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

[@mymom1462]

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

[@cyrilio]

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

[@rickwrites2612]

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

[@sandrakiefler4649]

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

[@andrewgalloway7344]

AI comment .....

[@jurassicswine]

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

[@MisterLitera1]

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

[@TieYourLaurenDown]

Perfect timing.

[@adamlombard3771]

A stone age's throw. Lol.

[@erikm8372]

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

[@erikm8372]

And I know, probably quite distinct. Lok

[@GeoffryGifari]

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[@ziizification]

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

[@FacesintheStone]

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

[@tylerschoen5643]

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[@Kat-mh1ol]

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

[@trentenmerrill5239]

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

[@aarons6935]

You don't have PTSD.

[@trentenmerrill5239]

@aarons6935 lol

[@aarons6935]

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

[@trentenmerrill5239]

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

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[@anthonyhall7019]

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

[@ukestudio3002]

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

[@v4v819]

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

[@benjaminjones5029]

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

[@ruththinkingoutside.707]

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

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you so much!

[@Chompchompyerded]

Agreed! Whole heartedly!

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[@TayePurks]

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

[@davewilson9738]

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

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

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

[@Chompchompyerded]

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

[@tysonwastaken]

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

[@GillfigGarstang]

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

[@gemmabartlett3908]

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

[@hazeeqsyahme]

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

[@andreagriffiths3512]

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

[@tracymcgeachie7525]

Me to

[@Mr-Neven]

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

[@tonydagostino6158]

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

[@gaylereid8264]

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

[@tonydagostino6158]

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

[@gaylereid8264]

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

[@tylerr472]

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

[@ProfezorSnayp]

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

[@andreagriffiths3512]

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

[@Afrologist]

I've been here since you had only 15k subs & got my degree in the meantime. This channel has become my main source of paleonews since it's so consistent & spot on. 500k is definitely deserved, here's to 1M

[@saramillan4400]

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

[@sassa82]

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

[@WhiteNucklin]

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

[@martinwinther6013]

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

[@kiranraavi4240]

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

[@TheCreativeNick]

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

[@jeremythomas8252]

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

[@Chompchompyerded]

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

[@johnhrichak3451]

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

[@noelthorley3248]

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

[@c4c4cr0773]

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

[@ThtSunbreaker]

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

[@leminjapan]

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

[@ystoobme]

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

[@myparceltape1169]

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

[@marianneb.7112]

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

[@Ahonya666]

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

[@titanofserpents4315]

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

[@juanpascallucianobravado6112]

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

[@pood40o72]

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

[@juanpascallucianobravado6112]

Thanks for sharing your way of thinking about science.

[@Ithaca-vv5dy]

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

[@iamgar6age]

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

[@NateLikesCats]

What are you doing Steppe bison?

[@strangeboytk1467]

So glad someone said it

[@miketrodella1353]

😂

[@aarons6935]

Knew it'd be here somewhere

[@Deailon]

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

[@paulmaher7683]

OMG What are you doing Step-Bison

[@CAUGHH]

Bovid eeznuts

[@sarahhurst701]

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

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

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

[@Sara3346]

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

[@Chompchompyerded]

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

[@justdavedoindavestuff3479]

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

[@oberonpanopticon]

What about the 400,000 subscriber special?

[@justdavedoindavestuff3479]

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

[@aldenconsolver3428]

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

[@LGP82]

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

[@ali.hassanmir]

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

[@SandwichMan1764]

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

[@christopherholder9925]

Quality is always worth waiting for. Thank you.

[@Glenn_AE6YT]

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

[@bossaudio12]

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

[@Chris-rt5qu]

Dude’s shirt game remains undefeated

[@thomasvarley380]

😅😅

[@Geminifan20]

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

[@CZPanthyr]

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

[@rachelwebber3605]

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

[@Prehistoricfor60Seconds-hc7rn]

Almost 600000, congratulations!

[@Baalshazar]

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

[@zeroconnection]

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

[@dontforgetyoursunscreen]

Earth 500 million years ago when the Cambrian explosion

[@jeroylenkins1745]

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

[@rorydonaldson2794]

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

[@Morlock.]

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

[@Stroopwaffe1]

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

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

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

[@andreagriffiths3512]

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

[@tec-jones5445]

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

[@DeanBatha]

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

[@fsm5184]

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

[@bacongod4967]

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

[@fuzzyboon9069]

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

[@sasha-taylor]

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

[@charleston1789]

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

[@slaterbrazeal3396]

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

[@slaterbrazeal3396]

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

[@tardismole]

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

[@bulbakip6380]

What are you doing, Step-Bison?

[@Nike_IV]

Step-bi-son

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

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

[@dennisud]

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

[@Tsotha]

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

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

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

[@thedoruk6324]

Here *for* the Eventual 1 million future subs!

[@madelyntielking6483]

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

[@Antirrhopus]

cant wait for the 66 million sub special :)

[@ICreatedU1]

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

[@NorthCitySider]

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

[@melodyashwin4643]

Oh what lovely animals, thank you.

[@brendan5825]

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

[@Hockey-gn2tj]

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

[@dalailarose1596]

What a clever idea for a 500k video!

[@Isabelb]

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

[@LowTierLurker]

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

[@richardgaspar4590]

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

[@hollyodii5969]

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

[@johnstaves1337]

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

[@McDagger24]

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

[@minellechevalier1748]

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

[@leminjapan]

Congrats on 500k! See you in the Archean!

[@ldarm]

Welldone 💪💪💪 Great vid too!

[@jongkittae]

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

[@BFDT-4]

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

[@julieannearcher4033]

🎉🎉. Congratulations 👏👏 love from Australia 😊

[@UnwantedGhost1]

I can't wait until a million subscribers special.

[@julybliss4440]

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

[@gusgone4527]

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

[@TheChristmasNinja12]

W-what are you doing, Steppe Bison??

[@gsutvaos868]

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

[@ZeFroz3n0ne907]

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