The Earth 500,000 Years Ago | 500,000 Subscribers Special

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  • @mymom1462
    @mymom1462 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    Man this is so much better than the 10 subscriber special. Jokes aside, thank you so much for putting so much work on this man. I am on work break right now and cannot wait to indulge in this beautiful piece of media.

    • @cyrilio
      @cyrilio ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There was a 10 subscriber special!? I only know about the 100 sub special. Link: There was a 10 subscriber special

    • @rickwrites2612
      @rickwrites2612 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It still wouldve been a great special dealing with the end of the ice age and quaternary extinction of megafauna (like megatherium, sabre tooth cats, irish elk, cave bears)...Neolithic humans experimenting with agriculture, Natufian and PPNA cultures in Mesopotamia and Levantine, building Gobekli Tepe, the rise of inequality etc...but still plenty of purist forager-hunters further out from cradle.

    • @sandrakiefler4649
      @sandrakiefler4649 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Damn! Haven’t been here that long but I remember a 10,000 sub special a few months after it came out tho! 😅

    • @andrewgalloway7344
      @andrewgalloway7344 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      AI comment .....

  • @jurassicswine
    @jurassicswine ปีที่แล้ว +214

    I remember the 100k special. Congratulations on 500k and can’t wait to see what Earth was like a million years ago.

  • @MisterLitera1
    @MisterLitera1 ปีที่แล้ว +990

    I love that they make a 500k video when they're a stone's throw from 600k

    • @TieYourLaurenDown
      @TieYourLaurenDown ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Perfect timing.

    • @adamlombard3771
      @adamlombard3771 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      A stone age's throw. Lol.

    • @erikm8372
      @erikm8372 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      How much more different or distinct would life have been 600k years ago vs 500k?

    • @erikm8372
      @erikm8372 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And I know, probably quite distinct. Lok

    • @GeoffryGifari
      @GeoffryGifari ปีที่แล้ว +21

      what geological time scale does to a mf

  • @ziizification
    @ziizification ปีที่แล้ว +163

    The greatest blessing of the internet is the way it connects passionate people who otherwise never could have shared with each other. This is such an amazing channel and here's to the next 500k! You certainly deserve it. ❤

    • @FacesintheStone
      @FacesintheStone ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It gives citizens a voice in an otherwise closed academic field 😊 Citizen archaeologists are leading the way in North America because the ones who are getting paid for it don’t work. ❤

    • @tylerschoen5643
      @tylerschoen5643 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My girlfriend just doesn’t understand why I comment so much on these type of channels. She just doesn’t understand how he’s it is to meet people in real life that are passionate about the pst

    • @randallalphonse774
      @randallalphonse774 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey dude how are you doing?

    • @RagingBad
      @RagingBad 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tylerschoen5643dump her

  • @Kat-mh1ol
    @Kat-mh1ol ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Just so you know I re-listen to your 100k and 300k specials all the time! Really appreciate the hard work that goes into such long videos, and I can’t wait to listen and re-listen to this one over and over again!

  • @trentenmerrill5239
    @trentenmerrill5239 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Your channel definitely was a big component of things that helped me get my mind off of my PTSD in the worst time in my life. To say I love your guys videos is an understatement. I needed something to focus on and keep my mind off of shit that I couldn't get off my mind. Thanks mate. Keep up the good work. You guys are fuckin awesome.

    • @aarons6935
      @aarons6935 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You don't have PTSD.

    • @trentenmerrill5239
      @trentenmerrill5239 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @aarons6935 lol

    • @aarons6935
      @aarons6935 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @trentenmerrill5239 Just attention seeking at it's finest champ.

    • @trentenmerrill5239
      @trentenmerrill5239 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @aarons6935 nobody wants to have PTSD. Lol I'm a 32 year old man... You have absolutely "no idea" how wrong that you are. But it's all good man. No worries. I don't need you to believe me. Your just some random stranger on the Internet. I'm not going to get upset over this. Lol have a good day bro

    • @aarons6935
      @aarons6935 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @trentenmerrill5239 I enjoy calling out lying attention seekers and will continueto do so. Oh and just by the way, it's you're*.

  • @anthonyhall7019
    @anthonyhall7019 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I wanted to be a paleontologist when I was a kid BUT.....I run bowling alley so here I am glued to the screen for your awesomeness

    • @ukestudio3002
      @ukestudio3002 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I am awed by your awesomeness..to continue your interest in paleontology. Keep up the good work.!

    • @v4v819
      @v4v819 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You wouldn't make a fraction of the money as you do with bowling alleys, he makes his money making content on youtube! If it makes you feel better!

    • @benjaminjones5029
      @benjaminjones5029 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Sometimes you eat the bar..Sometimes the bar eats eeew.

  • @ruththinkingoutside.707
    @ruththinkingoutside.707 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Woooo!
    This is fantastic!
    .. so glad I am here to see it! 😍
    You guys DESERVE even more subs than this.. you’ve been an absolute favorite of mine for years now..
    and..
    These specials are worth waiting for.. love them!
    Thanks guys.. you’re awesome as always!

    • @BenGThomas
      @BenGThomas  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you so much!

    • @Chompchompyerded
      @Chompchompyerded ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed! Whole heartedly!

    • @raya.p.l5919
      @raya.p.l5919 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@BenGThomasJesus power ) Here the Proof.❤ ( Warning it is intense.). It will last 3 days to the second Or I'm lying an u won't feel a thing

  • @TayePurks
    @TayePurks ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I just wanna say I love and appreciate your longer form content on this channel! Thanks for your hard work!

  • @davewilson9738
    @davewilson9738 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Congratulations to the whole 7DOS team, you deserve this! You rekindled a love of all things "dinosaur" in an older man! Thanks and here's to 1 million!

  • @theflyingdutchguy9870
    @theflyingdutchguy9870 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    its so crazy how much there is to learn. even about such relevantly recent times as half a million years ago

    • @Chompchompyerded
      @Chompchompyerded ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's why I have such a difficult time understanding the concept of boredom. I could live 1,000 years or more and never get bored. There's always something new to delve into.

    • @tysonwastaken
      @tysonwastaken 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Chompchompyerdedpeople feel bored because we don't know where to look for the endless topics

    • @GillfigGarstang
      @GillfigGarstang 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChompchompyerdedGive it another 15 years and you will understand.

  • @gemmabartlett3908
    @gemmabartlett3908 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Congratulations both on your degrees! I remember the 100k and 300k specials and I have very much enjoyed all of them. Congratulations on all your new subscribers. Its a testament to all your hard work. Well done boys!

  • @hazeeqsyahme
    @hazeeqsyahme ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi! From Malaysia here. Your videos have been really informative and educational for a non-science person like me (I read law). Keep up the great work and looking forward to the 1 million subscriber special haha

  • @andreagriffiths3512
    @andreagriffiths3512 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Only recently found your channel and, I must say, I’m absolutely loving it. Fascinating, informative, easily digestible, and fun. Congrats on 500,000 and here’s to that climbing. ❤

  • @Mr-Neven
    @Mr-Neven ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It is so nice to see your channels success. We all see the work your team puts in. Thank you.

  • @tonydagostino6158
    @tonydagostino6158 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Speaking as a boomer paleontologist, who can't get in the field like I used to, I appreciate the diversity of your stories, just the right level of taxonomy and detail, your production quality, but most importantly your individual and group energy. My wife just wants to pinch Ben's rosy cheeks. I'm not at all surprised by your number of subs. Of course it would raise the status of your channel by an order of magnitude (at least one, proportional to size differences) if you covered some micropaleontology discoveries as well

    • @gaylereid8264
      @gaylereid8264 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you kidding me. An order of mag??? Get overyourownself. Could you even keep up w/this prolific content production. Really.

    • @tonydagostino6158
      @tonydagostino6158 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gaylereid8264 Not good at recognizing sarcasm are you? Didn't notice the size joke that followed? Get overyourownself. I've no doubt Ben and his team recognized it even if you didn't

    • @gaylereid8264
      @gaylereid8264 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonydagostino6158
      OHH. TY, Tony for correcting me.
      & NO, I dint catch that. I just marvel at Ben’s abilities. Sincerely, Proud MaMa 💋

    • @tylerr472
      @tylerr472 ปีที่แล้ว

      As a casual paleontology enjoyer, I would actually unironically be interested in micropaleontology. Afterall, what are animals but a collection of microorganisms? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

  • @ProfezorSnayp
    @ProfezorSnayp ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As if australian fauna wasn't scary enough, here comes the giant bipedal primate-faced kangaroo with clawed hands.
    Imagine meeting one at night. 😳

    • @andreagriffiths3512
      @andreagriffiths3512 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was pretty scared meeting a wombat in the middle of the night whilst on a forest walk once. It sounded positively huge as it ran down the dark track towards me. I was quite shocked to see it was just a knee high wombat. It was just as shocked to see me.

  • @sassa82
    @sassa82 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thank you for your hard work and dedication during the years!🎉

  • @saramillan4400
    @saramillan4400 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The quality of these videos is incredible. I'm so glad these exist and FOR FREE. I never would have found such an interest in this kind of thing if not for videos like this

  • @kiranraavi4240
    @kiranraavi4240 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can't wait until you get 10 billion subscribers and we get a big bang episode!

  • @WhiteNucklin
    @WhiteNucklin ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’ve been around here for a while, your commitment to excellence shines through since the beginning

  • @martinwinther6013
    @martinwinther6013 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    grats man.
    500k is a lot.
    gj team!

  • @TheCreativeNick
    @TheCreativeNick ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Been watching this channel for years, it's incredible how much progress you and the team have made. Congrats and to many more years of paleontology/science news!

  • @jeremythomas8252
    @jeremythomas8252 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Congratulations on this milestone and on this high quality video. Well done team, I'm proud to play my small part. (Mainly transport coordinator!).

    • @Chompchompyerded
      @Chompchompyerded ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Minister of Transportation is a big role! Thank you for your "small" part in making these wonderful and informative videos what they are.

  • @noelthorley3248
    @noelthorley3248 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well done! You truly deserve every one of them and I'm looking forward to when you hit your million mark.

  • @johnhrichak3451
    @johnhrichak3451 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I and 499,999 others say congratulations and thank you for an excellent channel and this sparkling episode! Cheers!

  • @c4c4cr0773
    @c4c4cr0773 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I hope you realize that you will have a problem with this kind of video when your channel will reach 4.54 billion subscribers...

    • @ThtSunbreaker
      @ThtSunbreaker 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I imagine it will be a like 5 minute video where 4:50 is an intro ans the next 10 seconds is him explaing that there was nothing

  • @leminjapan
    @leminjapan ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Procoptodons sounded adorable until you described how they got around. A smush-faced kangaroo walking around on two tippytoes sounds horrifying.

  • @ystoobme
    @ystoobme ปีที่แล้ว +24

    What about seasonal hair growth like other mammals do, shedding off in the spring and growing in the late summer and fall? That seems reasonable to me,and I am a biologist. Great show by the way. How long to get to that million subscribers level?

    • @myparceltape1169
      @myparceltape1169 ปีที่แล้ว

      People can shed hair, men do it permanently at different ages.

  • @Ahonya666
    @Ahonya666 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now on 600k! Congratulations! Of course we will wait as this kind of videos take a lot of research to do. Greetings from Spain.

  • @marianneb.7112
    @marianneb.7112 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congratulations! Thank you for great info, well-presented. 🎉

  • @juanpascallucianobravado6112
    @juanpascallucianobravado6112 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can’t believe that more people have not subscribed than this. You make the science fun, even for those of us who only have a cursory education and understanding of paleontology, which makes learning more about everything so wonderful; from comparative dentition setting the stage for inquiry, to mandibular similarity being possibly convergent evolution without further evidence from full cranial comparison. There is so much gold for the imagination in what you do.

    • @pood40o72
      @pood40o72 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cause hearing that you came from monkey for the 1000th time gets boring.

    • @juanpascallucianobravado6112
      @juanpascallucianobravado6112 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing your way of thinking about science.

    • @Ithaca-vv5dy
      @Ithaca-vv5dy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pood40o72we didn’t come from monkeys. We share a common ancestor with monkeys

    • @iamgar6age
      @iamgar6age ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@pood40o72not came from monkey, but subspecie of Ape

  • @titanofserpents4315
    @titanofserpents4315 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I actually learned the difference between a Mammoth and a Mastodon pretty recently at one of my local museums!

  • @Deailon
    @Deailon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am with you almost from the start and it was a great pleasure to watch your guys grow :)

  • @NateLikesCats
    @NateLikesCats 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    What are you doing Steppe bison?

    • @strangeboytk1467
      @strangeboytk1467 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So glad someone said it

    • @miketrodella1353
      @miketrodella1353 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

    • @aarons6935
      @aarons6935 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Knew it'd be here somewhere

  • @sarahhurst701
    @sarahhurst701 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely amazing, thanks for this vid. I just discovered your channel &: subscribed.

  • @paulmaher7683
    @paulmaher7683 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    OMG What are you doing Step-Bison

    • @CAUGHH
      @CAUGHH 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bovid eeznuts

  • @Chompchompyerded
    @Chompchompyerded ปีที่แล้ว

    This was an absolutely epic special. I've seen a lot of specials from a lot of people celebrating 500k, but none that come to mind have been quite as good as this one. I have to wonder what your world premiere on the Beeb will be like, with that level of funding. That probably won't happen, and besides, if it did, it would probably come with restrictions of various sorts for various reasons. Being able to go into the depth you feel is necessary using the amount of time you feel is necessary lends a freedom to this project which makes it something far better than one could ever encounter on the tele.
    I hope that this channel will continue to produce and thrive for the next ten or fifteen years, but not for entirely altruistic reasons. I'd just like it to be around and interesting me for the rest of my life. I've seen enough seasons go by that every day that I awaken is a bonus. Every day that a new episode comes out is just sweet cream and fresh berries on the scone.
    Thank you for all the hard work and effort you put in to bringing us these videos, as well as the 7DoS videos. You are much appreciated!

  • @Warrior-Of-Virtue
    @Warrior-Of-Virtue ปีที่แล้ว +18

    1:50 Considering that paleontology was still in its infancy (and even that is being very generous) it's kind of impressive that they recognized this as a new species. If you showed a mastodon skeleton to someone who didn't know any better, they would probably think it was an elephant.

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elephant antomy was already well known though and the teeth do look VERY DIFFERENT.

  • @aldenconsolver3428
    @aldenconsolver3428 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tons of congratulations to you all. I was one of the first and knew a good thing when I saw it (I even contributed to the Africa trip). So a big 'good job' from a guy out here in a 64 million year dry sea bed.

  • @justdavedoindavestuff3479
    @justdavedoindavestuff3479 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh man, guys. I've been waiting for this for so very long. I just re-watched the one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, and 300,000 subscribers episodes, and they're still as good as they were the first time I watched them. I seriously can't wait for this, please don't disappoint.😊

    • @oberonpanopticon
      @oberonpanopticon ปีที่แล้ว

      What about the 400,000 subscriber special?

    • @justdavedoindavestuff3479
      @justdavedoindavestuff3479 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oberonpanopticon surprisingly, it never came up in my feed, and I never thought to do a search for it

  • @ali.hassanmir
    @ali.hassanmir ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was impatiently waiting for 500k years ago special. Now 600k on the corner

  • @LGP82
    @LGP82 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found your channel. Great video. Keep up to good work.

  • @christopherholder9925
    @christopherholder9925 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Quality is always worth waiting for. Thank you.

  • @SandwichMan1764
    @SandwichMan1764 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No lie, I've been constantly checking for the 500,000 subscriber specials over the past year! Thank you Ben!

  • @bossaudio12
    @bossaudio12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best work you do is long format, great job!!

  • @Glenn_AE6YT
    @Glenn_AE6YT ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How about a trip to my favorite paleontological site: the La Brea Tar Pits. Think about it. Take care, and may God bless. Cheers!

  • @Geminifan20
    @Geminifan20 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can add a third location for the Denesovins as a single molar of one has been found in Laos at the Tam Ngu Hao 2 cave

  • @Chris-rt5qu
    @Chris-rt5qu ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dude’s shirt game remains undefeated

  • @rachelwebber3605
    @rachelwebber3605 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would love to see how mastodons changed their environments. Did they increase the spacing between trees in boreal forests? Did they push trees over in swamps and end up changing the way water flowed or evaporated, like a less focused beaver? In the same way that there were mammoth-engineered "mammoth steppes", were there mastodon-engineered "mastodon forests"? Paleoecology and paleoethology is just so cool to think about!

  • @CZPanthyr
    @CZPanthyr ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congratulations! I hope you keep growing as the work you do and the videos you put out are incredibly interesting and educational.

  • @Baalshazar
    @Baalshazar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BTw this is one of the best ways to do subscriber specials, can't wait for a playlist.

  • @Prehistoricfor60Seconds-hc7rn
    @Prehistoricfor60Seconds-hc7rn ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Almost 600000, congratulations!

  • @zeroconnection
    @zeroconnection ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can wait until you get 65 million subscribers. Love to see a video on KT extinction.

  • @rorydonaldson2794
    @rorydonaldson2794 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 100k specials are some of my favorite long form content on all of youtube. Superb stuff guys. Cant wait for the next one

  • @jeroylenkins1745
    @jeroylenkins1745 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow I had to look, 5 years ago was the 10k special. You have been doing a consistently great job and presenting fascinating content. Keep up the good work.

  • @Stroopwaffe1
    @Stroopwaffe1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm glad you enjoy what your doing an you really make the topics intresting and easily understandable.

  • @Morlock.
    @Morlock. ปีที่แล้ว +5

    john sibbick has such beautiful art I'm so glad he's being represented❤

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

    How far back do we have to go before we have Antarctic animals to cover?

    • @andreagriffiths3512
      @andreagriffiths3512 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw a 3D movie about dinosaurs of Antarctica…but I don’t know if there were later critters.

    • @tec-jones5445
      @tec-jones5445 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My guess is it would probably be at least 10 million subscribers (10 million years ago), as that's around when the modern ice sheets fully formed and covered the entire continent. Though the freezing began in the late Eocene/early Oligocene some 34 to 45 million years ago, there was still plenty of tundra (that might have supported terrestial megafauna) up until the late Miocene.

  • @fsm5184
    @fsm5184 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations...GRETTINGS from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷my friend

  • @DeanBatha
    @DeanBatha ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ben, I shared this video with my Facebook friends. This is what I told them:
    "Ben Thomas now has over half a million subscribers to his very successful TH-cam science channel. I subscribed to his channel years ago when he was just starting. I recognized that this young man has a gift for explaining complex scientific topics in biology and paleontology to the public, much like Anton Petrov does with astronomy and physics."
    Keep on pursuing your education and career goals, and keep on producing such amazing content. I will continue supporting you on Patreon.

  • @bacongod4967
    @bacongod4967 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Funny story about ive age fossils/bones in America, when Thomas Jefferson sent out Loius and Clark one of the things they were supposed to look out for were things like mammoths and such since no one had actually studied the American interior yet he’d hoped that maybe they were still alive.

  • @fuzzyboon9069
    @fuzzyboon9069 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations on graduation & thank you for putting so much effort into your channel even when you're busy!!

  • @sasha-taylor
    @sasha-taylor 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Toyotamaphimeia - clearly named for their reliability, standing up to abuse like an old Hilux

  • @charleston1789
    @charleston1789 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seriously, this channel is such a gem! Thank you so much for everything you create and gift us with ☺️

  • @slaterbrazeal3396
    @slaterbrazeal3396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Been waiting for the next one!!!! Love you guys!

    • @slaterbrazeal3396
      @slaterbrazeal3396 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Okay you guys are late with the next two I take that back!

  • @tardismole
    @tardismole ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The mixotoxodon is one of the reasons why I suggested doing a video on all the times convergence created species that looked like rhinos/ceratopsians etc. So very glad that I stumbled upon this channel. Paleoanthropology is a passion of mine and who doesn't like dinosaurs? Best of all worlds.

  • @bulbakip6380
    @bulbakip6380 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What are you doing, Step-Bison?

    • @Nike_IV
      @Nike_IV 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Step-bi-son

  • @fearlessjoebanzai
    @fearlessjoebanzai ปีที่แล้ว +1

    26:54, aww, I hoped you were going to tell us it got it's name because it roared like a Supra!

  • @dennisud
    @dennisud ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on hitting 500,000 and graduating! Now for the real life adventure to begin!

  • @Tsotha
    @Tsotha ปีที่แล้ว +1

    interesting hearing about all those differences between mastodons and mammoths which become clearer and clearer, I was unfamiliar with most of them until now

  • @smooth_sundaes5172
    @smooth_sundaes5172 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats guys! You produce some good quality content and you well deserve the achievement, well done!

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Here *for* the Eventual 1 million future subs!

  • @madelyntielking6483
    @madelyntielking6483 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mastadons!!! I love them so much! :D One was found (I forget how long ago) about 30 minutes from where I grew up when someone was digging a pond. It was displayed at a museam where we were able to see it.
    Edit:
    And fun fact! It's thought that pawpaws (a fruit native throughout the Eastern United States) evolved it's strong smell and taste (as well as large seeds) to be eaten by megafauna like mastadons! Sadly the seeds are too large for our current fauna, but humans have done a good job a keeping pawpaws alive and well

  • @Antirrhopus
    @Antirrhopus ปีที่แล้ว +2

    cant wait for the 66 million sub special :)

  • @ICreatedU1
    @ICreatedU1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Mastodon" = "Mastos" (breast) + "Odon" (tooth) 🤯 I have a soft spot for etymology and this one blew my mind. Reminds me of the etymology of "hysterical" which is quite striking too to say the least (uterus). Now the best etymology I've ever come across in my book is the French word "travail" (work), which comes from the Latin "tripalium" which was a medieval torture instrument. Never has an etymology been more fitting :) Anyway, just saying, keep up the good... torture instrument!

  • @NorthCitySider
    @NorthCitySider ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mastadons didn't live in places that were as cold as mammoths did but were still fairly cold anyway, at least during winter. For example, in the spruce forests of the eastern United States south of the ice sheets. It should be a given that they'd need at least a moderately long coat of fur to survive just as animals living in boreal forests do today.

  • @melodyashwin4643
    @melodyashwin4643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh what lovely animals, thank you.

  • @brendan5825
    @brendan5825 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love that you guys have informed me about so many ancient animals that I had no clue existed. Thank you!!

  • @Hockey-gn2tj
    @Hockey-gn2tj ปีที่แล้ว

    600k soon! Congrats guys! Love your content so much!!! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @dalailarose1596
    @dalailarose1596 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a clever idea for a 500k video!

  • @Isabelb
    @Isabelb ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats 500K, I see you're already in 596K! Wow! BTW, great shirt!

  • @LowTierLurker
    @LowTierLurker ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on reaching 500k subs👍hope you reach 1m sooner then later

  • @richardgaspar4590
    @richardgaspar4590 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Talking about nature is always so interesting to me, it was an interesting story.

  • @hollyodii5969
    @hollyodii5969 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video yet again! I need you guys to go back to South Africa! That content was phenomenal!!

  • @johnstaves1337
    @johnstaves1337 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So interesting and put in terms that the non-specialist can understand. Could you do a quick lesson on the precise relationship between the terms 'species', 'family', 'clade' etc please.

  • @McDagger24
    @McDagger24 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been waiting for this vid for so long! I love the subscriber milestone series!

  • @minellechevalier1748
    @minellechevalier1748 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For me one of the best and most informative paleontology channels on YuoTube. Thanks for that.

  • @leminjapan
    @leminjapan ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on 500k! See you in the Archean!

  • @ldarm
    @ldarm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Welldone 💪💪💪 Great vid too!

  • @jongkittae
    @jongkittae 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    19:53 i didn't see anyone else mention it so i'll say it: THEY DID WHAT WITH THE MUMMIFIED BISON REMAINS??!?!

  • @BFDT-4
    @BFDT-4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WE enjoy what you do, because you do it so well! And in the midst of studies and reading for your degrees, it's still quality what y'all crank out! ;)
    You're ALL RIGHT!

  • @julieannearcher4033
    @julieannearcher4033 ปีที่แล้ว

    🎉🎉. Congratulations 👏👏 love from Australia 😊

  • @UnwantedGhost1
    @UnwantedGhost1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't wait until a million subscribers special.

  • @julybliss4440
    @julybliss4440 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome. I have been thinking alot of mastodons. From central northern U.S. and as someone who uses shovel alot, we always get excited when digging, hoping we find mastodon fossil.

  • @gusgone4527
    @gusgone4527 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lads,you really have achieved something special for undergraduates. This bodes for the future. Communication is obviously your strength and teaching is the obvious career path. With media friendly forays strongly recommend.

  • @TheChristmasNinja12
    @TheChristmasNinja12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    W-what are you doing, Steppe Bison??

  • @gsutvaos868
    @gsutvaos868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally one day we will know for sure what happened more than 14 billion years ago once we reach the same amount of subscribers. At this rate it shouldn’t be too long 💪🏽

  • @ZeFroz3n0ne907
    @ZeFroz3n0ne907 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been a sub for 6-7 years I think, been a big fan since!

  • @davidyemm7910
    @davidyemm7910 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this. First time seeing a recreation of a Mastodon, as Mammoths seem to get most of the attention.