters and possibly migrate out of them and expand their range again, travelling to 2 or 3 residences at least throughout the year. For neanderthals they would either have to cast a "wider net" and walk further and further from one of their camps to collect food or make 4 shelters.

  • @TheAngryPothead
    @TheAngryPothead Před rokem +1

    Nice to hear some dungeon synth instead of the usual synthwave on YT videos using free music.

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell Před rokem

    Happy to hear you again.

  • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
    @SergioLeonardoCornejo Před rokem +50

    Isn't it funny how fascinated we are by other civilized beings in fiction even though our species kind of made every single one irl go extinct?

    • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
      @JohnGardnerAlhadis Před rokem

      _Homo Sapiens_ adapted and survived in changing climate conditions. That doesn't mean that they were responsible for the demise of other species.

    • @adorablecockroach5131
      @adorablecockroach5131 Před rokem

      Survival of the fittest you either adapt or die.

    • @internet5076
      @internet5076 Před rokem +8

      thats not true.

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 Před rokem

      They weren't civilized.

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ Před rokem

      Basically, humanity is lonely after brutally murdering all of our relatives. Funny how we also desperately look to the stars in hopes of finding civilization when there are plenty of animals on Earth with intelligence approaching that of a human.

  • @Russian_Bot
    @Russian_Bot Před rokem +3

    7:14 gamers taking Minecraft to the extreme

  • @jungtothehuimang
    @jungtothehuimang Před rokem +1

    This didn't show up in my subscription feed for some reason I saw it recommended on my home feed though luckily

  • @fizzehbuboleh5290
    @fizzehbuboleh5290 Před rokem

    The dungeon synth in the background 👍🏻🔥

  • @dav9104
    @dav9104 Před rokem +12

    Would it be possible to bring them all back one day by cloning or are their DNA too damaged?

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller Před rokem

      maybe we could just stop them being murdered in west papua..

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller Před rokem +1

      @@macmcskullface1004 holmes i have been through so much shti that is "literally" incredible that ? isn't going to cut it if you wish to elicit a precision response. the entire world looks at me like "?". that's all, ever. it's simple, you can see it in my natal chart. mars at 0 aries. lunar ascendant by 1 minute. and several other precise conjunctions. anyone can begin any time they want.

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller Před rokem

      @@macmcskullface1004 WPLO have had thousands of gory machete slice and hack and trenches full of bodies and various other atrocities pictures (the incinerated rape victim whose ashes still showed her parochial school uniform) but the world doesn't give a single fkcu. 1.8 million dead. world's biggest goldmine operated by us. corp freeport mcmoran. they have music genres for mourning, thousands of music videos with burials. but world silence. total blockout. and the MK ensures everyone is faaaar too concerned to be concerned. scuse the retar*ed typing, youtube doesn't let me type retar*ed anymore because it's retar*ed.

    • @test_subject_7127
      @test_subject_7127 Před rokem +8

      @@atomictraveller wtf are you saying 😂

    • @VinnyUnion
      @VinnyUnion Před rokem

      ​@@test_subject_7127 just a mentally insane person. just move on lol