The Earth 200,000 Years Ago | 200,000 Subscribers Special

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  • @okokisafuckingloser6298
    @okokisafuckingloser6298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1761

    Let’s get Ben to 13 billions subs so he can tell us how the Big Bang happened.

    • @2canines
      @2canines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Hmm. We need more babies to make it a reality.
      With the combined effort of Everyone, we can do this.
      Everyone! Ready your bedrooms!
      FOR Ben G Thomas!! ENGAGE!!!

    • @kellywolstenholme8134
      @kellywolstenholme8134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Karla Kirkpatrick A scientific theory is different than a layman's theory. A scientific theory is, essentially, "There is no way to observe this and thus definitively prove this, but all evidence points to this as the reality." Gravity is a theory. We can see stuff falling and observe that we don't float away until we enter space, but we technically can't see gravity, only the effects. But gravity is what makes sense, so it's a theory. The same is true of the Big Bang. I think that what you consider a theory, is actually a hypothesis.

    • @beateberg5535
      @beateberg5535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      big bang is a lie a fairy tail

    • @okokisafuckingloser6298
      @okokisafuckingloser6298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      2canines we could just make a bunch of alt accounts

    • @okokisafuckingloser6298
      @okokisafuckingloser6298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rahel Panse It was a joke

  • @lemmingscanfly5
    @lemmingscanfly5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    I love it when cave paintings can literally be used as ancient taxonomy documents.

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I want to take a hammer and chisel with me camping and carve a relief of myself carving a relief of myself.
      Just to hopefully mess with future archaeologists.

    • @Nomammosway
      @Nomammosway 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@scottyj6226 there is a whole science behind it. The data from cave paintings bears fruit at times.

    • @kingpest13
      @kingpest13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      One day anthropologists will see our graffiti and think we were WILD...oh wait

    • @kingpest13
      @kingpest13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@scottyj6226 there is a jetty in panama city that has a strangely white rock amongst the grey ones. Someone sculpted a mermaid into it. It's fully 3-d and was done by someone who had talent but not time.

  • @kiarash608
    @kiarash608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2245

    Eventually we'll get to a "The Earth 65 million years ago" video.
    Come on guys, let's make it happen!

    • @alexandracorrea803
      @alexandracorrea803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      i think we should point t o the eocene, not only is it closer but we get to see terror birds, descendants of dinosaurs, not as large (but still big) and have dangerous beaks, dinosaurs should be after, not before.

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      But what will they do if they get over 4 billion subscribes and they can't make videos about what the earth was like back then since the world did not exist yet or even worse what if they get 13.7 billion subs and have to make a video about the big bang.

    • @exploatores
      @exploatores 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@belstar1128 I like the way you are thinking. I kind of think youtub are going to be suspicios. when their is more supscribers to this chanel then their is pepole on earth.

    • @alexandercolefield9523
      @alexandercolefield9523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      the last section of "Humans 65 million years ago" is going to be very meta

    • @Newbmann
      @Newbmann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Let's go even further beyond
      How long before we reach earth 500 million years ago?
      Explosion time.

  • @daleowens7695
    @daleowens7695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    A 650 Kg giant bird?! Who cares if it's herbivorous? That would be absolutely terrifying to encounter, the damage that thing could do with a single kick is hard to imagine.

    • @AngryCarMechanic
      @AngryCarMechanic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      A kick from something like that (especially if it defended itself similarly to Emu's and Cassowary's) would probably dent/slice open a car, if not total it beyond repair.

    • @amandastakeonit7402
      @amandastakeonit7402 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right? Ostriches and Cassowaries are primarily herbivores if not entirely (other than accidentally consumed animals), that doesn't mean they are sweethearts, because they aren't cassowaries have killed and both can kill! They are both aggressive, and I know a lot of HANGRY vegans!

    • @rupertholborn9258
      @rupertholborn9258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If anybody has been on the receiving end of a 800g pissed off chicken while holding it. 650kg version scares the hell put of me

    • @alanfinch8763
      @alanfinch8763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      massive christmas dinner anyone lol

    • @kylecheng3710
      @kylecheng3710 ปีที่แล้ว

      Phorusrhacos was an apex predator and almost as large
      About 8 ft those fuckers were kaiju

  • @OnlySamCan
    @OnlySamCan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Y’all are the best science channel I’ve found. Educated, professional, doesn’t needlessly throw quality out the window in favor of presenting as if you are a 4th grade teacher.

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even as a fourth grader I still loved regular documentaries.

    • @ginkamikaze2
      @ginkamikaze2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      kinda hard to take seriously when they can't be bothered to edit the audio of the clip and instead displaying "interglacial text on screen XD ... that dude must have evolved from erectus =))

    • @mithmethstories
      @mithmethstories ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/QJ65m3g1cnM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=diJRIs032k577jPr

  • @uhadonejob
    @uhadonejob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    The laziness argument gets me every time I hear it. Surviving back then was a lot of work. I could see them not understanding the benefits of the better materials or not knowing about them or not actively experimenting or not being able to work the better materials or not having the pre-planning ability. Lots of possibilities but not too many creatures are lazy when their survival is at stake.

    • @honeybadgerisme
      @honeybadgerisme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      maybe it's based on the muscle & tendon attachement sites? idk...don't have time to look it up---if so, it would make them more clever bc-"working smarter, not harder" is a thing ppl say

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@honeybadgerisme In most wild situations, it's work harder AND smarter. You can't afford to skimp on either.

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lazy is buying pre-made food when you could make your own and just don't want to. It's not going without food entirely, because making it is "hard".

    • @kellywolstenholme8134
      @kellywolstenholme8134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Patrick McCurry Nah. The most successful life forms on earth don't have brains. Sea sponges are the longest-lasting species of anything EVER.

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Lazy sharks not learning how to fly in order to eat gazelle

  • @tardarsauce3355
    @tardarsauce3355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This channel and Mothlight Media, have become my favourite go-to's for paleontology since the pandemic started. You guys put so much talent and research into these videos. If you guys did a collaboration, I would be super excited

  • @HenrythePaleoGuy
    @HenrythePaleoGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Great to see that the channel is taking off! I hope to reach the same levels of success so that we can all share our passion with the natural world. :)

    • @theharris7207
      @theharris7207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey now, no one covers NZ birds quite like you do

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Keep it up!👍

  • @johnsinth8261
    @johnsinth8261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    The Shelk is So incredibly majestic

    • @needfoolthings
      @needfoolthings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Nothing's more majestic than a giant beaver.

    • @breadeater7192
      @breadeater7192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Shrek

    • @onyxsky2304
      @onyxsky2304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Idk why people dont just call it megalocerus

    • @trulyidkman
      @trulyidkman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought this man said shrek.

    • @Ukitsu2
      @Ukitsu2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Megalocerus was always called megalocerus... why change it's name just because?

  • @BaneRain
    @BaneRain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hey Ben, you're my go-to for prehistory along with PBS Eons. Just thought you should know that I introduced my sister to your content (she's a teacher), and she's started integrating some of the stuff into your videos into her lesson plans for her grade 6 class. Just thought you should know. keep it up mate. Cheers.

  • @Boom12
    @Boom12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    200k and rising! Onwards guys, and now we will make the day when we see a special on what life was like 300,000 years ago, and many more!

    • @edmind47
      @edmind47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      1 million!

    • @biteszadusto8854
      @biteszadusto8854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      65 Million!!

    • @maxim6088
      @maxim6088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well get to 1mil within 1-2years,for sure

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Feels like yesterday when Ben G Thomas posted the 10,000 years ago video.

    • @jimcole7800
      @jimcole7800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      00

  • @hottshot104
    @hottshot104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Randomly stumbled onto this video and immediately subscribed. You guys are just amazing.

  • @marshfellowman
    @marshfellowman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    man I can't wait for "The Earth 500 Million Years Ago"

    • @leppardman4779
      @leppardman4779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      1 million*

    • @rosoro465
      @rosoro465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@leppardman4779 1 billion*

    • @leastconcern4152
      @leastconcern4152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@rosoro465 4.5 billion*

    • @2canines
      @2canines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@leastconcern4152 More then half the population of earth subscribing. I would be impressed.
      With Skylink it might just be possible. Lets make it happen.

    • @charliebowen5071
      @charliebowen5071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tbh this would be far less interesting with life and biodiversity just beginning its journey... interesting but nothing like these impressive beasts

  • @madsleonardholvik3040
    @madsleonardholvik3040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing. Our history and our ancestors deserve all honour and respect we can give. Thanks for spreading light of reason to people of the earth!

  • @diegolopez3989
    @diegolopez3989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Dude all I could say is congratulations, keep up the good work guys

  • @casaroccafamilyking
    @casaroccafamilyking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dear Ben,
    You create some of the most intriguing, intertaining, fascinating videos. It is a pleasure to retun here to listen to yet another amazingly researched and illustrated video. Please keep them coming!

  • @Bbuffalofan1
    @Bbuffalofan1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Can we have a full, in-depth prehistoric Australia vid, please?

    • @theshadowsagas3617
      @theshadowsagas3617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I second this

    • @PigglePigSwillbucket
      @PigglePigSwillbucket 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      check out the NOVA series 'Earth's First Four Billion Years' and the PaleoWorld episode 'Attack of the Killer Kangaroos'

    • @leppardman4779
      @leppardman4779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please! 💙

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes please! Prehistoric Oceania is super underrated.

    • @whatasurprise6908
      @whatasurprise6908 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the animals might just make us glad they went extinct

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    Glyptodon, I can't think of a word that is more fun to say. Glyptodon hahaha, so much fun.

    • @gruntsniper1696
      @gruntsniper1696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Paraceratherium

    • @armoredsweatpants3997
      @armoredsweatpants3997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Pachyrynosaurus is pretty cool as well.

    • @jamesnolan4681
      @jamesnolan4681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Liopleurodon is one of my favorites

    • @charliebowen5071
      @charliebowen5071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Pneumonoultramicroscopicsillivolcanikoniosis... say that one

    • @christopherhayes3233
      @christopherhayes3233 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Thefuzz BoxMX sssaessssssssssssssssessssessssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssessssssssssssssssssssssasssesssssssssssssssssesssssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssessssssssssssssssssseessssessssssssssssssssssssssssssseseseasssssssssssssessssseesseesssssssssssssssssssssesssseessssssssessesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssesssesssssssssesssssssssssseessssesessssssssssssssssseseseseee
      ssssssseessssss

  • @theangryaustralian7624
    @theangryaustralian7624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As someone watching this at midnight it's good to see such a good channel succeed...gonna have dreams of giant beavers

  • @Nazrigar
    @Nazrigar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congratulations you guys! Your content is always a joy to listen to.
    You all deserve all the success

  • @michaelskywalker3089
    @michaelskywalker3089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I agree with everyone. The growth in this channel not only in terms of subscription and views but scope, quality whilst maintaining integrity is amazing. Thank you for your perseverance and devotion to accuracy and the wonder of life on this planet. I have always seen them but thanks to Ben and your talented team I now have a name: "Shelk" to put to those massive deer that lived 200,000 years ago.

  • @artianna85
    @artianna85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm obsessed with these videos. Thank you for sharing this content with us!

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love videos that describe ancient ecosystems and biota in the earth's past. Thank you for making this. ☺

  • @hypersonicmonkeybrains3418
    @hypersonicmonkeybrains3418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This channel has found a niche that was previously monopolized by a tiny number of commercial paid tv broadcasters such as discovery channel... That is why this channel is doing so well, people have a thirst for knowledge and dont want it commercialized and spoon fed to them by Discovery channel or BBC or the other media corporations.

    • @maxsmith695
      @maxsmith695 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fake stories about evolution. What a cool field to make money in.

    • @mithmethstories
      @mithmethstories ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/QJ65m3g1cnM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=diJRIs032k577jPr

  • @SparkySywer
    @SparkySywer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    12 subscriber special: What was the world like in 2008?

  • @SnakesAnimations
    @SnakesAnimations 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    22:24 "It's a me, Mario!"

  • @NaturesCompendium
    @NaturesCompendium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Congratulations guys! Looking forward to learning about the earth 1 million years from now!!! 😉

  • @brianlevine871
    @brianlevine871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how this video discussed an animal from each of the continents (excluding Antarctica), as well as recent info on early humans. Congrats on receiving 200,000 subscribers btw.

  • @istvansipos9940
    @istvansipos9940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    03:53 Mortal Wombat

  • @brock992
    @brock992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos! Super inspirational to see TH-camrs with impairments running a successful Chanel! As a parent with children with the same disability and hearing them say they wanna be just like you makes me so proud! Thanks for the great content!

  • @juliettek.9440
    @juliettek.9440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love how far you have come, I always look forward to your videos. Congratulations on your new subscriber count. Please keep the education coming.

  • @bobrussell3602
    @bobrussell3602 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a brilliant video. Music is not too loud or obtrusive. No silly 'cartoonish' graphics. I'm subscribing!

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    Alright boys, let’s get him past T-series.

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I can' believe I'm saying this,but
      Dr.Bright is *right*

    • @limey461
      @limey461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I guess you can say... This channel is *evolving* ...?

    • @TheSkullConfernece
      @TheSkullConfernece 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello, son.

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheSkullConfernece Father,it's me,Mich...

    • @IshanSanyal
      @IshanSanyal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ok, but never poopdiepie

  • @dainah105
    @dainah105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paleoart is so amazing, always so detailed and cinematic

  • @GeorgeTheDinoGuy
    @GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Well done and what a journey, I hope to see more in the future!

  • @joepenrose1
    @joepenrose1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your longer episodes lads ,congrats on 200,000 subs 👍

  • @robertfletcher3421
    @robertfletcher3421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Congratulations you guys are doing a fantastic job. A big thank-you.

  • @bird2034
    @bird2034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your vids man. So happy to see you getting the attention you deserve. I hope to be here when you hit 1 million some day :)

  • @carmelosaurus7480
    @carmelosaurus7480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I can’t wait to see what other ancient life you guys will talk about next for the 500,000 subs/years ago & KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK Guys

  • @Landrew0
    @Landrew0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Be careful about saying "that ever lived." It's more correct to say "that is known. "

    • @matthewquijano2696
      @matthewquijano2696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry Professor

    • @Landrew0
      @Landrew0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Jasta Yildirim We tend to think the fossils we find are the only ones that existed. Who knows how big the biggest dinosaur was? It's probably not one of the fossils we found.

  • @loweexpectations3222
    @loweexpectations3222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Congratulations! I love how well these subrsciber specials blend so well into an informative video.

  • @ciudadano1995
    @ciudadano1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    27:42 has the face of someone who is seeking vengance against humanity for sending it's ancestors to mars.

  • @deepfriedfish
    @deepfriedfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Cannot wait until y’all get to one million, hopefully it’s pretty soon!

  • @andremoore810
    @andremoore810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You do such great work, it's come to the point where when I want to center and calm myself, i'll throw a video like this one out of reflex.

  • @feargripper
    @feargripper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    HELL YEA, I’ve been waiting patiently for this video. I love you guys!!!

  • @matthiasfloren2610
    @matthiasfloren2610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's amazing how yout channel grew. You guys deserve it

  • @scubbie2251
    @scubbie2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cant wait to see you rise up to 1 million! Congratulations!

  • @arleneboese713
    @arleneboese713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just found your website today !! I'm excited about all things about our planet and how it came to be, you guys are going a great job in giving us a window into our past by getting to know our ancestors, our world, and the animals that roamed our planet in the past. Keep these videos coming, we love them !! 🌍🌎🌏
    ❤Arlene

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    This channel is a True *Gem!*
    Its good to see humans get along with other human species; mostly
    Y'all heard about the 'new' newest Spinosaurus tail fluke thought? :D

    • @pastlife960
      @pastlife960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They did a video on it

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pastlife960 I mean the 'newest' one by Michael Milbourne; quite the recent addition to spinosaurus saga

    • @bowserfriend
      @bowserfriend 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thedoruk6324 *there's another update already?*

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bowserfriend Indeed

  • @justinberdell7517
    @justinberdell7517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ben's parts are always the best. I would love long videos.

  • @kaidoaboveakainu.622
    @kaidoaboveakainu.622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    It's going to take a long time for we to reach de Dinosaurs, but I'm sure well get there.

  • @theluminaryinc
    @theluminaryinc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you guys are great, I absolutely love palaeontology and was considering leaving pharmacy school and to study it when I was in Uni, and even though I'm a pharmacist now, I still read palaeo and geo history books and your channel has been my favourite way to stay up to date and expand on what I know. thank you

  • @alaskatheakita7217
    @alaskatheakita7217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Congratulations on your success
    You deserve it

  • @roslein-
    @roslein- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yesss you absolutely deserve it! The content is amazingly well done and I hope you keep it up

  • @christosvoskresye
    @christosvoskresye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    29:02 It's easy to picture this guy living in his parents' basement and just playing video games.

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed lol

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This guy probably left his parents "cave" when he was 6 years old

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@belstar1128 To be fair, he was middle-aged by then.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@AlbertaGeek Mmmm, not, not even chimps are middle-aged at 6 years old ^^

    • @Ed_man_talking9
      @Ed_man_talking9 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      28:12 looks more like a hermit to me.

  • @slavpepe6581
    @slavpepe6581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've somehow never bothered to check your subscriber count, kind of disappointed you only have 200k, this channel deserves so much more

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      2 years ago they were at 10k. Now they're at 200k. They blew up fast.

  • @jasimine_b
    @jasimine_b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    "...lived until around 11k years ago..." one of the most used sentences in natural history videos. scary beasts we are... :(

    • @E1987TO
      @E1987TO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Scariest of them all, I actually feel some pride out of this, I almost never feel pride.

    • @Islander2112
      @Islander2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      There was a natural cataclysm back then NOT caused by Humans, and we barely survived.
      The Younger Dryas is the time stamp...

    • @LaloSalamancaGaming69
      @LaloSalamancaGaming69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Islander2112 YEAH MASSIVE CATACLISMS!!!!
      oh wait that isnt a good thing...

    • @NeckNotes
      @NeckNotes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Not us...it was comet strikes on the northern ice caps 12,000 years ago. Sea levels rose 300 to 400 feet (worldwide cultural deluge story comes from this event). We lost most of the megafauna at this time and worldwide human populations got really low. This was the end for a global ranging advanced human civilization..the ones who were able to build megalithic structures with stones up to 1000 tons (couldn't do it today even) and map Antarctica pre-ice. (They lived at the same time as there were cave-men, hunter gatherers, just like we do even to this day)

    • @MarioSpice
      @MarioSpice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you understand his comment at all

  • @chiaroscuroamore
    @chiaroscuroamore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is awesome! Congrats on the 200,000 subs!! You deserve them

  • @adrianwitkowski7757
    @adrianwitkowski7757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a great journey it was to get to this point, thank you for your work, waiting for 542 million years ago

  • @bubblingbubztheklown5902
    @bubblingbubztheklown5902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you're near California you should take a trip by the La Brea Tar Pits, it really is amazing to see the area where they are working on uncovering bones and then another area where they clean them up. When looking down you can see so many bones just stacked on each other like a good mine of bones.
    Standing next to the Beaver will make you feel so small.

  • @thetruealex7478
    @thetruealex7478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    North America 200,000 years ago: has mastadons, giant sloths, cheetahs, and short faced bears
    Ben: talks about beavers

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And every animal you mentioned except the Cheetah (technically not a cheetah but a kind of prehistoric cougar) has been mentioned in nearly every ice age documentary. Let the lesser known animals shine.

    • @vincivedivicilextalionas4036
      @vincivedivicilextalionas4036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KhanMann66 shut ur mouth

    • @kwando472
      @kwando472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vincivedivicilextalionas4036 How can he shut his mouth when the words you are reading are written on the internet?

    • @vincivedivicilextalionas4036
      @vincivedivicilextalionas4036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kwando472 When someone says "cry me a river" do you think the person has to cry tens of thousands gallons of tears or your left wondering?

    • @kvatchero
      @kvatchero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@vincivedivicilextalionas4036 shut your mind

  • @WhoTheHellIsHarvy
    @WhoTheHellIsHarvy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congrats on 200,000 subscribers, you deserve each one and way more!

  • @C104-x9s
    @C104-x9s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good job
    You deserve this milestone. Thanks for reigniting my childhood fascination of fossilized lizard remains

  • @slack_cactus
    @slack_cactus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations!! U really deserve these subscribers and you gift us with amazing videos when you reach it, you are a greatest channel to me keep it up, you are the best!!

  • @Im-Not-a-Dog
    @Im-Not-a-Dog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    22:20 “We’ll start off with our old friend......Shirtless Wario.”

  • @jamesboaz4787
    @jamesboaz4787 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for all the hard work you do to provide a window through time for the rest of us who still remain here. We wouldn't know anything without doing a deep dive ourselves.

  • @flykame221
    @flykame221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I'm very proud of myself for being one of 200000

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meg Inui shut up Meg! (Joke from Family Guy)
      Good for you! Real answer!

    • @brock992
      @brock992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *sounds of kissing butts*

    • @vincivedivicilextalionas4036
      @vincivedivicilextalionas4036 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Iv been here since before 10k im soooo proud of myself. This is easily in my tip ten accomplishments of my life

  • @jamesheyworth3566
    @jamesheyworth3566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant. I didn't want it to end. More of this please.

  • @noseblind2088
    @noseblind2088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Did you make an "Earth Last Year" video after your first subscriber?

  • @scottmccrea1873
    @scottmccrea1873 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff! I appreciate that you're not afraid to use proper terminology and the exact species names, something not even Attenborough does.

  • @ThrottleKitty
    @ThrottleKitty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    7 foot killer antarctic penguins: Am I joke to you?

    • @bananahitler306
      @bananahitler306 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did they exist? I didn’t know

    • @ThrottleKitty
      @ThrottleKitty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bananahitler306 oh yeeh, giant penguins ruled the southern hemisphere between the dinosaurs and now.

    • @foiletta1987
      @foiletta1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThrottleKitty kairuku

  • @rueporter2253
    @rueporter2253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, just found this channel. I gotta say I’m impressed. Great work 👍🏻

  • @ivangigliotti3693
    @ivangigliotti3693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Can't wait for the Cambrian video. 500 million subs? We can do it. Let's see our buddy omnidens

  • @jaehaerysitargaryen7923
    @jaehaerysitargaryen7923 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was soooo excited with the 200,000 special especially in instagram when you announced it! ❤ I was here when this channel omly had about 10,000.

  • @Ukitsu2
    @Ukitsu2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Megatherium was discovered in 1785 in my home city of Luján, about 20 blocks from where I'm sitting right now.
    It's a small world.

  • @averykirschbaum3950
    @averykirschbaum3950 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are great. I’ve been here for a couple years at this point, but I love your content! Hope you keep growing :)

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    “Pretty adorable in a terrifying way”
    Ben’s practicing double think.

    • @dirremoire
      @dirremoire 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another example: "primarily herbivoires". This kind of double-think is why I love this channel.

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dr Bright hey did you create that sharingan-like design in your pic?
      It looks cool, I'd like to borrow some elements of it for something.

    • @purplehaze2358
      @purplehaze2358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      unstoppableExodia I did not. It’s the SCP logo.

    • @2canines
      @2canines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dirremoire Well, I would consider deer to be primarily herbivore.
      But it has been observed that they will occasionally snack on small animals, like a bird that have fallen out of a nest or some other easy pray like that.
      They are after all descendants of carnivores. But i still consider them herbivores because the majority of them will never pray on animals and they can not sustain themselves on flesh.

    • @sfdgdrgdvxff
      @sfdgdrgdvxff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      unstoppableExodia you've been smoking too much anime

  • @Morganational
    @Morganational 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    YOU GUYS ROCK! CONGRATS, YOU DESERVE IT! 😄

  • @michaelmagnus3590
    @michaelmagnus3590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just finished watching the 100k special!

  • @PortmanRd
    @PortmanRd ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well put together, and very informative. Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @krankarvolund7771
    @krankarvolund7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Its honestly the first time I heard about Megaloceros as "Irish elk", in France we always call it either Megaloceros or Megaceros ^^

    • @martinhughes2549
      @martinhughes2549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many skeletons/fossils have been found in peat bogs in Ireland.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@martinhughes2549 Yeah, I head the explanation ^^
      All T. rexes skeleton are found in America, we don't call T. rex "American dinosaur" XD

    • @Apelles42069
      @Apelles42069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@krankarvolund7771 "Tyrant Lizard King" sounds pretty American to me. Especially considering the incumbent.

    • @stevenschnepp576
      @stevenschnepp576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Apelles42069 Please stop demonstrating that good times create weak men.

    • @megadracosaurus
      @megadracosaurus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Over here, in the Netherlands, we usually call it 'reuzenhert', which translates to 'giant deer'.

  • @benbrooks566
    @benbrooks566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    50k in one month, 1 mil, here we come!
    It honestly makes me so happy to see that people are interested in the paleobiology and other science made available by this channel

  • @WezMan444
    @WezMan444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Please tell me I’m not the only one that giggled when he started talking about giant beavers 5:44

  • @eyeln9ne696
    @eyeln9ne696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like a proud parent, great job guys. It's nice to know our youth still care about science.

  • @sgtkill9698
    @sgtkill9698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dude, very interesting. I used to go fossil hunting with my dad. I must've been 5 or 6 years old. A subdivision was being built right up the road. I remember a large boulder consisting of mostly clay and sandstone. I also remember finding countless tiny "stone" discs. Dad said that they used to be plants on the bottom of the ocean. I was confused to say the least. He went on to explain that most of the land today, used to be underwater...Lots of water. First time I remember having my mind blown.lol I've been interested ever since. Thank you!! Got my sub! ;)

  • @snowleopardSH
    @snowleopardSH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always fun watching you guys, congrats on 209k

  • @alexanderweaver6047
    @alexanderweaver6047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I hope you can get to 65 million subscribers so you can talk about earth 65 million years ago and talk about the dinosaurs.

    • @Deebz270
      @Deebz270 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dinosaurs? I wish you'd people would grow up.

    • @silvo9460
      @silvo9460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Deebz270 wym? Lmao are you one of those religious losers who think the dinosaurs are fake? 😂

  • @theonurit8667
    @theonurit8667 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    discovered this channel a week ago cause of the 100 000 special and this has been posted it's a sign i must subscribe

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    28:41 Laziness? That's a pretty terrible description on dozens of levels... They were found on many continents, yet they would be called lazy?

    • @dakotaraptor5918
      @dakotaraptor5918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes
      XD

    • @ot1438
      @ot1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Since when has laziness ever been a cause of extinction? Extinction happens when the environment changes not because a creature is just too lazy wtf

    • @angelgear
      @angelgear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah really bad take and they repeat from another video. There's a lot you can say about that choice of words, least of all that it's not scientific

    • @Tenerens1s
      @Tenerens1s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think the correct one is “The environment changed and they couldn’t adapt to it”

    • @franzelias5368
      @franzelias5368 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Found on many different continents because their parents carried them there. Not a separate species at all; just individuals aged 13-19 yrs.

  • @shaneweatherall8666
    @shaneweatherall8666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ben G Thomas, Good stuff, Keep rolling back into the Earth's past. Got to love it.

  • @gyst8878
    @gyst8878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    After seeing this video, the earth we live in now looks like a post game cutscene when compared to the prehistoric content we missed out on.

  • @mrkommentator5906
    @mrkommentator5906 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats to 300 000 subs! Im proudly one of them :3

  • @groque1654
    @groque1654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Feels like the last special was just a month ago

  • @JustArtsCreations
    @JustArtsCreations 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Interestingly, 70k years ago a volcano erupted and took the human pop to ~5% or so.

  • @dektobrentic
    @dektobrentic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video. Amazing illustrations, well presented and at a good pace. Thanks.

  • @snickerstorino
    @snickerstorino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have always been very intrigued with Irish elk, such an amazing animal. it makes you wonder, they always change their mind so much as to what extinct species did and didn't do but with the Irish elk settled back on more modern deer traits. Thinking about many species and the span of their evolution 200k years you'd expect them to still operate and live fairly similar to the modern species. Although at one time ancient deer had fangs so you have that as well to think about, even the mule deer from the 60's seem somewhat larger and more plentiful than the mule deer of today but this also changes with habitat and predator changes . I have noticed deer average yearly antler growth change based on moisture and vegetation as well, same with antelope (although they are not a deer species). I wonder if these could become more permanent and genetic long term traits if the conditions became more permanent, it probably relates to all the different deer species that thrive in different areas and are not found in others. I know if forced i think they would all adapt but this said you don't find elk or mule deer in Florida and there probably is a good reason . I first saw the irish elk fossils at a museum exhibit in Denver Colorado, very impressive antler size and one of the first things I noticed is the eye guards and the g1 points were pretty similar to modern elk. I was pretty certain they used them to lock, fight and show dominance to grow their herds and gene pool just the same as we see modern elk do. I can't help but wonder if we will find a non typical antler growth gene in the Irish elk someday or if that was more of a modern era genetic defect that came later with the deer species. A non typical Irish elk antler growth would be interesting given the mass those antlers gain, usually though in modern deer it never is an advantage and sadly lots of times can lead to the animals demise ultimately.

  • @soph289
    @soph289 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:52 hey, that’s from my home museum!! Majorly geeked out when I saw that. Congrats on 200k guys!

  • @Kira_Pac
    @Kira_Pac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    16:10 "with some interesting practical experiments performed in the 80s" Cue the 80s scientists on cocaine battling each other with their enormous antler hats.

  • @benjamin45677
    @benjamin45677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    congrats on 300k!

  • @paulraines9635
    @paulraines9635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God, imagine fighting these things with early medieval weapons and armor.