Life And Death 3,000,000 Years Ago

[@StefanMilo]

Yo yo yo, thanks for watching! Check out www.ugbert.com for some absolutely banging prehistoric themed mugs and an incredible Lucy poster! It seriously helps the channel and Ettore, the artist behind these brilliant images.

[@StefanMilo]

"yarrr it's perfect for me ale" That's a genuine review of these mugs by none other than King Henry VIII, a man who knows his mugs.

[@pencilpauli9442]

Beautiful video thanks, Stefan! Really top work

[@bomaracev]

I was so excited to see new content from you! Thanks for putting in all the work for this new video!

[@teaser6089]

Whenever you release a new video it brings me great joy!

[@sh0gun___]

Absolute stunning art this episode, Ettore outdid himself yet again.

[@Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r]

I went to see Lucy's fossil in Ethiopia and if there is one thing that struck me at first sight, it was how small she was. As said in the video, she was about 1m tall. That's the size of a 6 year old. Imagine trying to survive in the savanna when you're that small

[@Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r]

@@billybob-ro6qf you think that Ethiopia, a country that can barely feed its population, is going to spend so much money to create a fake fossil?

[@Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r]

@@billybob-ro6qf do have any evidence of these giant fossils?

[@Lepua2009]

@@Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r as an Ethiopian no but i don't think we are that advanced to know life and death of something that died millions of years ago 😁

[@victorally_]

@@billybob-ro6qf yo wtf bro are you ok like mentally do you need therapy

[@Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r]

@@Lepua2009 we don't know their life and death, this is mostly speculation but I'm pretty sure that Lucy isn't an artificial fossil that is the product of Satan

[@dannyb3663]

Made my hair stand on end when he pointed out that Lucy would've been obsessed over in death, and that 3 million years later, she is still being mourned. Lucy teaches us what made us human. And the fact that we can find, identify, and understand the significance of 3 million year old remains, is the result of the humanity she gave us.

[@consciousobserver629]

We are indeed deeply emotive beings! Other animals show similar inclinations. Take elephants that mourn the loss of their family members, visiting their remains decades later. Truly amazing!

[@ruthmckay9086]

@@consciousobserver629 It really is amazing, and what's more is that it's finally getting recognition. Recently in the UK - 'Lobsters, octopuses and crabs recognised as sentient beings in UK Law. The UK government has declared that lobsters, crabs, octopuses and related species will be included under the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill.' For so long human exceptionalism has been the default, even though many of us knew differently.

[@Yankeez001]

Are u saying I’m a monkey..??

[@ruthmckay9086]

@@Yankeez001 No, you said that...

[@terrio5258]

So we'll said.

[@meg2249]

Can you imagine being carried off by a predatory bird? Utterly terrifying to really consider that our ancestors were very much a typical prey animal.

[@ruthanneseven]

If we were "typical", our eyes would be farther apart. We do have varying degrees of peripheral vision, at best 180°. I'm not saying life wasn't perilous, but eyes forward served us better, for whatever reason. What's the deal with "wisdom teeth"? THAT'S bugged me since I was a teenager. Time is running out!

[@airgunningyup]

@@ruthanneseven we are evolving out of wisdom teeth.. Kids are now being born without them , small numbers, but eventually no human will have them

[@ruthanneseven]

@@airgunningyup Hi Rob! Where did you discover this tidbit?

[@smelk4774]

@@ruthanneseven well animals can still be prey no matter what they look like even if we hunted we were still prey everything is prey in all actuality even apex predators are prey to something cause if they weren't ever prey they most likely could have caused mass extinctions!

[@AfkHavoc]

@@airgunningyup Thats just not true its highly unlikely a day will ever come where no human is born without wisdom teeth since theres no selective pressures that make the genes of people with wisdom teeth less desirable to mate with

[@mrbeast85]

In some cultures the act of remembering or speaking the name of the dead is believed to be what keeps them alive in the afterlife. Its quite touching to think that c3 million years after she died, Lucy is still being 'remembered' in a manner of speaking and hence in some senses we've brought this unassuming human ancestor back to life.

[@persephonepomegranate9652]

Mr breast

[@chyennewhisman7166]

But what if this is not the name she had while she was alive? I believe that they were smart enough to have a name but we will never know it.

[@WannzKaswan]

​@@chyennewhisman7166 I mean yes, obviously. But that doesn't change anything. We are still talking about her. Her name doesn't really matter

[@ceceliam9014]

I love that sentiment. There's that saying that we die two deaths, first is our own death and the next is the death of the last person who remembers us. Lucy, in essence, has been resurrected then, but as something different, because none of us really knew her, we can only imagine some version of who she was. Also, it's a minkr thing, but she wasn't really "human" or even homo genus, she was hominin 😁

[@epiclexi1234]

​@@chyennewhisman7166that depends on your definition of "name" because our ancient ancestors did not have the area of the brain responsible for speech or other parts of the body responsible for speech. "speech" as in "sounds required for modern languages" if that makes sense. even our closest related ancestors, Neanderthals weren't capable of speech as we know it. they were capable of some "speech" but very minimal. for example it is believed they were only capable of producing 2 vowel sounds!

[@julianstanley5036]

My son pointed out that the unusually intact condition of Lucy's remains may indicate the lingering protection of her family until the cadaver was too far gone to be of interest to scavengers. Great posts, look forward to more.

[@phuckpootube6231]

LOL

[@trybunt]

Or a mudslide. Pretty sure fossilisation has a lot to do with luck, mostly of the condition of the land thousands of years after the animal dies. but I don't know much to be fair 🤷‍♂️

[@leostgeorge2080]

The body must be coved quickly after death for it to become fossilized. It must be free of air. Other wise microbes will eat any bone and soft tissue. Covered in dirt will not do. Air free places like clay and some times water like a peat bog or ice to name a couple. Very special conditions must be met for bone to be fossilized and endure for millions of years.

[@fukkitful]

@@trybunt Yeah I remember a scientist saying only a small fraction of a percent will become fossils. The conditions have to be perfect for it to happen. Also acidic soils will dissolve the bones. Its no coincidence that most fossils are found in desert environments.

[@ruthanneseven]

I found what appears to be a finger bone remnants of a scapula and an unidentified piece of really damage bone in a desert. They were right on top of the sand. They may not be from the same person either. I love collecting rocks, and these pieces caught my attention. The finger bone was old yet obvious, as was the partial scapula which seems a lot older. I would love to get 2nd opinions on all of them. The sand shifts often with the wind. I imagine that's how they were uncovered. The scapula is the most interesting piece. It's seems fossilized based in hardness and texture. That ridge is unmistakable though. I don't know where I could get help with further identification. Anyone have ideas? I also found a square black piece of stonework with traces if a knob in ine end, and faint, simplistic scrawling on one side. Found on the shore of a fastwater stream, near a river, what first hit my mind was that it was a part of a printing set that was interchangeable (knob). I'd love to have someone identify what it is. Black square rocks aren't found in nature! My last treasure is a stone tool. It's obviously been flaked. It might have made a good scraper. I love finding random treasures, but I'm getting too old. Time to find out what they are!

[@oppaloopa3698]

Did y’all have a relative that died before you were born that the rest of your family talked about often? You hear all these great stories, you see all these beautiful pictures, though you never spoke a word to them you feel you know them. You love them. You miss them. You miss someone who you never met. I feel the same way I do towards my beloved grandaddy that I do towards past humans. I look at these faces and feel the string that connects us all tug. Who were you? What did your voice sound like? What were your dreams like? Was I in them? I wish I could thank you for working so hard. For loving this world enough to evolve. I look at your bleached skull and despite the genetics and the millennias I see every human I’ve ever loved and hated and been indifferent to in your face. I love you. Its 11:14 pm on a Saturday and I am yet again emotional about hominids.

[@trybunt]

It must of been terrifying, to be honest- becoming just smart enough to realise just how hostile and confusing the world around us really is. Light. Dark. Light. Dark. Eat. Sleep. Give. Keep. Friend. Foe. Yes. No. Run. Hide. Yell. Cry. Why. WHY! Rain. Dry. Live. Die. Light. Dark. Our Sky.

[@oppaloopa3698]

@@trybunt I like how you ended with “sky”. I feel like the realization of just how big and guiding the sky is was a big turning point for us as a species. We made gods and travel and legends. Sky. Sky. Sky. They really were brave. Maybe that was the most brave humans have ever been. Could ever be. Also, finally someone who get.

[@sergeantsonso3490]

glad im not the only one who feels this way.

[@sergeantsonso3490]

@@trybunt "Why. WHY" i relate to this.

[@Alchemy818.]

It’s still way early in the morning for me but here I am shedding tears over prehistoric humans

[@sprawlz6466]

Fun fact: Lucy was named after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” that had just come out because the scientists who discovered her liked the song.

[@bingbongstupid]

I believe one of them was reluctant of the name

[@Lil_chxnga]

I was named after the Beatles aswell and my middle name is sky too!

[@InComgenie]

I can confirm this fact

[@bingbongstupid]

@@Lil_chxnga Is your last name Diamond?

[@Lucy-rb2zj]

@@bingbongstupid lol no but that would be cool

[@Hemlat]

Thanks for the video Stefan! I was a student of Dr. Thomas Gray (at Southwest Texas State) who was Lucy's co-discoverer along with Don Johanson. Dr. Gray also had a cast of Lucy's skeleton which we all learned to put together. So many discoveries have colored the image we have of their lives since the 80's when I was a student. Yet Lucy was foundational in many ways.

[@saria6742]

"We can only imagine the pain that they would have felt watching over her body. Little would they know, we would still be watching over Lucy more than three million years later." Oh man, that hit me! Who left these onions lying around?? I've been watching your channel for a long time (it helped me in my decision to go back to school and finish my anthropology degree!), and I'm really impressed in how your production value has developed! You've clearly put a lot of work behind your content :)

[@robertmcgovern8850]

Yeah, just sat thru that vigil two weeks ago. Not an easy scene to watch, or to live.🥺

[@elyshauwilson9448]

Yupp

[@johnburns2940]

Foyer, what a tender heart you have. Congrats on finishing you degree 👏.

[@woutervanlent5181]

Very good comment Foyet ! I couldn't have said it better . Hope you will finnish your school so that I can also watch your productions in the future . Good luck !

[@smelk4774]

Same I seriously wish Lucy and her clan were immortal and had so much luck they could keep all the bad stuff from happening and all Lucy I guess is the embodiment of what makes us.... us I guess.

[@andromeda7588]

There was also a significant point in Lucy's life where she met Scarlet Johansson

[@jackyt22]

LMAOO

[@mercy5424]

💀💀

[@AnaSantos-kx8yj]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Cami-ls1ki]

I don’t get it 😭

[@Muritaipet]

lol

[@brianedwards1595]

Stefan, you're evolving as a content creator. Thorough research, increasing video production, and an obvious curiosity in the subject. Thank you for bringing us such excellent content!

[@StefanMilo]

Cheers Brian, I genuinely try my best. I agonise over these videos soooo much lol

[@pinzinkinzin4066]

@@StefanMilo don’t be too harsh on yourself. You will only get better and better! Even if it takes a few ups and downs.

[@evanmangone523]

I agree you’re able to answer the “why it matters” question more directly … and dare I say, poetically? Great job!

[@GrannyGooseOnYouTube]

YES This was AWESOME!

[@mtathos_]

@@StefanMilo and your agony is well worth the troubles. you're an amazing creator and one of a kind on this platform, you fulfill perfectly your evolutionary niche! XD

[@edensaylor7133]

finding a cool rock to take home has been in our blood for millions of years

[@rn5896]

Or a cool stick

[@Greatduck777]

you could also call them pet rocks.

[@Kontro_7]

​@@rn5896I wonder if they would of brought collections of weapons like what I did as a kid

[@johnparker2641]

I love rocks

[@turangatohiariki3042]

Or take the land's on the rock

[@beckyevans889]

It made me really sad to hear that Lucy died by an accident or at the hands of a predator. I’m sad that she didn’t get to become an old Australopithecus lady. Imagine if you could travel back in time to see how life really was then, to interact with our ancestors from millions of years ago.

[@dggjr1759]

EVOLUTION IS NOT REAL

[@dggjr1759]

GENESIS 1:1

[@nonanimeprofilepic]

@@dggjr1759 get a life

[@odin4306]

@@dggjr1759 Nope

[@GaiusIntrepidus]

They'll probably think we're genetic defects

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

You know, I had almost no interest in the subjects you talked about on your channel before finding you nearly two years ago. But your humor and thorough research were intriguing and helped to show how fascinating our deep past can be! So thank you Stephan! For being a true gentleman!

[@harrietharlow9929]

It truly is fascinating, isn't it? There are so many things to learn about the various hominid species which come before us. The evolution of emotions, already present in our relatives, the chimpanzees is extremely interesting. By the time you get to Neanderthals, at least in some groups, deceased individuals were being lovingly buried. I look forward to more videos like this.

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

@@harrietharlow9929 exactly. It's an enormous world, and Stephan is an excellent content creator. The only thing I would want changed about his videos, is that there would be more of them.

[@billybob-ro6qf]

Our past can be read in the bible, GOD's TRUTH not these lies of evolution & millions of years.

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

@@billybob-ro6qf you got any evidence to back up those claims?

[@andrewfleming1638]

​@@billybob-ro6qf proove it please🙏??

[@timeless9940]

This has made me feel in a way I hadn’t felt since I watched documentaries when I was like 7 years old. I just can’t describe the fascination seeing these reconstructions of our ancestors makes me feel. We are just a speck in the very long life of our planet and universe, and I hope we can preserve it for many more generations to come, so that we can all enjoy life here and learn from those who lived before us. Thanks, Stefan. You made my week.

[@arkamukhopadhyay9111]

We'll be gone in another 10,000 years. If that.

[@82luft49]

@@arkamukhopadhyay9111 What do you think we will evolve into?

[@arkamukhopadhyay9111]

@@82luft49 we'll be extinct

[@Farweasel]

@@arkamukhopadhyay9111 I reckon IF we can survive the next 200 / 300 years we're in with a shout for the long haul. Its one of the biggest 'IFs' in the history of life on Earth ..... We are everywhere. And almost everywhere we are phenomenally destructive.

[@jerrymiller2367]

Even if 90% of humans were suddenly killed by war or disease or an asteroid impact, the human lineage would still survive quite well. With this many people on the planet, it would be hard for us to go extinct as a species. And humans are so adaptable and clever that whoever survives will survive just fine, or at least most of them will.

[@MikeMcLarty]

What great content! I’ve been watching you all day. I have long loved paleoanthropology since the 80’s when I first read Clan of the Cave Bear. Would love to see an episode of what that book got right and wrong, very visionary imo regarding Neanderthal/ Homo Sapiens mating. Anyhow, thank you!

[@bribread]

I wish time machines existed, imagine how eye-opening and fascinating it would be to watch all of this go down in person. To watch history in action.

[@ousmansano21]

We will also be history in 3 million years 😭

[@stephday6225]

Wow this is exactly how I feel

[@Sky_Blaze]

If time machines exsited ..life itself wouldn't exist, the butterfly effect would be out of control.

[@Danuxsy]

one day we might be able to do that through simulations

[@lazar2949]

@@Sky_Blaze thats all just one of the many theories, as far as we know, reality could be immune to these things, able to bend and "patch" the holes, much as the planet, we may damage it a little, but in the end it will survive

[@AlmostEthical]

A difference between humans and other apes is our relationship with rocks. Most apes don't care for them, while we have have long been fascinated with them and worked with them, creating ever more complex things from stone and metal. These days our favourite rocks are mobile phones and computers, made from a range of metals and compounds.

[@yoissy]

I love this way of looking at things!

[@ceilingfan6969]

That's awesome man

[@GeovanniCastro666]

@Order comes from Mind, Gardens Proof yeah it's obious that evolucion is fake. Bible stories are more creidible

[@mothastrud]

actually there are a few monkeys interested in rocks. i think it’s a fairly recent interest for them but they use the rocks to smash open coconuts and other nuts.

[@AlmostEthical]

Yes, and some animals eat them to help digestion. But humans really have taken their relationship with geology to another level. Who knows? Maybe one day there will be people who are half metal and silicon?

[@NORTH02]

I love the original footage in this video, excellent quality!

[@misterx168]

Nice to see you around.

[@happyspanners]

Real recognises real

[@DarthBane959]

You guys should team up like the documentarian avengers

[@NORTH02]

@@DarthBane959 we did a long time ago with 2 other youtubers

[@StefanMilo]

I’m sure we will again in the future but it takes a long time to make videos and it’s hard to coordinate

[@akshatverma957]

I just appreciate how much our ancestors suffered & struggled to make the way for our species. Their struggles led to us conquering the earth.

[@WWFYMN]

And space

[@nidhishah6222]

Temporarily

[@Anarchistarchitect]

This is all speculation, no one knows the past or future

[@xanaxwizard]

@@Anarchistarchitectwe know certain things about the past based on the evidence, what are you on about ? Omg nothing is true I’m so deep. Stfu

[@warpedweft9004]

I doubt they did it with thoughts of it being a sacrifice for our benefit. Necessity is the mother of all inventions. They did it to make their lives easier, more comfortable, and enhance their own survival.

[@velksa6835]

the ending is honestly giving me goosebumps when she died, she had no idea how important she would be to our understanding of our past

[@solmoman]

Wtf at least put "Spoiler alert" before commenting on the ending..

[@schedar_cassiopeia]

@@solmoman all living things die sorry

[@solmoman]

@@schedar_cassiopeia the joke - Your head

[@topcat5992]

Thanks for that, you saved 15mins of my life.

[@emmahardesty4330]

Very big thank you. This type of info--life of a prehistoric female--is extremely rare, even to the indication that Lucy fashioned stone into tool, when of course females made tools: It's not practical or realistic to wait around for a male to replace a broken tool. So much to ponder. Wish this were an hour long. Again, thanks.

[@StefanMilo]

In chimpanzees it's actually women who produce more tools than men and children typically gain that ability from their mothers. So it's not far fetched at all to think its ancient women producing these tools.

[@MustObeyTheRules]

How do we know that Lucy was female? Maybe they identified as male 🤔……..

[@chocolatecream5593]

@@MustObeyTheRules idk your exact intention with this comment, whether it was satire, animosity, or genuine curiosity, but she’s being identified by her sex (at birth) because that’s what’s being evolved. Gender identities have developed socially over the years because of different minds, not their biological makeup.

[@smelk4774]

@@chocolatecream5593 don't forget gender identification is still extremely new depending on the context

[@audioeditzdj]

@@MustObeyTheRules gender is societal. sex is biological. society as it is now was literally not a thing back then stfu

[@donnahughs9749]

Stories and videos like this remind me of something I like to contemplate: Every single person on earth has one fascinating thing in common, namely that every single one of our ancestors going back millions of years lived long enough to produce offspring before they died. Those are some pretty long ancestral chains; which, given the dangers our forebears faced, strikes me as an amazing accomplishment!

[@Farweasel]

An excellent point but What I find absolutley incredible is how they calculated *exactly* what noise would be made by a rhino treading on an Australopithicus (14.22)

[@insanelyinsensitive4059]

If you believe in the OUT OF AFRICA theory.

[@tomnicholson2115]

@@insanelyinsensitive4059 Do you believe it? Or are you just happy to deny science? You don't make it clear where you stand, just to clarify I do believe (subject to new information) that we did come out of Africa.

[@insanelyinsensitive4059]

@@tomnicholson2115 deny science? Who's science? There is more than one theory.

[@tomnicholson2115]

@@insanelyinsensitive4059 But are there any theories that have both genetic and archeological evidence to back them up? Because out of Africa does!

[@stephenw.6588]

Excellent script you wrote for this one. Really thoughtful and sensitive while super informative. Kudos to you for your efforts.

[@AncientArchitects]

The production of your videos is absolutely incredible. Superb video.

[@artemiosnicola]

Hey Matt, I was just thinking about how you guys are two of my favourite KZbinrs! And then I stumbled upon your comment. 🤯 Much love and respect to both of you!

[@StefanMilo]

Thanks Matt, this took bloody ages

[@marthawelch4289]

@@StefanMilo English fellow, huh? Well, that's alright.

[@louisebelair2245]

@Srbo lazic I will recommend also NORTH 02 it is a great chanel for amateur paleontologists.

[@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN]

JESUS KNOCKS ON YOUR HEART AND LONGS FOR YOU TO ANSWER! HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE PERISH INTO HELL. GOD LOVES YOU SO HE GIVES YOU FREE WILL AND A CHOICE TO ACCEPT HIM OR REJECT HIM. TO LOVE HIM OR TO LOVE SIN/THIS WORLD. CALL UPON JESUS & ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS! SURRENDER YOUR WILL & YOUR LIFE TO HIM AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN! PICTURE YOUR BEST DAY ON EARTH TIMES A BILLION FOR ETERNITY, THAT'S HEAVEN! NOW PICTURE YOUR WORST DAY ON EARTH TIMES A BILLION FOR ETERNITY, THAT'S HELL! HE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT SO IF YOU REJECT HIM YOU WILL BE SEPARATED FROM HIM & HIS BLESSINGS (LOVE, PEACE, JOY, HOPE, REST, ETC). IN HELL YOU WILL BE ALONE WITHOUT GOD OR PEOPLE, YOU WILL BE HOPELESS, YOU WILL BE IN DESPAIR & AGONY FOREVER! GOD'S STANDARD FOR HEAVEN IS PERFECTION AND ONLY JESUS (THE SON OF GOD/GOD IN THE FLESH) LIVED THAT PERFECT LIFE! HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE & TOOK THE WRATH OF THE FATHER ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SINS! GOD IS JUST SO HE MUST PUNISH SIN & HE IS HOLY SO NO SIN CAN ENTER HIS KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST ON JUDGEMENT DAY GOD WILL SEE YOU AS HIS PERFECT SON (SINLESS SINCE YOUR SINS ARE COVERED BY JESUS' OFFERING). YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO REJECT JESUS' GIFT/SACRIFICE & PAY FOR YOUR OWN SIN WITH DEATH (HELL) BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY FOOLISH! GOD SEES & HEARS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID & DONE. YOU WONT WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM & YOU CANT DEFEND ANY OF YOUR SINS TO HIM. WE'RE ALL GUILTY WITHOUT ACCEPTING JESUS' SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS! MUHAMMAD DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, BUDDHA DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, NO PASTOR/PRIEST/MARY OR SAINT DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO IDOLS OR FALSE GODS DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ACTOR OR CELEBRITY DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ATHLETE OR POLITICIAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS! JESUS CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR YOUR SINS & WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE! HE IS ALIVE & COMING BACK VERY SOON (THESE ARE END TIMES) WITH JUDGEMENT! PREPARE YOURSELVES, TURN FROM SIN & RUN TO JESUS! IT STARTS WITH ASKING HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS & INVITING HIM INTO YOUR HEART/LIFE, SURRENDER ALL TO HIM! IT'S ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CREATOR. HE KNOWS YOUR PAIN & TROUBLES, TALK TO HIM LIKE A BEST FRIEND! ASK HIM TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU & HELP YOU TO BELIEVE IF YOU DOUBT! DON'T WAIT TO CRY OUT! NO ONE IS PROMISED TOMORROW! HE LONGS FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM IN, HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY PERSON EVER COULD, HE CREATED YOU! Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6 "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."-Matthew 10:33 “For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”-Romans 6:23

[@LaynaJoyy]

This is so awesome. I work at museum where Lucy “lives” now lol. But she doesn’t open up much 😂. It’s nice to know a little more about her.

[@StefanMilo]

I heard she’s pretty shy

[@mdastolfo70]

What museum is it?

[@gargoyle4807]

@@mdastolfo70 maybe the buffalo museum of science because I've seen this name in a comment a bit under this one

[@jerrychacon8814]

forensics expert Carl N Stephan, "the face of earlier human ancestors cannot be objectively constructed or tested" "any facial reconstrutions of earlier hominids are likely to be misleading." no way to take a finger or jawbone of a 2-400,000year old, an say this is how it looked, and this is the skin color, hair looked and color, and eye color.

[@catel4781]

I too worked at a Museum with a copy of Lucy, in a diarama. She was smaller than I imagined.

[@carolynvanarsdale]

Love your content, Stefan. Makes me laugh, helps me learn, and is unique among the field. Keep it up!

[@carolynvanarsdale]

That megantereon animation will haunt me tho

[@moamoaoz]

lol you give him money and he doesn't even care

[@natchocolatina]

@@moamoaozshe voluntarily gave him the $$ although it would be appreciated if he answered he doesn’t have too he probably is busy 😅

[@destinytallent2444]

The thought of the mother being with lucy during birth touched me ...

[@jerrymiller2367]

I had the pleasure of seeing Lucy's actual bones at the Houston Museum of Natural History some years ago. I was an anthropology major in college, and these videos put a wonderful human perspective on our prehistory. They're very lucid and distill a lot of information, including current discoveries and interpretations. Superbly done! In the video you mentioned that Australopithecus had a longer childhood and developmental period. From what I understand, this is because their babies were born in a more immature state, because their brain cavity could not be too big at birth, otherwise it wouldn't get through the narrower birth canal that evolved because of upright walking. So they were on the path to the longer childhood of modern humans by having to be born biologically immature. Much development had to happen outside the womb. And like so many things in evolution, this probably enabled the co-evolution of something else: a cultural shift to a longer teaching and learning period in childhood while their bodies matured. Which in turn may have driven evolution to produce smarter, better learners to maximize the childhood learning period. . . . And regardless if the males were harem-keepers or not, they would have certainly been present in their babies' childhoods because Australopithecines could not have had large social units---they were probably at the 'band' level of social grouping --- roughly 10 to 30 individuals in a group, including the children. This is likely true because the food capacity of their environment could not support more than that many people in one area, and it wasn't feasible to always be roaming with pregnant women and babies in the group. And somewhere along the evolutionary line, it became more advantageous for these pre-humans to cooperate rather than be hostile to each other. War and conflict are expensive and highly fatal, and there are benefits to sharing big game, division of labor, trading knowledge, and of course exchanging mates without dangerous inbreeding. I'd like to see you make a video about this aspect of hominin evolution.

[@compassioncampaigner728]

Uhhhhhhh.......humans seem to whither without war. War is exensive....yep.....just ask gbr bean counters at Haliburton....Raytheon...Lockheed. I'm just sayn

[@swyman10]

I did too! I majored in Anthro & went on for a P.hd in Anthro at THE Ohio State University in the mid to late ‘70’s. I got to handle Lucy, the actual fossils, not casts. Dr.’s D Johansson & R Leaky were two of my graduate school advisors. Dr. Johansson was at Case Western U & Dr. Leaky was curator of KNM at the time. I was in a personalized P.hd program studying forensic paleo dental morphology, in ‘77 I was the only grad student I knew of with that major. I never completed my P.hd, I only earned $800/qtr as a ta & we were so broke my folks were supporting us. I had to quit & take a job. I have remained current all these years & at 68 yrs old I fantasize about completing my P.hd sometimes. Your comment is right on!❗️

[@harvestingseason2725]

@@swyman10 very warming experience thanks for sharing :)

[@downwithosama1]

@@swyman10 if you've got the money now then do it. Or just get a loan and do it anyway 😜

[@whatthe.4703]

😂😂😂😂😂fake it was a baboons skeleton ..

[@gertsgarden]

My mom took me to see Lucy at the Buffalo Museum of Science when I was in 3rd grade, yikes some odd 45 years ago. I've been interested in our early ancestors ever since! Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into you channel. I think this video should be played along her display it would add so much to the experience. Thanks again!

[@billybob-ro6qf]

Our early ancestors were Adam & Eve, NOT some dirty ape LOL. You want to truly know the truth then read the BIBLE!

[@NotRecklesss]

@@billybob-ro6qf Yess! 👏

[@karanaferreira]

Some odd 45 years lol you don’t know your age minus 8 years

[@BRlGADE_KINGPIN]

It’s fake.

[@alaynaasmr1]

@@billybob-ro6qf this is literal science and your saying some book is true and not ACTUAL science and bones found.

[@hesterwright3674]

This is the best thing I've watched in ages, I actually teared up at the end. You really brought Lucy to life and made her relatable and more real somehow. Really beautiful and cleverly made content, well done

[@kamoheloradebe1230]

Wow. This is incredible, and on top of that, your video editing and the illustrations that you chose are spot on. This is incredible! And we got a history, wow. A million years is mind blowing, now imagine 3.3 million. Great video! plus its funny!

[@yensid4294]

I really like that you brought up the physical changes around child birth & how that might have influenced a female support system. So often it is hunting that is emphasized when analyzing hunter-gatherer societies. Like the duties of child rearing & keeping things going while the men were away didn't require communication, organization, cooperation & diplomacy? Especially since foraging was most likely where early man like Lucy got most of their food resources, not hunting. Anyway, great video 👍

[@SnidgetAsphodel]

Yeah same.

[@bel4417]

Interesting point, but why do you assume women are not hunters? I have spent quite a bit of time around modern hunter-gatherers living their ancient lifestyle, and women are generally equally involved in hunting as males, in my experience. Also, in every omnivorous/carnivorous species I can think of, females are hunting and are often more effective than their male counterparts (for example in a pride of lions). Your comment implies males are the leaders and the ones doing the hunting, but in my experience, women/female animals not only do the majority of child raising, but do hard and dangerous work like males, AND are also often taking on the leadership role, at least on a family level. This is true even in western society: women are expected to maintain a career, carry and birth multiple children, do the majority of child rearing, cook, clean, and often maintain the household’s finances. Pre history is definitely not my area of expertise, so this is just my opinion. But is there actual evidence of men being the hunters? I know people often assume this simply because men are seen as fitter than women, but modern hunter-gather women are extremely fit, not too different to males. If you have any link about this I’d love that, thanks!

[@yensid4294]

@@bel4417 Big game hunting is usually associated with men. In modern hunter gatherer societies this type of hunting is mostly done by men & the fossil record seems to show in the past it was mainly a male occupation. That is not to say that women didn't hunt or provide food for the family/tribe--they most certainly did. They gathered & cultivated plants (agriculture was probably started by women) trapped small game & possibly fished. I've heard it suggested that foraging/gathering actually made up the majority of a paleo diet vs hunting. Much of evolutionary theory about human development/social behaviors seems to have been based around the skills required to hunt & my comment was directed at that. I was pleased to see other physiological reasons given for why more human social bonding may have taken place, ie difficult childbirth. This imo, gave a different perspective to the changes that early hominids made on their way to becoming homo sapiens. One that is often overlooked in favor of cranial measurements & tool use.

[@bel4417]

@@yensid4294 could you tell me what modern hunter gatherer societies you are referring to? I have spent extensive time amongst hunter gatherers (indigenous people) in Australia, Africa and Island Nations as well as a little time in the Americas, and have rarely found this to be the case, this is why I am asking. This is also the case in my culture. Yes, you are right that gathering makes up a large portion of these diets, but hunting is also important and done by women. Generally, all physically able members of the community are involved in this large game hunting, because there is safety and strength in numbers, or in some cases, it is done by a certain group as part of a sacred ritual (although again, in my experience, small game makes up the majority of meat being eaten). I have even taken part of woman only ‘ritual’ hunting, both small and large game. Again, if you have some resources about this, I would really be interested in it, but it seems there is very little actual research done into this, and that it’s just an assumption. And I’m not trying to discredit the importance of child birth - after all it the most crucial part of our society, and a burden that only women have had forced upon them, whilst males escape unscathed. I’m simply saying that women’s roles should not be downplayed in other areas, especially considering it is often women who are doing the largest share of that work

[@yensid4294]

@@bel4417 I will defer to your expertise since my knowledge of hunter gatherer societies is very, very broad & my main interest is in paleoanthropology. I was always given examples of men leaving to go on a hunt & then everyone participating in butchering/preserving the meat & following the migrating herds. But it kind of depends on what time period & geographic location specifically. I'm most familiar with Western Europe. I agree, having children is not the epitome of women's contribution to society, that's why I never had any. Btw, newer evidence & re-examined evidence (fossil remains) are showing that paleolithic women probably did hunt. They had bone density & injuries similar to javelin throwers indicating they were throwing spears too :) There was a recent PBS Secrets Of the Dead special about it that I think you would enjoy called Lady Sapiens. ( I think the examples we were given of hunter gatherer societies don't really fit since technically they are pasturalists & only semi-nomadic & very de pendant on cattle, goats, etc with hunting as more of a cultural ritual & supplemental source of food so I decided not to mention them. I think you're right & it makes sense. 👍)

[@theclownsystem9429]

I don't care how old Lucy is or that she is now only a skeleton. She's beautiful. Seeing recreations of what she could have looked like just makes me so emotional.

[@aninewforest]

In a way, she's our great-great-(etc) grandmother. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down through the female line, so she's in our cells...

[@squirrelycritter]

Same here. It's so amazing to think about the long lineage we come from, I even get emotional about the first known mammal.

[@Angie2343]

She is a supermodel for sure!

[@spaceintuity9194]

Ugly creatures, abominations for sure

[@prehistoriccreature1800]

@@aninewforest That's not true lol. She's not in my cells. Stop spreading misinformation

[@TheWuschi]

Again and again and again you give us the most beautiful and most brillant features, Stefan! I cannot tell you, how happy I am about these gifts! This one, once again, is such a perfect mix of scientific education and a touching, heartfelt (and sometimes refreshingly black-humored) art of storytelling that makes you unique among the best science educators on KZbin. Just beautiful, thank you so much!

[@TyraStromLund]

I just found your channel and have watched a couple of videos, am probably gonna binge them all ngl. I was raised as a jehovas witness and was never allowed to explore evolution or question the history of humanity. In the past 2 or 3 years I've dived into learning as much as possible of what is known or thought about our species' past, and your videos are just SO great in helping me with that! Thank you so much!

[@acex222]

Well done for escaping JW and Watchtower.

[@ilonahaun]

Hello Tyra, has your attitude towards faith changed as a result of the further education?

[@TyraStromLund]

@@acex222 Thank you!

[@TyraStromLund]

@@ilonahaun Absolutely, in combination with other things. :)

[@ilonahaun]

@@TyraStromLund How much has it changed? Have you just stopped believing in the pictorial descriptions of the Bible? Or do you doubt the God described in the Bible? ...or have you completely lost your faith? Do you still believe in a higher power?

[@chrisball3778]

I think most of the people watching this have probably heard of 'Lucy', but this is a really brilliant outline of the current state of knowledge about her life and times. All humanity's (maybe) great (X150,000) grandmother was, and remains an amazing woman. Ettore's art for this channel is consistently excellent. He somehow makes even ancestors as distant as A. Afarensis somehow seem like knowable people with rich, valuable lives.

[@MrLaughingcorpse]

You actually believe apes turned into humans?

[@TheMilkMan8008]

@@MrLaughingcorpse humans are apes.

[@random6004]

@@MrLaughingcorpse technically we evolved from the common ancestor then split apart somewhere down the line

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@MrLaughingcorpse I consider humans a type of ape, but we evolved from a very monkeylike ancestor species. The ones that stayed in the trees stayed monkey, and the ones that chose the ground became us

[@keriezy]

There are times I would give anything to travel to the past. To see our past with my own eyes would be so freaking cool.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

It’s a shame we will never be able to. But maybe with enough evidence we can put a good story together

[@meyr1992]

You also wouldn’t last 2 minutes there

[@meyr1992]

@Cornn Flaek more like , lack of ability to climb high trees and abundance of animals that are stronger and faster than you equal death. If you think you can survive a day 3 million years ago then you are a CHILD

[@woutervanlent5181]

Nice to hear that more people think in the way i do . I also dream of timemachines

[@nasiampadeka4606]

I would like only to watch but not be part of it and be safe 😶

[@andreapandoli3168]

I don't usually comment under KZbin videos, but i can't just see an amazing video, able to both give scientific information and goosebumps without leaving my sincere congratulation. I think that this video explains very well why you are my favorite KZbinr Stefan, wish you good luck with the future. Also shoutout to Ettore Mazza! His artstyle definitely captures the emotions of the video.

[@SarcastSempervirens]

I love that you do these with such an emotional tone people come to care about the topic.

[@davidstiger353]

Superbly produced. I always wanted a show like this when I was a kid. Some times the BBC or Discovery would release something mass produced and overly dramatic like a typical nature documentary. Yours has more honesty, depth, and humility that gives it life. The possibility that the first act of human cooperation during childbirth could change our views on gender making women the original star players or an order that was merely far more egalitarian. Keep up the amazing work my dude!

[@davidianhowe]

Ah yes, birds and hyenas. Our archenemies before heart disease

[@StefanMilo]

Don’t forget crocodiles

[@lakrids-pibe]

@@StefanMilo And mosquitoes? Did they have malaria back then? Edit: Although the parasite responsible for P. falciparum malaria has been in existence for 50,000-100,000 years, the population size of the parasite did not increase until about 10,000 years ago, concurrently with advances in agriculture. (wiki)

[@devinsmith4790]

@@StefanMilo And saber-toothed cats.

[@isaacbruner65]

@@devinsmith4790 hippos are pretty dangerous too, extremely territorial

[@Erkhesbold]

Dude this video is so good that i want to learn more about human history. Maybe, you helped me to discover my new hobby; so thank you for this incredible video

[@RezValla]

Check out North 02 if you haven’t found that channel yet

[@yunusaharuna7139]

@@RezValla ALL is fiction

[@MeganVictoriaKearns]

​@@yunusaharuna7139Hey everybody, I found the gullible fool!

[@_rat_5758]

Found you because of other Milo (miniminuteman) and wow I love your videos dude! Such amazing visuals and information and truly connecting just how similar we are - most would brush them off as “ape-humans” but I absolutely love it when people remember that they were technically people! They lived, had emotions, had a family, etc - while almost all living creatures do have those things I often see it so much less recognized in early Hominids

[@MeganVictoriaKearns]

He really is awesome. Glad you found his channel. ❤ miniminuteman too.

[@flyingsodwai1382]

Wow! A frank and earnest doc not given over to sensationalism and soundbite phrases. THANKYOU soooooo much!! I love how you constantly mention how we don't know things for sure and some things are speculation. It's so refreshing, Instant subscribe and like.

[@Real_Ivan_ooze]

Who are frank and earnest

[@richabrams6240]

"We can only imagine" is absolutely true for all of this. The foundation of science is observation. Who was there 3 million years ago to watch and record what happened? We know 1% and imagine the remaining 99%.

[@skippy9214]

Nobody was there that long ago, but whatever lived there left fossils and radioisotopes. We can observe those, quite well.

[@Bajannubian095]

@@skippy9214 and those fossils don’t show no signs of evolution

[@skippy9214]

@@Bajannubian095 well, each individual fossil can’t. That’s not how it works. But, let’s say you have a series of fossils. Each has a slight alteration from the previous in the series. Your starting and ending fossils look very different, but in the context of the ones in between, you can clearly see how one morphed into the other. That is a simplified form of what we see. Granted, the fossil record is never that easy. There will be branches, homologies, and incomplete chains. But there’s enough of these chains, and some are complete enough for us to clearly see that there is a linear descent. And fossils are not the main form of evidence. They’re the most well known and the easiest to see, but genetics is probably the most secure.

[@pi1596]

Carbon dating, u can find the age of anything using half life

[@fumble_brewski5410]

That's because Darwinian evolution IS 99% imagination. To date, no intermediate forms have been verified, only fossilized non-human primates. Darwinism predicts that there should be intermediate stages in the evolution of life between the ancestral form of an organism and its presumed descendent. For this reason, Harvard paleontologist, the late Stephen J. Gould, wrote: "The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with gradualism: 1. Stasis. Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking much the same as when they disappear; morphological change is usually limited and directionless. 2. Sudden appearance. In any local area, a species does not arise gradually by the steady transformation of its ancestors; it appears all at once and `fully formed.’ " But let Charles Darwin say it himself: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ exists which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. If numerous species, belonging to the same genera or families, have really started into life at once, the fact would be fatal to the theory of evolution through natural selection.” Fossils do reveal some truth about Darwin’s theory-they reveal that the same inconsistencies he noted between his theory and the fossil data persist, even after over 150 years of frantic searches for elusive transitions. Not only is there no single, undisputed transition, but real fossils reveal that animals were fully formed from the beginning. But of course, evolutionists don't wish to be confused by the facts. 🦖

[@formicapple2]

About 35 years ago, I read the book, “Lucy” by Richard Leaky. It is a fascinating book that also contains the various rivalries between various paleo archeologists.

[@ariesleorising9421]

I read that in college getting my Psychology degree with an Anthropology minor. Great read.

[@hippiemom8481]

Why don’t you read the book by the guy who discovered Lucy?

[@hippiemom8481]

Donald Johanson

[@formicapple2]

@@hippiemom8481 thanks, I will

[@susanmccormick6022]

formicapple2: That I would like to read if it's still in print.Big fan of the late Dr.

[@thuryn.mitchell]

Best channel on youtube wich is both scientific and very "human" at the same time. Not just boring factual stuff but contextual life events of our ancestors. Makes us feel closer to our very ancient past. Thank you so much.

[@readmycomment3157]

What a wonderful video Stefan, the quality of your work is getting so good. The artwork is stunning too. Well done to all involved.

[@formulajuan6038]

This is your best video so far. The production, editing and voiceover is truly professional. I salute you and thank you again for great content!

[@mrWobbleWobble]

It’s amazing how you managed to put such a sensitive and yet very informing view on this topic. While I don’t know if that’s the take people would have when talking about human evolutionary lineage, I relate to all of this in a kind of an emotional manner, because I simply cannot ignore the fact that all of this is very much about ourselves. I think this video (your whole approach really) resonates a lot with that. Beautiful video, man And I’d like to acknowledge Mr Ettore too, his illustrations are fantastic.Much respect for this partnership

[@amanda4285]

What's your idea about my channel ? kzbin.info/door/-ZHNksu7UlZ2hiLIvyEw2Q

[@paddy1952]

Stefan, you're getting very good at making vids and telling these stories.

[@PraiseworthyNobleman]

Hi Stefan, I'm from Indonesia and find your video is truly amazing. The video, the music, the narration. It's preserved very well.

[@jamesrussell7760]

Stefan, I used to participate in a citizen-scientist study in Mozambique, identifying pictures of animals captured in trail cams. One day, I came upon an image of a chimpanzee walking bi-pedal and I was struck by how much the image evoked my imagination of what an Australopithecus would look like in the flesh. I joked with a fellow C-S that I was seeing 3 million years in the past. Great video, Stefan!

[@rayanrahmoune1064]

Why do you guys follow everything you see in such videos. It's proven that lucy didn't exist go look for articles published in some scientific magazines. I don't have the reference now. I'm quoting from this professor's youtube channel: Dr Eyad Qunaibi Global Channel His content is mainly in arabic but you could read the subtitles. We're all looking for truth and science we shouldn't stereotype any scientist due to his ethnicity. It would be very logical to listen to both who believe in the Evolution Joke and the ones who don't. I would love to hear your response.

[@bummster4236]

@@rayanrahmoune1064 "Proven that Lucy didn't exist". Buddy. We quite literally have her parts. And even if she didn't exist, we still know evolution took place and can prove it with countless amounts of evidence. "Evolution joke" I will never understand why so many people deny fact 😔✋

[@rayanrahmoune1064]

​@@bummster4236 Do you call the lies of so many of your scientists, and the mistakes done throughout history to prove that the Evolution Joke is real facts? Most of them end up being unreal but the problem is that people don't update their information, at least go watch some videos about the people who truly understand science, and who don't build lies because of their beliefs.

[@richardstephens5570]

@@rayanrahmoune1064 Religious people are going to reject any evidence that doesn't match their beliefs. Science doesn't care about "faith", or old books, it looks for the truth. Even if there were no fossils, DNA evidence alone proves human evolution is true.

[@rayanrahmoune1064]

​@@richardstephens5570 Let me clarify some points for you: Read it all and tell me about it, we could change beliefs don't worry about that. I believe in God, and I'm sure the revelation we recieved from doesn't contradict his creation, how could god not know his creation, so what we should do is understanding his creation, finding the laws. When I started looking in the topic of Evolution I had so many contradictions in mind that definetly disproves it, One: why aren't there mixed creatures, half ape and half human, since evolution doesn't occur in a small amount of time, definetly those apes will do sex with each other and the genes will be mixed right? then why do we have pure apes and pure humans, you may say some ppl look like apes, I say others look like cats, cows, pigs, and this is not a scientific way. Two: We all know that there is a food chain when it comes to nature, when a species extincs, we will have major problems, so if every species is evolving the way it suits it, or random mutations, will the food change be stable, no, and the proof of this is that there are so many campaings and organizations that do their best to protect endagered species. I believe I just proved that evolution is unreal using logic and some science, but let's do more. When I made some research I found that If you truly Believe in evolution (I consider it as a belief because it's not scientifically proven) you will end up being contradicting science. A friend of mine believes in it and started giving me examples of its evidences, which made me say I need to go to science to strengthen my points which he wasn't able to disprove. After searching I found that there were some skull that existed millions of years before which look identical to ours, during all this time we couldn't evolve, why?. Furthemore, I found that so many scietists made lies in their researches, that appeared to be wrong 20 or 15 years after by other scientists, like saying we found a human tooth, but in reality it's a pig's tooth, we found bones of lucy but in reality they were spread in a moutain and we are not sure they are from the same body, lies in embriology and so much more. My explanation for this is that some ppl want some money and they bring such jokes, make books and movies and stories which are unreal, stupid. Normal ppl like you and me watch and buy resulting in good profits. If you are truly seeking truth I hope you watch the videos of this man, they are not in english but you could read the subtitles. Episode 53 I guess is the best so far when it comes to evolution you could watch when he prepares the subtitlesl Dr Eyad El Qunaibi Global Channel the journey of certainty. If you want to contact me on instagram: rayan __ rahmoune no spaces and that is a double underscore. My profile pic is a candle in dark area

[@elifshow3799]

Great video “ Lucy,” were discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia. We Ethiopian call her ድንቅነሽ ( Dinknesh ) “ Lucy” is the nickname for the Australopithecus afarensis partial skeleton that was discovered in the Afar desert of Ethiopia in 1974 by an international team of scientists led by former Museum curator Dr. Donald Johanson. Thank you 😊

[@Farweasel]

Hang on a moment. Johanson was no one man band: Johanson was working alongside Tom Gray in a gully when the spotted the first of Lucy's bones. But Mary Leakey & Yves Coppens were critical to the dig and working nearby as a team. *none* of them would have been there at the critical time had Maurice Taieb not undertaken the original reconnaisance which identified the Hadar Formation as a high probability site. Dinkinesh is Amharic for 'You're marvellous'. Which is an apposite handle for Lucy to wear.

[@eddynewton4081]

Yes....but Donald Johanson is an atheist. So Donny would try encourage the Big Bang instead of Creation. By the way Creation is how life started. Humans didnot come from 🐒 monkeys

[@Farweasel]

@@eddynewton4081 Indeed humans did not come from monkeys ....... They came from *proto-human hominids* But you'd better stick to the big book of fables because understanding Science takes intelligence.

[@jerrymiller2367]

You should read the book "Lucy" which details her discovery. It's a great read.

[@goldenovaries]

@Soheyl Kian thank you for saying so 🙏

[@matous895]

Sorry, but "Lucy's life began as all life does. With a bang" is just straight comedy 😂

[@cosmopolitanwonder9675]

Orgasm is like a bang.

[@creamsmoothie2020]

ikr

[@Abdeldjalil7]

@matous895 evolution theory in all is a comedy

[@vincentkeller4725]

​@@Abdeldjalil7mahomaad is a comedy😂

[@Chub8]

@Abdeldjalil7 ok Mohammad Abdul jabir kurdunka, go pray to your magic book and crowd like insects. That's true comedy.

[@Gandenkris]

This is unbelievably well written and illustrated -- hard to believe your videos could get any more compelling!

[@billybob-ro6qf]

It's unbelievable alright & pure LIES! We are not descendants of a dirty ape, but Created in God's image some 6000 years ago!

[@Gandenkris]

@@billybob-ro6qf I just want to confirm that you think that Stefan Milo and the dozens of accredited, hard-working, brilliant authors of the studies that underlie this video doc are liars. I know, @billy bob, that you are either a troll, a bot, or merely misinformed, but I truly hope you at least got something out of this video, whether it was "true" or interesting. The mere fact you're here indicates you're curious -- God is watching and smiling at your effort to learn about the past of us all as human beings. Have a blessed day.

[@billybob-ro6qf]

@@Gandenkris YES all these so-called scientist that go against the word of GOD & believe in evolution are LIARS! I am not "misinformed" those who believe these lies are the one's truly misinformed & brain washed. Tell a lie long enough & often enough & people eventually begin to believe it as true. God clearly said if any man, angel, demon...anyone preach another gospel than what is written let them be accursed! And YES evolution is a belief which makes it a false religion. Only reason I am here is to try to speak the truth to those who believe these lies. I have zero interest in listening to the lies in this video. I've been to the Creation Museum that has a replica of Lucy showing how different artist can come along & make Lucy appear many different ways several was ape-like other artist made her human-like. And supposedly archeologist only found one tooth, a PIG-TOOTH & then claimed it was some ancient human ancestor. LOL People will do anything for a buck. Long as government pays for these lies people will continue telling them. Man thinks by believing in evolution that he/she can convince themselves & others God isn't real thereby becoming their own god & thinking they never have to answer for anything they do in life. But they will find out the hard truth the moment they die & are JUDGED by GOD!

[@GeovanniCastro666]

@@Gandenkris No we are just not atheists

[@legoshi8776]

@@billybob-ro6qf why don't you go back to praying instead of bugging people your religion is nothing more than a disease to society you have made no contributions to our society but scientists have made a lot contributions if it wasn't for scientists there is a good chance you wouldn't be alive.

[@darko714]

Lucy lived the high-risk lifestyle of the equivalent of a modern day extreme camper in combination with that of a free-solo climber. No surprise that accidents claimed many of these early ancestors. Her clan probably mourned her passing, as well, and perhaps even marked the spot and remembered her and others by name after their deaths. I would like to think so, anyway.

[@cowsmuggler1646]

Bipedal are slow. Quad peds are much faster. And biped makes you more visible. You want to be low to the ground. There is no advantage in the animal kingdom to biped. It was not the next to step evolution. Just libre earle balloon knee. As usual.

[@isaacbruner65]

@@cowsmuggler1646 being bipedal allows for more specialized hands. Huge advantage in using tools, which, when you think about it, is pretty much the one thing that hominids do much better than any other animal. There are no steps in evolution, it's just a gradual process. Another advantage could be scaring off predators by making yourself look bigger and waving your arms around.

[@cowsmuggler1646]

@@isaacbruner65 The supposed early bipeds did not have large brains. They were bipeds without the brains. And that is a disadvantage in the jungle. Being slow is not good. Plus apes live socially. they are not solitary. So you need a whole mutated tribe of apes and not just one mutated one. Which is impossible. There is no evolution. What you forget, you need a male and female to mutate simultaneously. At minimum. And for social creatures like apes, you need a whole group mutated.

[@isaacbruner65]

@@cowsmuggler1646 bipedal human ancestors lived in grasslands, not jungles. Clearly bipedalism had some advantages, or they wouldn't have evolved that way. I'm not an anthropologist but you should ask one and they'll explain how. Some explanations I've heard include that it improved field of vision, and therefore predator avoidance (it's easier to see over the tall grass when walking upright). Another is that bipedalism assisted in thermoregulation. Finally, as I already stated, it could be related to tool use. Earlier ape ancestors would have already been capable of using simple tools, hominids may have come to rely even more on tools for defense and hunting, as the relative scarcity of food would require weapons for hunting and tools for digging, and the lack of hiding places from predators on the savannah would require weapons for defense. By the way your understanding of evolution is flawed, it never occurs in just a single individual, it always occurs in a population. Beneficial genes spread through a population over many generations. The same mutations can (and do) appear multiple times. All populations have genetic variation, that's where the basis for evolution comes from. Not all humans are the same height, or hair color, or skin color, or have the same muscle density. These are just phenotypic variations, the genotypic variations that you can't see are even greater. If it turned out that being taller was a huge advantage, it wouldn't take long for average height to increase dramatically as only tall people would survive long enough to reproduce. That's evolution. Given enough time, the whole population will have that trait.

[@cowsmuggler1646]

@@isaacbruner65 Chimps are still around. There was no gradual. They have been the same for millions of years.

[@ramonguzman475]

Little Australopithecus afarensis playing with stones led to someone inventing sharp tools that became weapons of mass extinction that eventually became space ships, all in the last 3.3 million years. Just like yesterday. After becoming a threat to other species, those ancestors had to confront other dangerous hominoids. Grandma Lucy would be proud of most of her descendants, and ashamed of some of them.

[@notrednorblue]

Thanks for all these videos Milo. Just getting into your channel thanks to the other Milo. I graduated with my Anthro degree a couple years ago, but unfortunately don’t use much of what I learned in the workplace.. obviously. Your videos have reignited my interest in why I chose Anthropology as an area of study though, so thank you for the refresher on my studies, as well as a more in depth and interesting point of view than what I got from most of my professors.

[@trustmemysonisadoctor8479]

I enjoyed how you wove a story of Lucy's life, when you showed her falling from the tree I was saddened. Then you had a rhino run over her and she gave a final squeak... a moment of macabre humor 3 million years in the making. Keep up the good work!!

[@angeleyes4us200]

@@yeahyeah8009 Proof?

[@AraboNormand]

From the cheeky “began in the same way as all life does-with a bang” :D to the last comments about death, grief and fossils, I feel like I've been taken on a journey of emotions and i want to thank you for the ride. Beautiful

[@straighttalking2090]

BRILLIANT!! Informative, thought provoking, well illustrated and even emotional (wasn't expecting that) and great narration. Helped bring together a lot of open ended thoughts on evolution for me.

[@ElderHiker]

Well done Milo. I enjoyed your production very much. You are elevating your game to new levels of expertise.

[@lenabreijer1311]

Great video. I love that you focused on the family needs for cooperation instead of just the hunting. No point in cooperative hunting skills if your offspring is dying from lack of care. In reality most of our social systems were developed to successfully raise new effective members of the group.

[@8698gil]

I remember learning about Lucy in school , back in the 70's. It fascinated me at the time and it still does.

[@avielp]

What an absolutely beautiful video, from the voice over through the writing, the amazing sound design...I didn't want it to end

[@karphin1]

Fabulous as always Stefan! Enjoy your videos. I recall reading Donald Johansen’s book about finding Lucy, back when he discovered her bones. You make a logical argument for the type of life she undoubtedly led. Thanks for your great videos, I love watching them!

[@secretformulathief910]

Sue, Lucy, and so many others have a place in my heart, they where given a name and a potential life story from what remains of them, honestly I think it's so cool we have creatures like them to study and visualize what life was like for them, it feels like you know them in a way

[@donnahughs9749]

Well, we are their descendants, which is always fascinating to contemplate. Grandgrandgrandgrandgrand...mama.

[@ponypals100]

I saw a copy or a 3D model of Lucy’s bones, it made me so emotional seeing her despite the fact it wasn’t the actual fossils. She is so so so amazing and I genuinely find her story so beautifully tragic

[@solmoman]

while in reality, she was basically a monkey digging through her feces after nuts and corn

[@redvelvet9215]

You definitely inherited her small brain

[@DeuceGenius]

RIP Lucy. youve helped your species more than you could have ever known.

[@InnocentAlligator-fn9fc]

You've done a Great Job with this Video. I am AMAZED at the use of music which very well suits your theme. Thank you for this.

[@EGamer8008_]

I never thought I would feel a tinge of sadness for hearing about an ancient ancestor eventually dying. I mean I knew she was dead. Lucy lived 3million years ago and fragments of her skull are on display almost throughout the entire video. I think the fact that it was brought up that she died and then her possible causes of death were animated triggered somethin in my brain (the sound effects especially). Very educational video, very interesting.

[@rhiannonm8132]

your videos are fantastic, i love how you give great info with high quality visuals and writing, and include enough personality and humor to make it really engaging and fun to watch.

[@mathewmetcalfe3063]

Fascinating. When I go to sleep each night I try to imagine how my ancestors lived. Now I can focus on 3,000,000 years ago!

[@the._.nabihouse]

Its amazing how lucy and many other australopiths continue to teach us all many things about our phylogeny and went through all the events which slowly led to our creation, the truly advanced humans. Youll continue to be mourned lucy and keep doing your amazing work ❤

[@TheOriginalCranberyy]

The production value in this video is superb! I recently watched a lot of your old videos. It's amazing how much the details have improved. The content has always been quality, thank you.

[@debbrahalikowski7768]

My prof. at ASU was Don Johanson. He had a replica of Lucy in his office. Also, he was my mentor. So, all of us in his classes had quite an education on Lucy.

[@thedankknight2066]

Fantastic video Stefan. You are definitely my favorite paleo content creator on KZbin. The effort and care you put into your videos is amazing. Can't wait for more.

[@ninadsheth8422]

Brilliant detailing of the abiding story and the many mysteries of Lucy !!!

[@georgefleming4956]

Thank you Stefan and “crew” for making this video. The video was educational and fun. I liked the “big bang” joke at the beginning and how the rhino caused a squeak as he ran over Lucy. Lol I’ll be rewatching this in the near future. Well done and again thank you.

[@BigBird3502]

One minute in and can already see such a dramatic change in your production quality - already loved your videos before and this is just awesome!

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Great work, Stefan. To me, you're up there with North02 when it comes to anthropology on youtube. Top tier content.

[@JEMCC]

That was fantastic. Thank you for putting this together so well ...Great job!

[@mindfulskills]

Stefan, I've been enjoying your videos for some time now. They are beautifully rendered in all dimensions -- research, writing, artwork and overall flow. There is just the right balance between seriousness and lightheartedness. Your voice delivers factual information in a soothing tone that speaks directly to our common fascination with origins. Congratulations on mastering BOTH your material and this medium, and keep 'em coming!

[@stefanschneider3681]

Couldn't agree more, was searching for words to express this and found them here! Thanks George, but of course: THANKS STEFAN!

[@littlehouseinthebigapple5716]

This channel is helping me so much with my schoolwork! ✊🏼 mainly because my professor is a void of nothingness on a topic I’m passionate about. Perfect timing! Settling in to take notes!

[@TheMilkMan8008]

What is your schoolwork on? What are you in school for? If it is related to this video specifically I would recomend you check out Gutsick Gibbon. Forrest Valkai has some good videos on similar things. His "A Brief History of Everything" video is 3 and a half hours long with time stamps in the comments. He goes from the big bang and to human evolution. Lots of stuff inbetween such as astrophysics, chemistry, astronomy, and so on.

[@littlehouseinthebigapple5716]

@@TheMilkMan8008 anthropology… I’m always chasing down multiple paths. I’m happy to check out your recommendations ☺️

[@javierblanco7467]

The span of time until today is just incomprehensible. Excellent video, thanks.

[@goedude83]

Absolutely beautiful video, made with devotion and love. Thank you, Stefan.

[@KilldeerCheer]

Very wonderfully-made video!! Your summary of australopithecine research was thorough enough to cover all the major points and you explained everything in a very easy-to-follow manner. I loved the atmosphere of the video and the beautiful paleoart and I especially appreciated the little bits of humor here and there. Cheers!

[@janesmith9024]

This is very good. I remember when she was discovered in about 1974 when I was quite small my father reading us items from his magazines and newspapers at the time and after that. It is wonderful to see all this put together on the film and the drawings bring it to life too.

[@roxannlegg750]

I learned all about Lucy in my Medical Science degree, when doing the anthropology module. My prof is Professor Emeritus of Anthroplology and the subject was last on my mind, but i just LOVED it. Wrote a very long essay on it in my exam. Theres a great anatomical animation called walking with lucy - and it showed how Austrolopithecus afarensis differed in structure, walk and size between modern chimps and modern humans. Fascinating subject! Great video.

[@janepage3608]

Excellent film, beautifully presented and told. Thank you.

[@williammeyer214]

Fantastic presentation, placing us in the landscape was just thrilling. I used to watch the Big Cat Diary and wonder how Lucy could have survived at all. Scavenging large kills to supplement a diet of greens and high calorie tubers seems very plausible to me. Keep up the good work.

[@neerajdeshpande1633]

Totally packed with great information, visuals, storytelling approach and overall content quality. Zero crap ❤️

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

This was very well done! Writing and imaging both come together so well to tell this story. Then again, I'm used to you doing this, so it's nothing new!

[@amanda4285]

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[@fizbinsfire]

I recently saw a lucy model or reproduction or whatever its called at the houston museum of science and like others have said, i was amazed how small hominids were at that time. Just incredible. Anyone who lives in or around houston and hasnt been to the museum must go. Its awesome.

[@FeathPymArt]

Little did they know, we would still be watching over lucy more than 3 million years later ... That got me right in the feels.

[@runristaren]

What an absolute masterpiece, Stefan! Thank you for the great content you provide, cheers from Finland!

[@englishcountrylife3805]

I agree.🇬🇧🌹🧬🧬🧬🧬

[@justhereforkicks8208]

I like the closing statement, “We’re still watching over Lucy…” I find it strange and fascinating how life just goes on and through the passage of time, little glimpses of what was can still be seen. It makes me wonder what some one will say about is some where in the far future. Will we even still be around 3 million years from now?

[@billybob-ro6qf]

Man is ETERNAL so YES we will very much still be around. Question is where will we spend eternity heaven or hell? As for me I choose Heaven & JESUS my LORD & SAVIOR. How about you?

[@XxxSuperCoolMinecraftCSGOBoy]

@@billybob-ro6qf I choose hell

[@billybob-ro6qf]

@@XxxSuperCoolMinecraftCSGOBoy if that is your choice you can have it. Question is WHY & just what in hell are you looking for. Even satan & the demons are fearful of hell & they have been trying their best to do everything they can to get out of it such as trying to kill Jesus before He was born & again trying to kill Him afterward & trying to kill the Jews God's chosen people, but his efforts are all for nothing. God has given satan his judgment & nothing can change that. But there is still hope for those of us who are alive on the earth to become born again & saved. Since your so eager to go to hell how about doing a few things now to get use to it? Something I've asked many who say they want hell, yet no takers of yet. You will be BURNING FOR ETERNITY so start by placing your hand on a hot stove does that sound enjoyable? There is no water in hell so how about going the next week without drinking a drop of anything & tell me how much fun you're having? Hell is also a place where worms crawl through your body & they never die so go get a couple worms & let them crawl in your hand. Hell also has the most horrible smells imaginable so go find the stinkiest thing you can find & put it in your bed all night. But the worst part of all is knowing you can never escape & that you didn't have to end up there! I guarantee you will do none of the things I listed because you honestly DON'T want hell. so get SAVED before it's forever to late! For those who are saved this world will be the worst it will ever get, but for those who die lost this world will be the best it will ever get. With so much pain, heartache, war, famine, sickness, etc. this world has to offer I eagerly desire HEAVEN.

[@Likelyfairy]

@@billybob-ro6qf only losers have time to write paragraphs about something completely unrelated under a video

[@lonelypancake5979]

@@billybob-ro6qf I choose hell