Awful Archaeology Ep. 8: The Nebraska Man

[@MaerchenfeeGwyn]

Milo, I hereby humbly request that you do your Atlantis-Episode in Cosplay as the protagonist of the 2001 Disney Movie "Atlantis" who is called Milo Thatch. Come on, you guys, that's just a match made in heaven.

[@maxcasteel2141]

Didn't even think about that. real shit

[@SmogHouseTradingCo]

can he do Princess Kida instead?

[@crimsonhoudini1521]

PLEASE OH MY GOODNESS

[@felixstone3.14]

Made in heaven?! 🤯

[@nala3055]

Bumping this!!

[@NerdishNature]

One of your best episodes. I mean they are all awesome, but this one hit home. As a German we learn a lot about some of the topics you mentioned and it’s crazy that it’s not present in the US education that much. Thank you for your work

[@pretzelbomb6105]

US Common Core curriculum is incredibly hit or miss on what it cares about. During WW2, 120,000 Japanese-American civilians were incarcerated by the US government in concentration camps. Just in case any of them were more loyal to Japan than the US. My history textbook relegated this fact to a side box note that wasn’t present in the end of section quiz or the end of chapter test. This was an upgrade from my older sister’s high school history textbook, which made no mention of it.

[@Theolis]

I noticed Atlantis on the wheel of pain at the beginning of the episode and thought, 'Oh, boy that's going to be long one.' Ended up being a great brick joke for me. XD

[@Fairyfink]

"'Haroldcooki' being Latin for 'ego trip'". This is why I watch you, Milo.

[@sierra3830]

"please not something really terrible" followed immediately by "Atlantis" is the funniest possible outcome

[@miniminuteman773]

I should have just kept my mouth shut

[@nathangaspar4989]

@@miniminuteman773way to jinx yourself

[@jeremygonzal8603]

@@miniminuteman773 you could have just respun. we wouldn't have known. but nah, i like to hear about atlantis. it was a good movie.

[@julayanna]

The confetti too hahahaha

[@108108qwerty]

WAAAAAAY DOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWN BELOW THE OOOOCEAAAN... Atlantis by Donnovan is one of the most unhinged things to take literally.

[@areminderofwhatweare]

As a drummer of over 20 years, yes, I can confirm that drummer is 100% crouching on the ground to eat a grub. He’s just glad he found it before the bassist.

[@LimeyLassen]

Drummers need protein!

[@Chrysriph]

HA good one

[@jcarry5214]

He's rebuilding his strength after the stress of getting locked in the car and having to wait for the guitarist to call AAA.

[@NotChefCook]

@@LimeyLassen - Dammit we so do .

[@DamienDarkside]

I was gonna say, if that wasn't the drummer, it absolutely is the bassist. They both eat grubs.

[@drei.ch1150]

33:47 Milo immediately facing the final boss of conspiracy theories is the funniest thing i've see.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

This is an any% run.

[@johndoh4537]

Dark souls of archeology

[@alexwilliams7836]

Drink for Atlantis should be just a whole bottle of ever clear. Not because it fits the theme but just because you're gonna need it, and it'll be a little less painful

[@zombiedoggie2732]

He also needs to insert a "Visions of Atlantis" gag in there, or that one Disney movie. Or better yet. Both.

[@miniminuteman773]

The only instruction I gave for Newportrifoodie for the Atlantis drink is: "strong."

[@Mrmclovinn]

Everclear and salt water perfect combo 😂

[@Melodysys.]

​@@miniminuteman773 bottle of everclear and a single slice of watermelon

[@Sheet_music_eater]

Should be a bottle of benedryls

[@Skygirl-rp4ob]

For those who are curious, the difference between peccaries and pigs is that peccaries have a three toes instead of four, and six less teeth than pigs when mature. They also have different ears, different tails, scent glands to mark territory, and, depending on the kind of peccary, can travel in much smaller groups than pigs (10 less), or much larger groups (200 more.)

[@LimeyLassen]

I'm gonna say the biggest difference is that peccaries grow max to like 4 ft but pigs can get terrifyingly large and dangerous.

[@maxcasteel2141]

Okay but are peccaries the same as javelinas? I've always been confused on that point

[@tickticktickBOOOOM]

All I need to know is if they can be turned into bacon.

[@CardPicker-xo2hg]

But, so what? To me, it looks like, and probably smells like, let alone taste like, a pig.

[@barbararowley6077]

@@maxcasteel2141all javelinas are peccaries, but not all peccaries are javelinas!

[@gabrielboffano9595]

"Anyone who refuse to crticize their own country is not a patriot". Oh brother, I´ve been telling my students exactly this my whole career as an educator and I'm on the brink of getting expelled precisely for this.

[@jan_Eten]

i hope you get to keep your job

[@miniminuteman773]

If you get fired tell me and I’d be happy to write them a strongly worded letter

[@davidnewcomb7466]

@@miniminuteman773I haven’t seen you go 5 minutes without saying enough to make a grown man cry, I’m fairly certain that letter will have an impact.

[@davidsmith7752]

"My country right or wrong; when right to be kept right, when wrong to be made right".

[@richmondvand147]

keep fighting the good fight worse case scenario you get an employment lawyer (and win for unlawful termination) - then use that to springboard how fucked your district/state is

[@todo9633]

Milo saying Arthropoid every time instead of Anthropoid had me imagining a giant prehistoric spiderman.

[@wessmoore7894]

Caveman Spider-Man is a wild idea though ngl

[@seanfrazee5146]

He's got web shooters using tar covered rope or something

[@MartinFinnerup]

@@seanfrazee5146 Or a mutation that allows him to shoot web from his actual wrists. You know, like the OG Spiderman.

[@Skittlezzour]

Thank you so much for mentioning this

[@DazzleRay-yd2rj]

666 likes. bro is the devil

[@Emily-tv1iz]

Milo: "Please don't be something too terrible." Wheel: "Oh b*tch you're gonna regret saying that."

[@vilhelmpuddintain9295]

Bro accidentally skipped to the final boss lmao

[@fungalcoffee]

Its ganna be a while but I can't wait

[@pablorosada9788]

He accidentlly glitched into the final room of the game at level 15 DIS GON BE GOOD

[@blakksheep736]

Bro started Dark Souls with that skeleton key and found that one shortcut.

[@mairrye]

As a fan of the ”Atlantis: The Lost Empire” movie, I am thrilled to see a man called Milo talk in length about Atlantis.

[@MaxieTheMax]

“and haraldcookii being latin for egotrip” Never before have I heard the issue with naming a species after yourself in paleontology be described so succinctly.

[@trishapellis]

You don't get to name a species after yourself unless your name is Humboldt

[@ProfessorWormwood]

Amen to that. I see it all the time and it gets a laugh out of me each time.

[@bradymenting5120]

didn't even try to hide it. could have used either first or last name, but no. he had to use both and it sounds absurd

[@amandaburnham8626]

I get naming a species after someone who dedicated their lives to science or the betterment of the world. After yourself is just 🙄

[@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer]

If you name something you've discovered after yourself, You're a dickhead. If something is named after you BY SOMEONE ELSE, you're great

[@blazernitrox6329]

Also worth noting that the guy who originally came up with the Alpha Wolf theory later retracted it to the point that he wrote an entire book refuting his own proof.

[@starmaker75]

And how the alpha wolf were justed the parents and grand parents. Wolves packs are more like tribal family scutures similar to humans, great ape, orcas, and elephants, etc

[@meganlangreck2488]

Cannot remember that dude's name and I want to read that material.

[@D1i1s1]

Yeah IIRC he noticed that what he saw was behaviour exclusive to wolfs in captivity outside of their natural environment.

[@invictus_1245]

​@@starmaker75wolf social structure being so close to human really makes sense how easily they slot into human units and were domesticated so early. When you get a dog you're like another sibling or parent.

[@Lucifersfursona]

The original study was essentially a wolf version of throwing 10 completely unrelated kidnapped people into a room together and judging how well they form a cohesive family unit. They don’t is the thing. Fuckin Wolf Stanford prison experiment. The dude did the right thing revoking his study, but people who’re determined to break up one species (humans) into multiple faux subspecies aren’t much pressed to pick up science that doesn’t confirm what they already believe.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"I bet they teach you about that all the time in schools." I have a friend who literally accused me of peddling conspiracy theories when I talked about the eugenics movement. I was utterly floored.

[@seanfrazee5146]

They can teach you, but there's no guarantee they will pay attention I guess

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

@@seanfrazee5146 Thing is, I don't remember them teaching it either. I learned of it on my own because I read all kinds of stuff.

[@Earthstar_Review]

I didn't learn about phrenology until I was at least 20 and didn't realize why it was actually used for...a long time after.

[@thesun5275]

@@seanfrazee5146 So exhausted with this bullshit "well you just didn't listen hard enough" Babe They didn't teach it. Because schools in the US like to keep the extremely dark shit quiet. You'll never learn that a lot of what Hitler took to heart during the holocaust was things directly learned from the USA's own actions. You will hear about MLK but not his actual messages beyond he had a dream. They work to keep this shit quiet because it makes the country look bad and because either they know and don't want to admit it or they were never taught it so will never teach their students about it.

[@FireWarrior2013]

​@@seanfrazee5146TBF, the earliest I can think of Eugenics directly being discussed was when I was studying Anthropology... at University. I otherwise became aware of it by independently looking into the Victorian era (19th Century C.E.)

[@bonniedan123mc]

“He died as he lived. Soaking wet, and piss drunk.” Honestly sounds like the poet Li Bai according to legends XD

[@outdoorscholar6016]

😂😂 bro I’m gonna tell my friends because I’m currently living in China

[@CATmetchu]

Oh boy that's so accurate. Piss drunk and homesick at moonlight

[@brentwalker8596]

"Li Bai"?? Wow, I hadn't heard that name since my Chinese Poetry class at college. Nice call.

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

No one knows who that is

[@CATmetchu]

@@tryhardfinessedyou The entirety of China from the 700s to present day would like to disagree. He is everywhere in primary school textbooks. Homeboy predates Shakespeare.

[@martymcflown3707]

The squirrels don't like you discussing eugenicists? I'm surprised, they usually like nuts.

[@buffbarney2648]

I commend your pun

[@EnyalienMini]

Ba da dum dis *drum roll there, prob didn't spell it out right, but I tried *

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

Drum drum cymbal

[@jrojala]

*rimshot*

[@JackgarPrime]

Squirrels also strike me as being highly racist.

[@kattastic9999]

The single best depiction of ancient alien ideas is in Futurama, where they visit an advanced alien civilization styled very, very heavily like ancient Egypt, who tell tales of their ancestors visiting ancient earth And being so impressed by the pyramids that they decided to adopt the entire culture and continue to practice these traditions four thousand years later

[@requiem4ameme2]

“We learned many things from the mighty Egyptians. Such as pyramid building…space travel…”

[@aste4949]

One of my favorite Futurama moments!

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Tbf "ancient Egyptian" is a pretty solid aesthetic

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@airplanes_aren.t_real Word. While still also a practiced religion, it's just... got such a stile to it that it's no wonder so much media co-ops it.

[@TheBaldrickk]

The converse happened recently in a webcomic I read - Cassiopeia Quinn - where they have a magazine cover that proposes that pyramids all over the galaxy were created by ancient humans...

[@YeetZmeN]

The Atlantis episode is going to be 30 minutes of Milo drinking straight vodka followed by 3 hours of a drunken, sobbing rant.

[@EllpaFox47]

can't wait for that one drunken rants are always entertaining no matter the rant topic

[@stumpy_duck]

@@EllpaFox47 my dad once ranted about how pine trees smell like oranges and proceeded to get his chainsaw out of the garage and go cut a branch off of one of the pines in our yard to prove that "the inside is an orange".....he was drunk

[@jonathonschwendler4644]

@@stumpy_duck How old were you…

[@TheRatsintheWalls]

​@@stumpy_duck Point of interest: chewing a couple of the needles off that tree would give you your daily vitamin C.

[@fitandhappy42]

Can’t wait for the 4.5 hour episode of Awful Archeology.

[@RJTy-v1k]

I want it

[@amythistxue1]

same thought I had when the wheel landed on that, "well this will be a marathon episode"

[@anarchyboy9393]

Yo when it blew up to show Atlantis my heart dropped for him 😂

[@rachel_sj]

Whelp, I’ll see you all back here in July when it premieres 😂

[@stargazer1998]

I wonder what drink it will be?

[@onbearfeet]

I have to share an excellent two-sentence quote about Ota Benga during his time in the chimp enclosure at the Bronx Zoo: "To enhance the primitive image and presumably protect himself if need be from the ape, he was given a functional bow and arrow. He used this instead to shoot at visitors who mocked him and partially as a result of this the exhibition was ended." Tiny little bright spot in an otherwise horrifying story. You go, Ota Benga.

[@UbinTimor]

Caucasians in the 1900's: "We're the master race, we're the smartest race on the planet!" also Caucasians in the 1900's: *Gives a man in captivity a functioning weapon and expects him not to use it against his captors*

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

It's kind of ironic that the chimps probably treated him better than the humans

[@IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD]

@@airplanes_aren.t_realyeah they thought he was a funny new chimp (listen hear me out it’s not meant to be racist they just wouldn’t understand anything else being added to their enclosure other than a chimpanzee so in their mind everything added to enclosure=chimp)

[@pootisengage6672]

​@@UbinTimor not caucasians. 'MURICANS

[@roerose4449]

@@UbinTimor also just say white people. the term caucasians is actually referring to the people of the caucus mountains (by Azerbaijan, Georgia, armenia, those places) but a dude from Europe decided they were to attractive not to be white so the term now refers to white ppl

[@historicdrake220]

Milo: "Don't hurt me, Wheel." Wheel: "You didn't say please!!!!!"

[@edwhatshisname3562]

"Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word... Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word... Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word..."

[@alexcrazy1492]

Two hour long video. This is gonna take four months.

[@nilshagberg7386]

milo: look at all this eugenics surrounding the nebraskan tooth jewelry-ad: and it could be yours!

[@jimbongos8541]

"anyone who refuses to criticize their country cant call themselves a patriot" truer words have never been spoken

[@jimbongos8541]

20:18 ive been proven wrong yet again

[@cait6461]

The way I shouted at that 😂❤ No truer words

[@YEs69th420]

​@bobrzycapolaI dont think you know what you just said

[@mannperson324]

@bobrzycapolathat’s just untrue💀

[@mrpersonmanthing5572]

​@bobrzycapolano, not really. We have a problem with people doing the opposite, but even that isn't unique to us.

[@Anon26535]

Nebraska Man: primitive caveman who probably doesn't exist Florida Man: primitive caveman who, unfortunately, does

[@woahdudeitsme9742]

Ha!!

[@Mr.wigglesthevampier]

I love this one

[@kaylawonnacott6396]

I believe you meant "fortunately" Where would we get our best stories from if not from Florida man.

[@gangrenousgandalf2102]

I really hate to think Florida man is the next evolution of humans

[@Anon26535]

@@gangrenousgandalf2102 Don't you laugh, it could be you. The Florida curse always comes true. You can jeer at what you don't understand, but any fragile soul... ...Could be a Florida Man.

[@Au_196]

Milo: Please don't pick something terrible. Wheel of Pain: Chose Atlantis Milo: *Internal Screaming*

[@WarpsmithAdam]

Next episode of Awful Archeology is coming out in 2 years and is going to be 7 hours long.

[@starmaker75]

Something tells that going to be a 2 parter

[@smokedeuch4039]

Spoilers: In context its literally just a philosophy discussion for a promised land between two characters in one of Platos stories. Cause Plato was big on that "Philosophy through fiction" shit

[@stirlinggerbic-forsyth3345]

​@smokedeuch4039 iirc, that's actually the opposite of what Atlantis is in the dialogues. Athens is the perfect society and Atlantis is the counter to it, eventually trying and failing to conquer Athens, then subsequently getting drowned by the Olympian gods.

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

Time to wait for the next episode to come out in December! 🤣

[@davidwemett200]

"Hesperopithicus meaning Ape of the Western World and Harold Cooke being Latin for ego trip" very appropriate.

[@themisses1456]

The chaos of the set, the unhinged nature of the video and the actual pain of a man who has to now speak about atlantis. Awful Archaeology continues to be one of my favorite shows

[@sluthelanguage]

The single frame of a wolfman at 23:22

[@loganpeters7543]

HEAR HEAR OR HERE HERE WHATEVER THE CORRECT WORDS ARE

[@loganpeters7543]

​@@sluthelanguageI like the water cooler chat ice bucket challenge somewhere around 28 minutes in.

[@moonbeast1312]

I'm sure he''ll do the topic of atlantis justice when it comes out next year

[@themisses1456]

@@sluthelanguage the things I miss by drawing while watching this show, now I'll have to see it again

[@franknord4826]

Every time you say arthropoid instead of anthropoid, mothman gets one step closer.

[@LimeyLassen]

EXIT LIGHT ENTER NIGHT

[@BasicGeometry]

Get you a moth who can do both

[@seisage]

Lmao thank you I'm so glad I'm not the only one who got tripped up by him saying "arthropoid". Apparently carcinization does apply to all organisms after all....

[@insertnamehere1258]

@@LimeyLassenTAKE MY HAND (off to never-ever land)

[@jcl5345]

DeNIsovan

[@patrickmurray2662]

Milo, how many damn tooth necklaces do we need to buy for you to afford a space heater and some red yarn? We’ll buy the teeth Milo, just ask for help.

[@Budehgong]

You know he has a patreon right?

[@NicholasMarshall]

I disagree we should buy him just more yarn and a digital thermostat, with is large display. All throughout this video I couldn't verify just how cold it was.

[@KinshinReaper]

this sound like a response to some psycho who made a note out of magazine clippings XD

[@pondwatersal2208]

bro hes gonna start selling his real actual teeth and honestly theres probably at least one person out there that would buy his baby teeth lol

[@rico76]

The flip side is we'll get a sweaty shirtless Milo this summer

[@NWolfsson]

Milo's unwavering faith on KZbin's compression that it allows us to read his thermometer will always make me smile :)

[@jon_j__]

I know it's a nitpick, but it's funny (to me at least): Your mispronunciation of "anthropoid" as "arthropoid" throughout the video conjures up mental images of humanoid crustaceans, which is kinda awesome.

[@OctyabrAprelya]

Every time he said it I couldn't help but remember the "fossils" of Eduardo Valdés-Hevia.

[@Dr_Tapeworm]

those dang Atlanteans, I tell ya!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

everything goes crab. Even things that aren't even related to crabs. Only a matter of time until we have human crabs (besides the obvious spycrabs)

[@Dr_Tapeworm]

@@HappyBeezerStudios and if it doesn't go crab, then fish or mole also suffice

[@hollyjollyxmas]

I literally came to make this comment 😂

[@rossallan3585]

On pseudo science, I think Terry Pratchett nailed it for me. The presence of someone in search of the truth is infinitely preferable to that of someone who believes they’ve found the truth.

[@muntuku]

You forgot to mention that the very man that coined the term "alpha wolf," David Mech, who wrote the book that originates the modern dominance theory, has spent nearly 30 years decrying his own theory.

[@frey4044]

I actually popped off when I saw Atlantis being the next episode of awful archaeology I am so ready to see Milo have further brain damage while he tries to drink literal Atlantic seawater.

[@OrangeCat411]

Real bros watch this instead of the Super Bowl 💀 Edit: I thought you couldn’t reply after 500

[@dustincieslik5397]

Super bowl more like super boring amirite

[@ekto4023]

Dont you normally watch Super Bowl just for the goofy ads?

[@dustincieslik5397]

@ekto4023 no I don't :)

[@cheeselesscheese2871]

frfr

[@immaturecyclist]

I am not an american so don't really care about the superbowl (not undermining the sport whatsoever), but yeah....would love to watch the video

[@nnonotnow]

Born and raised in Nebraska and I'd almost forgotten about Nebraska man. Cooks father however is still a respected historical figure. One thing he's known for is: James H. Cook's memoir Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, 1923, is especially interesting because it recounts his 35 year friendship with the Oglala Lakota Sioux chief Red Cloud. He probably knew Red Cloud better than any other white man. Red Cloud and his band visited Cook on the Agate Springs Ranch on many occasions and for a time the Sioux tried mightily, without success, to have Cook appointed as their Indian Agent. Cook was also a friend of the Northern Cheyenne. It also includes personal artifacts that Chief Red cloud gave to Mr Cook. Some of these gifts were made especially for the Cooks, including buckskin suits for James' sons Harold and John, gloves, and the painted hide showing the Battle of Greasy Grass, also known as Custer's Last Stand. Other items-Red Cloud's shirt, three generations of the Red Clouds' pipe bags (one each belonging to Red Cloud, his father, and his son), and one of Crazy Horse's whetstones-were very special to those who gave them to James. The Agate fossil beds are legit and well worth a visit if you ever get up in that remote part of Nebraska I realize this is anthropology not archeology but hey you brought it up. 😊

[@memesnahgee5259]

“Anyone who refuses to criticize their country has no right to call themselves a patriot” FACTSSSSSS

[@d3athreaper100]

Understanding your country has flaws but also has traits the can be praised and still fighting for said country is a real patriot.

[@LORDOFGLOOP]

four comments, shit, man... maybe you should start considering if you have a problem have you ever tried therapy?@@d3athreaper100

[@emperorx5]

Milo made me cry proud red, white, and blue tears with that

[@viewtifuljon8105]

The problem is the people who do nothing but criticise their home countries and then praise countries that are far worse

[@julianb4157]

Recognise the good points, accept the flaws and try to improve both. Seems a simple model for the word.

[@FANGwoof]

Now I can befriend the new employees at work with my newfound knowledge of eugenics and peccary teeth. I'm sure I'll make lots of new friends.

[@linuslundquist3501]

Just remember to bring plenty of ice cubes

[@Aguywandering]

I’d unironically love someone at work talking to me about peccary teeth. Bones are awesome

[@Lucifersfursona]

This is just my daily life The job, diversity hiring me: Me: *_countdown until I tell y’all abt eugenics never leaving the west_* and how cool teeth are 😀

[@Lucifersfursona]

@@linuslundquist3501I will need to chew my water to assert dominance you’re right

[@wombatpandaa9774]

"Anyone who refuses to criticize their country can't call themselves a patriot." Truer words, my friend. Truer words.

[@conc_rete9737]

@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive things written by

[@ravenskylord3143]

​@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive dude uou where the one who brought up race lol.

[@steemcgee5150]

Okay imma ignore the big ole comment above me and say that I really liked that Milo said this. I've never thought of it that way. I've never been proud of being canadian, ever since I realized what our country has done in the past, especially to Indigenous people and other racial minorities. But I like Milo's perspective. It gave a good spin on my pessimistic perspective that I've held for so long

[@brook_angel]

​@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive no one is blaming current white people for what their ancestors did. People who don't care about fixing the lingering injustice are being blamed. Even if racism and discrimination are illegal now that doesn't negate the harm that was already already done. The most obvious point would be lack of generational wealth and just the after effects of redlining. As a German I am very familiar with my country's and ancestors past being rather dark. But who is even claiming that I a 22 year old is responsible for what happened in the past? Not one soul. The blame game that is currently happening in the US is such a garbage distraction tactic to pit people who share the same progressive beliefs against one another. There are plenty of reasons to call someone a bigot (language, behavior, voting, etc) but simply being white doesn't cut it. Being white and ignorant however is a different story. Comparing slavery and race discrimination with... Blm protests? Rioting? For example Yea. Not really a great take. Doesn't mean you're a racist. Just thar you have some internalized bigotry. Totally normal, but still a think we should acknowledge and work on.

[@brook_angel]

@@steemcgee5150 same for me and Germany. Fucked up history, many many many current issues. But this pile of garbage is my home. My pile of garbage

[@theresahaironthescreen]

The Nebraska Man always goes best with a Hesperopithecus Harold Cookie, recipe yet to be excavated.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

Don’t worry, I found a fossilized chocolate chip. I’ve already sent casts to a dozen bakeries and my artist is working on a reproduction of the finished product. Once they examine it, they’ll definitely say I’m right and also that eugenics is cool.

[@Leafpool2]

Funny thing about the wolf pack dynamics point. that was disproven by the guy who discovered it in the first place.

[@blakksheep736]

Yeah. He's spending basically the rest of his career trying to undo it. Poor him.

[@DWargs]

Right. It was disproven in a sense that it doesn't accurately depict natural wolf behavior. However, what it did prove, was that in an environment that artificially pushed a bunch of wolves who were strangers to each other, this particular group of wolves formed a hierarchy with the strongest and meanest wolves taking the top spot. With that said, we as humans have formed civilizations, in which we've been pushed together to live with, work with, and compete with complete strangers outside of our immediate family and kin. I'm not saying the Alpha talking heads are correct. They're wrong for many reasons. I'm just saying that there are definite parallels between that wolf study and modern human behavior.

[@lordfelidae4505]

@@DWargshuman behavior in prisons.

[@brookejon3695]

​​@@DWargs There are parallels between how two different social mammals interact when artificial systems are constructed around them, yes. That artificiality must be stressed. Domination and subjugation is not our natural state. Edit: systems that force competition and destruction of others for personal success and safety make us adapt and suppress our cooperative nature. Cooperation and empathy have always been the primary tools for our survival and success outside of these constructs.

[@K_i_t_t_y84]

​​@@DWargsunfortunately, most alphabros stop before blaming late stage capitalism on the fact that we have such a twisted society, and instead, try and preach like that is the "natural", "good" and "just" state of humankind, and has been how all of human civilization has worked all over the world since humans existed. They'll start with some truths, and then swerve right into moon logic.

[@yth592]

I'm just in love with Milo's singing ability wtf, never expected such a high voice to have such a sweet warm baritone sound

[@pestilenssi8979]

LITERALLY dude just did that out of nowhere

[@Space_calamity]

I came here to see if anybody else noticed Excuse me sir, please sing us a Christmas tune 😅

[@TexJester-no8th]

I was watching the video on the glyphs and heard him singing a bit. GREAT voice! I'd buy a Christmas album as he (jokingly) talked about .. 😊

[@melodylee9816]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else pointed it out😭😭 so good!✨

[@daveslamjam]

i was looking for a comment on this!! he's got a lovely voice

[@ItsMeDani1]

I have no idea if this is actually wanted, but imma go for it because of my background in Zoology. The main difference between pigs and peccaries is their origin. Peccaries are North American animals, with a few in central America, while Pigs origins are from Eurasia. There are also some differences in tail length, ear size, scent gland and tooth number, but the big difference is origin. Love the videos Milo!!

[@smurfjegeren9739]

Both pigs and peccaries originated from Eurasia(or Asia to be more precise), but peccaries went extinct in the old world (after finding its way to North America). What you say isnt wrong, but just because they are named from where they were discovered; doesnt mean its what defines them as a species. The teeth seems to be a major factor in differentiating the species. Number, arrangement, and the shape of their tusks/canines are more defining than "it lives in the new world" no? Then again, I am just a layman, who read two sources given in the wikipedia article for peccaries. So do correct me if I am wrong. But the thought that if one found a fossilized pigs jaw(like a wild boar) from the Miocene, in northern america, with the dentals fitting to that of a species of Suidae, rather than Tayassuidae.. It would still be a pig, and not a peccary? This one is just from the San Diego zoo, but the other is paywalled. animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/peccary

[@ItsMeDani1]

What you are saying isn't wrong per se - that if we look far enough back there is Eurasian origins in there ( if we are actually looking at the true main origin of both it is most likely the Eastern European Wild Boars which spread across Russia and other similar ecosystems, its wrong to say that the origins of the species are not separate. When we look at speciation, particualrly for origins, we look at what caused individuality. This includes diet, habitat, predation etc. The fact that the difference between the two animal families can be corolated based off of population isolation, suggests that if we talk about the origins of peccaries vs the modern day pig (rather than just boar) we can link it to New vs Old World. Its one of those things that if you look far back enough, we could say that everything came from a single point (LUCA), but if we are looking at individual speciation we look at the causal factors of that species coming into fruition. Hope that makes sense!

[@allenwilson3329]

Genuine question because I’m curious, do you know where their common ancestor lived and how their descendants got to where they are today? I love tracing ancient migrations

[@starfish.sunfish.moonfish]

Totaly wanted, I came to the comments to see if a kind individual would explain the difference.

[@richmondvand147]

we really need a Renegade Science Teacher and Miniminuteman cross over

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Did I put an apostrophe there?" But that's the correct usage of the apostrophe in that instance.

[@Actually_nobody_ever]

Not a single comment.

[@gabeowens9248]

Was going to mention this. =))

[@pretzelbomb6105]

It is indeed, which is why he said no one had better comment that he forgot the apostrophe.

[@quinn0517]

Hey Milo, as a disability justice advocate who helps people get their kids accommodations they need for a FAPE, thank you - thank you, thank you, thank you- for including America's eugenics issue. You could've ignored it like most people do; you could've just given it a passing mention. You didn't. You gave a crap and did the thing. I am so proud for you and grateful you share your work with us. 😊🎉

[@miniminuteman773]

I appreciate the acknowledgment! When I was scripting I stumbled down that rabbit hole and even though it isn’t entirely pertinent to the tooth at hand, I think I have an obligation to use my reach to teach about these topics that are often ignored when given the opportunity

[@richmondvand147]

its... its really disturbing how much our modern world was shaped by that, for example the ideal man and woman statues which most of our beauty standards and media are based on were made by a Eugenicist that the big H shook the hand of AND NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT

[@Celestial_Reach]

​@@miniminuteman773thats why your content is watchable by people with brains. We appreciate that your not from the town of Dunning-kruger

[@tylerdeath3759]

​@@miniminuteman773I'm sorry. I'm going to make your day worse, and your alcoholism stronger...add James tour to the wheel.

[@irishalchemy]

OP, I just wanted to thank you so much for what you do. You truly are amazing and really do change lives.

[@coocat5]

"I wouldn't be caught dead researching a peccary!" *Cries in zoologist*

[@Nobody_Fn_Important]

it caused me to do my own research, they aren't even in the same family it seems like so even if Milo won't, I hope it makes you feel better that others will.

[@laum5371]

No no, it's ok! Your job is incredibly important. Because you know that pig is not a man 😅

[@zelliehtrue]

Oh hey, thanks for spelling the name for me! For some reason my brain came up with pecquerie; I don't know why I thought it might be french.

[@roerose4449]

there's peccaries in my backyard rn

[@josh.8104]

Alternate title: That time eugenicists Goncharov'd a Monkey Man.

[@adeadarcadia]

Based

[@LoraCoggins]

I fucking love that

[@NorthCot.mus.dept.9]

Oh I like that reference.

[@emmetthowell899]

9:12 Milo referring to a written spelling error as a “typo” is so funny to me

[@mjb7015]

The "pot calling the kettle black" line was truly inspired comedy. 10/10, perfect writing & delivery.

[@QuestishBen]

And the "I don't think he'd like being called black" was just perfect afterwards

[@richmondvand147]

i choked while drinking my tea - was perfect

[@art_kitty_1190]

R.I.P Milo Rossi. 19?? - 2024. Cause of death: having to research Atlantis for the Wheel of Death

[@Wolfie54545]

Hell ya Space Shuttle Atlantis time!

[@loganhowe9496]

A thing I kinda like is how I heard someone describe the difference between Patriotism and Nationalism. Patriotism is being proud of your country for what it does, Nationalism is being proud of your country no matter what it does.

[@unknowngod8221]

i lean toward patriotism even if i am not that proud i still a proud Indonesian

[@horatioguevara7597]

@@unknowngod8221shouldn’t be, chap.

[@SockieTheSockPuppet]

Eh, I don't exactly agree with that. Because that frankly sounds more like Jingoism in lieu of anything else.

[@photosapphic1984]

I love that you mentioned the “alpha wolf” theory. There’s some additional irony to the “alpha wolf” theory in that the principal scientist who debunked it was the scientist who came up with the theory in the first place. What changed was his original paper had studied wolves in captivity, who were likely from disparate populations; he finally got the chance to study wolves in the wild and it completely flipped every assumption he had on its head. But dudebros being dudebros can’t let go of the idea of an alpha male despite all science to the contrary among most mammals and especially hominids.

[@maryeckel9682]

Isn't it more matriarchal in reality?

[@kingalfred2014]

@@maryeckel9682 Wolf packs in the wild are led by a mated pair. The other wolves in the pack are their offspring, who leave to find mates and start packs of their own when they're old enough.

[@tea5687]

​@@kingalfred2014baisically just a family.

[@b_lah_kay4515]

Alpha parents? 😳

[@LoisoPondohva]

Well, science does somewhat support existence of "alpha-males" in humans. In, well, prison gangs. But it also largely varies by the convict culture. The phenomenon is very pronounced in Russian top-security prisons, but not in the colonies that largely house political dissidents and economic criminals. So basically, if you gather a lot of the most violent humans in captivity and treat them horribly, the status in such population tends to be governed by ruthless violence and perceived capacity for such. Which still makes trying to emulate that in free and civilized society at best misguided. But that's an extremely charitable epithet.

[@spacebory]

Awful Archeology has a habit of appearing whenever I’m at my lowest and yet it always makes my mental health recover just enough for me to laugh and smile :) thank you for the best series possibly ever on KZbin

[@Googledebunker]

It really does. I lost my close friend on Thursday and it was very hard for me because she was only fifteen and we were close. This video really helped me feel okay at least for thirty minutes. (Sorry didn’t mean to trauma dump)

[@USBCord]

"Anyone who refuses to criticize their country can't call themselves a patriot" Best quote of 2024

[@apm77]

I was going to make the same comment: "Anyone who refuses to criticise their country can't call themselves a patriot" - Milo Rossi Frame it.

[@MurasakiTsukimaru]

I recall a book where a man discussed the difference between blind patriots and true patriots. Blind patriots believe their country can do no wrong. True patriots love their country despite its faults and believe it can be better. Little tiny bit like how Captain America is supposed to represent not what the USA *is* but what it could be.

[@aformofmatter8913]

Patriotism is just a more polite name for nationalism, & nationalism is inherently blinding & destructive Questioning your country -- or even learning its history -- runs counter to patriotism, thus nobody should be a patriot

[@louisrobitaille5810]

"How on Earth X likes?" Early viewer syndrome 🤡.

[@dud3655]

​@@MurasakiTsukimaru Hmm, I believe a true patriot would try to actively change his country in a way he sees as better for everyone involved

[@teddytackleson595]

As someone who does a lot of video editing/shooting for school, I identify so hard with the fact that in like every awful archaeology video there's something that goes wrong with a recording or footage or something goes missing. Making videos can be a pain sometimes, but it's awesome to see you working through your complications!

[@danielp.2213]

"I think as Americans we have responsibility to talk about the dark past of this country. Because frankly I love this country and because I love this country, I want it to do fucking better. Anyone who refuses to criticize their country can't call themselves a patriot." Hot damn Milo yer only half into that cocktail and yer spoutin' righteous fire breh. Keep up the awesome work my friend.

[@sarahblack9333]

"I love this country. And because I love this country I want it to do fucking better" HELL YEAH

[@MeAuntieNora]

It's insane and frustrating to me that this sentiment is somehow uncommon or controversial.

[@dl66662]

The funniest thing about fascists’ obsession with Rome is that 150 years ago Italians weren’t considered to be white

[@zombieoverlord5173]

150? In some circles at least here in Kentucky even 50 years ago

[@NotChefCook]

Ahm . No . That certain very specific groups , say " nativist " white murkin racists , thought of swarthy southern Italians who arrived in the US anywhere from the late 1800s to the Thirties as Not Terribly White does not mean it was a generally held planetwide belief .

[@safaiaryu12]

​@@zombieoverlord5173 Yep, I'd argue in a lot of the country. I grew up on stories of how my grandparents' generation were discriminated against. And my mom swears up and down that people still treat her different when they found out our last name (she's not Italian but took my dad's name when they married). I feel like it's worth noting the same for Greeks - I feel like they're STILL treated as non-white in the US. This is NOT to say that what Italian-Americans or Greek-Americans experience is anywhere close to what Black Americans deal with, especially today. But I also find it deeply ironic, bordering on hilarious, that white supremacists celebrate Classical culture.

[@orelliaorellia142]

I burst out laughing every time I heard an American asking if Spanish, Italian or Greek are considered white or not in Europe 😂It's Europe. We don't give a shit about skin color variety in the continent itself. Nationality is all what matters. Xenophobism and racism are more rooted in colonialism (so against people who come or whose ancestors come from out of the continent). Which is equally fucked up. But just not the same. We don't have the '' races '' notion here either. The defining factor is nationality.

[@torstenwinkel2183]

@@orelliaorellia142Boy Howdy! Good that England has extracted itself from Europe just in time for this comment, because they did NOT think of the Irish as "white" (a category that did not exist at that time, but still...) Ireland was an English colony. Example: "the great hunger", also called "the potato famine" by Imperialists.

[@user-rl4pi7yk8b]

How fitting that a video about a Nebraskan (potential) Neanderthal was paired with a corn drink. Really supporting the Nebraskan corn cult guys! 👍🏻 FYI I lived a good portion of my life in Nebraska so I CAN call the corn huskers a cult! ❤️

[@abandoninplace2751]

"100% arthropoid." Ah yes, the insect people, not to be confused with the reptile people. But seriously, completely awesome history here.

[@requiembeeblebroxx]

I was so proud when he finally pronounced it correctly! I did, however, spend most of the video imagining that "reconstruction" image with antennae and compound eyes.

[@TheStrykerSeven]

*Concerned Insect People Noises* 'He may be onto us!'

[@katherineheasley6196]

I caught that, too. Li'l oopsie!

[@DoctyrEvil]

Crab People?

[@woundedone]

​@@DoctyrEviltaste like crabs, talk like people 😂

[@Kickiusz]

I have mad respect for Milo openly talking about America's less-than-stellar past. We need more people like him. No country can call itself great if it runs away from it's misdeeds.

[@mida5]

Jeszcze jak

[@gandhithegreat328]

Agreed but we also need to celebrate our successes and what we’ve done right. Otherwise we won’t continue to do good for ourselves or the world Basically acknowledge the good and bad. Turn from the bad and keep chasing what we’ve done great.

[@Freak80MC]

Anyone who tries to ignore their countries' past is just doomed to repeat their mistakes

[@poeticalvision]

How is the US running from its misdeeds? Its one of the only countries on Earth thats doing the opposite of that.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Honestly as a history buff it's mind boggling to me how butthurt and delusional people get about the brutal facts of our past, it doesn't negate our accomplishments but it's just the hard truth and you can't pretend it didn't happen. But it goes against their lionization of the past and the idealized version of the country that never existed, especially the religious nuts. and since nationalism and fascism is in vogue, reality goes against all their rhetoric and dogma. Unfortunately most of the reason the south remained a hotbed of segregation and racial oppression is Andrew Johnson absolutely nuking most of Lincolns accomplishments after his death and giving the south carte blanche to keep doing the same crap. one of the worst presidents we ever had. Anti vaxxers/flat earthers/climate deniers/racist revisionism, it's all the same lunacy that's popular with a small chunk of the country haha

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

Milo’s wall is gonna look like Swiss cheese by the time he’s done with the wheel of pain. 🤣

[@darthbob88]

7:24 Academia is very enthusiastic about challenging the paradigm, because that's how you get your name in the history books. Academia is reluctant to challenge the paradigm _if that challenge might be wrong_ because that's how you get your name on Awful Archaeology.

[@wellstiscool]

Love the video, a brief correction- Paleocastor was actually much smaller than modern beavers. The extinct giant beavers are called Castoroides. I know this because I made the same mistake last week making a joke about a giant Bidoof. Sincerely, Someone who is definitely making productive use of their paleontology degree

[@kubabakomnene]

Yeah, seeing the fossilized tunnels definitely made me do a double take. Really doesn't seem like something giant beavers would be able to fit into.

[@miniminuteman773]

Thank you for that correction! Honestly its disappointing that they weren't giant purely for the technical inaccuracy of the "giant bidoof" joke.

[@DashieDasher]

14:10 "It looks 100% arthropoid" damn that must be a funky looking spider

[@daddymememaster5432]

Also 19:21 lol

[@queenannsrevenge100]

I suspect the booze gets the credit for those 😂

[@ambunt]

​@@queenannsrevenge100goodie

[@gred_and_feorge0554]

"A video on Atlantis" feels like it would be the same scale as a video on Ancient Rome. There's just so much to cover XD good luck, man

[@mstonetree]

You had me at "because I love this country I want it to do better". I'm not from the US, but I apply the same sentiment to my own country. Great vid.

[@Kaipyro67ALT]

"You'll notice that they don't really have any questions about what technology the people in Europe had to build things, but suddenly when "the brown people" had technology then it's a big problem." I... have never thought about it that way before. Wow, Egyptians, Mayans, Sumerians, all having alien technology really does just boil down to racism in the end, huh? It's amazing how simple things are.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

The closest I’ve ever heard a conspiracy theory claim aliens built a “white” monument is Stonehenge, and even then it’s always felt like a half-baked token inclusion. “Oh, moving and arranging these massive stones would be very difficult for early man. Aliens would have certainly made it easier, sure, but I doubt it. Oh? We’re talking about Eastern Island? Definitely aliens then. 100%.”

[@TexJester-no8th]

I'd never thought of it this way either. I have been saying for DECADES now that modern scientists don't give ancient humans any credit for having smarts and imagination.

[@markevans8206]

@@TexJester-no8thmodern scientists no longer promote these beliefs and have not for a long time. Modern pseudoscientists do and terrible popular shows like Ancient Aliens, which only include “amateur ” scientists and misquoted scientists.

[@LunamrathP]

@@TexJester-no8th " modern scientists don't give ancient humans any credit for having smarts and imagination" Oh but they do. It's not the scientists making claims that they weren't intelligent and creative.

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

I know some people that it isn't about racism for them. They're just regular ass conspiracy theorists.

[@j-gnat1275]

Your videos have been such a huge help lately. My 12yo cousin died in a car accident very recently. He had dreams of bending an archeologist someday. Your videos help remind me of the good times when he would tell me everything new he had learned. Thank you

[@LORDOFGLOOP]

Shit man. I'm sorry for your family. There's not much I can offer to help you through this. But that fucking sucks, man. All the best, for what it's worth.

[@miniminuteman773]

Sending you strength and love my friend. Be kind and patient with yourself and focus on what brings you joy

[@the_demon149]

I’m so sorry for your loss. It might not be worth much from a stranger, but he sounds like he was an amazing kid. I hope you got to spend a lot of time with him. Sending you all the love and support I can❤

[@thatb0yrohan382]

I'm so sorry for your loss, wherever he is I hope he is able to learn as much about humanity's past as he could ever want. May he rest in peace.

[@chrishenderson9130]

So sorry for your loss. Abide as best you can, dude

[@koelvr]

23:22 the quick flash of the wolf sitting longingly 😭😭

[@gaz-atolla7519]

I'd love to see you cover the Piltdown Man at some point... not only is it an incredibly famous archeological hoax but also because I live about 30 minutes drive from the village of Piltdown in Sussex, England Milo, if you see this and do end up making a video about it I'll happily head over there to get some video of the site it was "discovered" and the memorial stone that marks it for you

[@victory8928]

It is also a wonderful story as well. And one that took advantage of the beliefs about human evolution at the time

[@emmulah]

I’ve gotta imagine he’s somewhere on the wheel of pain!

[@partyponyz1239]

It's gotta be somewhere on the wheel.

[@emmulah]

Joke’s on us cuz he mentions it being on the wheel in this episode!

[@gaz-atolla7519]

@talonhax8336 the name Sussex comes from this area being the kingdom of the South Saxons (or the Suth Seaxe in Old English) around the 6th century, just as Essex and Wessex were the East and West Saxons

[@inanator]

I've taken a course on North American mammals and ironically one of the major differences between pigs and peccaries is their dentition. Pigs have 44 teeth, peccaries have 38.

[@kitty-dc1nl]

Thank you ❤

[@TankZappa]

Set aside a half hour of your life to listen to: The Adventures of Greggery Peccary!!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

How closely related are they? When peccaries have similar teeth to humans and pigs have similar tissue to humans...

[@mbryology6098]

​@@HappyBeezerStudiosthey're about as closely related as giraffes and deer are taxonomically

[@hedgehog3180]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Pigs are similar to humans anatomically because they're also ominvores like us so their digestive system is very similar and by coincidence their other organs are roughly similar in size.

[@Kasamira]

Your final part at 28:30 is particularly saddening because, going to a young earth creationist high school- this Nebraska Man was used as evidence in my 9th grade history class to “debunk” evolution. Finding out that this “pseudo Neanderthal man was actually just a pig” wasn’t *the scientific community’s only* example of hominids they had but rather the only North American one, was a big part of my deconversion.

[@outdoorscholar6016]

I know what you mean, I used to belong to a campus church group in college and there were a couple instances where they did use pseudoscience to support young earth creation. I’d always been on the fence about going full Christian because I liked the community and I liked the friends, but that made me hop off it in the opposite direction Case in point they tried the old “carbon dating isn’t accurate” bit, there was a man who came to speak about how he was a geology student but then he found -Jesus- the Church and all of a sudden it “made sense” that the earth was 6,000 years old. It was bad

[@Kasamira]

@@outdoorscholar6016 Just 2 months ago they had a speaker like that at my old church. Family asked if I wanted to come because “I’d always loved science” and… what do you say to that? The most bewildering part is that none of those speakers (who came when I was much younger) ever seemed to have a firm grasp on what evolution even was much less how to “debunk” it

[@outdoorscholar6016]

@@Kasamira oh yikes, I can only imagine the inaccuracies from those speakers.

[@joshuamccarroll2188]

I'm an Aussie - I thought this -we teach creationism in schools in America - was a "cultural joke" akin to "drop bears" here. Never would our education system allow that complete bs taught in our science classes. That is disturbing to know it is actually real. Was it a public school ? We have private religious schools but they have to teach the difference between religion and science and religion is never allowed as a substitute or comparison for science.

[@cinnamoncleric]

​@@joshuamccarroll2188idk about this person's school, but my step brother was enrolled in a similar school and it was a private school. But if I'm being honest, the separation of religion from schools really depends on what state you're in. My state is pretty good about keeping everything separated. Certain other states, particularly in the "bible belt," are less than good about it. I actually feel pretty comfy saying they actively push religion over science in some places.

[@SewerTapes]

I've consumed a ridiculous amount of creationist and creationist debunk content, so I'm no stranger to The Nebraska Man. However, this is the best video I've seen on the topic hands down. Equal parts informative and entertaining, with a lot of context I had not heard before. Keep up the great work.

[@fungustober]

I'm so proud (read: ashamed) of my home state. And yes, for those wondering, the entire state is just one giant cornfield! The sentient corn creatures took over the local government back in the 1980s and we've all had to live with it ever since. On a more serious note, I'm glad that you mentioned some of the fossils from Nebraska. A lot of people, even those within the state, often think that Nebraska is a boring place with nothing in it, but I think all you need to do to find something interesting is to do a little digging (pun not intended). We've got the world's largest mammoth skeleton on display in one of our museums. In fact, the mammoth is our state fossil! How is that NOT cool?

[@thebadpoet]

I almost took a job at the University in Kearney, and I’ve never felt less claustrophobic in my life. There’s just so much space, and I had the absolute most delicious hamburger I’ve ever eaten.

[@lunchpin403]

Nebraska was a really cool state 5000000+ years ago

[@debbieholoquist2059]

1906. I'm stunned. It actually feels like a little something inside was broken by learning about that man in a cage at the Bronx Zoo. In the 20th century. Yes, very early, still ....

[@inakuvaswaldenstrm6117]

It's insane how much happened in that century Edit: and same. It's unbelievable that people could do that to other humans

[@ThillerKillerX]

​@@inakuvaswaldenstrm6117 humans had slaves forever. I don't understand how that's surprising at all

[@inakuvaswaldenstrm6117]

@@ThillerKillerX I know, but I still can't imagine it. Especially when it's seen as totally normal. I know we are the odd one's out, but I still don't understand it. Edit: it isn't surprising at all. It was kind of an over dramatic phrasing.

[@brookejon3695]

Racism do be racisming. Drawing made up lines between groups of people and saying they're completely different from you will do that.

[@brookejon3695]

​​@@ThillerKillerXyou truly don't know anything about the history of slavery. You're just repeating something you heard. Edit: if you're unaware, the thing you said is a very, very common talking point trotted out by people who support slavery and/or downplay the reality of the Transatlantic slave trade and its devastating impacts on Africa and the abducted, dehumanized, and abused people taken from there. Within the last month Elon Musk said it ver batim to deny systemic racism in America, while being interviewed by a famous black journalist.

[@mayajade6198]

My favorite part of the "alpha wolf" theory is that even the guy who came up with it later said it was grossly inaccurate and didn't reflect the real behavior of animals in their natural environment. Also who else is excited for the ten month wait for the Atlantis episode?

[@RorysHappyHouse]

If someone found that tooth in the modern day they would’ve called it an Amongus Bone and made millions

[@matt-thorn]

What I find even more hilarious about the drawing than the fact it was made on the basis of just a single tooth, is that that tooth apparently gave them enough confidence to make two models in the same picture of what representatives of this "species" could look like.

[@demo2823]

Teeth can tell you a lot about a jaw, and a jaw a lot about a skull, and a skull a lot about posture and thus the full body. People can make good assumption sketches based on teeth, and they do it with dinosaurs all the time which is even less reliable because dinosaurs are a much larger and more diverse group than hominids. The problem is, you can only make the assumptions about the skull based on similar species if you are positive about the group that the tooth falls in. All regional animals with teeth mistakeable for human teeth should be a part of the identification flow chart.

[@uncoolbob9653]

@@demo2823if only they had teeth and not just a tooth

[@notadogFrFr]

Hey milo, my brother in law is an "egyptians didnt built te pyramids" type of dude, when he tries to argue with me about it I use the arguments I learned from you to put him in a chokehold with words, he now never wants to argue with me, hell he never wants to talk with me now. Thank you milo very cool! (All jokes aside, your videos are fucking brilliant❤)

[@wuestenfuchsxy]

had something similar with a friend talking about Baalbek and how they never could have moved that and all that stuff. Had a logical explanation for everything he brought up and he never mentions anything like that if I'm around anymore. He doesnt contact me either. But I know he is still into it talking to others.

[@shaedeymamlas5496]

Yeeaa, sadly it is extremely difficult to reason people out of position they didnt reason themselves into in the first place

[@BeverageGremlin]

Summer Milo is gonna be presenting in a swimsuit with Ice bucket challenge every five minutes to cool off.

[@TheAnthonyjames]

A drink I frequently made at The Wildhearts Saloon was , in a rock glass, pour two ounces of Southern Comfort, hot apple cider and garnish with a cinnamon stick. I called it the barn burner. Enjoy on cold nights.

[@lost_not-found]

Bro should’ve actually named this video “I Taught Squirrels Eugenics NOT CLICKBAIT”

[@witchflowers6942]

Ota Benga mentioned. He’s one of my historical character obsessions. His story is so tragic i think everyone should know it. He was hardly even a „man“ when he was kidnapped for a second time and taken to america, he was only a teen. He died by suicide when he was in his early thirties.

[@GSBarlev]

Just read his Wikipedia entry. What a complicated and heartbreaking story.

[@adrianomaly1760]

Stories such as those of Ota Benga absolutely should be told and known.

[@fourleafclover2064]

"Hey new guy, tell me everything you know about ancient peccaries!" *slams cup of ice into face*

[@theadaunicorn]

it's peccaries, not pekories. Just thought you should know lol

[@damienvalentine5043]

"It's spelled 'peccaries' actually." "I have my pride, New Guy, I wouldn't be caught dead researching a peccary!"

[@graphicsloth]

Stop criticizing Nebraska or we'll make you live here!

[@thehqnd11]

It feels fitting hearing you say you won't be caught dead researching peccary just for your audio to fail. Love your videos. I'm happy to see another amazing watch!!

[@miniminuteman773]

The Rode mic gods did not approve of my peccary slander

[@GSBarlev]

Since Milo wouldn't, I Iooked it up. Peccary (who I'd always heard as Javelina!) are native to the Americas while pigs and feral hogs descend from the imports of European colonizers. Ironically, my two seconds of research suggest that, contrary to the usual trend of invasive species out-competing native fauna, the presence of feral hogs in Brazil is thought to be _easing_ pressure on the javelinas, because *Jaguars prefer European bacon.*

[@MossyMozart]

@@miniminuteman773 - Peccary are Earthlings, too!

[@ninjoypgd]

Bro, the lone alpha wolf at 23:22 caught me off guard

[@LunaCiaroSage]

Thank god, I wasn’t the only one who saw that. Couldn’t find a single comment mention it. I think the wheel picking Atlantis is it punishing him for slipping that in

[@_confused_jaxx_]

Nah bcuz I'm rewatching it and caught it Saw a foot and was like tf? Then had to go back and watch again lmao

[@spider-catt4213]

Yeah I was playing Ark and I look at my phone and I saw it, so I just started breaking down laughing

[@krinkrin5982]

I'm positively surprised that the people involved acted so rationally after they were met with universal skepticism and the call for more evidence. Was half expecting them to 'find' a skull that was obviously kitbashed, or something.

[@pras12100]

You said "... 'find' a skull that was obviously kitbashed" Spoiler Alert: "Piltdown Man" is on the wheel of conspiracy theories for Milo to talk about.

[@c.harvey2424]

"Kitbashed"?

[@grumpydoodle8455]

@@c.harvey2424 A term mainly used in miniature model building communities It involves 'bashing' (ie putting together) different parts from different model boxes (often called model 'kits') to create something new and unique.

[@c.harvey2424]

@grumpydoodle8455 Ahh. Using two or three crochet patterns to make one project. We call it "frankensteining".

[@hedgehog3180]

Referring the Archeological hoaxes as kitbashes is hilarious and I'm going to keep doing that.

[@edgarallenhoe3518]

Alright, see everyone in 3 years for the feature-length Atlantis video!

[@MinionofNobody]

The apostrophe in “It’s drinking time” is correct. I am an old retired guy. There is an easy trick I have used to remember this since I was a kid. I just keep in mind the title of a cartoon. “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” Conversely, “arthropoid” is a mispronunciation of either “arthropod” or “anthropoid”. Maybe it is a portmanteau of the two. Judging by context, I am going with the assumption he meant to say “anthropoid”.

[@oniinekosan]

Thank you! I was so confused because it was correct and I knew it was but then I started to doubt myself lol

[@lenaheide41]

I learned the trick as a kid that 'it's' is just 'it is' smushed together. If you can take it apart into it is and the sentence still makes sense, add the apostrophe. Otherwise leave it. 'Its' instead is the neuter equivalent of 'her' and 'his'. You will never run into a situation where the equivalent of her can be replaced with it is.

[@miniminuteman773]

Yeah I realized after publishing that my "it's" was completely correct. Never second guess yourself! As for "arthropoid" that was an unfortunate freudian slip that I didn't notice till post production :(

[@MinionofNobody]

@@miniminuteman773 Do you think we could persuade Graham Hancock that Nebraska man was an ape with an exoskeleton?

[@JinLin-s8g]

Are you guys debating if it's or its,it's always it's?I dont think "its" is a word

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

24:52 For anyone wondering, Peccaries diverged from pigs a long time ago and are native to the Americas; this is important because people often confuse native Peccaries (like Javelinas) with invasive wild boars (which are descended from European pigs) and try to kill them.

[@claypigeon7063]

“That was a weird fuckin’ tangent; what is _in_ this?” You made þe drink Milo; you tell me.

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

I like the use of "th" in the quote, like milo is speaking with a certain spelling

[@josiebianchi3481]

I love that there's a nonzero amount of people on the internet sincerely trying to bring the letter thorn back. Watching people pick niche hills to die on brings me such joy.

[@Hade-Official]

Based thorn letter user

[@Haggart]

It's time to start using þorn

[@DoucantNevrneir]

Excellent use of a thorn

[@xandytee1041]

How many others just knew that he was gonna say Hitler gave that book a shout out?

[@saintkaithe7th]

That little sing between 1:27-1:30 was top quality sir. Baritone of a quality man lol good job

[@lArcadiuml]

didn't know Milo was actually Frank Sinatra

[@nikotm2856]

literally 40's jazzy blues the kinda music you would hear in fallout singing voice

[@chasecampbell7268]

My only context for Nebraska man was discussions by young earth creationists saying "Well, they (science) were wrong about Nebraska man, so they are probably wrong about evolution"

[@victoriafelix5932]

and we won't mention manbearpi... manbearpeccary, right?

[@lissaa7819]

This is the type of logic im going to use from now on. Well since they lied about unicorns and were wrong there.. SURELY they never stepped on the moon. Its all liiiiies.. lies I tell you!

[@boristhecat9339]

The return of Awful Archaeology is a sign humanity is advancing once again. The dark age is over, science and reason has returned. Also, good video and I'm really enjoying your content. Keep up the amazing work, and make sure you enjoy yourself while you do it!

[@michaeloverfield7198]

The whiplash from the janky barn set to that beautifully lit and framed interjection about the kpg layer 😂

[@The3xtro0v3rt]

Why watch the Super Bowl game when you can watch a cool guy with adhd curse about how stupid people can be? Edit: y’all im not saying adhd to decrease or do be mean. ADHD PPL ARE USALLY FIRE THATS WHY.

[@nbenefiel]

It’s good for me.

[@danielmize6567]

It's what I came for!

[@0.-.0]

Being interested in something is not a sign of ADHD. Stop pathologizing other people.

[@kaysmith7028]

pretty sure he has literally said he has adhd man

[@MrJimheeren]

@@0.-.0relax it’s in good spirits. Plus our man here definitely has ADD/ADHD