The Earth 300,000 Years Ago | 300,000 Subscribers Special

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  • @GeeVanderplas
    @GeeVanderplas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    As a paleoecologist I massively appreciate the attention you gave to this sometimes underappreciated scientific field! Sediment cores are perhaps not as "sexy" as fossil bones, but the climate and landscapes we can reconstruct with them are fascinating!

    • @rondoclark45
      @rondoclark45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Without the work you do, all those fossil bones are out of much needed context. You're an underappreciated hero.

    • @GeeVanderplas
      @GeeVanderplas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rondoclark45 thanks man!

    • @RNAxRibose
      @RNAxRibose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hey what paths led to you being a paleoecologist? Im a biology student and will hopefully soon begin a masters specialized in ecology and paleontology.

    • @RNAxRibose
      @RNAxRibose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GeeVanderplas could you repeat your answer? Cant read your comment to mine idk why..very interested
      Atm, im doing my bachelors thesis and my tutor is a paleontologist

    • @scambammer6102
      @scambammer6102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Get on the cross and don’t look back and they say neanderthals went extinct

  • @hackcult3738
    @hackcult3738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1314

    Hunting for early humans must have been like going to war. Not everyone is coming back.

    • @normalbird1139
      @normalbird1139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +413

      Still the same today, Father went to get some milk but never came back.

    • @alboy1233
      @alboy1233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@normalbird1139 OH!.... oh...ouch

    • @gabrieldnchf2822
      @gabrieldnchf2822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @@normalbird1139 the grocery store is a quite dangerous place

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Note that while pretty much all of these disappear after the time humans arrived so even if many people died through these hunts but they did far more damage to these creatures regardless of whether they were the ultimate cause or not

    • @jdhed1
      @jdhed1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yes, it must *HAVE* been one *OF* the more dangerous activities......see the difference?

  • @Spartan265
    @Spartan265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    The fact the sloth dung still has a smell is actually kinda cool in a weird gross way. It's almost like time traveling.

    • @kyledeacon5659
      @kyledeacon5659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Poop travel

    • @larryslemp9698
      @larryslemp9698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why would it be 'gross'?

    • @robertlarson7224
      @robertlarson7224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@larryslemp9698 because it’s poop? like yeah it’s a cool fossil, but at the end of the day poop is gross.

    • @frankdatank2304
      @frankdatank2304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@robertlarson7224 he called the shit poop!

    • @ylemscalamity
      @ylemscalamity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frankdatank2304 nice billy Madison reference lol

  • @Robert399
    @Robert399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1511

    I've gotta say, this was vastly more interesting than the "Earth 10 Years Ago" special.

    • @z_monty
      @z_monty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Classic

    • @Riceball01
      @Riceball01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      I don't know, 10 years ago it wasn't 2020, so how bad could it have been?

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text, You Guys Really Need To READ This
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

    • @Robert399
      @Robert399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Praise___YaH What on Earth are you talking about?? Did you comment in the wrong thread?

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Robert399
      Did you READ what I shared?

  • @ninjaman815
    @ninjaman815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3866

    I can’t wait until he gets 65 million subs

    • @mikeor-
      @mikeor- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I doubt this, because he talks about humans, and humanlike creatures appeared only 7-8 million years ago.

    • @VVabsa
      @VVabsa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@mikeor- He starts talks about humans at 24:20. Worms however, existed alot longer than us.

    • @jesusisunstoppable4438
      @jesusisunstoppable4438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@mikeor- He was alluding to the extinction event that killed the Dino's, The K-T extinction I think it's called.

    • @bri1085
      @bri1085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Watch him throw a curve ball and does an episode the focuses on the future.

    • @admiralsquatbar127
      @admiralsquatbar127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      A channel 65 million years in the making.

  • @naes6843
    @naes6843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This channel on our planet’s history is done so well. Thanks for all your hard work. Dave in Phoenix, AZ

  • @WhiteNucklin
    @WhiteNucklin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    I've been here for a long while, and I hope to be here a long while more

    • @BenGThomas
      @BenGThomas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Thanks for sticking with us :D, it's always nice to see the people that were here in the beginning like yourself still commenting!

    • @Sharp26
      @Sharp26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same.

    • @WhiteNucklin
      @WhiteNucklin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@BenGThomas getting a response from you guys has made my whole week!

    • @annahappen7036
      @annahappen7036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Typhoonigator has been here so long their a skeleton!

    • @BenGThomas
      @BenGThomas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@WhiteNucklin We don't really plan to any time soon, but who knows... perhaps some day...

  • @madderhat5852
    @madderhat5852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +988

    I'm always fascinated by mega-fauna. They don't seem to get as much popular press as dinosaurs.

    • @MuertaRara
      @MuertaRara 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      true, especially Aussie megafauna

    • @PlainsPup
      @PlainsPup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Non-avian dinos are really interesting, but I've always been much more fascinated by those animals that went extinct only relatively recently, and once lived alongside people and many other extant species. It's so tantalizing to imagine the world back then, so similar to our world now, yet so amazingly different.

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text, You Guys Really Need To READ This
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

    • @cameronbethea123
      @cameronbethea123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Oooh look mom, a schizophrenic bible man !

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Praise___YaH
      RE: "HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text, You Guys Really Need To READ This"
      In this thread, we're talking about paleontology, which is a branch of science. We're not discussing superstition.

  • @driftlesshermit
    @driftlesshermit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I've always been amazed by the snapping turtle and how prehistoric they look and the range they can live in even extremely freezing temperatures.

  • @ruththinkingoutside.707
    @ruththinkingoutside.707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Thoroughly enjoy this channel... you’re wonderful and your efforts are appreciated greatly!! Thank you for all the work!
    🥰💕

  • @GeorgeTheDinoGuy
    @GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    You’re gaining subscribers faster then you can make specials!
    Your content definitely has an effect on the people who watch it and that’s awesome to see!

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Every time I see videos like this, I wish desperately for a time machine so that I could see all of these amazing animals and environments for myself.

    • @rogerwilco8146
      @rogerwilco8146 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can tho! Oh there are so many claws and teeth out there ...

    • @king-qi2ks
      @king-qi2ks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keep on wishing bro
      It will NEVER happen

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@king-qi2ks That's not what a king would say. Real Kings have vision.

    • @whiteashes1769
      @whiteashes1769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this isn’t real bro, there’s far more theorising then fact in the evolution theory. there’s much more fact in the bible and no theory’s, especially noah’s ark is fulllll of scientific facts❤️

    • @scambammer6102
      @scambammer6102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@whiteashes1769 ^ doesn't even know how to spell "theories" but lecturing everyone on biology lol.

  • @anthroposlogica9379
    @anthroposlogica9379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    I work at the labrea tar pits, and we once had someone bring Shasta Dung that smelled like fresh manure

    • @dinoxels
      @dinoxels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That must have been trippy lol.

    • @hatefuckable
      @hatefuckable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That is mind-blowing.

    • @anthroposlogica9379
      @anthroposlogica9379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, it was collected in Caves from Texas I believe

    • @Sharp26
      @Sharp26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow.

    • @anthroposlogica9379
      @anthroposlogica9379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Rob Cameron I wish😭,it was a professional setting

  • @xfodude8511
    @xfodude8511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The first video I ever saw from you guys was your 50,000 special. I'm happy to have seen you guys grow so much and hope to see the channel grow so much more in the future!

  • @budhatt5043
    @budhatt5043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have issues leaning things without them being told to me or having help understanding what I'm reading. Ur channel and the way u guys present information is SOOO easy for me to comprehend and lock into memory.
    Thank y'all for doing what u are doing! I love this and it's definitely fun to listen to! 😁🤙🖤

  • @mateuszjokiel2813
    @mateuszjokiel2813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Bloody hell, its feels like 200,000 was like last week! Congratulations, guys, you completely deserve it!

  • @888jackflash
    @888jackflash 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Pretty thorough presentation! There have been so many developments in these fields over the past 20 years,... this seems to be fairly up-to-date. Good on ya, mates.

  • @lagomortis8270
    @lagomortis8270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It's amazing that the Shasta ground sloth's extinction is still being felt today, just goes to show how interconnected our world is

    • @AngryNegativeHistoryProject
      @AngryNegativeHistoryProject 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We are all part of the same system and use the same air and earth to live.

    • @pridapit
      @pridapit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You've never watched Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood, I see.

  • @pastlife960
    @pastlife960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    As someone just starting their palaeontology course at uni, I have to say that your channel has been a true inspiration! Congratulations on 300k!

  • @sagivn.s2237
    @sagivn.s2237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    thank you ben, your videos reignited my love for the animal world. thanks to that i started studying for a first degree in biology last month, i feel like i owe you a big thank you for helping me find what i wanna do in the future.

    keep up the good work!

  • @BilgemasterBill
    @BilgemasterBill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for taking the time to get this up here. I'm gonna have to check out your channel's other offerings. Fascinating stuff!

  • @amrys_argent
    @amrys_argent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I mean, I've never successfully produced a stone tool either, so don't feel too bad, early hominid.

  • @deralex4350
    @deralex4350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honestly that's the best idea for a channel like yours to make the sub specials like this. I couldn't imagine a better special that acually fits in really well with all the other videos

  • @ShellyAnn1a
    @ShellyAnn1a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stumbled onto one of your videos and really enjoyed it. This 70y/o loves anything to do with history or paleontology. Have made a playlist to watch this evening of your "milestone" videos, starting with this one. You earned a new subscriber tonight, thanks for the videos.
    //es//A Retired Nurse. A Combat Medical Specialist and A Combat Veteran.

  • @CJFreeza
    @CJFreeza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is a priceless gift Ben G. You continuously prove your tenacity and determination to properly educate the world.

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This channel should definitely be recognized more. It is very educational.

  • @theserhoratio
    @theserhoratio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    If we get him to 50 trillion subs we will finally fully find out how earth and the universe came about

    • @chandlerdoeswhatifs9399
      @chandlerdoeswhatifs9399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The universe hasn't even existed that long (by current estimations)

    • @theserhoratio
      @theserhoratio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@chandlerdoeswhatifs9399 it's a joke my friend

    • @warrenthomas1253
      @warrenthomas1253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@theserhoratio my god how stupid can someone be. Everyone knows the universe is only 49 trillion year's old.

    • @dfsfssdfsdfs3084
      @dfsfssdfsdfs3084 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The universe only existed for 13-14 billion years.
      And we already know how earth was created.

    • @nigelprosser5692
      @nigelprosser5692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Caught this vid on Jan 1st 2022 , half a million subs , he’s doing great 😊 👍

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +857

    Imagine if you lived to see the day where you can make a “The earth 1 Million years ago” video.
    Edit: I don’t know why I worded this comment so weirdly. What I meant was something to the effect of telling Ben himself to imagine how he’ll react when he reaches 1M.

    • @ninetoedlizard6650
      @ninetoedlizard6650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      At the rate hes going it's not out of the picture by any means.

    • @spyrofrost9158
      @spyrofrost9158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Probably only another year or two at this rate.

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I imagine many SCP's came from that era.

    • @qrowfall4641
      @qrowfall4641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’ll happen and probably sooner than we’d expect

    • @SpitFactsAndThenDontReply
      @SpitFactsAndThenDontReply 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maybe I'm stupid but why can't he make a video about the earth a million years ago, right now?
      Nvm because he's going in order I get ot now.
      Second edit: actually I just realized every video is 100,000 years apart. It'd only take a few months.

  • @beastmaster0934
    @beastmaster0934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    If Shasta Ground Sloth dung smells bad today
    Imagine how bad it smelled when it was “deposited”

    • @goldh2o543
      @goldh2o543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      "And that is why I propose we rename the time period from 2.4 million years ago to 12,000 years ago the 'smellocene'. Thank you for coming to my TED talk."

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well, I've known some people that could give it a run for its stinky money.... and not all of them are named, me.

    • @goldh2o543
      @goldh2o543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@patrickmccurry1563 add my father to that list.

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text, You Guys Really Need To READ This
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

    • @goldh2o543
      @goldh2o543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Praise___YaH This is completely unrelated to shasta ground sloths. What are you getting at?

  • @Juuk-D
    @Juuk-D 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember living on a island called Bornholm as a kid, and we lived on a huuuuge farm. We called the local museum almost every year because when the field was plowed, me and my brothers would sometimes play out there and we would find flint stones that had been obviously sharpened and shaped, they where tools that where probably thousands of years old, but it wasent rare to find on the island, the museum said they got several calls every year from farmers, contruction workers etc that have found artifacts from a different time.

    • @whiteashes1769
      @whiteashes1769 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      remember it’s all theory broski the only evidence to prove if it’s all true is fossils and there have been zero found of any monkeys turning into humans and same goes for any specie turning into another specie, it’s impossible, the only thing one can do is adapt there body to the environment but there still the same specie. there’s far more scientific facts in the bible then any other book❤️

    • @beastmaster0934
      @beastmaster0934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds pretty cool!

  • @angelicagaldos
    @angelicagaldos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Congratulations on 300K. Let the subs rolling. Love you guys.

  • @FloatingOer
    @FloatingOer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    "Living in Africa, Europe and even maybe modern day China. As in what is modern day China, they are not still there."
    I don't know why but this made me laugh so much

    • @redddbaron
      @redddbaron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      almost as much as claiming there were populations of Neanderthals in Africa! LOLZ

    • @jonathanthomas8736
      @jonathanthomas8736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Though they were quite tasty when they were there.

    • @redddbaron
      @redddbaron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @signoguns 26:30 and he doubles down on this at 27:20 claiming Denisovans also were found in Africa, then migrated out of Africa along with the Neanderthals!
      I am fairly certain the consensus view it was homo-Heidelbergensis.? or maybe even homo-Erectus? ... or some other yet to be discovered lineage, that split and migrated out of Africa and then later evolved to Neanderthals and Denisovans (with what is now known from genetic studies, quite a fair bit of gene drift between populations), but no populations of Neanderthals or Denisovans in Africa, at least no fossils found there at all. Only Earlier forms, and the line that ultimately became modern human.

    • @redddbaron
      @redddbaron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @signoguns I used to think this too, and errors are one thing (we all make mistakes); but here it seems he doesn't really understand it well at all, because he doubles and even triples down on that error repeatedly. It's not just that he misspoke, he has a fundamental problem understanding how even evolution works and why the populations diverged!! The population that migrated out of Africa was almost certainly exactly the same as the population remaining in Africa, and NOT Neanderthals or Denisovans. Only after migrating out, and becoming isolated from the populations in Africa, did they start diverging and eventually evolve into Neanderthals and Denisovans. Without that isolation and evolution to become fit in a new environment, Neanderthals and Denisovans would not have existed at all.

    • @redddbaron
      @redddbaron 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @signoguns got a link?

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love these in depth pre-history videos, they're absolutely fascinating !

    • @whiteashes1769
      @whiteashes1769 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      there are facts on full sized fossils but the evolution isn’t, nothing can change specie, only adapt there body to there environments. ❤️

  • @user-mp8wy8lp4y
    @user-mp8wy8lp4y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Last time I was this early woolly mammoth and rhino were still alive.
    Good content as always ben!

  • @hectorcastro4956
    @hectorcastro4956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It's amazing that the human species lived alongside this incredible animals

  • @Teabone3
    @Teabone3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I'm waiting on the 400,000 years ago special! Coming soooon

    • @MyRita72
      @MyRita72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wrong !!! it will never happen

    • @vietdinhvan1560
      @vietdinhvan1560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MyRita72 why?

    • @thestupid7281
      @thestupid7281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MyRita72 He has more than 400,000 subs

    • @thestupid7281
      @thestupid7281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MyRita72 There is a reason you have no likes on your reply.

    • @MyRita72
      @MyRita72 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to worry my friend , you don't have to wait too long. Because, Jesus is coming and will come, if you like it or not. So, you can, wait all you want. 400,000 years that will never happen . So, if you don't believe then you will feel !! Jesus is coming back very soon so be ready .

  • @bfkick5971
    @bfkick5971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Is it just me or is Meiolania looking through Ankylosaurus's autobiography.

    • @LolUGotBusted
      @LolUGotBusted 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Convergent evolution!

    • @Kuwagattai
      @Kuwagattai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Eeh.. no club tail.. but Glyptodon tho..

    • @jerrym821
      @jerrym821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yo, thats no ankylosaur, thats Bowser

    • @Kuwagattai
      @Kuwagattai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jerrym821 Holy Frick u right

    • @altithoraxperotorum5133
      @altithoraxperotorum5133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fun fact : they were once believed to be relatives of ankylosaurs but that theory is long debunked

  • @HenrythePaleoGuy
    @HenrythePaleoGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Great to see the numbers going up! You all definitely have a huge following! :)

    • @MrNeelpandit
      @MrNeelpandit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dude! Your channel is my other favorite paleontology channel!

    • @HenrythePaleoGuy
      @HenrythePaleoGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrNeelpandit Thank you! :)

    • @HenrythePaleoGuy
      @HenrythePaleoGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Herry Gerry I do have some plans in mind. You'll see one soon enough. :)

  • @IsntTheInternetGreat
    @IsntTheInternetGreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    Ah, 300,000 years ago, when Bernie Sanders was middle aged.

    • @andywells397
      @andywells397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      .dont be so bloody stupid..he was in his teens..

    • @robertpitts671
      @robertpitts671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And believed to have had a strong back bone to inspire a revolution he really never wanted.

    • @Andrewza1
      @Andrewza1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Queen was still old

    • @Mr-DNA_
      @Mr-DNA_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Andrewza1 😂😂🤣🤣

    • @squakke
      @squakke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      When Biden could finish a coherent sentence

  • @sautis8877
    @sautis8877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I love these videos!!! I literally just rewatched the 100,000 yesterday and was so surprised to see this on my home page! Keep up the good work and here's to 400,000!!

    • @sautis8877
      @sautis8877 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paddor Whos gonna tell him that this video was posted one hour before I commented, so my surprise was not that it was on my home page, but that it was posted soon after I had first watched one of these videos? Stop tryna be such a smart ass.

  • @runt8243
    @runt8243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I have been waiting for this! I love these milestone specials.

    • @conner13.c16
      @conner13.c16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was just about to say that!

  • @Wooflungpoo
    @Wooflungpoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this vids a year old so you prolly won’t see this, but this was a a very fun watch. thanks for the effort you put into this

  • @invisiblejaguar1
    @invisiblejaguar1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Amazing presentation, you guys have grown so much and it's videos like this where it shows. You've earned every one of those subs and you have my congratulations, thank you.

  • @original1825
    @original1825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Imagine all these Creatures, Monsters and Humans came back to life.

    • @bmoneybby
      @bmoneybby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I always imagine that too. Would love to read the book or watch the show.

    • @samgiannaros9605
      @samgiannaros9605 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sir keep this doco's,going brothers and sisters,,i like learning all,i can on past,happenings,,is off,its,head,...just,think of how mad it would have been seeing,this things,,wot a blowout,,Anyway Ill keep watching as long as theres new doco's to see,im there,, good work and intresting too,,keepitup

  • @holaamigos4771
    @holaamigos4771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it, love your soothing voices, love the information, and enjoy all

  • @richardthompson6079
    @richardthompson6079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you so much for your time into these wonderful presentations. You have a bright future in this field.

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ben G Thomas is the Amazing channel Not only deserved every subscriber but also the attention too !
    Such sadness that this enormity of Megafauna has been lost... well, maybe with Cloning thing could change

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Anirban Chakrabarti I have heard the Korean Scientists are indeed working on that

    • @kateaveryavery1342
      @kateaveryavery1342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't wait to see dodos again.

  • @thatsclassified7322
    @thatsclassified7322 ปีที่แล้ว

    This documentary is very well researched. Rather than perpetuate confirmation biases regarding history(and our own culturally preconceived notions of it), it offers a range of dates of known evidence. I respect the reporter's writing style. Fascinating subject material, especially with including natural history with human history(as they aren't separate, but often are reported as such). Also the reporting of the botanical spread of the Joshua Tree due to the Shasta Sloth. This shows a rather significant understanding of environmental succession. Great work!

  • @petrairene
    @petrairene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Why are ice age hunters always portrayed as crudely wrapped in some bear furs, when stone age hunter societies like the Inuit have for a long time been able to produce sophisticated and ornamented clothing from animal skins? It is realistic that cold climate dwelling hunter gatherers in Europe has similar technologies plus a sense of aesthetic about their garments.

    • @britneyspheres7yearsago11
      @britneyspheres7yearsago11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is a really cool topic.
      Maybe they also wore furhats with no brim

    • @FadedGroup1
      @FadedGroup1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      A better question is why they don’t take about man that existed before the ice age hunter in Africa that cultivated the land and learned to make it work for him respectfully with a bit of hunting thrown in.

    • @morristhecat69
      @morristhecat69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It's possibly a throw-back to earlier depictions that depicted humans as dimwitted knuckle-draggers. There's a similar trend in depictions of dinosaurs.
      A study from UF evaluated the DNA of human lice. Since the lice that lives in clothing differs from the lice that lives on your head, they could figure out when we started using clothing. They hypothesize that about180,000 ya, during the ice age before last, humans started regularly wearing clothing. Sadly, since we're the only humans left, we can't study the lice from other species and figure out when they first got dressed.

    • @wmason1961
      @wmason1961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sophisticated and ornamented clothing would require tools. Tools ancient man did not have.

    • @petrairene
      @petrairene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@wmason1961 How do you know? Needles made of bone or antler would not likely survive. The inuit made sophisticated cold weather gear from animal furs with stone age tools. So sophisticated that our words Parka and Anorak for cold weather clothing come from their language.

  • @suecastillo4056
    @suecastillo4056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You and whomever comprises your staff have given us all such great info!!! I LOVE these and always look foreward to finding them!!! Knowledge!!! Thank you so very much for all of your hard work!!! Also love the art and specimens you share with us... great illustrations! PLUS backup fossils and bones!!! You are loved and respected!!!!🙏🏻🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😘🙋❤️‼️

  • @alanwatts8239
    @alanwatts8239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Boy, i bet i'll have a blast with the 400k sub video in a few days. Congratulations for having such an amazing channel available to us.

  • @GeorgeTheDinoGuy
    @GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The ending warmed my and many other hearts!
    Nice to know you’re also a channel who uses Geographers music!

  • @Flyingwalrus42
    @Flyingwalrus42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Congrats Ben! Always educating us and keeping us excited to learn. Thanks for all your hard work

  • @Matty002
    @Matty002 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    learning about the ground sloths being a key component for joshua tree seed spreading is so cool. i only knew about them doing this with avocados 🥑

  • @sheevpalpatine80
    @sheevpalpatine80 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Wasn't 200k just like a few months ago? Love seeing this channel grow keep it up man.

  • @quillanthrasher6846
    @quillanthrasher6846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Always watch every video as soon as it drops, I love them all keep them coming. My girl calls me a nerd, but girls called me a nerd 30 years ago as well😜

  • @benmak1039
    @benmak1039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When are we getting 400,000 and 500,000? Congrats by the way, you thoroughly deserve it and more.

  • @brandongonzales4744
    @brandongonzales4744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You just made my week with this video.

  • @esper6119
    @esper6119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "And yet you keep watching."
    [beat]
    "Fair enough."
    that got me tbh, good one

  • @culbinator
    @culbinator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Incredible video as usual. Great collaboration between all of you. I hope when we die that we have the ability to watch any point in history as if it’s being recorded. I would love to watch the happenings of planet earth 300,000 years ago. I wonder how David Attenborough would narrate it.

  • @grahamfisher5436
    @grahamfisher5436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow, I'm 49 , you've just taught me ALL THAT.
    Incredibly well explained, in such a easy to understand way.
    liked
    subscribed

  • @thearmchairjournalist566
    @thearmchairjournalist566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1 year later your nearly at 600k subs - good job mate 👌

  • @sab1751
    @sab1751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The large horned bulls from Africa remind me of megaceros (the giant elks).

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text, You Guys Really Need To READ This
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

  • @maekong2010
    @maekong2010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been around YT a long time. Believe me, brother. You deserve it. New Subscriber.

  • @MIColourMusic
    @MIColourMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    90 percent confusion…10 percent understanding. Still love it.

  • @m3ws726
    @m3ws726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is a big moment in history

  • @jukaa1012
    @jukaa1012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Can't wait for that Permian time period vid tho

  • @davidedwards8272
    @davidedwards8272 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating, we were taught so differently in school back in the 1960s.
    We know so much more now. Well done all 🎉 👏

  • @Brainwatch
    @Brainwatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "And now we move on to me, for arguably the most exiting part of this video."

  • @therealtl4079
    @therealtl4079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cmon guys, we gotta get to the Earth 4.5 billion years ago

  • @gerrardjones28
    @gerrardjones28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its been 7 months and 400 thousand is right around the corner, we'll done I'm looking forward to it

    • @liquidminds
      @liquidminds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Currently, youtube algorithm values watch-time. quality documentaries with a long run-time stick out here.

  • @skyrasouth2967
    @skyrasouth2967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Also Following the tradision of the video being a bit late 😂

  • @oscargustavoarcosruiz8793
    @oscargustavoarcosruiz8793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And now, this true cultural entertainment to withstand the isolation of the pandemic.
    Thanks for everything guys

  • @AnitaMartini7
    @AnitaMartini7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your work is very informative and the topics are very entertaining. That's not common on TH-cam. I love it. Thanks! ❤️😊❤️

  • @WasThisMail
    @WasThisMail 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can't wait to see therapsids in this series

  • @thinking_toomuch
    @thinking_toomuch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Take a shot every time Doug says Homo heidelbergensis 🤣

  • @BurntWeeny435
    @BurntWeeny435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so proud of you guys!
    Keep up the great work!!!

  • @Mr-cm3dl
    @Mr-cm3dl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why is Ben's voice sooo soothing?

  • @Crowbar6006
    @Crowbar6006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Every continent except Antarctica. He doesn't want us to know about the old ones.

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They'd be more like 'the cold ones'.

    • @Crowbar6006
      @Crowbar6006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tsopmocful1958 HP Lovecraft at the mountains of madness. Cold ones, that's funny 👍

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Crowbar6006 Thank you.
      I was wondering what it was you were referencing.

  • @nightlightabcd
    @nightlightabcd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is even more fun than my anthropology classes!! No test!

  • @drealynne4256
    @drealynne4256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautifully written, produced, and narrated 👏🏽so fascinating to watch! I'm quite impressed 👍🏼 I had to sub to your channel!

    • @AntonArmsberg
      @AntonArmsberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He proves that science can be very entertaining!

    • @drealynne4256
      @drealynne4256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AntonArmsberg I completely agree, he also explains things in a way that is easily understandable. Science and history have always been my favorite subjects. What's not to love? 😊

  • @itsgulzie
    @itsgulzie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    300,000 years later: "The Earth 4.5 Billion years ago"

  • @lmn6440
    @lmn6440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video. It's interesting to think that we are only viewing the past as a representation from our time and not the past itself. Perhaps the way we imagine the past through our representations will reveal more about our time than the past, for future civilisations.

  • @AdmiralWillisLee1942
    @AdmiralWillisLee1942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Can't wait for Earth 1 million years ago.

    • @jam5533
      @jam5533 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would still be in the Quaternary Period.

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There should be a earth 1billion years ago episode.

    • @Burakyerebasmaz
      @Burakyerebasmaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Earth 66 million years ago -_-

  • @Vulcano7965
    @Vulcano7965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Imagine going extinct due to lazyness. Hahaha!
    *looks around*
    oh.
    Oh no.

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      _oh no_

    • @anteconfig5391
      @anteconfig5391 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Our laziness guided us to automation, soon our machines will end us.

    • @burnerjack01
      @burnerjack01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Level Nine Drow I got zzzzzzzzzzz

    • @TrollHiddenCave
      @TrollHiddenCave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@anteconfig5391 more correctly the machines will replace human beings and then the people that run the world will decide to do away with a large percentage of the population rather than feed them for free

    • @piranha45
      @piranha45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TrollHiddenCave if you end up running the world pls dont do away with us :(

  • @jelly434
    @jelly434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating :)
    Respect for crediting the art used, too.

  • @thedankswordsmantm
    @thedankswordsmantm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lol. "It looks like many fauna from Asia today, only much much bigger." You just described the entire Pleistocene in the most succinct and basic way.

  • @dinoxels
    @dinoxels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think I was here around like 34k or something, so I have been here a while lol.

  • @knickymusic
    @knickymusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think you should make a series like this where each new video covers an animal from a different continent.

  • @pkre707
    @pkre707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I love when British people say “absolutely massive”

    • @csrb338
      @csrb338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like al you mini umm

    • @CrawliestCotter
      @CrawliestCotter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @CSRB Aluminium/Aluminum is spelled differently in Europe than it is in the US. I highly recomend looking up the story about why it's spelled and pronounced differently, because it's actually pretty interesting.

    • @andywells397
      @andywells397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CrawliestCotter didm 'tMr Scott invent translusent aluminium ?😃

    • @MrTubularBalls
      @MrTubularBalls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Absolutely massive, innit", Ali G.

  • @kanamesuzaku1138
    @kanamesuzaku1138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Do a series’s on the entire Pleistocene to Holocene

  • @Finlayy101
    @Finlayy101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolute love you guys, please keep do what you do as im a dino nerd so im all in!

  • @johnadams-wp2yb
    @johnadams-wp2yb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Imagine, all of our ancestors made it through life for us to be here. Remarkable.

    • @bmoneybby
      @bmoneybby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't believe us idiots made it haha jk

    • @averycardosia2486
      @averycardosia2486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup, and those who decide not to have children are ending those hundreds of thousands of years of ancestral lineage

    • @johnadams-wp2yb
      @johnadams-wp2yb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@averycardosia2486 And those who have lost their children, or are unable to have them.

    • @winter2716
      @winter2716 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@averycardosia2486 Deciding not to have children is one of the smartest choices a person can make in today’s world. Adopt or foster instead.

  • @mikeyb4610
    @mikeyb4610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    … another brilliantly informative & enthralling presentation..... so easy to follow with captivating & clear visuals all delivered at a steadily paced tempo with a calm, knowledgeable & subjective narration .... thank you Ben 🙌🙌🙌🙌✨ #AwardWinning

  • @woomynation
    @woomynation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    400k subscribers now here we go!

  • @singhizhem
    @singhizhem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Can you do one with the Earth 7,000 years ago (5,000 BC)?
    It's weird but I would love to know how the Earth was right before end of "pre history."

    • @badartgallery9322
      @badartgallery9322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too.

    • @BOREDANDWELLBORED
      @BOREDANDWELLBORED 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All these Jurassic period fairy tale are made up. Earth isn't much older than 6000 years. Everything is created. You can insist that cars took millions of years to be made but I insist they are made in a factory in few days. Maybe 6 days

    • @mitchellvanarsdale2763
      @mitchellvanarsdale2763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@BOREDANDWELLBORED Yeah dinosaurs were definitely walking around with humans 6000 years ago

    • @nr3059
      @nr3059 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BOREDANDWELLBORED it's still faster to make one of you? 10 minutes comparing to make a car

    • @nr3059
      @nr3059 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That will be very interesting! We need to go back to pre civilization which mainly consists in 4 blocks of written history, fossils are everywhere

  • @David-pn2vz
    @David-pn2vz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:38 looks like a real life Bowser Jr.

  • @robertrowan9893
    @robertrowan9893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well, here's one more subscriber to inch that bit closer to half a million ...and counting. Only one thing to say, keep it up, it's truly great content.
    Though I wish the fiscal term trickle down effect would apply to across the board human knowledge and understanding. For some, for whatever reason most known to them - are instead motivated by complete utter piffle. That will, in the passage of time likely be not worth squirt.
    But hey, that's life Jim, but not as we know it!

  • @theamphibinator
    @theamphibinator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We need to get this channel to 66 million subs so we can get one of these with dinosaurs

  • @Crazylaika
    @Crazylaika 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    8:08 - "However, it appears to have died out in Africa much sooner than anywhere else."
    *uncomfortably tugs collar*

    • @ianoden8296
      @ianoden8296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wut?

    • @Sharp26
      @Sharp26 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol. I don’t understand

    • @ilvibos3512
      @ilvibos3512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Sharp26 people lived in Africa

    • @Sharp26
      @Sharp26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ilvibos3512 I know that. I know we also caused the extinction of a lot of other animals. I just don’t understand why he’s uncomfortable. Ig im just dumb.

    • @ilvibos3512
      @ilvibos3512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Sharp26 yeah, the settlement of peoples began with Africa and then spread to other continents, sabertooths went extinct in Africa first before going extinct in other continents, at about same time. His remark was referencing present day when we are causing the extinction of many of the world’s living species, making a joke out of it, that we’ve been driving animals to extinction for a long time. Kinda like saying “oops sorry bad habit, haha” but really, explaining a joke is much like dissecting a frog, sure you understand it better but the frog dies in the process.