5 Human Species Who Lived Alongside Us

Uncover the hidden history of human evolution with our latest video! Explore 5 fascinating species who once walked the Earth alongside us, from Homo Erectus to the mysterious Denisovans. Don't miss out!
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[@alecbrown66]

I think that the Denisovan story, as science improves in the future, is going to be the most diverse, unexpected and interesting human story yet to be filled in and told

[@rukus9585]

could be.

[@lucasirvine4194]

I agree. I would love to have a lot more information about them and the rest, obviously. They are the most interesting and have the potential of rewriting our history

[@CypressItalian]

⁹⁹v​rusþþþhhhhhbv8

[@AphroditeLee]

Agreed

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

But recently scientists have pinpointed a strong candidate for the species to which the Denisovans might have belonged. This is Homo longi - or “Dragon man” - from Harbin in north-east China. Mar 30, 2024

[@dancallan7907]

Theres something kinda cool about the image of early humans sitting round the fire with a few neanderthals dotted around. Like different races in DandD or something.

[@therandomcommenter6629]

It's probably unironically how we got those myths I mean there's the hobbits and then the Neanderthals could be dwarves because they're shorter and stockier for All we know

[@lesliepaulkovacs6442]

So we’re all Highlanders? “In the end, there can be only One”.

[@badfairy9554]

They are not from Earth.

[@martynan7553]

@@badfairy9554what? Lmao

[@davidviner5783]

One or 8 billion?

[@badfairy9554]

@@martynan7553 McCloud is not from Earth. We are from Earth.

[@kerbal666]

I think this is where we get our myths of goblins, tolls and fairies from

[@fukkitful]

Theres a video from somewhere in South Asia from a dirtbiker in which you a very short humanlike creature pops out in front of him. Then takes off running away.

[@kerbal666]

@@fukkitful yeah I saw on Joe Rogan.

[@archersfriend5900]

Ah yes, the mythical toll, people used to day that they made you stop and pay.

[@thedarkknight1971]

There was a particular tribe of the Homo Florensis called the 'Fukarewee's'.. They lived amongst feilds of tall grasses and were known to jump up to see above the tall grass shouting "Where the fukkarewee!" 🤣🤣🤣 😎🇬🇧

[@archersfriend5900]

@@thedarkknight1971 They are distantly related to the Azzwypee gnomes, always standing in people's flower beds.

[@DjDolHaus86]

It seems that homo sapiens main advantage over the other hominids was the ability to aggressively absorb or out compete near peer rivals. Homo sapiens appear, other species disappear within a few thousand years. We are historically very similar to how we view modern invasive species in the plant/animal kingdom

[@greggougeon4422]

Well we did not bang the animals extinct. .

[@wpriddy]

I think back to agent smith's monolog from the first matrix.

[@nikkicat254]

Well we are really the most invasive species ever and the worse, everywhere we have went since leaving Africa we have devastated all the other species of life in the areas, including other Homosapians and Homineds, it's kind of horrifying if you think of it! Like maybe we really don't belong here! Nothing else has ever been as destructive to the world then we Humans. Nothing that is an actual living, breathing, thinking life form that is, meaning not counting things from space or natural threats, like weather or volcanos or similar things! And that also includes micro organisms, like plagues of course!

[@bradwoods371]

Homo sapiens have better reproduction fitness than other human sub-species. That’s why… we be havin dem bay bays 👶🏾👶🏼👶🏻👶

[@drgat6953]

That is nature. And we are as much a part of nature as every living thing.

[@shabbirsb87]

Can you imagine the racism if all those species survived till this day. We hardly tolerate eachother.

[@clairenollet2389]

I read a sci-fi/alternate history story decades ago. What did we do to the Neanderthals? We enslaved them, of course! What else would we have done?

[@PrimeTasteTester30]

Imagine the slurs. So exciting

[@davidtal523]

more accurately, a lot of groups dont tollerate other races at ALL, or at least no more then they are forced to. way too many examples of that.

[@Whangareitaiji3138]

Umm, you have it ar*e about face. If we coexisted with many other "species" for hundreds/tens of thousand of years our values in regard to others would, almost certainly, be different from now. And, in case you didn't know, racism (as we define it) was an invention of the 18th century Europeans

[@DrEhrfurchtgebietend]

Will Smith made a movie about this

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

It might sound a little cold to say, but it's probably a good thing that the other hominids went extinct. Imagine a separate species of humanoid surviving well into the Agricultural Age, perhaps even past the Bronze Age. A brief glimpse at human history shows how many groups of people would do horrific things to their fellow humans just because they were labeled as "the other". Consider how they would have treated a group whose humanity was a little more ambiguous.

[@mcmoose64]

This may well be the very reason that these these earlier hominids went extinct .

[@X3R0NZ]

It's not cold at all. It's a perfectly reasonable query. We as one species of modern humans can't even treat each other as such, let alone having a second actual species thrown in the mix.

[@leggonarm9835]

Probably why Europeans are more aggressive and Asians more calculating, the difference in species DNA could already be the reason we don't get along.

[@Kainlarsen]

That's very presumptuous. While I can understand some of your reasoning, there is no way you could possibly know that.

[@xykeem4805]

Yes slavery would’ve been 10x worse.

[@JMR6813]

I love learning about other human species. It's fascinating.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy? “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies totally on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the paleo-world of the past.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy? “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies totally on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the paleo-world of the past.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy? “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies totally on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the paleo-world of the past.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@commissarlorax3406]

Some water animal had a bright idea of coming out of the water and now I have to pay bills and am depressed…thanks.

[@jamestaylor-qb9wo]

And then they f%&ked a Neanderthal, now we have diabetes

[@samdp42]

They did us dirty. We could just be swimming around and not understanding imposter syndrome or corporate jargon. We could be circling back to that interesting reef. But nooooooooo, someone had to get curious and now I have to deal with the call of the void 😂

[@joelfoss7428]

Just don't stare into said void for too long

[@daveowen378]

​@@joelfoss7428or do, we're not his parents.

[@johnkirby8939]

On the upside, you get to eat sushi without feeling like a cannibal.

[@punditgi]

Many thanks for this video! Very informative and interesting. 😊

[@padawanmage71]

Everything about ancient hominids I learned from ‘Quest for Fire’, ‘Clan of the Cave Bear’ and ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’.

[@Hollylivengood]

So many take aways from Quest For Fire. My son loves using it to describe me using my smarter than I phone.

[@peach8352]

Rae Dawn Chong - Yes!

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

Clan/Cave Bear is one of the few book series that I read over and over. On a side note I have a cat that is named Bear. I didn't name him. Pray for me and my cats. We can always use it.😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

[@beagleissleeping5359]

The kind of people who after taking heavy drugs watch Quest For Fire and go, "Wow. What an incredible documentary." - Robin Williams 😂

[@THE-X-Force]

*"Caveman"* w/ Ringo Starr was also quite elucidating.

[@InsongWhang]

Stefan Milo has a good channel for anyone who wants to learn more after this❤

[@ChuyR.]

The good Milo. I love his channel

[@JamesonNichols]

North 02 as well

[@InsongWhang]

@@JamesonNichols Their 3h+ video is my go-to when I want to fall asleep😅 Content is great, but their tone in it is so relaxing🤌

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy? “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies totally on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the paleo-world of the past.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@shawnjohnson9763]

History with Kayleigh has a ton of videos on this subject. She does a great job of researching every subject of her videos, presents everything in a clear and easy to understand manner, and is very good at pronouncing all the complicated names.

[@Vee_of_the_Weald]

You (she) had me at pronouncing correctly

[@shawnjohnson9763]

@@Vee_of_the_Weald she also has a good sense of humor. The way she pronounces hominoidea and her explanation why cracked me up.

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

she's awesome!

[@christopherfuentez5285]

She has a cool hat!

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

That may be SW in drag.😂😂😂😂😂

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - Homo erectus 4:30 - Chapter 2 - Homo Naledi 7:30 - Chapter 3 - Flores man aka the hobbit 10:15 - Chapter 4 - Neanderthals 13:55 - Chapter 5 - Denisovans

[@kengreen4933]

Fake 😂😂 never been proven facts

[@mikeguilmette776]

@@kengreen4933 You haven't been proven to exist either. 🤖

[@thedarkknight1971]

There was a particular tribe of the Homo Florensis called the 'Fukarewee's'.. They lived amongst feilds of tall grasses and were known to jump up to see above the tall grass shouting "Where the fukkarewee!" 🤣🤣🤣 😎🇬🇧

[@mikeguilmette776]

@@thedarkknight1971 I see what you did there . . .

[@richardwalton6993]

Caveat emptor- comments are fiddled.

[@rosariocastro6386]

Extinction by snu snu?

[@retailtherapized]

💀

[@mikeguilmette776]

I'm scare-roused . . . 😄

[@thedarkknight1971]

There was a particular tribe of the Homo Florensis called the 'Fukarewee's'.. They lived amongst feilds of tall grasses and were known to jump up to see above the tall grass shouting "Where the fukkarewee!" 🤣🤣🤣 😎🇬🇧

[@ChibiTheEdgehog]

YESS!!

[@buzzlightyearg3580]

🤣 some have tried to suffocate or the standard pelvic crush snu snu but im still here

[@KudzuHaiku]

It was a mistake coming down from the trees...

[@ChristopherPettersson]

It was a mistake coming out from the water…

[@deannelson7027]

Nobody is stopping either of you from going back.

[@uningenieromas]

Reality says otherwise. We are the most successful species to ever lived, alongside dinosaurs.

[@marktg98]

​@@uningenieromasAlso by far the most destructive one.

[@ivankulola5847]

​@deannelson7027 then give us those features lost, and we will happily leave you with rights activists

[@charmaintrout174]

For the continual information that helps me expand my world view, I thank you. 😊

[@ChaseSchleich]

I think the main takeaway from this video is we will fuck damn near anything lol

[@Hollylivengood]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@williestyle35]

Too true.

[@olencone4005]

Florida Man, slowly turning to look at a gator: "Challenge accepted!" 🤣

[@alexanderren1097]

@@olencone4005Makes me think of all the reaction videos of people freaking out seeing Alligators climbing fences thinking they’re climbing in to eat people. Thing is, everyone that actually lives in Florida knows the REAL reason they’re climbing those fences is because they don’t want to be trapped in Florida Man’s backyard

[@icybud]

This is soo human: if it can be fucked, someone will fuck it 😂

[@vladciobanu7480]

Great insights on our prehistoric past! Looking forward to future discoveries 🎉

[@masong-browett3249]

I love the anthropology videos. I'd like to see you break down more of what we know about each of the previous ancient humans

[@kengreen4933]

This fake garbage that's never been proven 😂😂

[@trinityjean5300]

@@kengreen4933 it is a called a fossil record. Do you not believe in fossils? I mean they're tangible and we can actually see and study them. What's stopping you from 'believing' it?

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@richardwalton6993]

@@trinityjean5300 Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@Goats_]

We still throw rocks & feces at each other. Now its just high-tech or metaphorical.

[@The_egg142]

Lol, The US and Russia are basically chimps throwing sh*t at each other

[@TheRyanandRachael]

Sometimes literally too.

[@sethprice241]

Well, it's still done in blue cities.

[@maxdanielj]

@@sethprice241 wow, you believe smurfs are real 🤣

[@sethprice241]

@@maxdanielj You attack me as a person but not the facts. Typical lefty.

[@dburgess8529]

Great subject brilliantly narrated. Thanks

[@flecx9767]

What honestly is fascinating to me, is if u look at maps where most hominini where found, basically all of them where found on the eastern side of Africa. Very few where found in the west, so i can't wait so see what we might still discover.

[@joshuaelliott907]

Western lowland gorillas. I can imagine the conversation. “Don’t mess with those dudes”.

[@terrafirma5327]

I imagine it has to do with the geology and preservation of remains, but perhaps its just lack of research.

[@CyrilleParis]

@@terrafirma5327 I think it's both!

[@kashnlexy]

I love this video! I've watched it twice in a row I need to download this info

[@stalkingtoastranger]

What oftens get attributed to seafaring could also be the fact that land bridges existed at the time, making it possible to cross to what are now islands.

[@abiBezuidenhoudt-oe2rb]

My dad took me to the naming ceremony for Homo Naledi but I was so young I really didn’t understand what an amazing and groundbreaking find it was

[@multiyapples]

I find history and science pretty cool.

[@claudettes9697]

Totally. 💯

[@alastairbrewster4274]

Start paying attention at school

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

@@alastairbrewster4274 school doesnt teach this stuff

[@alaskapuss]

Check out Stefan Milo 💯💯💯

[@alastairbrewster4274]

@@Quantrills.Raiders it depends on the curriculum , my school does

[@nikkicat254]

I've always been so fascinated with learning more and more about are prehistoric ancestors since I was a small kid of 7 or 8, when my mom bought me some Time Life books on both our evolution as well as dinosaurs, you know those old large hardback books from the 60s and 70s? Now I am so grateful for the internet, especially sites and KZbin channels devoted to such subjects. One of my favorite channels is Gutsick Gibbon, who's real name is Erika, who is actually a PhD student in Biological Anthropology, and has a Masters of Research degree in Primate Biology, Behavior and Conservation with a BSA in Pre-Professional Animal Science and minors in Anthropology and in Biology. And she describes things in a more simple way, so even if you don't understand all the scientific talk normally, you likely will have no trouble understanding her. She also has a way about her that makes her fun to watch and listen to. She also gets into debunking Young Earth Creationism and Flat Earthers, from time to time! I frankly think with some recent discoveries about our ancient ancestors or more importantly, finding that our primate ancestors may not have started out in Africa, well our very early ones that is, that maybe started evolving outside of Africa, but went back, if the primates really began in Africa that is, it's possible some didn't, meaning they may have started out just outside of Africa, then went to Africa and continued to evolved or they went out of Africa and started changing then, but then went back to finish, so to speak! There is so much new info coming out, we may get a big surprise someday. I also thing one day it will be found that there was a lot more human non modern human related homosapians then just the Neanderthals and Denisovans, meaning people who were as advanced physically like them and us at the time! I know we used to think that many of the more ape like looking ones were long since extinct by the time we and the Neanderthals popped up, but then we found proof that wasn't the case. There were probably a lot of slightly different versions of most of those we know of around at the same time as the ones we know. Like the Australopithecus line, it turns out there a lot more of them that were around, then the few we thought back when I was a kid, back when those books I mentioned were written! They now say there were something like 7 or 8 different species, but with other similar ones branching out of that even! I do hope I live long enough for us to discover most if not all, and I get to hear about it too that is, lol!

[@retailtherapized]

Thanks for the recommendation! I love to see you and so many others long curiosity about where we come from! The amount of new discoveries happening daily and ones yet to come are so exciting🤩 I can’t wait

[@kengreen4933]

That fact you believe thus garbage shows how ignorant humans are 😂😂

[@kacpergorka1112]

I think you forgot to mention that they found a needle with Denisovans.

[@bradwoods371]

The Denisovans were amazing. Very innovative colored folk of the Stone Age.

[@charmaintrout174]

​@@bradwoods371 " coloured" ! Really!!??!? Of what value does that qualifier have? They were just folks. Doing their best to get through life. Just like everybody else. Don't unnecessarily complicate things. As a species, we are supposed to get smarter as we age. Learn from the many ages that have preceded our current one. Please stop impeding that progress.

[@ilai7893]

​@@bradwoods371okay there, beige man

[@christianellegaard7120]

They are probably the origin for our myths about elves.

[@joema500]

@@bradwoods371 brother we don't even have a full skeleton of a denisovan. We have absolutely no fucking clue what "color" they were.

[@venomous7321]

It’s sad to think that there was a time when we weren’t alone and we are the ones that made it that way

[@jesser_p]

Same people who killed off other species are the ones who wage war, and run corporations and hoard money and wont share.

[@shawnjohnson9763]

Yeah, but we bred with them until they were gone. That's a lot better than killing them.

[@spiceyfrenchtoast9421]

First time ?

[@IscariottActual]

There's nothing sad about winning.

[@SoilentGr33n]

We fucked them all into extinction so I reckon it was a rather peaceful process.

[@JustKrista50]

Thanks Simon and Co! This topic of study is fascinating to me. I'm thinking one day they'll say maybe we didn't evolve and migrate from one area, but from multiple areas.

[@rickharold7884]

Super awesome and fascinating. Thx

[@sarahcoleman5269]

I love the topic, but can we talk about the Choice Simon made for his Sideprojects set to have his supply closet door open in the background? Like, It works, framing-wise, but it's a bit weird to be looking in at his cleaning supplies. XD

[@atlanta_greg_7612]

Bro do you make a new channel everyday? !?!? Holy crap man you got a lot a work in the game! Anyway this is one of your best videos and I am not usually into this subject. Thats how good it was. Gg wp

[@Animanarchy]

I'm pretty sure he just narrates the channels and other people do all the writing and production.

[@ucheopara6309]

This KZbin channel is a legit recommended source for any academic paper write-up. Consistently credible research.

[@Frombie_01]

As a teacher I can assure you that many papers that I am handed should give accreditation to KZbin.

[@AselevID]

Simon, how the heck do you even sleep with all the uploads you do? It feels like I keep discovering new channels you have and it's TEN!!!!! I'm incredibly impressed. You HAVE to be an alien or maybe just plug yourself into a wall or something.

[@quirkyMakes]

Fascinating stuff

[@fuzzy3440]

Most macropods, lemurs and bipedal rodents are also bipedal, although they move by hopping on two feet at once.

[@pashakdescilly7517]

Also kangaroos

[@MLaak86]

their form isn't obligately bipedal, I think that's what is meant here.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@Frombie_01]

Lemurs are primates.

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@dmtmediabrothers]

This my new favorite channel. Thank you

[@naomistroud7423]

Great talk. Thank you!!!

[@davidpaterson2309]

Reminds me of William Golding’s sad and haunting novel “The Inheritors” - the fear, wonder and incomprehension of a small band of Neanderthals watching the advance of technologically superior Homo sapiens into their territory. The twist in the tail is that it turns out that the “new people” were even more afraid of them.

[@Animanarchy]

I want to read that now but I'm getting back to this video after a fruitless like 10 minute search for somewhere to download it. I'll put it on my reading list for later.

[@jackvos8047]

There's was 2 interbreeding events that changed the Neanderthals forever one involved Sapiens (modern humans) Mitacondrial DNA spreading through the population and another where our Y chromosome spread through. Macropods (kangaroo and family) also use bipedal movement, they hop instead of walk to move around at speeds.

[@lauriedavis7471]

I just stumbled on to this page. Now I have so many questions. I am going down the rabbit hole after this 😊 I am going to start with the cradle of life.

[@murryburnett2562]

Well researched and presented

[@jimbojimbo6873]

I’ve always found it horrifying people mock Neanderthals

[@cheesylorry]

There’s nothing wrong with people from Holland..

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

My family takes it personally.😂😂

[@natecw4164]

​@@cheesylorry You have won the internet 😂

[@SoilentGr33n]

Marjorie Taylor Greene brought it on herself

[@XKathXgames]

We were just more social even though they had bigger brains... Kinda like social media is killing intelligence and critical thinking these days.

[@beagleissleeping5359]

I still remember the teacher who had us skip the first chapter of our grade school history book because it was about the existence of cavemen. I looked anyway and found a cartoon of a guy wearing a Flintstones type garment and digging with a stick.😂

[@mattantonelli4273]

well narrated just brilliant

[@victoriahigman6802]

This is interesting. Thank you

[@jermainerucker2027]

Homo Naledi is so recent That in my anthropology class I took back in 2018 It wasn’t even mentioned or brought up. Crazy

[@richardwalton6993]

Segregationist taxonomy: “We are the only species left”- only if you buy into the misleading narrative that contemporaneous races of the past were different species. Unfortunately, segregation- taxonomy relies on false assumptions about genetic incompatibility in the world of the past. Politics before science… and it all gets hung out to dry.

[@CoffeeFiend1]

The fact there was lots of interbreeding unfortunately doesn't necessarily entail we were on good terms with them. It's generally thought we fought each other a lot and sometimes we were nice to each other too. But a lot of interbreeding likely was rape from raiding, capturing or opportunistic finds. I still reckon we did likely fight a lot and interact nicely but I'd imagine a lot of the interbreeding didn't occur during those non-aggressive cultural exchange get-togethers. There likely wouldn't have been any shame over it back then, it was merely an ordeal, an assault and if a female survived then she just survived, she had offspring and said offspring got raised by her and her group.

[@sadfaery]

Yep, sadly an all too common aspect of human competition and expansion is the use of sexual violence against conquered women. We see again and again in genetics where Y-DNA from invading/migrating men often replaces that of local men while the mt-DNA of local women tends to continue. And we know from modern history that this is all too often the result of violence rather than willing partnerships.

[@Ghost2743]

@@johndroyson7921 You got that backwards, all of our Neanderthal DNA comes from the X chromosome. People theorize, because of that, male Neanderthal to female Sapien may have been sterile mostly. However apparently the entire Neanderthal Y chromosome had been replaced with Sapien's but this was like 200+kya earlier.

[@CyrilleParis]

Actually, no one knows (yet?)

[@CoffeeFiend1]

@@johndroyson7921 Thing is it's about 'on average' but the average person ironically has zero idea what average means. It's like when you put out something really obvious like.... "on *average* males are bigger and stronger than females" what do we get almost immediately? "Well hurr hurr I know a female bodybuilder/crossfitter/special forces soldier" and it's just like.... I'm sure you do Karen, I actually know a few outliers myself too but that doesn't change the fact you clearly didn't read what I said.

[@mvb88]

Also back then. They didn't fully understand the consequences to inbreeding. They would have put it down to just a birth defects and not the fact that the parents are brother and sister

[@kenneybis1097]

This is the most accurate video I've seen thus far, in another 100 years you may well understand our origin. Can't wait to see

[@Pillarguri]

Correct you cant😂

[@davidfigueroa6351]

Share the secrets of being around for another hundred years man!

[@hannahp1108]

I find this absolutely fascinating to think about

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A wonderful introduction

[@falcosk8]

Fascinating

[@Articulate99]

Interesting stuff, thanks.

[@TheBlackBuddha17]

I love the new camera Simon!!

[@alecogden12345]

I'd so love to hang out with other species of Humans.

[@Maxtyur]

They would rip you apart .

[@THE-X-Force]

Call your mother.

[@Avogadros_number]

@@Maxtyurnot necessarily. Would be the same as meeting a Homo Sapien from the same period. Kind of a toss up.

[@dggjr1759]

EVOLUTION IS NOT REAL

[@dggjr1759]

GENESIS 1:1

[@sixthousandblankets]

I can't imagine the discrimination we would have against each other. 😢😢😢

[@scottwaters998]

They would not even want to associate with the mess humans created themselves and really didn't use emotions to make logical decisions.

[@leftylefty77]

Big fan of the channel. While not a scientist but a lawyer, I am very interested in this topic. I am always amazed how Anthropologists can somehow ascertain things such as percentage of body hair and population densities from such a small amount of recovered material. Color me a skeptic. While I would not include the Naledi (sp?), I consider most of the "species" discussed to be as human as you and I. The ability not to fear and to control fire is a characteristic no animal has. It is only humans who can do this feat. Scientist seek to divide people into dna or morphological (spell checked that one) categories for whatever reason but I would wager you could teach everyone of them to drive a car. I also always enjoy hearing the theory that we became so smart because we ate cooked meat. While I am not so sure about this premise, it is always fun to note how the majority of the scientific community readily accepts this glaring exception to the theory of evolution. Thanks for the videos.

[@BluegrassKnight]

I think it's interesting to note that right after (relatively speaking of course) we started interbreeding with these other human species is right around when we started becoming who we are today "our cultural and societal awakening"! Just to think that we may have inadvertently made ourselves a super species by hybridizing and it's even possible we get some of the things we think of as human from them, like art and religion! Either I believe it's pretty cool to know that they never truly died out, but live on today through us and that we may be a different people without them!

[@melodieharlow5584]

I was amused when I saw 2% neanderthal on my DNA test.

[@joshuaelliott907]

I was too! Then fell apart by 40. And I understand, some people are built hard for the short term. We just don’t last long.

[@elizabassett-wilson5656]

Which test did you take?

[@melodieharlow5584]

@@elizabassett-wilson5656 23 and me.

[@dmmikerpg]

If two organisms are able to breed and produce fertile offspring, are they *actually* a different species?

[@thehowlingjoker]

Depends. Ability to breed isn't the sole criteria by which species are defined.

[@ssjraikage7874]

it depends on which definition of species is used

[@normative]

“Species” is a human taxonomical construct with multiple different definitions. There’s no single bright-line moment at which two subpopulations suddenly become different species.

[@ecowifey4603]

The reason mules are sterile is because donkeys and horses have different numbers of chromosomes.

[@Anonymous-mp5mt]

I feel like we aren’t the last human species we will evolve into other human species as well.. it is interesting that the others died out and we are left over. That doesn’t mean we are safe from extinction or won’t be replaced by other human species.. this video really opened my mind.

[@jairosouza7994]

It's very impressive that the 3 species separated long long time ago and later reunited. Technically they survived until now days as hybrids.

[@Paul_in_Thailand]

Been watching a lot of videos on this subject lately, and today you popped up with one. I've come to the conclusion given what a violent species we have been over the centuries and even today, our ancestors unfortunately probably wiped them off the planet.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Actually modern humans are the blending of the other hominids. Recent studies have shown that. We as we are, are the product of them melding together.

[@user-em8yf6nq1r]

Bruh Claro que no, el homo sapiens apenas tuvieron contacto con los otros hominidos, su extincion fue producto de que no eran buenos en adaptarse a cambios repentinos de habitad

[@ewestner]

Fascinating! I think it's pronounced duh-NEE-so-van, though.

[@sadfaery]

Just one of many mispronunciations in this video. Sigh.

[@alastairbrewster4274]

He does this on purpose to gain comments for the algorithm. Don’t fall for it.

[@normanlennox4949]

I'm not sure if you mentioned it, but h. neledi may also have been making art, in that same cave. Scratches in the rock walls in a hatch pattern that has been seen in h. neanderthalis and early h. sapiens.

[@user-lb4yp4sl4y]

There was a time when I considered a degree in anthropology, before economic reality led me to decide upon a different profession. This episode brought back fond memories of my youth.

[@AlexWalkerSmith]

Dangerously confident assumptions and countless mispronounciations aside, this is a good speedrun of the topic. I would still recommend the video to anyone wanting a general overview.

[@johnwood-stoddard4600]

Please do a video on the first human hybrid, that would be fascinating

[@ThatWriterKevin]

The one mentioned in this video as being the first known first generation hybrid, or just the first hybrid of any human species? The former doesn't have enough information yet for a full video, and I don't think the latter is definitively known

[@AphroditeLee]

Fascinating!

[@user-martinpd]

I find it interesting that a species has been fairly recently dissappeared from KZbin offerings. Charming things too.

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

Greetings and Salutations from Temple, Texas, USA!

[@bentvalve]

Bryan TX. Howdy

[@marcussinclaire4890]

Calgary Alberta Canada. Howdy doody partner.

[@Avogadros_number]

Texas is just a little sister to Oklahoma 😉

[@mr.joshua6818]

Ha! Erectus

[@niki_0107]

oh my god, those ceramic cacti from ikea you have in the background? the exact same ones are sitting on a dresser just a few feet away from me while I'm watching this video...and I live in germany 💀 ikea knows now borders ig

[@bos5474]

Good Topic!

[@Persistence_run_444]

Granted they interbred with us. So, we’re not entirely the original Homo sapiens.

[@joema500]

well we are, we just have neanderthal and denisovan admixture. We are still the "original" homo sapiens.

[@blakebailey22]

What about the Homo Longi, or "Dragon Man?"

[@sadfaery]

I think I read a recent article suggesting that Homo longi might actually be the same species as the Denisovans. Or, in other words, that Denisovans are members of the Homo longi species.

[@jimkirk4357]

I'm so impressed by our ancestors. They were less superficial than we are now.

[@chriscabal3345]

Love your videos

[@PachinkoMedia]

So... we're the baddies?

[@THE-X-Force]

Indeed.

[@Slvl710]

as always it depends, some people still treat dogs like they are some wild beast that will eat you in your sleep, and these people are not joking.....so I have to guess interactions from group to group would of varied greatly

[@mandem3426]

We’re the ones who knock

[@THE-X-Force]

@@mandem3426 The ones who knocked boots with Neanderthals

[@GreenPoint_one]

​@@Slvl710to be fair I heard 50.000 cases of dog attacks in a year. Some dogs, breeds, idk ARE dangerous :3

[@michaelhowell2326]

In regards to extinction, especially with humans it helps to remember extinction doesn't need mean killed off. It only means something doesn't exist anymore.

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@johnlittle8975]

Simon managed to pronounce 2 hominids names correctly. Amazing!

[@zishaotto4028]

Pronounced: Nahledhee

[@AdDewaard-hu3xk]

So what, pedant?

[@namelesscare7982]

Educational videos like this really assist in debunking religious theories related to human evolution.

[@jaimebarragan8059]

🤣

[@pjeaton58]

The thumbnail gives the impression that Simon is another unique species of human !

[@eric-wb7gj]

TY 🙏

[@DannyQ1988]

saying "Homo Erectus" as much as you did this episode without laughing "Uranus" off must he been quite difficult lol

[@douglasmcneil8413]

Is it possible that the Norse oral tradition might have kept alive stories of contact with Neanderthals, interpreted as Dwarves over the eons? As generations passed, what might have originally fact based stories evolved into legends and myth.

[@mrsanity]

Unlikely, but still not so implausible as to be discounted. After all, we got Noah's flood from the flooding of the Persian Gulf some 12k years ago, and some pretty wacky tales that Australian Aborigines tell at least somewhat resembling creatures gone for 40k+ years.

[@hctompkins]

I also think about this. Also the evidence that large cocodilians were also present in the area in a surprisingly close timeline. Dragons? Or crocs?

[@baneofbanes]

@@hctompkinswhere?

[@kurtwinter4422]

​@@hctompkinsAcid spitting, large crocs

[@hctompkins]

@@baneofbanes where what?

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

If this video was instead four hours long I would be expecting Simon to say there were 210 variations of human ancestor species in the past. I'm all here for it. Not to mention the myriad of fossil record we never recovered or even became aware was under the sea/land/ocean.

[@melaskan7286]

What is also interesting to know about the Neanderthals is that they seemed to have been more aggressive and less social than modern humans, making it considerably harder for them to pass down new skills and innovations, even if they were smarter and stronger than Homo sapiens, which presumably made their long term survival a lot harder too

[@seansingh4421]

Return to Monke

[@2l84t]

From what I've read Neanderthals didn't appear to use ballistic weapons other than a close thrown spear. Against bow and arrows they wouldn't have a chance especially if the arrowheads were poisonous.

[@anggvoagg7881]

The atlatl would of done some dmg

[@jonfisher9214]

I think you entirely missed what was said in the video. Neanderthals and Sapiens species lived together and interbred over hundreds of years until they were homogenised. It wasn't some Battle Royale type scenario :D

[@WolfTwisted]

So a theory that's been bouncing around my head for a bit, is it a possibility that the feeling we get from the "uncanny valley" effect is due to our ancestors running into a human like hominid that was very likely similar to us but either highly aggressive/cannibalistic? It might be why we perceive anything with the uncanny valley with chills and a deep rooted feeling of uneasiness and fear.

[@preacherjohn]

Good vid, quality info.. But please turn down the sound FX and music in the mix - it's very intrusive & distracting!

[@logecat]

these pronunciations are killing me

[@markedis5902]

Please put corrections in the comments, I do.

[@Blinkerd00d]

I was thinking same thing lol

[@Vee_of_the_Weald]

I wonder if Simon would take notice and finally make an effort in his pronouncing …anything that’s not 100% British 😅… if we showed our fed-uppery (I’m French, I’m allowed neologisms) by unfollowing/unsubscribing?

[@ShaggysMovingPictureBox]

I came for the big word mispronunciation myself

[@jamesstuart537]

U guys American

[@bryoncarlson297]

just a little tidbit, you forgot about kangaroos, bipedal mammal. also, they are the only marsupial bipedal.

[@jonfisher9214]

Wallabies and Quokkas are bipedal too. But look to be very closely related.

[@THE-X-Force]

They only rarely ambulate in a bipedal fashion.

[@JonidLamllari]

This channel is good, very interesting topics and detailed and structured narrative. The narrator is a bit difficult to follow unfortunately. Editing between sentences doesn’t help - looks like the sentence never ends and the different paragraphs are merged into each other hiding the thoughts behind the subject matter. Looks like the sound is also edited making it difficult to understand without subtitles. 😊

[@lostpony4885]

Yeah in the 70s i was taught fire use was only thousands of years old. While erectus is proven to use fire they cant be the first as they are already shaped by fire use so it was clearly used leading up to that point.