Part Ape, Part Human: The Fossils of Malapa | Nat Geo Live

Professor Lee Berger and his son stumble across an amazing find in South Africa - two-million-year-old fossils of an unknown species of ape-like creatures.
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[@magickmoi1261]

What a great story. Amazing synchronicity!! I love that his son made the first discovery

[@JoeyFiveandDimes]

Children often have fresh 'eyes' without the biases and preconceptions of adults .

[@gogogravity]

What a great speaker. I couldn't pull myself away from this. And I can't believe I didn't come across this discovery until now!

[@donaburns7912]

I’ve been following these discussions for quite a while. I’m absolutely fascinated. If I was not disabled and 70 years old I’d be in Africa NOW. Actually, if I had the means to do so I’d go as quickly as I could get packed for the trip! Despite the complications. Yeah yeah, bad grammar but great desire and great adventure.

[@mwj5368]

Hi Dona! You have the desire, which means a lot. I wonder if you could be a first that could open a huge door to other disabled people to be able to pursue archeology and get like a grant or a foundation to back you and go there. You could write about the experience and inspire a lot of disabled people and people in general. Just a thought and only my amateur view.

[@donaburns7912]

mwj5368 - Thank you for your words and incredible idea. I would be thrilled to have such an opportunity!

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

He would make a great teacher. This could have been dry but he made it very interesting.

[@janbadinski7126]

In order to get a doctoral or master's degree it's part of the discipline to teach for a period of time.

[@michelangelobuonarroti916]

Agree. He's a very good story-teller.

[@nicholasboyarko282]

Yes I agree, I was lucky enough to have had great teachers.

[@janbadinski7126]

Me too. They change my life for the better in countless ways. I'm truly blessed in that area.

[@cbattles]

Who are you working for?

[@TheBiscult]

I do wish id been able to watch this four years ago. I gave up on my archaeology and anthropology degree (due to other many other factors as well ie chch eq but mainly) because I was given the misguided advise that "everything of importance and relevance had already been discovered" message of all out there who have been given the same illusion "follow what your heart says... not what other peoples voices say"

[@KinguCooky]

"everything of importance and relevance had already been discovered" What an astonishingly naive view to have, especially from someone in the sciences. What rotten advice for an enthusiastic student. Oh to prove him wrong would have been a fine thing.

[@n.phillips4093]

T.S Timperley silly girl

[@mwj5368]

Hi T.S.Timperley! You are very wise about recognizing, listening to one's heart, which means a lot about the great potential you have within you many don't have. Maybe you now have a 4 yr undergrad degree possibly in the social sciences. I wonder if you could combine that and go to grad school in archeology. I know funding isn't available like it was years ago when I was a student, yet with a will there's a way and get a grant from some foundation that empowers women to excel. Maybe Prof Berger would have a good idea for you. Write to him, and also one of the spilunkers (sp?) who actually went into the caves. With all the cave sites he discovered maybe you could conduct an exploration of one of those for your doctorate or for your masters be able to go there with your thesis project etc. Maybe you could put together some unusual combination like have a masters or 4 yr degree (maybe you only need one more year for a double undergrad major) and combine that with scuba diving training. I think it's called NAUI certification and wow you could be hired for some way out marine archaeological adventure in the Black Sea, or in the harbor of Alexandria in Egypt. I think marine archeology with all the new technology etc is opening huge doors, or get some special training at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and you be leaps and bounds ahead of other scientists. I'm also thinking of the Mayan civilization, or in China, discoveries with the new tomography or imaging that's revealing spectacular finds never before seen, or like with DNA research opening doors of that Denisova cave and getting a grant to explore caves near to the present main cave they are excavating in Siberia. Also with climate change all the glaciers receding (sad fact but a new door) where you could design a grant project to explore regions with serious glacial melt and find something from like the "copper age" or "new stone age" before it is lost to decomposition. I think there's so much happening scientists can't keep up. Get in on some project and write a book about it and one venture leads to another. Imagine too that site in south Spain where the serious evidence is leading to Atlantis having been buried due to some tsunami. Maybe you could devise ways to excavate there in extremely difficult below sea level soils etc. and unearth some of Atlantis. Even unearthing some of Atlantis would open a huge door, or make world news. I get carried away, but somehow did here, but all only from my amateur view. I hope I helped even in some small way.

[@MegaShahrear]

less than 0.1 percent havent discover yet

[@reason5591]

The human race will completely die off, yet we will still not have learned all that this great planet posesses

[@deaconsmom2000]

I expected a boring lecture, but this was great. Dr. Berger is an engaging speaker and also something of a cutie.

[@eddysaul4582]

This is a wonderful example of what the net is good for, the excitement of discovery and the thrill of learning. I have a smile a mile wide watching this!!! And such a great raconteur!

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

@Eddy Saul: I had a very wide smile as well! I love these great videos!

[@eddysaul4582]

@john smith Yes, but they reveal themselves as soon as they type, it's like walking down the street, ignore the 'end is nigh' ranters and the prostitutes and drunks... Take what you want and leave the rest

[@carbon-basedrcavatar3214]

@john smith denighers?

[@dpcealla]

Another piece in the endless quest to sort out the puzzle of our origins!

[@avigindratt7608]

THat's a great way to put it.

[@michelebriere9569]

Am I the only one watching this incredulously, holding my breath, and then saying oooh?

[@petermiesler9452]

what are you talking about?

[@Itsme-gp9vy]

Yes

[@KinguCooky]

Never underestimate the amount of hard work that is done by those who seek to unearth our origins and bring the tangible remnants of our past into our lives.

[@mjpotter5880]

Read the Bible

[@ramonguzman475]

@cyberfloater Someone created a moron with you.

[@clydesimpson2508]

@@mjpotter5880 Amen

[@clydesimpson2508]

Amen

[@clydesimpson2508]

@Smack You chaps who pride yourselves on your rationality and scientific approach, how about this? Logic tells me if this represents some step in the evolutionary process, why are these fossils so rare? By Berger's own admission, over a decade of digging with colleagues, quote ".....we found remarkably little in those sites .... I have to remind you these early human ancestor fossils are probably some of the rarest sought after objects on planet earth .... they will go through their entire careers and never find a single piece of one of these in the wild ..... the perceived rarity of these things makes even tiny fragments valuable..." Surely, as these "hominids" mated and multiplied, there should be a corresponding increase in fossil "population" to find. Simple logic! This against the eternal word of God which tells us in Genesis 1v24 "And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good." And again God's word tells in Genesis 1v26 "Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” There is no missing link. Animals are animals and operate on God-given instincts, whilst humans have a conscience, are capable of rational thought, planning, etc, etc, etc. "The fool has said in his heart, there is no God"

[@ramonguzman475]

We are not at the pinnacle of discovery, we are just starting our journey. We have got a world to explore. That is, if we don't destroy it first. Did the miners blow up a bunch of fossils while using dynamite 100 + years ago.

[@kimokla3874]

Excellent yes they destroyed and messed up Many sites, Leakey sad!

[@survivortechharold6575]

People can't destroy the world, the world will remain with or without people on it. Very egotistical to think people are the world.

[@ramonguzman475]

@@survivortechharold6575 The world is bigger than humans, if that's what you call "people." Now, the world as we know it could be destroyed as human habitat. Probably humans won't finish the entire planet, granted. According to some old mythology, there have been 4 or 5 "suns" before. Meaning that perhaps humans, or some other species have inhabited this planet before, and had a culture. Perhaps those unexplained ancient monolithic walls are a clue. My point is that we are polluting the planet so bad that entire species could be lost to extinction before we even realize that they exist. That's the destruction that we are causing. Environmental destruction.

[@fastasali5498]

Ramon Guzman You took the words right out of my mouth!👌🏽

[@douglashanlon1975]

did they blow them up or uncover them...a fine distinction worthy of consideration.....as a person in love with rocks I love road cuts...did the road builder destroy or expose?

[@ThePorkupine73]

WOW! What a great discovery. The discovery that there is MUCH more to discover.

[@danielmedina7817]

Outstanding presentation of outstanding information. I'm an historian, I think I missed my calling by a wee bit.

[@glam0r0us]

its strange how much of this is not acknowledged in education classes.

[@sticknstonesbrkbones]

This makes me want to be a professional fossil hunter. Could you imagine digging for 17 yrs and finding nothing but elk bones and then your kid comes to the site one day and while playing happens to trip over the discovery of a lifetime! Unbelievable! Lesson, don't look to hard for something or you won't find it, relax, have fun, things will fall into place(like the teeth that fell into his hand) lol everyone was on a break relaxing when that discovery was made.

[@IIVVBlues]

As the ages do roll, we will cease to exist as a species before we know all there is to know about our species. Still, I am glad that I live in such an exciting time where the internet grants me access to what is presently known. As humans, we are always on the cusp of discovery.

[@einienj3281]

This is what passion for what You do sounds like! ♥️

[@SPAGHETTIMONSTER1]

Now I'm getting kinda confused, (again) Australopithecus sediba is I think the ones in this video! lol if this guys kid is 9 yrs old at the time of the find it is the same.. anyways the point I was making of the little guys from Indonesia is that they "little people" where "myths" until found, but were being reported by locals as real and alive!

[@allenevans6478]

The first humans, ancestors of every human alive today, evolved about 200,000 years ago in Eastern Africa. So no matter what the color of your skin, your language, your country, we are all distant cousins.

[@filonin2]

Well duh. The same can be said for literally all life on the planet since we all have a single common ancestor.

[@jgfrakes2736]

No. Caucasians came out of the north, from the area of the Caucuses Mountain Range, in Russia. So did the Native Americans, Eskimos, Aleuts, etc.

[@jgfrakes2736]

Whats the common ancestor, an ameoba? I dont think so. Why wouldn't all life on Earth evolve at the same rate, then, and why are there still amoeba on Earth, wouldn't they have evolved?

[@filonin2]

@@jgfrakes2736 "why are there still amoeba on Earth, wouldn't they have evolved?" This question is so wrong that it very clearly shows you have no idea what evolution even is. Let me ask you, if Americans come from Europeans, why are there still Europeans? Maybe because there's still a Europe? Now try to make the logical leap kiddo, why could amoebas still exist if they were our common ancestor, which they weren't? Could it be that there's still an ecological niche to fill, you uneducated tool? Go to school; you sorely need basic human knowledge. It's 2019 kiddo, stop acting like you were born in 1419.

[@davidjackson6152]

Its more like 6000 yrs. in Mesopotamia.

[@CadetCalamity]

Amazing, watching this makes me wish that I was smarter and did better in school so that I could spend my life making such incredible discoveries. Also, Professor Lee Berger is such an engaging speaker. I was never bored listening to him :)

[@jenniferharwood4296]

Never too late! Do what you want to do. Don't let anything stop you.

[@DScottWhitaker]

Lee Berger is my hero... seriously

[@velvetunderpants44]

Love the passion

[@nelsonalves7539]

Okay, Mogley.

[@SuperYuefei]

Because the appearance of a new branch of species do not necessarily equate to the extinction of the parent species. All life supposedly spawned from simpler lifeforms , multi-cellular from single-celled, Vertebrates from Invertebrates. Yet, the more primative lifeforms still exists on earth today.

[@stanleyhood4343]

Might look into why these primitive life forms are still here when advanced forms are now extinct.

[@summerbrooks9922]

@@stanleyhood4343 This remains a salient question. A very special thinker, you are. Speculation might help. Suppose greater intellect became associated with a genetic predisposition toward lung problems or infections of the bladder, it some other weakness? Great Danes are magnificent dogs, but predisposed to premature death. Some small birds live only four months. If a high IQ got associated with early death, then game over.

[@RP-fm6fn]

The most important word in your entire statement - "supposedly" (that is not a "scientific" concept.). Scientists "prove" things (they don't suppose) by observation and experimentation repeatedly - there is none of that in this video or any other evolutionary presentation. Was it a nice find - yes - is there any proof that this thing was a human - none.

[@dalvanelson109]

I don’t get tired of listening to him!

[@Reaper1947]

What a great story for a father and son to tell. TheReaper!

[@dansbrown1313]

I'm very happy to have come across this amazing video. Thankyou Nat Geo!

[@drakekay6577]

14:59 Pro before he is even an adult! BADASS!!!!!

[@ErisFae]

Loved the whole thing! Thanks for posting it. ^^

[@edwardcoyle5425]

Consider a planet filled with thousands of tribes of distantly related, upright walking apes occassionally interbreeding.

[@katherinecompton6591]

Hello, I appreciate this video but, with both my laptop and the video itself, my volumes are at full blast and am having a difficult time hearing this.

[@carlosmejia5728]

Clean your 👂's

[@gn3441]

Bring dogs to a bone searching expedition. .. revolutionary!

[@rodneycaupp5962]

That dog, is a Rhodesian Ridgeback. I have one sleeping on the floor right behind me. If you want a real " PAL ", ...get a Ridgeback.

[@jackandblaze5956]

Was walking a Rottweiler through the woods one day & happened upon an archiological dig in progress. One person digging tossed the dog a 20,000 year old piece of a bison bone. The dog knew exactly what it was & it was HER treasure at that point.

[@ramonguzman475]

@@jackandblaze5956 Probably after 20,000 years the bone have lost its nutritional value. However, some minimal amounts of calcium, collagen, and perhaps proteins or amino acids still remain. I have no idea, my knowledge of chemistry is almost zero. However, I have seen dogs eating things that shouldn't be eaten. And, once a dog gets a bone, it won't let go of it. It is his treasure. Good story.

[@theloneranger8725]

@@jackandblaze5956 Hold on here. Nobody I know throws away a 20,000 year old bone of any species. Are you sure they didn't have a KFC box down in that hole?

[@jackandblaze5956]

@@theloneranger8725 - yeah I thought that was odd. It was a college student from UTSA - said it was a Native American campsite.

[@mushashi8]

Dynamite has not been used for many years but Gelignite is the usual explosive that has been in use in use for many many more years.

[@AmboyBoy]

you gotta love this man's passion for his work.

[@stephentice3296]

I really appreciate the clarity of explanation and the summary of available evidence. The theory of the evolution of modern humans rests on a couple thousand fossil bone fragments. 7 partial hominid skull fossils, otherwise mostly teeth. And 2 sediba partial skeletons... from a dead end branch of the pre-hominid tree (i.e. "part ape, part human" pointing to an earlier common ancestor).

[@jimagnew1643]

Like many other people, while I am cooking I like to watch KZbin, but it's a shame that the people that put things on KZbin never check the sound on a phone, the volume is so low that it can't be heard about the sound of eggs being bould. It's a shame.

[@kimjaxson8671]

Bould??? What is that?

[@gretebremseth1622]

Kim jaxson Lol! :D

[@GAR9BALDI]

Apes have 48 chromosomes, Humans 46. Downs syndrome, 47.

[@Jarel8787]

I thought this was gonna be boring coz its live, but it turned out to be exciting :)

[@denisehall4818]

Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

[@denisehall4818]

@Paladine ......and someone came along with the right knowledge

[@grandpied]

Every time I play the lotto, I'm at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@denisehall4818]

@@grandpied Keep Trying.

[@nelsonalves7539]

Yeah, lucky he had all that natgeo money to "search" with.

[@nelsonalves7539]

@@denisehall4818 It was Mogley with a full wallet.

[@daleandrews9356]

The closest thing to the "missing link" yet! My Evolution(Biology 352) professor at McNeese State University professor in Lake Charles, LA from the '70s would be smiling!

[@drunkvegangal8089]

Dale Andrews - I think anthropology has also evolved since the 1970s. When I was studying human evolution (Grad 2015), I was taught there is no missing link(s). We hominids were all on branches of 'the family tree' but not in a linear fashion - not even, necessarily, on the same branch. Nonetheless, I am absolutely certain your inspirational Prof is smiling :D Imagine him finding out about how most modern humans carry Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA!

[@drunkvegangal8089]

Oops - new discoveries tho. New discoveries, like this amazing one, can help put more branches/twigs/leaves on our 'family tree'.

[@davidjackson6152]

They arent old, they arent humanoid. THE EMPORER HAS NO CLOTHES.

[@xLALAx95]

Im sat here watching this documentary when im suppose to be studying for my up-coming exams... ohwell, at least this is educational! haha

[@marianserra8371]

I so love Google Earth.

[@Larsanator]

I bet he doesn't dare go to South Africa now.

[@RP-fm6fn]

South Africa is a wonderful place - it gets a bad rap because of the way the news covers it in this country but I lived there for 22 years and would go back in heart beat. It has some of the most wonderful people and some of the most beautiful scenery. The best game reserve in the world, Krueger Park is there. Capetown is probably the world's most beautiful city. It may not hold together for ever but, for now, it is fantastic - I love it!

[@ritterlott9914]

@@RP-fm6fn as long as your black

[@RP-fm6fn]

@Soaring Hawk Have you been there?

[@RP-fm6fn]

@@ritterlott9914 Have you been there?

[@JackKangaroo1]

Science has been, and shall remain, our salvation as a species. All of the advances in discovery that have given us a better world have evolved out of science. It is men like Professor Berger from whom we can find enlightenment, not from priests and ministers and rabbis who are the purveyors of religion and its stagnation of the mind. And as he says in this lecture, there is still so much more to discover in this world that we live in. Look to science for the answers.

[@avigindratt7608]

Not so sure about that. I think it depends on how we use science. At present humans are abusing science on a global scale. For example, the threat of nuclear holocaust or environmental destruction. These crises strike me as more 'scientific' than 'religious' in nature. However, religious dogma does cause mental stagnation, which threatens the species in the ways that you mention, and I agree that if anything will 'save us' from our own destruction, it is the proper application of science.

[@foxtail803]

I loved this speaker...he story was heart felt

[@dhirujrambaran]

Excellent, stunning, I have no other words to describe this.

[@ThePorkupine73]

If the Pilgrims came from England, why are the English still around?

[@yellowjag]

Because all the English weren't Pilgrims

[@XlAnonymousUserlX]

Checkmate, atheists.

[@getredytagetredy]

ThePorkupine73 ...The Pilgrims came from lieden , Netherlands to Plymouth, America.

[@76rjackson]

Again a creationist confusing social and biological evolution. Why do you even bother?

[@allenrussell1947]

Read this and chuckled....😀

[@napoliansolo7865]

Were there bite holes in the top of the skulls? A big cat may have brought these skeletons to it's cave.

[@mrawesome2742]

Lee Berger is the new Leakey. The rockstar of paleo anthropology

[@DreadiAotearoa]

Im going to hold back but... The most obvious sign of evolution for the layman is the fact that everyone is unique to their parents.

[@cortical1]

The content of this is amazing but, as a scientist I must say, he reminds the audience "I am one of the few world experts on this" about five times more than necessary.

[@dalehankins2652]

Fantastic find and great video.

[@guynorth3277]

Super great message, something like this could so inspire a young mind; interesting video.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

No human ever was part ape . We have always been 100% ape .

[@meanscene914]

True but i idk about NG anymore.

[@markjgaletti57]

they cover up a lot from what I read and if it's true half the things I know and comment on are false making me an idiot

[@RobinPillage.]

@@markjgaletti57 what are the sources saying this? are they legit or some pseudoscience or creationist foolishness?

[@lovebug672]

I really like him.. very down to earth and funny! He should teach

[@thegreengenie]

mind blowing,thank you proff.

[@SmileChicky]

I'm proud when I was a teenager I was into anthropology, and spent my time reading and researching it for fun. Cause now as a 21 year old adult, this stuff still makes me ridiculously excited and happy. My friends can't say the same about alcohol and wagging class :)

[@Bootrosgali]

Proffessor Lee "fukkyeahh back of the net" Berger

[@pmckin92]

skeletons like this have been found in the U.S. and all over the world. too. Skeletons way larger than the one he's found. The question is. Where are those skeletons now. 10 foot skeletons just don't vanish. Love lock caves

[@janbadinski7126]

Finding skeletal remains doesn't mean they are of the same genus or species. It says that there was other relatives of humans in the area. Their genetic profile is probably different than what is common today.

[@GarnettM]

I just thought of something quite simple to grasp --If you want to find where you were originated LOOK DOWN your world begins at your feet --Great find !!

[@snakeguy76]

I remember doing radiotracking in 2000 and the gps finders were no good. I had to use Army gps finders graciously lent to me by USFWS.

[@michelangelobuonarroti916]

Within this century, will there come to be any type of mobile, ground penetrating energy source which is able to "see" bones?

[@stannousflouride8372]

If one compares the geo-phys equipment seen on Time Team circa 1994 with what is available today it is as if it is a whole new technology. I think that, yes, it is inevitable and that when they do they will be able to 3D model it as well.

[@roxannenelson8427]

Fascinating and what a awesome find...

[@jrgee173]

THE FIRST GPS I USED I NEVER HEARD OF IT NEVER SEEN ONE ANYWERE AND NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS. WHEN I FIRST USED IT I WAS LIKE WOW. I PROBABLY FELT LIKE WHEN SOMEONE WINS THE LOTTERY

[@napoliansolo7865]

I always tell people "be careful of what you know, cause you could be wrong". (Because he just knew it had to be an antelope fossil.)

[@sharlenecarpenter1003]

how about that rh negative blood that scientist can't explain

[@FastNCurious88]

Sharlene Carpenter hi. I’m Rebekah, I’m A- and I approve of this comment ^^^^^ LOL

[@FastNCurious88]

eileen MAIZE Carey indeed! Although, mine and my beliefs and what I’ve experienced may be a little too crazy for you haha (because sometimes it’s too crazy for *me* ;) )

[@rajasarapi8082]

The DOG was the key. Congratulations.

[@yvonnethompson844]

we came from, initially, a creature that had a strange mutation for it's species, the hips rotated first, then the rest of us came along through the same basic mechanisms. something that worked better than what was before became dominant, each change opened up more and more ways to survive. the other body types lasted as long as they did and are usually killed off by an extreme change they could not adapt to. the remaining species are even now going through subtle changes not always seen

[@ladyyun]

this gave me chills.

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

I thought he was going to say...as I turned it over it said...Made in China.

[@tyereksmith8946]

Nice

[@laychyetan7466]

designed by the usa

[@l3eaver]

The word “I” sure is mentioned quite abit 😬

[@TheKrystahlPhoenix]

The only part of this I didn't like, is the fact it's only 28 minutes long :D I wish this was a 2 hour show or something. Totally loved it!!! *cheers*

[@samsalamander8147]

This is amazing

[@eddieking2976]

I was impressed by how articulit the kid appeared. I think that moment he discovered the hominid fossil sealed his fate as a scientist, lol.

[@2degucitas]

The kid has a South African accent. That's how much time he's spent there.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

What a fortuitous discovery. In fact one might even say that it's a rather providential discovery. In fact, one inclined to believe in the divine might think he's trying to tell us something...

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@greglogan7706 Lol. You kind of turned it around on me didn't you. Well that's alright. As long as you're not an advocate of pseudoscience, the way I see it we can still be friends. As I mentioned, I don't believe in God but it still seems like the evidence is so ubiquitous and so complete that if one does believe that, it's like God is trying to tell you something. And if God wants you to believe in evolution, then why don't you? That question keeps popping up and there's no good answer other than "I do.". Thanks for the reply. :) I'm just out the door so if you reply, I'll see it tomorrow. Cheers.

[@1943maryellen]

Wonderful Video! Thank You!💕👍🏻

[@colinp2238]

Truly amazing.

[@houstonbigfooter]

And people say bigfoot is fake lmao,go spend some time in the woods.i bet you'll change your mind.

[@LadyintheWoods]

You tell'em Houston lol...we can show them some things eh? ;)

[@grassfireu]

It's hard to understand, HB, why all things sasquatch became taboo for the scientific community all those years ago and remained that way. That aspect, at this point, is probably more interesting to me than the mystery of BF itself.

[@timbeck8803]

I KNOW bigfoot is real , for a fact.

[@carlosmejia5728]

@Daniel Paulson🔊 it takes way more than mere photographs to prove something..

[@jimieljoseph2322]

I do tell people to venture in the woods but all are too afraid and could not accept the truth.

[@jimbones155]

Nothing can be discerned from fossils, except what scientist decide fits their evolutionary model.

[@whymelord5695]

Facinating how some things never change

[@kawaii2525]

@ 22:50, his colleague is holding a left humerus hahah

[@sarenabarrett7929]

Part Ape, Part Human? Sounds redundant. If something is part human then by definition it is AT LEAST part ape. Humans ARE apes.

[@methodsignature]

I'm pretty sure his audience knew he was referring to "lesser apes" (maybe just not his youtube audience).

[@richardmennel2415]

I'm sure people with a little common sense knows what he meant. If this actually needs to be explained to you I'm sure the whole discussion will need explained to you too.

[@aroblucky]

when you find find a child and a female together ????????? there is so more information.

[@cynthiaestrada8318]

yes! There more out there!

[@katiekat4457]

Wow. His story has really changed from when he originally found his fossils. Completely different story now.

[@jeffhubbard4688]

In what way has it changed?

[@rrpearsall]

I never knew these early humans are just shattered little fragments.. Now I'm wondering if these "experts" are putting together pieces to fit the puzzle of their imagination??

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

do not confuse American cultists with Christians, Christians love, and seek the truth...Christians love science

[@mirzamay]

KY2 AQW I'm a Christian and I love science. But I also didn't take me head off and throw it away and decide thats nuff lernins for me.

[@donhouse2920]

yes

[@CHAS1422]

@Jal1515 Yep, it's just you. He was trying to explain that he recognized minute details that might otherwise have been overlooked, because he had deeply studied the morphology of exactly what he was observing. I thought he was indicating how a narrow scope of his study actually, and coincidentally paid off in his field observations. I saw no egotism in his assessment. I only saw the elation of discovery, and the payoff of a narrow scope-detailed phd thesis. Bravo for his hard work.

[@Anthony_in_Bloomington_Indiana]

I really did chuckle when I read that! I like your dry sense of humor :)

[@jonnysee2948]

This title is misleading. Saying "part ape, part human" is like saying part cow, part bovine, or something like that. HUMANS ARE APES. :) Of course there are transition fossils, you'd expect that given 'evolution'.

[@franksmith7271]

Anybody else catch his mis-location of the humorous?

[@lorrainelaraway6100]

Such lies!

[@stannousflouride8372]

Anybody else catch his misspelling of the humerus?

[@Drkhidhir]

even though i don't understand most of the words and terms coming out of his mouth. i find this very fascinating

[@yvonnethompson844]

aware of the options to chose from, and would like to refer you to a surviving example of a transitional type form even simpler than the various shapes found in the great ape lines, the mud skipper has front limbs. the bone structure for the shoulders and arms are found in this fish and it still has the outer structure of fin where later developments get fingers. basicaly a surviving example of how the earliest land animals were.

[@mikekeenan820]

THE MISSING LINK No need for Neanderthal cousins. We are the missing link - At the centre, the equilibrium That balances good and evil World of spirit and darkest evil Attracted to both Capable of either Pushed and pulled. A puck dropped at centre ice We can zip into either net Depending on the heroics - What transpires on thin ice.

[@TheHaratashi]

So humans are the missing link between apes and humans - that makes no sense at all.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Nope

[@poolbear2160]

He turned it over and it said "Made in Taiwan".

[@rowdeo8968]

Sad, but as fun as motorcycles are, they are pretty deadly if you are in an accident. My husband's med practice saw terrible head injuries, leg amputations, arm amputations, spinal cord injuries, etc what a pitty the poor guy died. This is very neat presentation.

[@Sara3346]

Two motorcycles have to do with this sooner at all?

[@ingridgott1]

I love nat geo period

[@Barkeroni]

awww how cute. You know whats funny? You can turn over all the hominid fossils to the dissenters of evolution (i.e. creationists) and they cant even come to a consensus of which are ape and which a human. It is quite funny! Oh and we would have a great time asking them to classify lots of the reptile to mammal transitions.

[@AtamMardes]

An invisible magician in the sky named God magically made a fully grown Adam from dirt and then magically made a fully grown Eve from the rib of Adam; both of whom had no childhood, no interaction with others, and no knowledge of good/bad, no time to learn and speak a language, and no used car salesman experience, yet the rational God decided to pin a sin on them by setting them up to be outwitted by a talking snake. LOL

[@appiehartman1864]

@@AtamMardes It was a very hard time, in the old testament.

[@AtamMardes]

@@appiehartman1864 Do you expect a moral loving God to intervene and stop slavery, or do you expect a moral loving God to intervene and teach where to buy slaves, how to enslave children, and how to beat the slaves?

[@appiehartman1864]

@@AtamMardes Focus on what Jesus said, that,s the voice from god on earth.

[@AtamMardes]

@@appiehartman1864 Jesus didn't say much. After he died, people made stuff up on his behalf over the years to glorify him. This is what people do, but you obviously are too brainwashed to realize religion has got you by the balls.

[@appiehartman1864]

@@AtamMardes We got all our own experience . The true for one person can be foolish for the other. Choices to make.

[@SPAGHETTIMONSTER1]

It's actually kinda refreshing to hear the truth on the numbers of and the conditions also. it always make me laugh inside when people claim "we have TONS of fossils"..

[@kool-aidcorncrap7880]

It's funny how Silverback look and act and can walk up right at times 👀

[@mizzpoetrics]

@Harry Browneigh Awww, a racist! Life is so boring otherwise huh? 😒