Can You Find These Mutations on Your Body?

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[@Thoughty2]

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[@yourworstveganknightmare5218]

Yo I love your video

[@Yankee-re6qh]

Awesome as always! References and citations, please... these would be helpful. Thanks!

[@XBANGARANGX]

I can actually move my ears

[@Maven0666]

Aaron,I never had any of that but my ancestors did. Lol But I get the gist . Good work.

[@ladyflibblesworth7282]

love the way your devious mind works....similar to mine....hope to see more plotting in future. Would also love to figure out why Welsh history and british genealogy continues to be a difficult subject.....tracking down family origins or things like green eyes or ability to digest lactose....so many pieces miss the puzzle entirely...green eyes, thick chestnut hair, huge nose and extra wisdom teeth that never stop coming.....I will face it....Im a freak with cute and weirdness combined

[@wtfwhereami]

Lmao my auntie doesn't believe in evolution, but when you explain evolution to her without using the word evolution she completely agrees with it.

[@skysight1553]

Make her believe in natural selection

[@markzuckergecko621]

I know people like that too, I can use analogies like a pickle turning into a pickle, there isn't a specific point in time where it stops being a cucumber and starts being a pickle, and they agree. Or water dripping into a bucket, they'll agree that eventually the bucket will overflow, whether they watch the entire process or not. But you give it the naughty evolution label..... Suddenly they don't agree.

[@roshanlackhan110]

@@markzuckergecko621 yep apparently 40% of the USA believe evolution is not real

[@mozzerianmisanthrope406]

This comment made me laugh way more than it should. It's usually militant creationists and hardcore zealots who vehemently deny the existence of evolution. I guess you have pretty flawed logic and zero critical thinking skills if you believe in a sky daddy, wearing an oversized robe, who made everything.

[@markzuckergecko621]

@@roshanlackhan110 but I think a lot of that 40%, if they were really pressed, would admit that evolution probably is true, but they still believe in God. And I don't care about that, people can believe what they want to believe. But it's just considered sort of taboo in Christian spheres to say that you believe in evolution.

[@MateusMeurer]

You see scientists spent years thinking the appendix was useless, just to later on discover it do have a function. So there is a third option, everything has it's uses and we just didn't discover all of them yet.

[@dustinwashburn1283]

I beg to differ on Centipedes. 😅 Seriously though, it goes to show that Science is not an exact Science. We learn new things about things we thought we knew everything about.

[@CommonSensePhilosophy]

200 IQ

[@justsomekidthatsinfinitely7090]

Not really because there are some completely useless behaviors and organs we are sure of

[@_M41KU_]

Pretty sure he said that.

[@darthjedi5420]

The top scientists stuck a monkey skull and a human skull together and presented in the natural history museum for decades as "fact". The national georgraphic society of America hid the fact that America was flooded in one day about 12000 years ago. Only became known when Thomas Pardee admitted the cover up on his death bed. Why do they do this.? .. I don't know for sure but lot of them had connections to the occult. Trust no one but God .. even if you don't believe in God ;

[@blaa443blaa2]

I laughed at this point: "Think of appendix as a tiny bottle of Yakult, with a really bad temper. " You are really doing what you were born to do in this life, dude. You are so good presenter in these videos, your videos are super infomative and funny. !

[@Malumultimus]

It's surprising how often people misunderstand "survival of the fittest." It's all about whatever works, not necessarily what works best, and if something isn't specifically selected against then it might as well stick around.

[@jaandebruer]

It should really be "survival of the fit" or maybe "whatever gets you to live just long enough to procreate"

[@dustinwashburn1283]

I don't think people generally think about the smaller bits, they think "teeth for chewing, fins for swimming, and feet for walking." They only ever understand the most basic of what Darwin wrote, and don't care to learn otherwise. Darwin himself likely wasn't able to see the full scope of the variance of evolution either. It is funny to think that some traits may disappear, only because the species it was attached to had a specific trait that made it unable to compete.

[@ronb8066]

That's why it is sometimes called "survival of the sufficiently fit" nowadays.

[@darthjedi5420]

Spoiler..... No one survives >

[@luciellawliet]

Evolution doesn’t need to be efficient, it only needs to work

[@DrethNET]

I will never cease to be amazed by Thoughty2's dedication of creating his own stock footage for these videos. Truly amazing.

[@appledashponi]

Is this some kind of inside joke? I see this comment on every video of his but he clearly hasn't filmed all the stock footage...

[@DrethNET]

@@appledashponi 😲Take that back this instant.

[@soundscape26]

@@appledashponi He, or rather his team, creates the animations for the videos. Everything else is stock footage of course, he doesn't film a thing. I have no idea if this is an inside joke or just people mixing up the two.

[@aeschanonymous6748]

I actually saw a job application for this channel on indeed

[@mistral-unizion-music]

That’s why they have those sponsors, to pay for the team that create those animations and the scriptor and all. He is not alone in this. But he does a really good job at animating the whole video. Kind of like a tv talk show.

[@youngnutsack17]

The whisker thing actually makes a lot of sense, when I was a toddler up until 6 years, I used to rub soft fabrics on my upper lip moving it like if I had whisker, it felt good and I always wondered why I liked feeling things with my upper lip mustache area

[@JohanaTheFrenchBookWorm]

I did that too!

[@youngnutsack17]

@@JohanaTheFrenchBookWorm fr putting soft fabrics like satin was my favorite 🤣

[@icosthop9998]

Well this is a different thread, most of the people are talking about how they can move their ears. Via this video ... Those people are of the 1/5 🙂 I am of the 4/5 😒 And in this thread we have people with the upper lip sensation ... Seems you folks are rarer still 🧐 And I never got to that either 😞 The next sensation people talk about that they have... And that I never , had ❗ Will have my next emoji representing me... will be one that is crying.

[@JustMe_OhWell]

Haha same!

[@jeffsaunders8768]

U aren't missing out on anything with either I promise lol. I can wiggle my ears quite a bit but it still does nothing for me. And the lip sensation the majority of us have most likely including you, it's probably just not as heightened as it is for some that's all.

[@javiercuesta2433]

I have a full set of those wisdom teeth, I never felt anoyed by them coming out, in fact I never noticed them until one dentist noticed them while cleaning them, so he ordered an X-ray and confirmed I had them, this explained why after using braces (the removable ones, I don't remember the exact name) during my adolescense sudenly my teeth started to crush into each other messing with the treatment I went by, my mom blamed me for this because in the end I usually forgot to put back my braces after breakfast. What the dentist noticed also is that I had just enough space for them to confortably be there, so I went into treatment to align my teeth again and they were back in place.

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Lucky you, I only have 1 left, due to be repaired later this month. Cherish those fossils!😁👍

[@GrimSleepy]

6:30 Actually Thought2, I use the small motion I can perform with my ear muscles to pull my spectacles back up the ridge of my nose. Simultaneously maintaining clear vision and keeping my hands free.

[@silentxtime]

Moving my ears was always one of those weird "talents" I'd show off as a kid. It's strong in my right ear but kinda weak in my left. The whole involuntary movement when there's a loud noise always reminded me of cats. (and other animals but cats always seemed the most visually obvious) I also can voluntarily give myself goosebumps. I remember hearing that not everyone can, but I don't know how common or uncommon it is.

[@andregon4366]

I can give myself goosebumps too. Can't do it if it's hot, like in summer.

[@ceosgamer016_5]

Yo I can also do gosebumps on comand

[@youngnutsack17]

Maybe you’re a alien cat human hybrid 🤷‍♂️

[@JolanRensen]

Can also move my ears. This makes a rumbling sound. I can click them too without having to yawn or something if you experience a difference in pressure.

[@hamidalhaja]

You should join X-men

[@andrewdunckley]

You really do have a unique way of telling stories... Brilliant...

[@Tonastheking]

It the voice bro it is almost Obamaish and Morgan freeman voice.

[@duggo7685]

found out about the ear thing a couple years ago and young me decided to practice in the mirror every day to move my ears. Now I can move my ears really well but I can attest that when I'm surprised by a loud noise my ears instantly move in panic, but only in very specific scenarios.

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Oh yeah?😉

[@helstok178]

Wisdom Teeth: Thanks to having wisdom teeth, I still have a full set of teeth. The back molar on my upper jaw on the right side of my face (what would be next to the wisdom tooth) had to be removed because it was broken in such a way it couldn't be fixed. After the tooth was removed and it was almost fully healed (like 95% healed I'd say), I felt something sharp, hard and tiny poking out of the remaining gap in my gum. My first thought was "has something gotten stuck?" But no, it was my wisdom tooth growing in and replacing the one that needed to be removed. It grew in with no issues, fits fully in my mouth like the previous molar and I'm very thankful for it. So mine are decidedly not useless 🤣

[@MrJinxmaster1]

Goosebumps make us warmer even though not as significant as for hairier mammals. Also a non-disadvantaging physical response to fear or uncertainty certainly helps the person feel more threatened and thus be more wary and alert.

[@perplexmantis2775]

Something neat that happened to me was that I was never able to wiggle my ears, besides when I raised my eyebrows. But one day a friend showed me that he could wiggle his ears and I got jealous. I got so jealous that over the course of several months I somehow trained my ears to be able to wiggle and now I can wiggle my ears quite a bit. Kinda strange if you ask me.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

Well done for putting the effort in. I wish I could figure out how to train my ears to move independently.

[@ishaankumar3895]

I learnt the same way. My really cool uncle could wiggle his ears and I couldn't but he told me to concentrate and after some time I can wiggle my ears.

[@covershopkid]

This could be explained with mind muscle connection. Lots of muscles we don’t realize we have until we do something to focus such as a work out or yoga for example. Once you learn on these muscles existence, it’s is very easy to put your focus in the area which flexes the muscles and starts breaking muscles fibers that grow back stronger until enough strength to move.

[@weeping5070]

@@pineapplepenumbra try lifting your eyebrows, keep doing it until you realise you could control your ear muscle. At least this is what happened to me

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@weeping5070 I shall try that, thanks for the advice.

[@carbon_no6]

When I was a teenager I did not believe in God, but through all that I’ve learned about astronomy and other areas within the universe, I’ve come to realize that I do feel a need to believe in a Creator! The sheer complexity of everything is, to me, worth believing that a Creator, known as God, is responsible and though He is perfect, his creations aren’t meant to be. There’s vast quantities of interpretations as to how (in my heart and belief -> the God

[@camisthejester]

I’ve been here for ages and it’s wild to see how long this channel has come

[@aadamtx]

I learn something new almost every video - did not know that about the ear muscles. I'd also argue that the human brain appears to be vestigial for some people - it exists but apparently doesn't serve any purpose. Happy New Year!

[@mishie618]

I absolutely agree! Happy 2022. It can't get much worse.. (shh I so didn't say that)

[@thinkb4uspeak643]

@@mishie618 u just jinxed us ,now we are all screwed, thanks lady..lol..I hope it really can't, but we all know it can

[@laurendoe168]

It's not useless - it gets them elected!!

[@Whenyouseeit42069]

@@laurendoe168 bringing politics into it for no reason lmfao

[@laurendoe168]

@@Whenyouseeit42069 Talking about an unused brain is almost the definitive straight line for a politics joke.

[@HeyIFoundACamera]

One of my favourite questions is, "Why would an intelligent designer would put a toxic waste dump and a playground side-by-side?"

[@allenlindsey1175]

That's irony contribution

[@HO1ySh33t]

because the playground wasn't always a playground. For most species, the playground is, at best, just another tube, and, at worst, torture chamber

[@-Zer0Dark-]

I like to ask why my water intake port doubles as a breathing port. Seems like the designer was *asking* for trouble.

[@pv2639]

if you talkin bout the bum and the fun bits, it's because procreating and expelling waste both trigger a sense of pleasure

[@gabriellashimone6546]

So, you're 12 and tired of buggering yourself with carrots, as well as misogynistic and lacking anything close to useful intelligence. People _just like you_ have been known to win awards on a regular basis! I honestly think you should seek to achieve such an award yourself! No time like the present!

[@djungelskog3434]

imagine traveling back in time just to see an apeman with the most luscious mustache in front of you

[@Hirthirthirt]

Can this guy be SUCH a talented KZbinr. I love the fact that he got his unique style with the accent (which one is it btw, it sounds very much like the german language) and mustache. I see a bright future for him.

[@deemoore9273]

His English.

[@Corina_Simpson]

My mother and I can move our ears, my grandmother used to be able to but she passed away. Nobody else in our family can, not even my children. I was hoping I would have passed it on to them.

[@lolgalit]

It might show up again in your grandchildren. Genetic things have tendency to jump over generations and sudenly reapear

[@funny_2017]

Should have done incest for that trait. Worth it.

[@Sticky_Hands]

Give it time, I'm 18 and just figured out how to move my right ear.

[@undefinednull5749]

You can learn it if you try enough

[@ilarious5729]

May your grandma wiggle her ears in peace for eternity.

[@leehagg2038]

I don’t have any wisdom teeth, and last year my dentist told me I will never get any. Both my parents have had theirs pulled so I'm the first in my family for this to happen. I'm of course thankful for this as I know they can be painful, but I have to hear the joke “Then you'll never be wise” by older people when they find out.. (I'm Scandinavian)

[@ahmedhamm5464]

same i am a mut of native american moroccan and irish maybe they are phasing out in more then just native south americans

[@suicyconaut]

Mine never grew in either. According to the DNA test my ancestry is all Northern European, various nations.

[@zekethefreak4]

Just a few months back I realized that when I was surprised by something like in and intriguing manner my ears would shift backwards and I could feel it so after a while I learned how to control it and I can move my ears whenever I want to

[@AthleticHunger]

The human body is truly phenomenal. Thank you for the great video!

[@geigertec5921]

I once convinced my little sister that evolution stones were real. I chased her around with a paving stone having convinced her she would evolve into a Sasquatch. She cried when I got her.

[@sunmiswashingmachine2753]

you sound like my older sister ngl

[@ezza200]

LOL. That's pretty funny. Kinda cool too that the next level of evolution from human is Sasquatch :)

[@erinmac4750]

You're good, lol ✌️😸

[@geigertec5921]

@@sunmiswashingmachine2753 but I'm a boy :(

[@sunmiswashingmachine2753]

@@geigertec5921 no i meant it like thats something my older sister would do to me as a kid

[@parisfrance6483]

The last part 🤣😂 his body is a graveyard of evolution.

[@IllutianKade]

Or the blood vessel that splits to feed both legs. At the split point, it's extremely weak and ruptures; death is nearly instant. This design is in other animals, but because we walk upright, the strain due to gravity is greater than on those that walk on 'all-fours' for the majority of the time.

[@TS13579]

@Thoughty2 : Great content, and equally great delivery. Thank you!

[@boblangford81]

Body Builder: "My body is a TEMPLE" 42: "Actually, ur body is a GRAVEYARD"

[@gbotalla]

True my good chap! If there would have been a designer, he could not have been an engineer. No sane engineer would have placed the garbage disposal right in line with the partymile of our bodies...and worse...with some overlapping functions!

[@JosephGibson]

Lol - then why do we have engineers, with an argument? What you said means nothing. Evolution or Creationism, or both? Who knows.

[@PrairieWolff]

@@JosephGibson 1000Km/h WOOSH not over your head, but right through your ears......

[@Phobetor.]

Oh really? And where would YOU put said organs? If you look at most animals, they are all more or less the same make up. Can’t be a mistake.

[@radialomer5705]

Stop thinking too much with your small brain, CHAP.

[@PATISLAV]

@@Phobetor. maybe that is because they are also not designed? The obvious place for any pleasure tool is head or near head.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

The giraffe has a long nerve called the laryngeal nerve which goes down its neck and all the way back up. We know that it develops in this configuration because it's constrained by a major blood vessel, but there is no apparent reason for it to do that. Creationists still call this an example of intelligent design.

[@zsozso411]

How did we evolve empathy towards other living beings and why? It doesn’t make any sense but we still feel it.

[@VelaiciaCreator]

We're not unique in that.

[@XIIthehangedmanXII]

There's also this vein that goes from head, down the throat, somewhere and then back to head where it was orignally destined to be in. I think it was ok back when we were fish but now it's quite a roundabout way, especially for giraffes, that vein for them is like pointlessly 2 meters long.

[@T_J_]

Yeah, it's a nerve though, not a vein - the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

[@reindert144]

Yeah, it has something to do with our troaths or chin I believe. In fish the nerve went from the back of the head under the gales to the chin, and it follows the same path in humans, but instead of going under our gales is goes under something with our longs.

[@twinkle231979]

Proud Ear-Wiggler here! My ears also twitch and try to turn when I hear an unexpected noise, like a 🦊, my husband reckons I’m half fox 😂

[@avalla389]

i completely agree on the appendix part. ever since mine is gone my digestivesystem isnt the same anymore, especially when i am sick or after i was sick.

[@Psychx_]

My wisdom teeth fit perfectly in my lower jaw, but I had to get the ones from the upper jaw pulled. Searching for someone genetically compatible to preserve a fully working set.

[@escher9622]

My mom was able to. I unfortunately needed an emergency surgery to remove all four of mine as they caused such chaos. My mom was told hers was not a problem so she could keep hers.

[@samhall3821]

Well...my dentist told me they don't like to pull the bottom wisdom teeth because they're "the farthest back, with the deepest roots, in the densest bone".

[@krystalbrooks6869]

I had all my teeth till my early 40's. I didn't know I had wisdom teeth. Everyone in my biological family had to have there's removed when they were teenagers. It's weird to feel the missing teeth. After having my wisdom teeth pulled, I can no longer sing.

[@mayro4803]

All mine fit, except one.

[@specialnumbers418]

@@mayro4803 as of now they all fit

[@LakeBandini]

“My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted” -Steven Wright

[@sopranophantomista]

The human body is literally a testament of evolution going, "...eh, good enough." I remember hearing somewhere that there's either a tendon or nerve that's super long and runs from the tailbone to the base of the neck, like a slingshot. It elongated as we started to walk upright, and evolution is like, "...eh, good enough."

[@rudytheduck4776]

evolution decides to fuck around and find out

[@joshgiesbrecht]

I think it's the laryngeal nerve iirc. And it doesn't go down to the tailbone, but rather loops around the aortic arch.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

@@rudytheduck4776 haha human s are still evolving atleast brain is it's getting smaller

[@alpheusmadsen8485]

This is something that a lot of engineers do, too -- and it's necessary, because otherwise things won't get out of the door! (Software engineers even have a name for it: "technical debt" -- "eh, good enough, let's push it to production, we'll document it and refactor it when we have time later." Spoiler alert! There is *seldom* , if *ever* , time to deal with it!)

[@falkonerr]

Intelligent design... That falde Evolution doesn't have life

[@robertsollory7475]

Arran is very intelligent and he loves learning. I learn every time I get into the internet. My 88 year old father doesn't understand that. He wonders who I'm calling all the time.

[@jhonmacraimbanajokora8657]

By this time, those who don't believe evolution are not worth debating over anymore.

[@roderickcortez138]

I think a lot of people have trouble understanding it. The average person isn't that smart.

[@roderickcortez138]

@Derone Cerrone Oops. Thanks.

[@thesilentproducer7632]

@@roderickcortez138 ha. Irony

[@pkz420]

The video blew past the tail for too quickly. I've still got questions. Do they have to cut it off? If they left it on, would it grow fur/hair? Would it be prehensile? Could I swing from it? Would it wag when I'm happy? I kind of want a tail now.

[@yvellebradley2502]

Gills! I want gills!🧜🏼‍♀️

[@Wind_Cursed]

I know most doctors cut off the tail whenever any baby is born with it because it might make things difficult for the baby as it grows up and even throughout life (as far as they know). Which would make it so not much is known about the tail other than on rare occasions human babies can be born with it. I have questions about it, too, but I don't think we'll ever know, unfortunately

[@yvellebradley2502]

@@Wind_Cursed There are some rare instances of some children in India, who are born with prehensile tails, whom the locals regard as the physical embodiment of a monkey god. The kid’s tails are not removed and these tails just look like sad, wispy remnants, that don’t even move independently. Think of a rat’s tail, only more more, sparse hair.

[@Enmos]

@@yvellebradley2502 I dont think you meant to say 'prehensile' lol A prehensile tail is a grasping tail, like a monkey's tail.

[@ericmork630]

A friend of mine has an extension on his spine. Never understood why he felt the need to show me his whole ass when his revealed his tail, but fascinating nonetheless.

[@aslan5601]

whenever there’s a sudden noise or a noise that gives me anxiety for whatever reason my ears move a bit like they’re trying to turn towards the noise to be more alert and i feel more alert when it happens. it feels rlly weird but i always figured it was some evolutionary thing

[@duanefry3360]

@thoughty2 thank you very much for the content you provide mate. Great job 👍

[@Smidgefishh]

I am one of these people who can wiggle my ears, its weird lol. It used to be a fun trick to do in first grade, but not anymore. I am actually really bothered by it, because whenever a sharp loud noise happens, my ears flex these muscles, and very suddenly too, making me feel "tired" or "sore" as if I had used too much musclepower in any other muscle very suddenly. The weirdest is having sort of a cramp there.... bruh LOL. After sudden loud noises or mini-cramps I have to massage the area to make those muscles calm the f down.

[@icosthop9998]

You are one of the 1/5 that can do such a act by the theory of this video. 🧐 I am one of the poor 4/5 😞

[@TheRealCwizz]

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[@shawgeasland2096]

I too can move my ear muscles. I have spent a goodly amount of my life adjusting my glasses with ear and nose movement instead of using my hands. I have never had any cramps until this mask mandate. Now I have regular ear aches and templar headaches that are all muscular strain related. So I get you.

[@Lorens4444]

I couldn't wiggle ears in my early childhood, but something in my brain told me to train these musles as I was growing up. XD

[@TotallyCreativeNameBtw]

yep can wiggle too

[@garyhunt764]

Happy New year Aaron looking forward to your content this year

[@zmeil]

There used to be times, when we all had to know much in class, and it had become since childhood my one and only mission, to know. Everything 😃 So, I have left behind this childhood hobby, since then. And I still find myself knowledgeable, and get fascinated with people, who are knowledgeable! So, greetings on the New 2022 year, may all on this channel feel good and have a lot of fun, health, wealth, happiness!

[@thedevilhimself8521]

This is one of my favourite videos you’ve done.

[@Erik_Swiger]

"You have a tail" No I don't. Oh, look, yes I do, it's moved around front!

[@stevenbaumann8692]

Turning our heads isn’t necessary in humans. Although our hearing isn’t very good, our directional hearing is extraordinary. We can pinpoint the detection of a sound without turning our heads. It’s all due to the shape of our ears.

[@kathrynstewart-mcdonald]

These broadcasts are my favorite of all the educational material on You Tube, you have to love these great educational tools which are captivating These inspire so many people The clips are interesting and well presented.

[@PaintAndPlayWithJay]

They cut our tails off at birth so that we can't transform in to giant apes when the moon is out and conquer planets.

[@gothicmasda]

Happy new year! Thank you for another great video ! Am thankful for you and your content

[@Orodreth888]

While you might not have the ability to move your ears, you still have the instinct to do so. When I get scared or frightend I feel my body tries to move my ears, be it for protection or to focus on the sound that got me spooked. It only happens then however. I can not control it.

[@ISmellYoureFeet]

15:24 because there’s not much reason to create everything from scratch and it may still be useful

[@eliraymond5340]

Thank you for putting in the work to bring this more to light. I have never heard of this one. It couldn't have been easy to do all the research for this, so thank you.

[@Everything13ish]

Don't get me wrong, I love your videos. But your voice has a much better function, its perfect for lulling me to sleep! If I wanna take a nap, your videos are on the TV lol

[@kgrimm7425]

Happy you're back and hope you had a happy holiday, T2, But like everyone else I was waiting for the return of the machine!

[@tempemail4622]

I love everything about your channel thank you for doing this

[@richardlopez2932]

As far as I can tell, everything we do mainly contributes to attracting mates or being comfortable or not getting attacked by beasts and bankers. You can make something out of anything if you try.

[@pacalolo1862]

It's funny you mention the ear thing, bc I have on many occasions usually when in a quiet room and I hear noise in the distance, I feel my ear or ears move or kinda twitch in the direction of the noise. Nice to know thats normal.

[@donnyposey5179]

I can wiggle my ears quite well. I also have the Gene that gives you extra cartilage in you ears that makes them pointed. Have you ever noticed someone with a little hole one the top of the ear close to the head maybe just on one ear? That's a vestigial left over of gills! 🦈 My general Practitioner has one and was surprised when I noticed it and knowing what it was.

[@alvarothomaz4509]

Thoughty2: "Try to wiggle your ears" Me: Finally, something I can do I remember how I used to think that everyone could wiggle their ears and being weirded out when they asked me to wiggle mine. Only after doing it a few times for my friends they explained to me that none of them could do it, with lead me to read and learn about vestigial structures. Really interesting stuff Edit: coundn't spell "weirded"

[@dustinwashburn1283]

I have the same issue with eyebrows. I've only met a handful of people who can voluntarily and independently move their eyebrows like me. People are always baffled that I can do so much with just my eyebrows (like the wave thing you see most often in cartoons), and I'm still shocked they can't.

[@bryanu1737]

Dude I am the same but only I could move both eyebrows.

[@Da_Infamous]

I could wiggle your ears...... but when I do most of the time people ask "who are you and why are you wiggling my ears"

[@joepeek1387]

I truly DIGGED this episode. Magic work..

[@MillillioN]

I felt like his wink at the end was extra reassuring this episode. It makes me want to tickle my vestigial appendage.

[@Loganiz1337]

Let me add something We have the fish to thank for giving us our limbs. They were the first animals to have paired appendages, and their ventral fins and pectoral fins became our legs and arms, respectively. Technically speaking, humans are, at the furthest level, fish that can breathe air and walk. We are sarcopterygians (so is every tetrapod), which are lobe-finned fish. Isn't that beautiful?

[@OrangeStormGameFuel]

I will not thank the fish for deciding to walk out from the water. Now I have to go to work and pay my rent. 😠

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@OrangeStormGameFuel We're the only species dumb enough to pay to live on the planet. Btw, you sound like one of those people in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", not the ones who thought that coming down from the trees was a bad idea, but the ones who thought we should never have left the oceans in the first place. Kudos for being hardcore.

[@Mo_Mauve]

@@pineapplepenumbra You don't have to pay, you can live in international waters or antarctica.

[@HO1ySh33t]

@@pineapplepenumbra more like we're smart enough to make everything else, including other humans, usually those of the future generations, pay for our rent

[@tonecapone9251]

@@Mo_Mauve yes absolutely cannot live in Antarctica....you can't even visit without permission from several Governments. .

[@Rumple88.]

Love your vids, keep up the good work mate ;)

[@JackEstacio]

16:43 “the next time you’re down at the gym..” ha! This guy’s hilarious

[@johnsimeon6590]

Any designer or developer knows that the best designs are ones that can adapt, improve and evolve. It's like creating a static planet or universe. Makes no sense, a constantly moving/expanding one on the other hand is marvelous. I think as humans, we tend to think linear or in one direction, but most things are more complicated than they initially appear.

[@user-mt2yc3uk3y]

The Bible suggests that the Earth was created between 5500 BC and 4000 BC. For this timeline to be accurate, every human across the globe would need to undergo the precise circumstances for evolving identical traits at the same time, even in regions like America and Australia with vastly different environments than our own. Additionally, every evolved trait in every individual would have to be uniformly similar. Following this, humans worldwide would collectively decide not to retain these evolved traits, leading to their devolution in exact fashion. Such processes would take millions of years at best, and we would expect abundant biological and historical records of these occurrences. However, this is not the case. If this were true, ancient Greeks would have left us statues depicting humans with double eyelids and tails.

[@jimmiedmc1]

One thing I noticed after I had my appendix removed is my over all metabolism

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

did you ask your doctor about this? what did he/she say?

[@euthanasiadumbwaiter2520]

Your overall metabolism what?!?!!?

[@jimmiedmc1]

@@euthanasiadumbwaiter2520 I used to be under weight now I Ballon and deflate by 30 pounds regularly

[@gislieinarsson1572]

Always a joy watching/listening to you YT but I'm starting to miss RIF on podcast.

[@TS13579]

It has never occurred to me to think that my body is a temple. But my body HAS a temple. Two, in fact. One on either side of my head.

[@TheMaui2020]

Excellent video! Starts a little weak, but finishes very strong.

[@SuperSnaylor]

I enjoyed this video 👍 also there alot of 'deliberate mistakes' in our so called body design which are a dead give away for evolution like the laryngeal nerve travelling all the down the neck and looping around the aortic arch before travelling back up to the brain.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

Not really a "mistake". Just the result of the way the embryo develops. Because our nerves are designed to convey impulses so efficiently this has no adverse effect on our ability to survive and is unaffected by natural selection.

[@DiestroCorleone]

Wow, the editing in this video has raised the bar! Well done, Thoughty2. A pleasure, as usual.

[@teratokomi8731]

Yes, people have to do all this deceptive artistry in order to fool people into believing the evolution lie.

[@jonathanc8008]

@Tera Tokomi 🤦‍♂️ I know, I cant believe people actually think we came from a pile of ooze 4.5 billion years ago which original source is unknown.

[@kfckfc961]

Religion (at least mien) does not deny or contradict evolution but its only reversed , in the Quran its talks about people turning into pigs and monkey's. Lets say the monkey bit was a guess because monkeys do look like humans ...fair enough but what about pigs !!! Recently a human had a pig heart transplant and lived so you see people at the time of Quran could not have possibly known without lab environment that pigs are the closest thing in nature to humans by a mere guess....even closer than monkeys.....please be more open minded Thoughty2 and look into this point....also P.S the Quran hints at the existence of dinosaurs before first human earth settlers....they were wiped out as an act of mercy to pave way to the existance of humanity.....i personally dont believe that we were monkey's living in caves naked then evolved but we were very very super smart, then something bad, really bad happened then we are slowly getting back to where we were once if even close, i say this because we can remote radio control robots in space but we only know 10% of our oceans, still scratching our hearts in 2022 how our ancestors built pyramids in Egypt and latin America, or how the babylonians were supreme masters of mathmatics with so many ancient ruins yet to be unearthed....i rest my case thoughty2 with love but i feel the biast anti-god sentiment from you always.

[@kfckfc961]

@@teratokomi8731 Religion (at least mien) does not deny or contradict evolution but its only reversed , in the Quran its talks about people turning into pigs and monkey's. Lets say the monkey bit was a guess because monkeys do look like humans ...fair enough but what about pigs !!! Recently a human had a pig heart transplant and lived so you see people at the time of Quran could not have possibly known without lab environment that pigs are the closest thing in nature to humans by a mere guess....even closer than monkeys.....please be more open minded Thoughty2 and look into this point....also P.S the Quran hints at the existence of dinosaurs before first human earth settlers....they were wiped out as an act of mercy to pave way to the existance of humanity.....i personally dont believe that we were monkey's living in caves naked then evolved but we were very very super smart, then something bad, really bad happened then we are slowly getting back to where we were once if even close, i say this because we can remote radio control robots in space but we only know 10% of our oceans, still scratching our hearts in 2022 how our ancestors built pyramids in Egypt and latin America, or how the babylonians were supreme masters of mathmatics with so many ancient ruins yet to be unearthed....i rest my case thoughty2 with love but i feel the biast anti-god sentiment from you always.

[@kfckfc961]

@@jonathanc8008 Religion (at least mien) does not deny or contradict evolution but its only reversed , in the Quran its talks about people turning into pigs and monkey's. Lets say the monkey bit was a guess because monkeys do look like humans ...fair enough but what about pigs !!! Recently a human had a pig heart transplant and lived so you see people at the time of Quran could not have possibly known without lab environment that pigs are the closest thing in nature to humans by a mere guess....even closer than monkeys.....please be more open minded Thoughty2 and look into this point....also P.S the Quran hints at the existence of dinosaurs before first human earth settlers....they were wiped out as an act of mercy to pave way to the existance of humanity.....i personally dont believe that we were monkey's living in caves naked then evolved but we were very very super smart, then something bad, really bad happened then we are slowly getting back to where we were once if even close, i say this because we can remote radio control robots in space but we only know 10% of our oceans, still scratching our hearts in 2022 how our ancestors built pyramids in Egypt and latin America, or how the babylonians were supreme masters of mathmatics with so many ancient ruins yet to be unearthed....i rest my case thoughty2 with love but i feel the biast anti-god sentiment from you always.

[@noneofyourbuisness1679]

It should be noted that the reason some if these traits still persist is because they are neither positive or negative; their neutral and are neither selected for or against. Negative traits, features that would otherwise hinder an individual’s chances of survival, would be eventually weeded out by predators, disease, or the individual’s inability to pass its genes onto the next generation. Conversely, positive traits are selected for since, in all likelihood, they are the only traits left and able to pass onto the next generation. Neutral traits then, since they don’t help or hinder an individual’s chances of survival, are left to random chance. Only if enough individuals have lost the trait will it eventually spread throughout the entire species

[@adamosburn754]

Palomar Grasp Reflex can be easily understood as the person getting used to the function of their limbs, textures, temperature, and different pressures, a precursor to using them to actually perform tasks. Or, in other words: A systems test used to improve functionality to be able to differentiate between and manipulate objects, without focusing on it at the same time you'd have to figure out how to move objects in 3D space with them. Learning in packets.

[@iammatthew4797]

The recurrent laryngeal nerve connects to our larynx and is part of our vocal system. We didn't always have a larynx however, because when we were some kind of fish, however many millions of years ago that was, we didn't need one. The nerve served a different purpose, that required a certain route, that at the time made sense. Now, however, the nerve makes a useless loop around one of our arteries instead of just splitting off around where our larynx is. This nerve in giraffes is about 15 feet long, when it could probably get away with being a foot long (idk I'm not a biologist). If you look it up in google images, it's sorta funny to see just how stupid it is

[@Shadowpixy]

It’s weird that I both have the ability to wiggle my ears voluntarily, but also when I hear something that surprises me, or is loud or alarming, my ears actually do this thing where they… I don’t know how to explain it other than it’s like an involuntary erection in my ears. Both my ears perk up in such a way that I did not intend, nor have any control over. I have to mentally will them to relax. It’s kind of weird but they’ve always done that. I didn’t think anything of it because I thought everybody’s ears did that.

[@bmjv77]

My ears do the same thing too. Same as you, I thought everyone's ears did this.

[@nickark4807]

An earection 😂

[@AWindy94]

SAME!

[@baddm]

Same!! But only one ear haha

[@wades623]

I get that sometimes too it's like getting tense for a second

[@3one84]

the third option to tesis about creation is same as computer programs. Someone already had parts of working code and stick it together to "made us" faster :P - It happening to all of us while working, programming, video creation, cooking etc...

[@RedDeadDevilTrigger]

My ears do move when I hear something unexpected but not intentionally

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Okay, time to evolve further. And lets get some speed in it!! I opt for an adamantium skeleton and super fast regeneration. (the blades between my fingers are also allowed :-) Have chronic back pain, hence.. And i do have compained about my designflaws to my Maker, but to no result. Anyway, enjoyed the vid again! Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

[@riteshyeddu9186]

I hope we can witness successful human gene editing in our lifetimes!

[@markjohnson7887]

@@riteshyeddu9186 So we get Gattaca, right? Yeah.. it's a slippery slope.

[@Muswell]

Yes. Can we please evolve with L4 & L5 discs that don't pack up just doing normal stuff ?

[@fixnbricks4390]

What about the hypothesis that the uncanny valley actually comes from us needed tofigure out something that wasn't quite human, like maybe early humans we lived alongside with a few hundred thousand years ago?

[@francofranco9815]

What’s this about? Any links I can check?

[@icosthop9998]

Got any more of that *"special stuff"* you've been taking ?❗?

[@fixnbricks4390]

@@francofranco9815 I couldn't find any directly linked to this theory, but I didn't really dig hard.

[@marsovac]

@UCDaZUOWtDuxaSHZ_NjEgMlA you can make un uncanny neanderthal as well, so it doesn't have to do with that. Uncanny is about "when the lack of expectation that needs to be filled with you own imagination or expectations" becomes too filled with something that does not meet your expectations. This is why the uncanny valley for the average human towards neanderthals will tolerate more than what a paleontropologist wil tolerate. He has much more expectations which could not be met wil something too realistic, but not enough. You could apply this "uncanny" concept to other things, like CGI or recently video games. It is when it is almost there to be realistic but something is off and makes you unconfortable. This feeling of unconfortable or anxiosity can also make some people almost sick if VR is too realistic but not quite (no matter the quality of the headset).

[@megana5766]

what if... Attack on Titan is based on a true story 😳 (jk)

[@gscrean]

Damn man, that was a respectful way to cover intelligent design. Nicely done.

[@Remnant321]

As An Anthropologist, the 3rd molar is present in all Primates, except humans, marmosets, and tamarins only have 2 (early on) developing the 3rd later. All great apes and "old world" monkeys have 3.

[@averilramsey7241]

Thanks for showing! We Evolutionary Creationists applaud your effort, Sir ... and your immaculately diplomatic tact. Rah!

[@edi9892]

I still got unusually pointy teeth and my canines visibly protrude, but the problem is that the human jaw is loose, allowing for sideway movement for grinding food. This however, doesn't go well with the jagged and interlocking nature of my teeth and has cost me the tip of one tooth... Plus, the skin covering the jaw doesn't seem to fit properly either. For one, I am very much at risk of accidentally pinching that skin and biting myself (and since my teeth are more on the pointy side, this easily results in bleeding wounds and has caused scarring). Moreover, my mouth is either too small or not flexible enough, because if I open my jaw as far as I can I tear my lips and that causes a bleeding crack in the middle. That doesn't look like intelligent design to me... Oddly enough, this is not the only trait of mine that seems to be archaic. I'm also far more sensitive to certain smells, which can result in significant irritation of my nose, or feeling sick, where others don't even take notice. This however makes me wonder how animals with better noses and ears deal with intense smells and noises...

[@sunnyquinn3888]

I feel you, I have fangs too, which has resulted in what my dentist called "a traumatic bite". It screws up your whole mouth and by extension, your face. Being a vampire doesn't always live up to the hype.

[@tonecapone9251]

Some have defirmities yah can't really do much about, just be careful adapt, and try not to eat yourself.😂😂😂

[@tonecapone9251]

Some have defirmities yah can't really do much about, just be careful adapt, and try not to eat yourself.😂😂😂

[@tonecapone9251]

Some have defirmities yah can't really do much about, just be careful adapt, and try not to eat yourself.😂😂😂

[@tonecapone9251]

Some have defirmities yah can't really do much about, just be careful adapt, and try not to eat yourself.😂😂😂

[@daleatsoverton9542]

i wonder why this guys views has drastically plummeted over the years , he used to easily haul in M’s worth of views with each video & now struggles to crack that million in all of his videos lately . i think he’s well deserved of the views he used to rack up so hopefully he gets his #’s back up with our help . he consistently gives us great content

[@iseultmackinnon8197]

I saw a video the other day that said hiccuping was a vestige from about 400 million years ago when our marine ancestors moved on to land, when they would switch from water breathing to air breathing.

[@crisqr16]

I believe goosebumps in the cold also help us by creating a minimal of heat by muscle tension. At least that's what I read in med school. Quite a good video, thoughty! I love your channel!💙

[@kfckfc961]

Religion (at least mien) does not deny or contradict evolution but its only reversed , in the Quran its talks about people turning into pigs and monkey's. Lets say the monkey bit was a guess because monkeys do look like humans ...fair enough but what about pigs !!! Recently a human had a pig heart transplant and lived so you see people at the time of Quran could not have possibly known without lab environment that pigs are the closest thing in nature to humans by a mere guess....even closer than monkeys.....please be more open minded Thoughty2 and look into this point....also P.S the Quran hints at the existence of dinosaurs before first human earth settlers....they were wiped out as an act of mercy to pave way to the existance of humanity.....i personally dont believe that we were monkey's living in caves naked then evolved but we were very very super smart, then something bad, really bad happened then we are slowly getting back to where we were once if even close, i say this because we can remote radio control robots in space but we only know 10% of our oceans, still scratching our hearts in 2022 how our ancestors built pyramids in Egypt and latin America, or how the babylonians were supreme masters of mathmatics with so many ancient ruins yet to be unearthed....i rest my case thoughty2 with love but i feel the biast anti-god sentiment from you always.

[@pogmonke5217]

@@kfckfc961 quran fake. Monke is not muslim.

[@duudsuufd]

Yes, every muscle movement creates heat. On your skin the muscles are tiny but there are a lot of them. It can help you survive in the cold just a little longer. Could also be the reason that we still have ear and whisker muscles.

[@comfortkillz]

I agree. Goosebumps still hold a very small purpose. They do retain a small layer of heat over the skins surface ...I do believe they serve as sort of a 6th sense as well. When you feel someone staring at you and the goosebumps make the hair rise on your neck, or when your not feeling well and you get cold chills, those goosebumps are a indicator that somethings coming that you wanna be home for! They do still carry a small duty :)

[@dennisgreiwe2078]

This OP makes me think that the rest of the things mentioned in the video aren't really useless either. Thoughty2 says it himself, flat out, on nearly all of them. ie "The tailbone serves as a mounting point for our butt muscles... Not useless. Wisdom teeth are really weird but that's really the only one that seems truly useless to the point of being a hindrance to us. I dont know why our jaws are too small for our teeth. And the arguments could be made for contamination (sin?) of the "original design" but I wont get into that right now because I'm not ready to deny evolution just because I happen to be leaving the door open to the possibility of there being an "original design" and along with that, an original designer. Ear muscles? It really depends on the scrutiny of what someone might call useless. It seems to me that all muscles around the cranium help form our individuality (or more plainly said: the ability to be recognized by having slightly different oralmaxialfacial expressions than other people). Not useless. Appendix? Replenishes good gut bacteria. I'm supposing that people that have had their appendix taken out have driven the "probiotic gut bacteria" health market literally by themselves. I could be wrong about that, but it does follow logically. The appendix is also not useless. Did I miss anything mentioned in the video? Belly button? Not useless. Just a left over from needing nourishment while developing.. Nips? Leftovers from before that very same embryo hadn't flipped the switch to be male or female. Someone help me here. I really want to know why a large portion of these examples dont support what seems to me to be an over reaching definition of Evolution. Furthermore I dont understand why I might be called an evolution denier if I dont happen to agree that there are a bunch of mistakes/useless body parts in the human form. I dont like that I can choke on food with the same pipe that I breath with. But then again. Whose to say one hole for breathing and one for eating would be more beneficial to us. I dont believe it would, ever seen a sink drain clog? Ever wonder what happens to a sink drain clog that gets a Heimlich manuever? Well, it can be used as a sink drain again. The ability to clear our eating hole with a cough/gag might be the reason our throats dont more often get clogged because of overzealous eating (a sin?).. The arguement sounds rather arrogant and close minded... And that's the point where I feel like Thoughty2 veers away from the Scientific Method and begins to create a faith of his own. Anyone thinking the same way?

[@wtfwhereami]

Yo what about the fact that the vocal nerve in mammals goes from the brain, all the way down and around the heart, then back up to the larynx Edit: props to @Red Earth for coming though with the name I forgot.

[@redearth8256]

*Recurrent laryngeal nerve

[@terrybirks9662]

So, can we determine what dna shows what we used to have vs what changes may be coming as we continue to evolve? Perhaps some of these markers are future changes?

[@elastios]

I can't control it but when ever a noise happens behind me that startles me or I don't understand my ear will pull back and try to face the sound to the best of their ability. I always thought it was pretty cool.

[@SatumangoTheGreat]

Me too. Very rarely though, it has to be a short, sharp, unexpected sound.

[@prinsespluis]

What about tonsils? I missed them in this vid :) Tonsils were supposed to be rudimentary, however the importance is nowadays generally accepted. Currently tonsils only get removed if tonsillitis keeps re-occuring. Back in the 80s it was considered as a remedy for a sore throat. At least where I've grown up (i.e. The Netherlands). Anyone else in the room who had their tonsils removed?

[@5675492]

I was just about to make the same comment but thankfully I read a few comments first lol . I got tonsillitis frequently as a kid and they were recommended several times to be removed but for some reason it didn't happen and I still have them . I still get tonsillitis (swollen tonsils ) but as I understand it they play a role in the body's anti-infection defenses . So I now take the attitude that swollen tonsils means that they're doing their job . Tonsils are probably a first line of resistance so to speak .

[@Skraeling1000]

I had mine removed days before my sixth birthday, so that'd be in 1962. Since then I've had years of .. well, pretty much no diseases at all. So either the tonsils have no real use in that area, or I've been incredibly lucky.

[@marenwilliams2787]

Yes. And they grew back!

[@riteshyeddu9186]

I had mine removed just a few months back to get rid of my tonsil stones problem permanently!

[@niedersacksen]

Yeah 1993 in the Netherlands, my troath and nasal ones

[@iansanqui859]

I'm one of the few people who can wiggly my ears. Independently in fact. I also noticed that when I hear a sound from a certain direction, the ear facing the sound usually moves. Although not much. lol

[@pakde8002]

A third argument could be that each species starts with a basic set of equipment, like we see with various models of cars. There are all sorts of holes and stuff in cars that are never used and have no purpose for that particular model but for another model they can be used. That's not only intelligent design but efficient as well.

[@robfj3414]

Regarding the modern function of the Palmar Grasp Reflex, it's noteworthy that the response to it in older humans is invariably attraction to the infant, encouraging affectionate and, ultimately, caregiving behaviour. Not such a useless behaviour in infants, furry or otherwise, after all!

[@stullex_]

"perfectly adapted to the earth" - my back hurts 🥺

[@brutusjudas5842]

Huh? Cant see your comment. Gotta get my glasses.

[@rsuriyop]

Having shortened canine teeth as well as the presence of a tail bone is pretty much all I need to confirm that we've evolved from wild animals. Evolution isn't just belief, or theory, or science fiction, but science FACT.

[@jensen5668]

Really enjoyed this one thoughty!

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

I love the VSauce-esque closing statement.