MinuteEarth Explains: Human Evolution

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In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we answer the question "why are you the way that you are?" And check out the Tree of Life Explorer! labs.minutelabs.io/Tree-of-Li...
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Which Fish Did We Evolve From?
• Which Fish Did We Evol...
1:31 - Are We Really 99% Chimp?
• Are We Really 99% Chimp?
4:26 - Why Are Snakes So Creepy?
• Why Are Snakes So Creepy?
6:12 - How Long Can We Live?
• How Long Can We Live?
8:58 - Outro

[@MinuteEarth]

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[@MinuteEarth]

You can explore our ape cousins here: labs.minutelabs.io/Tree-of-Life-Explorer/#/?ids=ott417969&ids=ott417957&ids=ott770315&ids=ott417949

[@monksinamoshpit]

Nah

[@campkira]

evolution can not be proved... but one fact is true.. is we all are a stardust...

[@chipchipknockout6363]

If we're a little bit banana does that mean every single time when we eat one does that make us cannibals?

[@rexythetyrannosaurusrex2897]

How about my kinds evolution?

[@dharrison6504]

I counted and there really are 127 candles on the old lady’s birthday cake

[@timusmaximus6794]

why, just why?

[@pepijnsmit7548]

Omg your A boss

[@ligiafilgueiras]

kkkkkkkkkkk

[@yellowyellerplays1498]

D Harrison that is pretty easy to do, but that’s my opinion

[@squibble311]

why did u count tho

[@Xentillus]

So my ancestors thought "aw, it's a snek with a cute little face"? Good to know.

[@d.l.7416]

WELL ACTUALLY . . . they wouldn't be your ancestors coz they woulda been eaten WELL ACTUALLY i lied some might have survived because they were lucky

[@Teetseremoonia]

Maybe it's like when people eat chilli. It's supposed to be so hot that you wouldn't want it, but people love the sensation. Maybe people like the sensation they get, when seeing a creature that triggers some reaction in our brain.

[@garethbaus5471]

@@tigeronfire9876 their ancestors were to our ancient when you go back to the time our ancestors were roughly rat sized.

[@Colopty]

Yeah my first reaction to the snake was "CUTE!". It's all coiled up into a cozy ball and has a puppy face, what's not to love?

[@blancacamarillo6915]

Same

[@GeeTransit]

me: doesnt react to snake minute earth: *you weren't supposed to do that*

[@aquilazyy1125]

I actually didn’t react to it either because I was taking a slip on my tea and didn’t notice. But I realized if it were a real snake in front of me in the forest I now probably die.

[@cookiedove659]

I got so scared I dropped my phone and screemed a little.

[@chinesemidget]

I thought it was a noodle literally

[@idioticlight]

I was in miniplayer

[@joshuaychung]

According to Minute Earth, we should have all died as a young child by a poisonous snake bite and not be able to pass on our weak non-snake-fearing genes. Instead, we live on living in a suburbia (or an urban area) where we hardly ever see a snake.

[@OmneAurumNon]

Emily: shows snek Me: Aw! What a cute danger noodle

[@alteria2714]

? Snake Discovery?

[@somepotato1743]

Swiftcloud Private ‘Danger Noodle’ has been chosen by the internet, not Emily.

[@JimPekarek]

Emily runs SnakeDiscovery, and she's awesome.

[@FraudulentBozo]

Different Emilys

[@rosin_eater]

Swiftcloud Private *y e s*

[@mikerich32]

4:35 Since I'm a snake lover and have pet snakes, my immediate reaction to that image was more like excitement, joy and intrigue, instead of instinctual fear lol

[@sheihokee4941]

i know right ? Mine was more " :| ... wait is there a problem with the vidéo ? Was it a python ? I dont remember having an open tab with snake pic... oh ! it was supposed to be a reaction-thing aha okay i get it now ! *keep pokerfacing* " Edit: Now i'm scared that our "evolved people" found a new reason to justify and keep hating on snakes in general in 2020 because they do not know them enough (excluding the phobics)

[@chrisb.7787]

Snake images don't give me a "fear" response but I do look them in they eyes as if I'm looking for it's intentions. Then I get creeped out. Feeling like something is climeing up my leg.

[@chinesemidget]

Me too 🌝

[@questionablekumquat4484]

I love snakes and when I saw it is thought awwwwww so cute.

[@Veggie_Sub2]

sameee

[@ireallyhatemakingupnamesfo1758]

I really enjoyed the first one, it’s always amazing to see other people deeply consider the tetrapod, how it first wriggled up on dry land one of those days

[@PopeGoliath]

No longer held under the smothering waves.

[@StudentInFrance]

great username

[@fbrezzy101]

That Billy and Mandy reference, Nice!!

[@plant5875]

when

[@k-c7345]

8:06

[@cosmicintervention9869]

Word that shit was mad subtle thrown in there, if you know you know 🤣

[@thomasfang6185]

grim won`t off them

[@DharmaDerelict]

It’s awesome how basically everything can be explained through statistical analytics.

[@PantheraLeo04]

the universe is ruled by math

[@kevinjohnson3521]

@@PantheraLeo04 probabilities are guesses, you live a bunch of opinions, nothing else

[@justadude8297]

i mean no it cant

[@anastrixnoodles]

*snake picture* Kate: that reaction you probably had Me: awwww, cute noodle.

[@AeroCraftAviation]

*Kate But yeah I had the same reaction. Snakes are great!

[@benjaminlum5894]

Haha, same. "Aw, snek" "Oh, was I supposed to scream?" Guess we lost our original fight or flight response. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

@@AeroCraftAviation boa constrictor is the best for me

[@chrisb.7787]

Now when you come across a baby timber rattler in the forest you will end up in the ER or worse.

[@thereza3]

Same. Snakes are awesome and I find them elegant somehow

[@IamTheHolypumpkin]

My great aunt is already 98 years old. With her great health, who knows she might make it till 100.

[@CYRILMARTINAJARO]

She better prepare to be a rival for Queen Elizabeth ll

[@corona_phoenix9108]

Queen Elizabeth already has many rivals

[@squibble311]

how is she?

[@bigmanimation]

You made me remeber my dead grand ma😞

[@Veed.l0]

I've never met anyone who didn't like snakes, they're beautiful noodles.

[@NiteshMaharjan11]

Tasty like noodles too

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

danger noodles are best noodles

[@emon2689]

@@NiteshMaharjan11 *China has entered the chat

[@rib_rob_personal]

Allow me to introduce myself.

[@zaetjshedtke]

YES YES YES YES SNEK NOODLE

[@spinne1312]

Am i the only one, who didn't react at all to the snake?

[@Uwsarii]

Yeah, and i spotted the cat first too, weird.

[@discreet_boson]

Let me predict, this comment's likes will explode

[@Zaxares]

I saw the snake first too, but my first reaction was "Oh cool, a snake!" and lean in closer. XD

[@bdiba4076]

My reaction: awww, a danger noodle

[@cbgaming7209]

When I saw the snake I just blinks and had the a small reaction, just though ‘oh, snake picture’ and lead back only a bit from the small reaction

[@aidanforcetwo3592]

*Started from the bottom now we're here*

[@user-hk8yp7cw1v]

Our existence as human beings lasts almost nothing! Let’s make the best of the time we have left to stay here ✌🏻

[@blacknews3417]

The comments??

[@timthetincan6782]

Began from the lowest point of a place now we are here

[@dishanthakur332]

@@blacknews3417 no he is quoting a meme.

[@gushollahbackatya1765]

"Started from the bottom now my whole crews f*cking here...."

[@SN.LurkinG]

Thank you for finally clearing up the whole 99% thing, I was so baffled by how that’s possible!

[@miri8851]

We are genetically closer to chimps than horses are to donkeys ... mules

[@werh227]

But this is a compilation video, they've talked about it before?

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@@miri8851 Oh? Are we? Can you link to an actual scientific study that shows that? I don't think that we can produce offspring with a chimp. Unlike that horses and donkeys can.

[@rebeccaforbes959]

Kate’s dog in the background at the beginning is so cute

[@marianne1823]

Kate is so pretty and she looks how I imagined her to look like

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

[@SwearJar1]

Dolphins also came back to italy

[@Scientastica]

SciFacts thanks for that info!

[@cloudwater7062]

Oooh

[@archenema6792]

That's because only half their brain sleeps at a time.

[@nickt9729]

hm- all I see is facts- No memes? is this even the internet?

[@asmrdaniel5156]

Evolution is such an amazing thing it’s so fascinating to me

[@isaiahbaker3597]

I highly reccomend books like The Selfish Gene, The Greatest Show on Earth, and The Blind Watchmaker. They make the wonderful depth of the subject so accesible are among my favorite books.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@@isaiahbaker3597 As well as: Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything - no evolution but so much about the AGE of the universe and the earth that YECs deny. Bill Nye: Undeniable Jerry Coyne: Why Evolution Is True

[@outofthebox9699]

Scientist have made a new discovery! Smartphones evolved from toasters, which evolved from screws, which were created by Iron molecules 1 billion years ago.

[@DepressivesBrot]

I love how like two thirds of the comment section is "Reaction to the snek? You mean awww cute?"

[@raphner2759]

Sneck*

[@muthuk]

All these years having been repeatedly told everywhere about this supposed 99% identical natural of the genes btw humans & chimpanzees not one mentioned this hugely significant detail about how we arrived at that value & the slippery slope underneath that carpet...thank u so much minute earth team!

[@plasmagreninja1577]

You can’t lose protection when you don’t have any

[@abwvlogs5012]

Lol.

[@thedoruk6324]

Summary - Advanced Brain Functionality + Adaptablity + Opposable Thumbs = *Planetary Domination*

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

yet still kil ppl with no rational motive

[@Zaxares]

Also our amazing ability to cooperate with other humans, and specialize for different tasks.

[@dogphlap6749]

Do humans really have planetary dominance though. Nematodes (worms) do not have an advanced brain, thumbs or adaptability within a species and yet they outnumber and out weigh us in total mass. Then there are fungi, bacteria and viruses that also outnumber us and will be around in some form long after our species has gone the way of the trilobites.

[@csgas0]

@@dogphlap6749 yes, we do

[@angeldude101]

@@dogphlap6749 It's not our absolute numbers or age that make us dominant. It's the fact that we fundamentally reshaped our entire habitat to suit our needs rather than relying entirely on what was readily available. And we did so across the entire globe. Our age also isn't the most impressive by absolute standards, but it's monstrously long compared to what it should be for similar animals.

[@kaloz4259]

5:50 I saw the snake and cat on the same frame, The third one. Also when you showed the snake and expected for everyone to freak out I didn't. My reaction was Awww. For some reason I love snakes and even find them cute 😍

[@Secret666]

I really enjoyed this format, thanks for the great and entertaining content :)

[@sagacious03]

Quite interesting, & easily informative! Thanks for uploading!

[@Scientastica]

Perfect! Evolution is fascinating! It is thought that humans got large brain cells because they started cooking food!

[@shovonreza1424]

Good video on covid19!

[@tech-wondo4273]

Btw, Humans cook food cause it makes it saves up half of the time and effort our body makes for us to digest food so we'd do other stuff, such as using our Brains, not just all our lives searching for food and water like animals

[@campkira]

evolution can not be proved... but one fact is true.. is we all are a stardust...

[@tech-wondo4273]

@@campkira i agree but what do you mean by star dust? Exceptionally gifted compared to other beings?

[@sharronhankins7722]

@@tech-wondo4273 🤔🤔

[@jennykitkat181]

5:44 I think my snake detector is damaged, I took notice of the kitty in frame 2 and the snake in frame 5

[@ZetaFuzzMachine]

I always learn stuff with you guys! Keep it up

[@maizitelietuu]

4:35 Everybody: "ew, creepy, get it out of here!" Me: "awwww, he's such a cutie! uwu"

[@Bruh4.]

Rebeka no everybody is thinking that it’s cute so stop pretending to be special

[@capreesan302]

@@Bruh4. FPBP

[@freyathewolf4909]

@d4isuke ' it's a harmless python, it cannot kill you

[@tommymarberry3272]

I did not react with fear to the snake but I felt compassion

[@GhostXVll]

Your MC1R gene is gorgeous and I love it.

[@thanhavictus]

This is one of the best summaries of comparative genomics ive ever seen

[@TheFuturistTom]

I’ve been watching Minute Earth for years. That is why I was inspired to make my own channel!

[@catmananimation2974]

3:39 *lets eat grandpa*

[@floofypoofybread]

6:13 : I really like snakes That one doggo in the back: It's treason then

[@pixieskitty]

thank you for making this video

[@charlesphilips2045]

Hi Kate, big fan of stick-figure you and the real you, and also your lovely hyena lounging behind you. MinuteEarth videos always make my day.

[@thescribeswife]

When i saw the snake, i only looked at it before going "what? I'm confused." Idk if this is a good thing or not

[@Erine120]

Same..is it bad that we didn’t have a reaction Like maybe we’re more likely then most to get eaten by snake cause of our lack of reaction or fear

[@HemanthSG]

Sooo informative, thanks again, great video.

[@febeocampo9266]

3:11 I love that little note though.

[@andrefilipe6345]

How about making a minute of the earth on lucid dreams? I think it will be very cool the subject is interesting

[@cinnamondreams]

47 mins ago neat

[@moel-mufatish8438]

U commenter this 10hours ago but it tells me the video was published 37secs ago

[@athbug]

It tells me it was 4 mins ago lol

[@wintersfan]

How Is This 10 Hours Ago?? This Video was uploaded 5 Mins Ago!

[@kaizillakingofthemultivers7881]

Juniper Cookie I’m telling you we didn’t come from evolution

[@vashhhhhhh]

4 minutes for me XD

[@xeno9889]

I learned so much things from this video

[@MegaLol2xd]

I like how segmented this video is, is this a new KZbin feature? I'd like to see more of that.

[@taymmartin6427]

Im waiting for just a guy without a mustache to comment

[@llkk3557]

?

[@A_melody_]

?

[@orionthewildhunt9173]

?

[@werh227]

Y'all don't know him?

[@somepotato1743]

*M E G A O F F E N D E D*

[@cookiedove659]

Emily : Suddenly ows snake Everyone in the comment section: Normal Me : Drops my phone screaming *Y..yo..you should have warned me*

[@preachan7432]

5:08 that animaition is ... wow

[@DeviantFish]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL SO MUCH. Do all their presenters smirk when they're talking all the time? Or is it only in front of a camera?

[@lsynno]

Great video. Also if you want to know more check out Richard Dawkins "the selfish gene". Great book.

[@Medhead101]

Extended phenotype is good also. It says that phenotypic effects in the external world can contribute to the frequency of gene alleles (example the dam is an extended phenotype of the beaver as the dam helps the beavers fitness or in other words, increases the frequencies of some alleles in the gene pool)

[@aidendoesstuff185]

Me: accidentally clicks on this video instead of a meme video Also me: welp, i guess ima watch this now.

[@goziexleo]

Kate's voice is good stuff, makes details easy to pick up.

[@MowizosCrib]

I don’t know when you decided to start showing your face on camera, but it was a great call. 👍🏾 Your personality adds to the already enjoyable content.

[@nnb_az122]

Let the war begin

[@manassable]

Maybe that 15% banana genes evolved into that thing between my legs😆

[@CuteLittleHen]

A moment of silence for this soul, please.

[@miri8851]

Ummm you know when you’re a embryo you had a vagina right? Same reason you have nipples. Embryology.

[@manassable]

@@miri8851 I know, I am a science student as well, it was supposed to be a joke🙂

[@Steph737]

🥰💖Thanks for explaining this!

[@Sooper-Pumpkin]

Wait so if the boney fish turned into humans were just getting our revenge on the ray fined fish by eating them

[@daneroberts1996]

I'm here for that doggo snoozing in the background

[@36gih]

I love the dog in the back, so relaxed

[@fornia0367]

i hope the dog in the background had a good snoozle

[@aquamech154]

I saw this unlisted in their playlist, kinda neat

[@balakmanivannan6283]

I learn something new every time I watch his channel

[@braxtonwinfrey3334]

This was such a great video

[@iseal8375]

4:35 Kate: Like, 4:36 Snake: appears 4:36 Me: Oh hi snaky fella 4:39 Kate: That reaction you prabably just had 4:40 Me: Kate how is that good from an "evolutionary point of veiw"

[@balteric1962]

Love the dog in the background

[@matheusschultz2438]

I liked the hidden mention of Billy and Mandy haha Awesome video! Thank you @MinuteEarth

[@carolandrews-et8pt]

Many Thanks Emma

[@IrocZIV]

I had wondered about this for a while.

[@Evolutionstrigger]

Putting out content non stop while corona I see

[@Kirito_2016]

The inbuilt time stops are cool.

[@albertesteva9684]

this girl is amazing. loved he video. EXTREMELY and effectively informative.

[@fireindehose6253]

Yo the green fish turned to humans to get revenge against the yellow fishes

[@aashishpranavkattula1452]

if we are 50 percent bananas does that mean are eating 50 percent of our own relatives?

[@Nadx.x]

What a cute dog in the background, 😉

[@volcanotnt6956]

Me: doesn't eat bananas 80% of my gene: you weren't supposed to do that

[@haroonzia1201]

Great video! Well-explained and animated. Appreciate your efforts with everything else going on 👍🏼 Subscribed! :)

[@kritankunwar4776]

You guys should make a video on the red queen effect of virus and humans and also the evolutionary nature of virus, when an immunosuppressed patient tries to fend against the virus, creating a stronger strain.

[@mrwaldoful]

Great video

[@cloudwater7062]

I love this vid :)

[@cloudwater7062]

I do too!!!!

[@abdooresrach6407]

arti4you.com/characteristics-of-civilization/

[@dinoattack2]

Hey, I really love this video! I also learned a lot from it! Can you give me some sources so if ever the people I share this to will ask about it

[@lordneojacks]

Smiles have a strong effect in my attention

[@ravineshsingh3033]

8:03 billy mandy ref

[@nuhUh_locks_in]

Awww look at your dog in the backround

[@ione2346]

Oh, I was always adored by her voice, now can see that she is so cute and beautiful 😊🧡

[@kokichiouma1608]

That dog in the back is so cute

[@colorado841]

4:15 I don't know about you but I tested myself a while ago, and I am pretty sure I am %100 bananas.

[@prathambhardwaj2009]

Idk why but i just absolutely love her voice

[@darkwisp7434]

5:47 it's like somebody is moving my eyes to look at the snake

[@hi-ns3dv]

I like how they talk about sad things but still be able to make puns

[@earthterra8546]

Amazing video really when I speak about Evolution I'm always happy and yeah we evolved and we are still evolving our look didn't change much and its because we made every place on the planet fit for us so its kinda block our Evolution from the outside

[@angeldude101]

While it's wrong to say evolution or natural selection have completely stopped, negative traits that would be weeded out through natural selection are much slower to die out because we put so much effort into helping with those traits live a full life leading to them being passed on when they otherwise wouldn't.

[@mdelles]

omg that sleepy doggo in the background...

[@perrinhuff3583]

Omg yes

[@dogwooddraws8598]

*pic of snake gets shown* My brain: Awwwwwww! So cute!

[@DragoniteSpam]

When I was a kid I was pretty much the only person I knew who liked snakes, and the number of people in the comments appreciating them now makes me happy.

[@gamma6636]

I actually was happy when u showed the snake

[@azaleabread1641]

my reaction to the snake only made my heart jump for a sec but I think My mind has learned that hey, That might be a harmless snake

[@mysterysoloman7477]

When the snake part came up, my reaction was, "Is that a ball python or another type of python?"

[@maestrulgamer9695]

5:50-I saw both of the animals at the 4th frame.

[@ZiaKhan-np4wp]

i had never laughed so much 😂

[@hayden1038]

My reaction was awww it's so cute!

[@eliscerebralrecyclingbin7812]

Cool!

[@WeeklyLexi]

4:35 guess my ancestors greeted the snake with a hug and kiss!