Stefan, hello! For a fellow educator that I consider a layman anthropologist ( no insult intended ) I think you do pretty well, but are a more humane or 'generous' person than are most of us. I see chimpanzees or bonobos and I see "us", so I get it. I sometimes see us in red foxes playing fox games. Many or most people ( or homo sapiens ) who saw any other homo species probably would have screamed "monster!" and killed them for looking different than themselves. We, or at least half of us, give or take, are still that way. Keep your generosity. We may need it to survive.
It really fascinates me to imagine that for 2 million years, there was another species of intelligent human beings struggling to survive on a very different Earth. They had real thoughts, dreams at night, aspirations and emotional connections, relationships. What was their life like? So many untold stories man, I wish time travel was possible. Just to observe our ancestors
Before this video I watched a 1 hr lecture On the same topic. In 25 minutes you covered basically all the same areas and did it in a highly accessible way. There is a great talent in that
Your “story telling” abilities are wonderful. No fancy effects or irrelevant stock footage just fascinating information in an easy to understand format. Thank you for sharing your big brain with us (and the adorable assistant who provided us with demonstrations of early communication)
I think his story telling abilities are wonderful, BUT there are stock footages, and background music throughout the video. It does my head in when documentary style videos do this, actually any non music videos for that matter. I can't watch docu vids who do this., I wish Stefan didn't do this, because otherwise enjoy his channel.
I just discovered Stefan and his videos today. His sense of humor, frequent charges of locations, and talking into a spoon spices up what could be a dry presentation of a fascinating subject. Great job!
I also like the "boiling water" theory of food. This ties back to my earlier theory, that early man developed, not with spears, but with 'baskets'. Some early monkey humanoid figured out you can carry more bird eggs, if you carry the whole nest down, with the eggs in them. So they figured out how to use containers. This use of containers led to us humanoids walking upright, so we would carry our baskets.
I like your theory, never heard something like that. However, i'm more prone to believe that upright walk had to do with predators. Descending from trees and into high grass and bushes it would be a great advantage to be able to see further than your natural height. Especially while spreading into new territories, where you would much more often have to check what roams around you. And with stereo vision it would be a game changer... such containers could be easily carried in our mouth when climbing down the tree and they wouldn't need to go that far to collect eggs and berries as they would to follow and hunt down the prey. Convenience of basket seems lesser of incentive for such endeavor, than it is to timely defend yourself or ambush a prey with your tools. Keep thinking, it seems like you do it well. And who knows after all, maybe you are absolutely right.
I like your thinking. Most people seem pretty good at making twine, ropes, cordage, and basketry is a very useful skill. Most people had no metal or means of cooking over fire. In my part of the world -the Pacific - cooking was steamed in parcels wrapped in leaves or woven baskets, buried with preheated stones .I think the upright posture originally provided a far better view of what was going on, providing more time to grab one of the kids and get out of trouble .and only much later was two legs a stamina advantage. In a sprint to a tree and climb, chimps are twice as quick.
The segment with him in the snow, waving around a skull with the spoon pasted to his mic was epic. What must innocent pedestrians must have thought stumbling across that scene?
I love how as we learn about our ancestors and evolutionary cousins we’re beginning to view them with more respect and insight. Love what you do, Stefan! Shout out from Oregon!
During the 1950s I was a Patrol Officer with the Australian Administration in Papua New Guinea. I used to patrol the villages built along the Turama River. There were also villages in the pinnacle limestone eastern interior which I also visited. On the way to these villages I walked past a number of huge caves. I have often wondered since if anyone has done any digging in these caves as I am sure people would have lived in them.
the part where he showed the inscribed seashell in Java made me tear up, it's something so human to carve your mark into something, almost everytime I go for a walk in the wods I find a stick or a rock that grabs my attention and makes me wanna carve it, it's so humbling to see how the seeds of our existence date so far back in time, how even our most distant cousins were in a way human just like us would be, curious, inventive, kind and resourceful.
I think it's very human to interact with our environment, such as making marks or arrange nature in an artistic way (I like to make structures with twigs). It's a comforting thought that someone will see those twigs arranged in such a way, and think "another person did this".
I found an arrowhead in my front yard that was so old it didn’t have the tool marks on it anymore. They were all worn off. I used to find pottery too. I lost that damn arrowhead.
Since a young child, I've had this fantasy that I somehow got access to a time machine. Somehow it didn't affect the environment, it was as if I wasn't there. Made for the perfect observatory of our ancient past. And sadly it's only science fiction!
Would it not be strange to think that astral travel was true and we have gone back and made observations in our sleep like creepy spirits hanging around.
Having watched a number of Stefan's videos, I have to say this is one of his best. Not only the science, but the way the science is communicated. Excellent. Louis Leakey and Carl Sagan would be proud.
Hey everyone! With every video I make, there’s always stuff that has to be left out, just for the sake of time. This is especially the case with homo erectus who lived for so long and was so crucial to our development. Stay tuned for some bonus vids including extra detail about the handaxes because there’s a lot of debate around those. Thanks for watching!
I was like... Wait.. What? Is that a video? Like. Wtf man. Its that a freaking video son? Like wtf man... Wh at th r f u ck man. Is that like a video or something man.. Is that like like like a video man..or what? Like.. Wtf man. Hello.... Anyone there man. L. I. K. E wtf mon.. Helooooo???
I've been binging all of your videos and I'm really impressed by your ability to talk about such a complicated subject for a half hour and you don't say "uh" 1,000 times
Dude, you are so natural at spreading your passion around, and you make it feel it so light, that seeing your videos is not just knowledge, but a pleasure and entertainment...
@@chairde Study a bit more flintknapping and then you'd get a better idea. Making the axe the way it is need some kind of artistic sense. The symmetry alone is a testament to this, but the evolution of flintknapping is a proof of it.
On the subject of language,babies easily pickup gestures. So it's not hard to believe the first languages were non verbal and that fired the nerves to create verbal language.
My son caught up with his Japanese cousin and since neither spoke each others language, as TODDLERS, they simply started inventing their own language. Grandparents were puzzled.
Babies are smarter than anyone thinks, spend enough time around the little ones, and you understand that they have, we had, a way of communicating that is not totally verbal. Yes they can laugh, cry and make coo noises, but there is so much more than that.
The complicated story of how we became to be is of endless fascination to me. Earlier today I watched a video by PBS Eons in fermentation and in this video they hypothesized that perhaps Homo Erectus had discovered the benefits of fermentation in food to aid in digestion since we don’t have any real evidence that they cooked their food in a regular basis. This would have allowed for the better diet that aided in our evolution. Like you, I think that the sophisticated tools they made and their ability to successfully spread across the globe suggests some rudimentary ability for purposeful communication not to mention the rudimentary art they produced. Fascinating video!
This is such a slick and smoothly produced video. Clever use of obviously limited resources, disciplined research, tight editing, passionate delivery with a rich voice and killer smile. Have only recently discovered this channel and have been binge-watching all your videos. Great stuff. You are doing important work.
IT really puts things in perspective! When I was a wee lad many years ago, I had walk miles to school in any weather and brave the elements and nature. Homo Erectus crossed continents and oceans. I bow to their spirit!
I´m a brazilian guy and your channel is being a wonderful find for me. Because here in Brazil the lack of the tipe of content is considerable. Paleoanthropology open a new world in my field of interess. Congratulation for your work here.
I have found myself a new hobbie and a passion. THANK YOU. Please please don't stop. And if you ever consider stopping, tell me! Imma carry your torch onwards as far as I am capable. Loving it, absolutely loving it! Every single second and paragraph of it!
My wife thinks I'm crazy for this but I genuinely feel sad when I think about the future and everything I won't know or see because I'll be gone. I almost mourn what I will never learn because it will be figured out after my time. It feels like a great loss.
if you know any white people, you probably know someone that is a hybrid of Neanderthal and Cro Magnon. If you know anyone from SE Asia or Australasia, then you know someone that is a cross between Cro Magnon and Denesivians. Just say Hi, we are still here.
@@ianrandall482 If you know any sub Sahara Africans you probably know someone who is among the only pure homo sapians left. Don't genocide them or you'll wipe out yet Another human species .
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These guys hunted, survived the elements while struggling to survive at times, where im here sat on the sofa eating a bowl of cereal that someone made and packaged for me. Whos more 'human' ? 🤔
We’re equally human we just collectively figured it out and through collaboration. We created supply chains and massive farms that give us both a high quality of life and leisure time.
I think some experiments were done trying to teach it without language. As I recall it was possible . But of course that was with a sapien brain. Though I tend to agree with your premise.
We're so reliant on language today so it's easy for us to overestimate the need of it to accomplish things. As someone mentioned before there was an experiment on passing a skill nonverbally, but with human brain "replacements". What if erectus was a master visual learner compared top us? This is not so far-fetched, average chimp today "destroys" average human in photographic memory experiments. Humans eventually gained a language ability but it's harder to account for millions years old things we've lost on our way there.
Even though much emphasis is being put on the importance of lanuguage, and even if we can say that even australopitheci had means of communications, i'm sure that knowledge transmission by these means of communication, visual observation, trial and error is definitely possible. The bifacial knapping method (or alternate flaking as called by some) which is used when knapping a handaxe was used to prepare the Oldowan and Early Acheulean choppers, which in my opinion is an indication of a `longue durée` knowledge and know-how transmission, or what other call cumulative culture
@@onahilltopsatthemoon We're still very much visual learners though, "Here, let me show you" has got to be the most common phrase uttered when teaching a skill. And while chimps are stunning at instant visual memorisation I doubt they can internalise what they see to the degree we do: when you watch someone knap a flintstone you're absorbing a truckload of info: you're feeling the weight of the piece in your hand, you're noting the angle and speed of the hammer which combined with the sound of the impact tells you a lot about the consistency of flint even if you've never handled it in your life, you'll start analysing the pattern it's being worked by, and maybe even worry about the risks involved, such as hitting a finger or cutting the palm of your hand on the new edge _all without any internal vocalisation_. And then we go into effing overdrive when we actually use language because that allows us to explain _why_ we just did what we did.
Oh to be a 7 year old son of a group leader 1.5 million years ago. early in the morning, you’re making your way through the dew and grass to potty outside of the cave, you hear a yell followed by 3 short yells, the hunting party has returned, father and the others appear through the thick morning fog hauling a blood covered 60ft long titanaboa, 9 of them left in early dawn, 6 return, you walk by them feeling the sadness in the air, but decide to help by carrying the tail end of the beast, your father looks back at you and grunts proudly, at least you all know dinner will be good tonight.
Following your development these last few years has been lots of fun; I always appreciate the research you put into them. Keep up the good work, and hold on to that sense of humor (it isn't lost on everybody). And thanks for introducing me to the illustrations of Ettore Mazza!
I remember reading a paper on how an orthopedic surgeon recognized an early hominid’s skeletal injury as a “fall on outstretched limb”, one he sees in people frequently
@@RageTyrannosaurus Apparently that's Google's answer, not that I mind being named homo :) Homo can mean two things in biology, the Greek meaning (same) is used in genetics for words like homozygous, while the Latin meaning (man) is used in the binomial naming of species such as Homo sapiens (wise man). Here homo means the same and hetero simply means different. mammothmemory.net/biology/dna-genetics-and-inheritance/gregor-mendel/homo-vs-hetero.html#:~:text=Homo%20can%20mean%20two%20things,and%20hetero%20simply%20means%20different.
So Kimberly, if you subscribe to his channel then you will get a notice of new content. Also, if you "touch" the photo of Milo in just under the thumbnail pic, YT will bring you to his channel, which has ALL his past video content. FYI.
@@paulryan2128 I am already subscribed Paul, but thanks for the suggestion. I am a big fan of Stephen's videos. I simply meant that I assumed I had missed a video because it had been awhile. Thanks again.
You have a knack for being deeply informative and entertaining at the same time, Stefan. You are a natural teacher. I am learning so much from you! Thank you for your efforts.
Nice argument and I tend to agree. As an anthropologist, I'm quite certain that while Erectus was not the first upright hominid, erect posture itself in the savannas was the key essential trait that led to all the others that define us, including speech, because a flute-like trachea entering the foramen magnum at 90 degrees is required for vocalizing human language.
Very nice presentation Stefan. Very human and pointing out the flaws or unknowns in today's evidence. No effort to "make stuff up" and not delineate the possible deviations. Thanks, learning new things is fun and conscious raising.
Very nice and well researched video once again, props to you and Amanda for that. The artwork is amazing as always. I just have one complaint, how dare you explode my heart there for a minute, very distracting, I involuntarily went awww!
I think the spoon is holding the battery in. He lost the battery's compartment cover, and now it falls out easily, hence the spoon. Or maybe he is covering a button, so he doesn't accidentally turn his mic off, not notice, then have to record an hour of lecture all over again.
@Changelax it's a call back to when all he had for a mic was a small crappy lav mic that didn't have a handle so he attached it to a spoon. It's a reminder of where he started
I’m taking anthropology this year and I’m learning about human history since 8 mya or so. It’s crazy, we don’t really know why we’re the last one of our species. And we haven’t been so prominent compared to other species up until some thousands of years ago out of just 200k years ago. This class I’m taking is honestly extremely interesting.
Do we really know that we are the last Homo species? We are still evolving and do have genes from other species or subspecies. We are a very young subspecies. In 200,000 years, we will probably look different, that is only if we don't change our climate to the point we can no longer survive.
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I wish I could observe our ancient ancestors. Very interesting. Many species use sound to communicate, it benefits survival and reproduction, but the impact of our development in that area of our history is really cool to think about. I also wonder how art can be linked to our evolution as a relatively hyper intelligent species. I assume the same parts of our brain that are easily explained with evolution such as caring for our tribe, thinking creatively to get out of a dangerous situation or make a kill, curiosity and being amused enjoying new things, are linked to artistic development as well.
Homo Erectus is NOT The First Humans (homo sepians) Homo Erectus is DIFFERENT species that have no intelletual Homo Sepians have intellectual The first human is ADAM!
Ive been on youtube since it first came out, and I have never left a comment before, until now. This is the first and only (so far) video I have watched from this channel, and just wanted to say this is one of the most well-put together videos ive seen. Great use of imagery, I love the multiple filming locations that add to the story, the separation of facts vs what you believe, etc. Amazing job, excited for more
I have great difficulty believing you have been on TH-cam since it started but this is only the first time you've commented. By the look of your picture you must've been around 8 years old when TH-cam came out and you have definitely made comments since then.
First of all, you've joined in 2020, second of all, you clearly haven't been on youtube since it came up as there are millions of well made videos just like and even better than this.
Sorry to burst your feel good bubble but did you notice that nobody seems to address our shrinking sun? Just ponder for a minute how many metric tons of sub atomic particles the sun has emitted over the last 14 billion years that the universe supposedly has existed. You can`t know someone is wrong unless you know what is right!
IMHO At a point in time, the evolution towards homo sapiens alike species became inevitable, like the Australopithecus. But evolution of species is similar to colours on a spectrum, a change very subtile, but after enough change, we agree it's a new color.
@@StefanMilo Hi Stef, where did Homo erectus origionate? But can you and your team please not make "CHEDDAR MAN" another pale skinned person. I know you and ALL of YOUR team, You know, yall came from those really really biGG universities, so yall really really know everything! But are STILL in denial. Oh well till next commentary👍🏼
Your channel is my new favorite! I truly love how you present the information. You do it with an unpretentious scientific purity that I wholly respect.
@@StefanMilo Hand axes are a tool. Making or fashioning one out of rock requires the ability to analyze and plan. The really big leap in my opinion is when the first person realized they could somehow attach that worked piece of stone onto a stick to make either a better spear or a more effective club. This is when humanity went from simple to complex tools. I also happen to think that Erectus was using worked bone in tools. Primarily as stabbing weapons for hunting and probably war. War or tribal conflict seems to be hardwired into us.
i think ive just found my next favourite channel. everything about paleontological anthropology fascinates me and i LOVE whenever you mention art and creativity and it makes me love humans so much more :D you just GET it, man, i love this so much
12:55-13:22 maybe they didn't even use something like stems, but just swam. Modern humans are known to swim much further than a few miles, for example a few people crossed the English Channel, which is around 32 km (around 20 miles) wide at it's narrowest point, but swimmers often take a much longer route because of currents.
It's fascinating to imagine that at some point in our anthropological past, several species of humans would live side by side and, perhaps, interact with each other. Just like you see different species of the same animals interacting with each other. I wonder how the world would look like right now if there would not one, but two or three more species of humans in the present day?!
considering that homo sapiens can’t even handle other homo sapiens having a different skin color than each other i can’t even imagine how bad the “speciesism” would’ve been if there were other humans walking around right now lol
Most theories I've seen with Homo Erectus was that they didn't learn how to start fire themselves, but they did discover the benefits of fire from volcanic regions, lightning strikes and wild fires.
@@vegancannibal1839 I am talking about science, bible happens to match reality because they have the same creator. Why do you people find pleasure in deception lie and fantasy instead accept reality?
@@vegancannibal1839 with simple question you would know evolutionism is a lie: why life is complete like bible teaches? Because it can’t happen other wise
@@benedibrava I’m so sorry I don’t understand what you’re trying to say and I am very sorry for being rude in my previous reply. But there is one very good piece of proof that involves vestigial bones. And that is that whales still have leg bones from when they where land mammals.
I really like Stephan's way of presenting scientific facts with a shy smile, furtive looks, and a touch of humor that does not make his narration a Disney production.
Zooming in on that 400,000 year old shell was fascinating. I have to wonder if there was more intent than just squiggly lines. Almost see other faint images on it - perhaps those lines were intended to be trees and other lines behind it faded? There is one part of the evolutionary dynamic that's not spoken enough about and that's the fact our spinal column exits straight out of our skull unlike other hominids which is out of the back or foramen magnum. The constant evolutionary imagery of a line of succession portraying apes and then man is wrong, imo. The spinal column and limbs are totally different. This is the real reason we walk upright and we don't have proof it was food scarcity that forced a bone composition changes over a million years to an upright status. Theirs has not changed one iota. You've shone an interesting light on ancient homo-erectus and makes sense on that species' ability to migrate.
In regards to your thought about the hydro thermal springs and reminding you of the moneys in the hot springs I immediately thought of the jackasses that were arrested throwing a burlap bag of chickens in Yellowstone's Shoshone Geyser basin. I guess some of us haven't evolved much! Btw great video as always.
My question is that why, how and when did homo erectus split off from other organisms to become what we are now. What was the turning point for us to branch off from our pre-human species. And also what animal or creature were we before the first humans evolved and the animal we were before humans and primates split from one another
Homo Erectus is NOT The First Humans (homo sepians) Homo Erectus is DIFFERENT species that have no intelletual Homo Sepians have intellectual The first human is ADAM!
I absolutely love this channel, I'm only just really getting into it, I think I first came across this when you collaborated with history TH-camrs on maritime navigation but I had forgotten to hit the bell at the time and only just fixed that a few days ago, well I have been binging ever since. Fantastic videos Stefan, thank you so much for sharing this all with us!
So, nice artwork, if a bit creepy. I take exception to how he’s holding the stone knife. I don’t think anyone could get and power behind that strike using fingers. The hand needs to wrap around it to line up the wrist and forearm to deliver body weight to the point of the device. The implication is that there should have been something wrapped around it to increase gripping strength to prevent slipping or deflection and to protect the hand.
Learning about humanity's journey on this planet is a good reminder that our interpersonal relationships and creativity have always been amongst our biggest strengths (even if sometimes we mistake them for weaknesses).
Made a follow up video on whether hand axes were made to seduce partners. Check it out.
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There is so much potential for comment just in your choice of symbols. Food for thought.
That's not an axe, THIS..... is an axe. phys.org/news/2009-09-giant-stone-age-axes-african-lake.html
As we invented term "humans" so it is defined by what we put in that box.
Stefan, hello!
For a fellow educator that I consider a layman anthropologist ( no insult intended ) I think you do pretty well, but are a more humane or 'generous' person than are most of us. I see chimpanzees or bonobos and I see "us", so I get it. I sometimes see us in red foxes playing fox games. Many or most people ( or homo sapiens ) who saw any other homo species probably would have screamed "monster!" and killed them for looking different than themselves. We, or at least half of us, give or take, are still that way. Keep your generosity. We may need it to survive.
It really fascinates me to imagine that for 2 million years, there was another species of intelligent human beings struggling to survive on a very different Earth. They had real thoughts, dreams at night, aspirations and emotional connections, relationships. What was their life like? So many untold stories man, I wish time travel was possible. Just to observe our ancestors
It was probably a lot like isolated tribes you find in say Africa or the Amazon
Buying a home was probably way cheaper tho
One of the first things we did as a species was killout all other intelligent life until it was just humans lol
@@Ziggerath Not really. Genetic evidence indicates that we interbred with most, if not all other human species
@@Prrocess they still got killed off overall
Never been so excited to see some Erectus.
Liar
@@jasonjohinke5651 what can I say, I was young
Who says History isn’t sexy?!
Homo erectus
Is that THE Histrocrat?! You do some premium historical/anthropology documentaries yourself. Love that channel!
Love how these guys made tools, migrated thousands of miles, and survived nearly 2 million years all to be named “Homo erectus”
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Because they were stand up people.
@@andrewharper3165 And they HAD to be sluts like all our ancestors or we wouldn't be here.
the whole video built up to the end where he giggles after saying “there is a little erectus in all of us” literally my fav part of the whole video😭
Why is nobody talking about this 💀
Homo Erectus is NOT The First Humans (homo sepians)
Homo Erectus is DIFFERENT species that have no intelletual
Homo Sepians have intellectual
There is a little erectus 🤏 lmao
"little erectus" new nickname for my boyfriend
Same!
Before this video I watched a 1 hr lecture On the same topic. In 25 minutes you covered basically all the same areas and did it in a highly accessible way. There is a great talent in that
The best book on this subject is called "Erectus walks among us"
Did anyone walk by when you were sitting in the snow, talking to a camera, holding a spoon and waving a skull around?
Nah that’s my worst nightmare. I go pretty deep in the woods to avoid it.
@@StefanMilo i’m pretty sure my worst nightmare is coming across someone doing something similar.
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Talking about erections too.
@Greg Artley was that just to flex you can run a mile in 7 mins
Your “story telling” abilities are wonderful. No fancy effects or irrelevant stock footage just fascinating information in an easy to understand format. Thank you for sharing your big brain with us (and the adorable assistant who provided us with demonstrations of early communication)
He has a great voice for narrating the story.
theres plenty of irrelevant stock footage lol
Drives me crazy when people put in unrelated B roll shots of thi gs that have no relevance to the video.
I think his story telling abilities are wonderful, BUT there are stock footages, and background music throughout the video. It does my head in when documentary style videos do this, actually any non music videos for that matter. I can't watch docu vids who do this., I wish Stefan didn't do this, because otherwise enjoy his channel.
@@harshbutfair8993 cringe take
I just discovered Stefan and his videos today. His sense of humor, frequent charges of locations, and talking into a spoon spices up what could be a dry presentation of a fascinating subject. Great job!
I also like the "boiling water" theory of food. This ties back to my earlier theory, that early man developed, not with spears, but with 'baskets'. Some early monkey humanoid figured out you can carry more bird eggs, if you carry the whole nest down, with the eggs in them. So they figured out how to use containers. This use of containers led to us humanoids walking upright, so we would carry our baskets.
I like the way you think
I like your theory, never heard something like that. However, i'm more prone to believe that upright walk had to do with predators. Descending from trees and into high grass and bushes it would be a great advantage to be able to see further than your natural height. Especially while spreading into new territories, where you would much more often have to check what roams around you. And with stereo vision it would be a game changer... such containers could be easily carried in our mouth when climbing down the tree and they wouldn't need to go that far to collect eggs and berries as they would to follow and hunt down the prey. Convenience of basket seems lesser of incentive for such endeavor, than it is to timely defend yourself or ambush a prey with your tools. Keep thinking, it seems like you do it well. And who knows after all, maybe you are absolutely right.
@@psihostrumpf6233 It was probably a mix of many things. Baskets and predators both call for upright walking, and so that's what happened.
I like your thinking. Most people seem pretty good at making twine, ropes, cordage, and basketry is a very useful skill. Most people had no metal or means of cooking over fire. In my part of the world -the Pacific - cooking was steamed in parcels wrapped in leaves or woven baskets, buried with preheated stones .I think the upright posture originally provided a far better view of what was going on, providing more time to grab one of the kids and get out of trouble .and only much later was two legs a stamina advantage. In a sprint to a tree and climb, chimps are twice as quick.
Hmm, a basket case.
Geez, leave some documentary-style quality for the rest of us!
No can do. I’m going to be the last documentarian standing.
The next Ken Burns!
(points at the documentary-style quality and shakes his head in the negative repeatedly)
@@StefanMilo no better man here Stefan. You de fossil hominin man!
DARE
Adult me: "This is such a great documentary."
That 13 yo me still living in the back of my head: "Hehe, Early Homo."
@Mickey Last Yeah, I guess no one's perfect
You are kicked from the mickey mouse club
@Mickey Last you know whats sad? replying to youtube comments instead of doing something useful with your day
Lol
Erectus 😏
i love videos like these because they’re not overstimulating and they are SO good as background noise when youre doing something
I love that you still have your spoon on the microphone
The segment with him in the snow, waving around a skull with the spoon pasted to his mic was epic.
What must innocent pedestrians must have thought stumbling across that scene?
I believe that the microphone is on the spoon, which points out the question "Which came first, the microphone or the spoon?"
@@jsheridan693 the spoon :)
@@papal1ef it was, in fact, The Tick
The spoon is probably a religious ritual of some kind.
I love how as we learn about our ancestors and evolutionary cousins we’re beginning to view them with more respect and insight. Love what you do, Stefan! Shout out from Oregon!
@@nickadm8321 No.
another lazy erectus here
@@nickadm8321 Well for starters, learn what a monkey is
@@blazeedge1631 well he’s not entirely wrong though. Apes evolved from monkeys with tails. It was just way longer ago.
Their is no evidence
During the 1950s I was a Patrol Officer with the Australian Administration in Papua New Guinea. I used to patrol the villages built along the Turama River. There were also villages in the pinnacle limestone eastern interior which I also visited. On the way to these villages I walked past a number of huge caves. I have often wondered since if anyone has done any digging in these caves as I am sure people would have lived in them.
There could be a few homos in them or even an erectus
@@dr2599The best book on this subject is called "Erectus walks among us"
@@cyberblock7619 well I hope he covers up its a very sensitive area
Damn shawty you old as hell
You're not ready to learn about his ancestor, the Homo Flaccidus
They didn't last very long unfortunately, they had problems breeding 😢
the part where he showed the inscribed seashell in Java made me tear up, it's something so human to carve your mark into something, almost everytime I go for a walk in the wods I find a stick or a rock that grabs my attention and makes me wanna carve it, it's so humbling to see how the seeds of our existence date so far back in time, how even our most distant cousins were in a way human just like us would be, curious, inventive, kind and resourceful.
Graffiti, graffiti everywhere would certainly agree with you
I think it's very human to interact with our environment, such as making marks or arrange nature in an artistic way (I like to make structures with twigs). It's a comforting thought that someone will see those twigs arranged in such a way, and think "another person did this".
I found an arrowhead in my front yard that was so old it didn’t have the tool marks on it anymore. They were all worn off. I used to find pottery too. I lost that damn arrowhead.
We've evolved more in terms of technology in 80 years than our entire species has in millions of years. Wild.
So much of untold stories in between..... Crazy
...or devolved depending on how you wish to look at it.
@@catlarry boomer
@@catlarry ok boomer 😐
more like 1 year
Since a young child, I've had this fantasy that I somehow got access to a time machine. Somehow it didn't affect the environment, it was as if I wasn't there. Made for the perfect observatory of our ancient past.
And sadly it's only science fiction!
Damn! .....i had the exact same fantasy!.....i still fantasize about this sometimes lol
Snap.
Would it not be strange to think that astral travel was true and we have gone back and made observations in our sleep like creepy spirits hanging around.
@@bigred8438 Yes that would be strange. Because it’s entering the realm of silly spiritual nonsense.
Same!
Im honestly astounded that an anthropology channel has so many subscribers. Well, you deserve it!
Having watched a number of Stefan's videos, I have to say this is one of his best. Not only the science, but the way the science is communicated. Excellent. Louis Leakey and Carl Sagan would be proud.
That’s too kind by far, but I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m always trying to improve my craft.
@@StefanMilo the picture of a face you drew on the notepad looks remarkably like the coach in the adult swim series, home movies
Hey everyone! With every video I make, there’s always stuff that has to be left out, just for the sake of time. This is especially the case with homo erectus who lived for so long and was so crucial to our development.
Stay tuned for some bonus vids including extra detail about the handaxes because there’s a lot of debate around those.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for posting.
Where do you buy your plastic skulls?
Bone clones
Stone tools dating to 2.12 million years ago have been found in China recently.
Wow that’s crazy, I have to check that out
I thought Homo Erectus was a spell that wizards could use on men to make their "Wands" go up
Now that's the Harry Potter film they did not make.
@@DavoidJohnson I'm sure thay did somewhere
I was like... Wait.. What? Is that a video? Like. Wtf man. Its that a freaking video son? Like wtf man... Wh at th r f u ck man. Is that like a video or something man.. Is that like like like a video man..or what? Like.. Wtf man. Hello.... Anyone there man. L. I. K. E wtf mon.. Helooooo???
@@ant7699 Sharted, I farted, I just turned gay. Prince phillip's balls be BC
nope
I learned about Homo Erectus as an archaic hominid species back in jr high school in 1980s
I've been binging all of your videos and I'm really impressed by your ability to talk about such a complicated subject for a half hour and you don't say "uh" 1,000 times
It’s literally the bare minimum given that this is not a single take.
And you thankfully don't use "like" every sentence either! ❤
Dude, you are so natural at spreading your passion around, and you make it feel it so light, that seeing your videos is not just knowledge, but a pleasure and entertainment...
How can anyone not think the hand axe is art!
Very true, that attention to detail certainly suggests an interest in form and symmetry. Wish I’d said that in the video, next time
I think there are some that think that some of the bigger ones are ceremonial/decorative.
Art is symbolic isn’t it. An axe is a tool. The decorations on the axe may be art though.
@@chairde Study a bit more flintknapping and then you'd get a better idea. Making the axe the way it is need some kind of artistic sense. The symmetry alone is a testament to this, but the evolution of flintknapping is a proof of it.
@@lucidd4103 Yes, a good point. The man must have a vision in his head.
On the subject of language,babies easily pickup gestures. So it's not hard to believe the first languages were non verbal and that fired the nerves to create verbal language.
my dog follows hand gestures better than spoken commands, so its not a stretch
Chimps and other great apes can learn sign language, so I wouldn't put it pass the Hominds to develop sign language on their own.
My son caught up with his Japanese cousin and since neither spoke each others language, as TODDLERS, they simply started inventing their own language. Grandparents were puzzled.
Babies are smarter than anyone thinks, spend enough time around the little ones, and you understand that they have, we had, a way of communicating that is not totally verbal. Yes they can laugh, cry and make coo noises, but there is so much more than that.
@@ianrandall482 Babies are as smart as most animals.
The complicated story of how we became to be is of endless fascination to me. Earlier today I watched a video by PBS Eons in fermentation and in this video they hypothesized that perhaps Homo Erectus had discovered the benefits of fermentation in food to aid in digestion since we don’t have any real evidence that they cooked their food in a regular basis. This would have allowed for the better diet that aided in our evolution. Like you, I think that the sophisticated tools they made and their ability to successfully spread across the globe suggests some rudimentary ability for purposeful communication not to mention the rudimentary art they produced. Fascinating video!
This is such a slick and smoothly produced video. Clever use of obviously limited resources, disciplined research, tight editing, passionate delivery with a rich voice and killer smile.
Have only recently discovered this channel and have been binge-watching all your videos.
Great stuff. You are doing important work.
IT really puts things in perspective! When I was a wee lad many years ago, I had walk miles to school in any weather and brave the elements and nature. Homo Erectus crossed continents and oceans. I bow to their spirit!
I´m a brazilian guy and your channel is being a wonderful find for me. Because here in Brazil the lack of the tipe of content is considerable. Paleoanthropology open a new world in my field of interess. Congratulation for your work here.
@@pollyanne234 I didn't understand exactly what you meant. but if it was in a jocular tone it failed.
Homo Erectus is NOT The First Humans (homo sepians)
Homo Erectus is DIFFERENT species that have no intelletual
Homo Sepians have intellectual
Work in the Amazon! So many lost cities that can be found with LiDAR
i love your vocabulary
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I have found myself a new hobbie and a passion. THANK YOU. Please please don't stop. And if you ever consider stopping, tell me! Imma carry your torch onwards as far as I am capable. Loving it, absolutely loving it! Every single second and paragraph of it!
Human evolution keeps getting more fascinating! Thanks for another very informative video. :^)
Glad you think you enjoyed it!
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For me, all these chaps and chapettes are like family, I wish I could know more about them, even meet them, and it makes me sad knowing that I won't
My wife thinks I'm crazy for this but I genuinely feel sad when I think about the future and everything I won't know or see because I'll be gone. I almost mourn what I will never learn because it will be figured out after my time. It feels like a great loss.
I don't relate...so I'm gonna be ignorant and say that sounds stupid, both of you 😂
if you know any white people, you probably know someone that is a hybrid of Neanderthal and Cro Magnon. If you know anyone from SE Asia or Australasia, then you know someone that is a cross between Cro Magnon and Denesivians. Just say Hi, we are still here.
@@ianrandall482 If you know any sub Sahara Africans you probably know someone who is among the only pure homo sapians left. Don't genocide them or you'll wipe out yet Another human species .
@@bigalsnow8199, well since you asked nicely, I'll cancel the slaughter that I'd planned.
Great Video!
me seeing that one guy I watch comment on that other guy I watch
I he was on the last video I watched too.
Thanks man! I’m just trying to keep up with you.
@@JoeMWoodward so true!!! I can relate to this :'D
Hear hear.
Your gesturing with the skull just never gets old.
I love that the first humans were named “homo” and “erectus”
Joey and Rachel laughed at homo erectus 🤣
Haha well we are still named homo to this day
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It was the erectus bit that got me.
I'm a homoerectus also 😭 it's always up
Your videos are getting far more sophisticated, and more enjoyable. Keep at it, your channel is close to blowing up!
Hope so! Thanks man
ahh Home Erectus. the most hilarious science name next to Uranus
Unfortunately the Homo Erectus couldn’t land on Uranus due to them disappearing before the deed could be done.
@@coalkingryan881 lmfao I'm cryinggg🤣🤣
God created Adam and Eve, not Erectus in Uranus.
Homo Erectus. Homo means G*y and Erectus means er*ection. So Homo Erectus means a g*y who had an er***tion.
@@cakapcakep241 it’s not tik tok you can say the whole thing
Dude, you channel is literally 🔥
Your knowledge, and presentation is unlike anything else on YT. I can't wait to see where you will take your content!
"There's a little erectus in all of us."
True. But some bigger than others.
@Sem criatividade pp
These guys hunted, survived the elements while struggling to survive at times, where im here sat on the sofa eating a bowl of cereal that someone made and packaged for me. Whos more 'human' ? 🤔
Exactly the same here! Lol
Neither, cause I haven't met either of you. Therefore you are a figment of my imagination, as am I to you.
We’re equally human we just collectively figured it out and through collaboration. We created supply chains and massive farms that give us both a high quality of life and leisure time.
Being lazy doesn't make you less human. It just makes a liability because you can do all the same things they could. You just choose not to.
Your question was about whos more 'animal'.
Acheulean hand axes are so complex I don't see how H. erectus could have passed on skills like that without using language.
I think some experiments were done trying to teach it without language. As I recall it was possible . But of course that was with a sapien brain.
Though I tend to agree with your premise.
I agree to be honest
We're so reliant on language today so it's easy for us to overestimate the need of it to accomplish things. As someone mentioned before there was an experiment on passing a skill nonverbally, but with human brain "replacements". What if erectus was a master visual learner compared top us?
This is not so far-fetched, average chimp today "destroys" average human in photographic memory experiments. Humans eventually gained a language ability but it's harder to account for millions years old things we've lost on our way there.
Even though much emphasis is being put on the importance of lanuguage, and even if we can say that even australopitheci had means of communications, i'm sure that knowledge transmission by these means of communication, visual observation, trial and error is definitely possible. The bifacial knapping method (or alternate flaking as called by some) which is used when knapping a handaxe was used to prepare the Oldowan and Early Acheulean choppers, which in my opinion is an indication of a `longue durée` knowledge and know-how transmission, or what other call cumulative culture
@@onahilltopsatthemoon We're still very much visual learners though, "Here, let me show you" has got to be the most common phrase uttered when teaching a skill. And while chimps are stunning at instant visual memorisation I doubt they can internalise what they see to the degree we do: when you watch someone knap a flintstone you're absorbing a truckload of info: you're feeling the weight of the piece in your hand, you're noting the angle and speed of the hammer which combined with the sound of the impact tells you a lot about the consistency of flint even if you've never handled it in your life, you'll start analysing the pattern it's being worked by, and maybe even worry about the risks involved, such as hitting a finger or cutting the palm of your hand on the new edge _all without any internal vocalisation_.
And then we go into effing overdrive when we actually use language because that allows us to explain _why_ we just did what we did.
Oh to be a 7 year old son of a group leader 1.5 million years ago. early in the morning, you’re making your way through the dew and grass to potty outside of the cave, you hear a yell followed by 3 short yells, the hunting party has returned, father and the others appear through the thick morning fog hauling a blood covered 60ft long titanaboa, 9 of them left in early dawn, 6 return, you walk by them feeling the sadness in the air, but decide to help by carrying the tail end of the beast, your father looks back at you and grunts proudly, at least you all know dinner will be good tonight.
Following your development these last few years has been lots of fun; I always appreciate the research you put into them. Keep up the good work, and hold on to that sense of humor (it isn't lost on everybody). And thanks for introducing me to the illustrations of Ettore Mazza!
You go through all sides of the discussion but then you show the beauty in it and that just keeps me coming back man
"It's quite heavy and could definitely kill something"
*murders random banana without warning*
Lol
A non circumsized goomba a man of culture I see
"Homo Erectus" sound like gay porn.
Now I know which weapon to use when attacked by someone wielding a banana. Still not sure how to survive an attack with a handful of cherries😱
@@roberthickerty390 It's the pits.
I really like how you do these mini documentaries with your own twist. This subject has always intrigued me on how we got here.
Im just a simple hominid, i see new Milo video, I tap.
We're all just simple hominids. But damn Milo makes great work. I think he has a big cc brain.
same 😩
@@machematix you're all just simple mutations of us hominids
I remember reading a paper on how an orthopedic surgeon recognized an early hominid’s skeletal injury as a “fall on outstretched limb”, one he sees in people frequently
A Collis fracture? Like when you fall suddenly and stick your arm out and your hand gets thrust back a 90 degrees.
25:45 “ you could say that there is a small erectus in all of us” that felt personal. I wouldn’t say it’s small I would say it’s average.
😂😂😂
I didn't realize how much I wanted this video. Homo erectus has always been one of my favorite humans. Great video!
By far the most successful.
The person who came up with the name was clearly a homosexual.
@@kellkenyon406
Is that also true for those who named homo sapiens sapiens?
@@RageTyrannosaurus Very
@@RageTyrannosaurus
Apparently that's Google's answer, not that I mind being named homo :)
Homo can mean two things in biology, the Greek meaning (same) is used in genetics for words like homozygous, while the Latin meaning (man) is used in the binomial naming of species such as Homo sapiens (wise man). Here homo means the same and hetero simply means different.
mammothmemory.net/biology/dna-genetics-and-inheritance/gregor-mendel/homo-vs-hetero.html#:~:text=Homo%20can%20mean%20two%20things,and%20hetero%20simply%20means%20different.
So happy to hear from Stephen Milo again! I have been searching TH-cam. You have been missed!🤗
So Kimberly, if you subscribe to his channel then you will get a notice of new content. Also, if you "touch" the photo of Milo in just under the thumbnail pic, YT will bring you to his channel, which has ALL his past video content. FYI.
@@paulryan2128 I am already subscribed Paul, but thanks for the suggestion. I am a big fan of Stephen's videos. I simply meant that I assumed I had missed a video because it had been awhile. Thanks again.
@@kraekennedy you look so cutte in your profile pic ^-^
@@구독자500명되면이같은 Ur so cutte as well homie.
@brett smith oh its very tough for me irl I look exactly like the dude in my pfp ;_;
The artwork is so amazing on these videos, it really makes them stand out, big fan!
1:00 Cue uncontrolled laughter from Beavis and Butthead.
I really love your thoughts about the little things that matter, like the scratched sea shell. Video quality was on point, really loved it throughout.
You have a knack for being deeply informative and entertaining at the same time, Stefan. You are a natural teacher. I am learning so much from you! Thank you for your efforts.
Nice argument and I tend to agree. As an anthropologist, I'm quite certain that while Erectus was not the first upright hominid, erect posture itself in the savannas was the key essential trait that led to all the others that define us, including speech, because a flute-like trachea entering the foramen magnum at 90 degrees is required for vocalizing human language.
Very nice presentation Stefan. Very human and pointing out the flaws or unknowns in today's evidence. No effort to "make stuff up" and not delineate the possible deviations. Thanks, learning new things is fun and conscious raising.
The best book on this subject is called "Erectus walks among us"
Solid, consistent narration, totally erratic narration backgrounds. Thanks again Stefan. Quality stuff.
I am unoriginal and have nothing clever to say just commenting to boost engagement with the algorithm
I'm just lazy, but here's a comment
Similar unoriginal answer for the algorithm.
Testicles.
Well done, we need to get the Silver Play Button for Stefan.
Great channel, thank you for the great content!
🙌
The video is very educational and narrated in a very simple way. Well done, Stefan 😊
Very nice and well researched video once again, props to you and Amanda for that. The artwork is amazing as always. I just have one complaint, how dare you explode my heart there for a minute, very distracting, I involuntarily went awww!
I know! My daughter really steals the show.
I was binge watching Stefan's videos again and he uploads a new one. What a pleasant surprise. Thanks Stefan.
So glad that this popped up in my recommendations. Such a well put together video
Why's there a plastic spoon on your mic
the spoon records the audio
I think the spoon is holding the battery in. He lost the battery's compartment cover, and now it falls out easily, hence the spoon. Or maybe he is covering a button, so he doesn't accidentally turn his mic off, not notice, then have to record an hour of lecture all over again.
@Changelax it's a call back to when all he had for a mic was a small crappy lav mic that didn't have a handle so he attached it to a spoon. It's a reminder of where he started
I love the idea of us sitting around in hot tubs, chillin' and waiting for our soup to boil.
They probably cooked their soup while relaxing *in* the soup.
That, or we were sitting in hot tubs while a saber-tooth was lurking around waiting for its dinner to boil.
I’m taking anthropology this year and I’m learning about human history since 8 mya or so. It’s crazy, we don’t really know why we’re the last one of our species. And we haven’t been so prominent compared to other species up until some thousands of years ago out of just 200k years ago. This class I’m taking is honestly extremely interesting.
The best book on this subject is called "Erectus walks among us"
Do we really know that we are the last Homo species? We are still evolving and do have genes from other species or subspecies. We are a very young subspecies. In 200,000 years, we will probably look different, that is only if we don't change our climate to the point we can no longer survive.
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THANKS FOR SAVING ME CUZ AS A HOMO, ITS NATURE FOR US TO BE CURIOUS. SORRY CAPTAIN
17:37 the idea that small instinctive actions of ours tooks millions of years to develop is mind-boggling. Evolution is nature's greatest gift.
I wish I could observe our ancient ancestors. Very interesting. Many species use sound to communicate, it benefits survival and reproduction, but the impact of our development in that area of our history is really cool to think about. I also wonder how art can be linked to our evolution as a relatively hyper intelligent species. I assume the same parts of our brain that are easily explained with evolution such as caring for our tribe, thinking creatively to get out of a dangerous situation or make a kill, curiosity and being amused enjoying new things, are linked to artistic development as well.
Homo Erectus is NOT The First Humans (homo sepians)
Homo Erectus is DIFFERENT species that have no intelletual
Homo Sepians have intellectual
The first human is ADAM!
Ive been on youtube since it first came out, and I have never left a comment before, until now. This is the first and only (so far) video I have watched from this channel, and just wanted to say this is one of the most well-put together videos ive seen. Great use of imagery, I love the multiple filming locations that add to the story, the separation of facts vs what you believe, etc. Amazing job, excited for more
I have great difficulty believing you have been on TH-cam since it started but this is only the first time you've commented. By the look of your picture you must've been around 8 years old when TH-cam came out and you have definitely made comments since then.
you know we can view when you joined
First of all, you've joined in 2020, second of all, you clearly haven't been on youtube since it came up as there are millions of well made videos just like and even better than this.
x doubt
Sorry to burst your feel good bubble but did you notice that nobody seems to address our shrinking sun? Just ponder for a minute how many metric tons of sub atomic particles the sun has emitted over the last 14 billion years that the universe supposedly has existed. You can`t know someone is wrong unless you know what is right!
I’ve been missing your posts. What a great excuse to take a break! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your presentations.
IMHO At a point in time, the evolution towards homo sapiens alike species became inevitable, like the Australopithecus. But evolution of species is similar to colours on a spectrum, a change very subtile, but after enough change, we agree it's a new color.
A pleasant calm voice explaining who Erectus were and how they fit into the greater human saga. This is some of the best content on all of youtube.
The editing is so good! It looks professional--seriously
Thanks man, I do try to improve
He keeps evolving!
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 ha! ha! ha! you're right
@@StefanMilo Hi Stef, where did
Homo erectus origionate?
But can you and your team please
not make "CHEDDAR MAN" another
pale skinned person.
I know you and ALL of YOUR team,
You know, yall came from those really
really biGG universities, so yall really
really know everything! But are STILL
in denial. Oh well till next commentary👍🏼
Yes
Your channel is my new favorite! I truly love how you present the information. You do it with an unpretentious scientific purity that I wholly respect.
Not sure why I never thought of those HandAxes as being that huge. I like it.
Some are massive, suspiciously massive. Stay tuned for a bonus video on them very soon.
Honestly this was the first time I realized hand-axe means an axe held in hand, without a handle. Somehow that never clicked for me before.
@@StefanMilo
Hand axes are a tool. Making or fashioning one out of rock requires the ability to analyze and plan. The really big leap in my opinion is when the first person realized they could somehow attach that worked piece of stone onto a stick to make either a better spear or a more effective club. This is when humanity went from simple to complex tools.
I also happen to think that Erectus was using worked bone in tools. Primarily as stabbing weapons for hunting and probably war. War or tribal conflict seems to be hardwired into us.
@@mpetersen6 Hand axes require a parent stone and a hammerstone. No intense intelligence required. They're pretty easy to make.
@@angelsinthearchitecture7106
And just how many have you made?
i think ive just found my next favourite channel. everything about paleontological anthropology fascinates me and i LOVE whenever you mention art and creativity and it makes me love humans so much more :D you just GET it, man, i love this so much
Hi Stefan, I just love the way you can explain rather complex things, in a way that even I can get a grip on.
12:55-13:22 maybe they didn't even use something like stems, but just swam. Modern humans are known to swim much further than a few miles, for example a few people crossed the English Channel, which is around 32 km (around 20 miles) wide at it's narrowest point, but swimmers often take a much longer route because of currents.
It's fascinating to imagine that at some point in our anthropological past, several species of humans would live side by side and, perhaps, interact with each other. Just like you see different species of the same animals interacting with each other. I wonder how the world would look like right now if there would not one, but two or three more species of humans in the present day?!
The best book on this subject is called "Erectus walks among us"
Slavery probably :( but an interesting thought
@@basilbrush9075and specism
considering that homo sapiens can’t even handle other homo sapiens having a different skin color than each other i can’t even imagine how bad the “speciesism” would’ve been if there were other humans walking around right now lol
Most theories I've seen with Homo Erectus was that they didn't learn how to start fire themselves, but they did discover the benefits of fire from volcanic regions, lightning strikes and wild fires.
Evolutionism is a lie.
@@benedibrava dude shut up a book that was written 2000 years ago isn’t proof
@@vegancannibal1839 I am talking about science, bible happens to match reality because they have the same creator. Why do you people find pleasure in deception lie and fantasy instead accept reality?
@@vegancannibal1839 with simple question you would know evolutionism is a lie: why life is complete like bible teaches? Because it can’t happen other wise
@@benedibrava I’m so sorry I don’t understand what you’re trying to say and I am very sorry for being rude in my previous reply. But there is one very good piece of proof that involves vestigial bones. And that is that whales still have leg bones from when they where land mammals.
I really like Stephan's way of presenting scientific facts with a shy smile, furtive looks, and a touch of humor that does not make his narration a Disney production.
Zooming in on that 400,000 year old shell was fascinating. I have to wonder if there was more intent than just squiggly lines. Almost see other faint images on it - perhaps those lines were intended to be trees and other lines behind it faded?
There is one part of the evolutionary dynamic that's not spoken enough about and that's the fact our spinal column exits straight out of our skull unlike other hominids which is out of the back or foramen magnum.
The constant evolutionary imagery of a line of succession portraying apes and then man is wrong, imo. The spinal column and limbs are totally different. This is the real reason we walk upright and we don't have proof it was food scarcity that forced a bone composition changes over a million years to an upright status. Theirs has not changed one iota.
You've shone an interesting light on ancient homo-erectus and makes sense on that species' ability to migrate.
In regards to your thought about the hydro thermal springs and reminding you of the moneys in the hot springs I immediately thought of the jackasses that were arrested throwing a burlap bag of chickens in Yellowstone's Shoshone Geyser basin. I guess some of us haven't evolved much! Btw great video as always.
Yay a new episode. And love the "we're good at running at least some of us." I am def not one of us that is good at running lol
IMORTAL words by Stephan Milos. "THERE'S A LITTLE ERECTUS IN ALL OF US". Thanks for the memories Stephan.
My question is that why, how and when did homo erectus split off from other organisms to become what we are now. What was the turning point for us to branch off from our pre-human species. And also what animal or creature were we before the first humans evolved and the animal we were before humans and primates split from one another
Good to have you back ✊
Stefan and his professional mic... I love it but at least he stayed loyal with the spoon. What a guy...
You're videos are GOLD. I so appreciate the great illustrations, idea framing, side tangents, nuance. Mean so much to me. I am glad this exists.
Homo Erectus is NOT The First Humans (homo sepians)
Homo Erectus is DIFFERENT species that have no intelletual
Homo Sepians have intellectual
The first human is ADAM!
this channel is endlessly fascinating great work Stefan!
I did my undergraduate dissertation on Homo luzonensis, it was an absolutely fascinating topic
I absolutely love this channel, I'm only just really getting into it, I think I first came across this when you collaborated with history TH-camrs on maritime navigation but I had forgotten to hit the bell at the time and only just fixed that a few days ago, well I have been binging ever since. Fantastic videos Stefan, thank you so much for sharing this all with us!
a day stefan uploads is always a good day
So, nice artwork, if a bit creepy. I take exception to how he’s holding the stone knife. I don’t think anyone could get and power behind that strike using fingers. The hand needs to wrap around it to line up the wrist and forearm to deliver body weight to the point of the device. The implication is that there should have been something wrapped around it to increase gripping strength to prevent slipping or deflection and to protect the hand.
Learning about humanity's journey on this planet is a good reminder that our interpersonal relationships and creativity have always been amongst our biggest strengths (even if sometimes we mistake them for weaknesses).