Rating All The New Humans From "Man After Man"

[@servalsays9906]

My first exposure to this book was the funny picture of the Tundra-Dweller being attacked by the Temperate Woodland-Dweller

[@adamgrogory]

I think everyone's first was

[@fraxtorgaming]

@@adamgrogory same yeah, dude got fucking merked

[@foxmutant1295]

SEASONS GREASONS

[@MMumbles]

Mine was youtube deciding I might like this. And they were right.

[@ireadysucks3026]

@@MMumbles same

[@zestiestzest]

I don't like vacuumorphs. They are avocados with a somewhat recognizable skeleton on the inside. While they were like that from birth, I can't help to feel that they are regular people, forever forced inside an avocado in an awkward hunching position for all of eternity.

[@Destroyer120296]

They basically are. IIRC the whole genetic enginering thing was bascially humanity throwing aside ethics and morality to increase their chances of surviving even at the expense of those.

[@teamupleft7097]

Jimez Smoot was pretty clearly visually inspired by Captain Kirk, except with the twist that only the 1% kids of multimillionaires could join Starfleet. The Logan Pauls, Jeff Bezos, Henry Kissingers, Waltons, Elon Musks and Martin Shkrelis of the world.

[@kyvilfongkot6372]

I seen somebody drawn a sexy vacuumorph

[@zestiestzest]

@@kyvilfongkot6372 I have seen that too, and I wish I had not.

[@007megaoof]

@@zestiestzest link?

[@sapientcube9788]

Fun fact: Dixon's original plan for this book was humans time travelling into the future and ending up in the world of After Man, and the book would've explored human impact on the descendants of different future species. However executive meddling kicked in and completely altered the book into its current state. Dixon himself disliked the final product and would later rewrite his original idea in a new book that I don't remember the title of. This book was also only available in Japan, because as it turns out his works are super popular over there.

[@imaredwhale2thenotsoelectr916]

The name of the rewrite is called "greenworld".

[@bc7138]

The Japanese are such big fans of Dixon's work that they've even made a TV documentary series in the late 80s/early 90s based on his After Man series. Clips from it are on this site.

[@3takoyakis]

thats the fact i never knew i needed it _popular in japan?_ never know they love weird imaginary things like this (it gives massive inspiration tho) _but i love this kind of stuff too XD_

[@mailais3403]

@@3takoyakis Yeah you should check out Shinsekai Yori similar concept with some good damn plot twist

[@TheLongasen]

@@MacDodle yeah for once, I think the executive meddling actually did something interesting in this case!

[@code8825]

I’m sorry, but the algorithm has chosen you. This is the content you make now. This is your destiny. Hope you’re happy with it.

[@juicyblue4625]

The Algorithm has spoken.

[@Sonichero151]

*THE ALGORITHM IS GOOD*

[@sithlord5149]

The Algorithm is good the Algorithm is life

[@SHACOBES123]

Am I sick?

[@weirdhungidas8998]

The Algorithm decides your sickness

[@rendawtherockstar]

Posthuman Abominations: You... made me. Why? Hitek Scientists: Hmmmm... Monkey. x)

[@gamergaming6604]

Waa?

[@asiantom4935]

monke :)

[@jaysonklein6018]

Doesn't help that the Hiteks are constantly DRUGGING themselves. Lol

[@hotlinerevachol5436]

Qu: haha god complex goes brrr

[@unowenwashere2782]

@@hotlinerevachol5436 they're just gamers playing a sandbox game

[@paintedpig3021]

Yes let the speculative biology fandom grow

[@navybluegacha2119]

Let it rise like it did back in the olden days

[@vegetable1495]

When it gets big cringy people will ruin it, it’s already in the process of happening in the SCP fanbase 😟

[@nakedpear3558]

@@vegetable1495 oh god

[@jumpbreak99]

@@vegetable1495 oh not the SCP kids that think every horror/weird creature is an "SCP"

[@MagnumLoadedTractor]

@@jumpbreak99 if they want an scp then better to create them than to steal

[@peacejoy1396]

Book 1: [After Man] Book 2: [Man after Man] Book 3: [ *M a n* ]

[@arq2565]

Book 4: after

[@i_is_foorry2686]

@@arq2565 Book 5: [After man After]

[@argon2532]

Paleontologists will never forget "The New Dinosaurs".

[@kem6975]

@@i_is_foorry2686book 6: [man gets run over by a man after man after]

[@majordonut4022]

@@kem6975 book 7: [man gets run over by a man made of man after man]

[@Smithykins]

3:13 Oh shit that's the seasons greasons picture

[@yoot3008]

so that’s where it came from

[@navybluegacha2119]

yep, the meme made from Man After Man

[@justas423]

@@navybluegacha2119 so much meme potential in those books

[@cosmobane6995]

A picture of dopey-faced Aquatics overpopulating the ocean is a strange, terrifying sight

[@kanna-san.]

I always found it really unnerving how we never find out what the "builders" look like without their spacesuits

[@camulodunon]

You mean the vacuumorphs?

[@s.i.m.poster6823]

@@camulodunon No, he means Jimez Smoot.

[@camulodunon]

@@s.i.m.poster6823 ehdj

[@The-Plaguefellow]

Crewmates, duh.

[@KAIHAVENOIDEA]

As someone who really wanted to buy this book after reading after man and realised its like 500 bucks I really appreciate these videos, keep it up

[@teamupleft7097]

They used to be hosted on a website called Sivatherium Narod until they were removed on account of copyright. Guess what, the sivatherium address they were hosted at, including the pdf files of the books, is on the wayback machine

[@craniifer]

I read it in a public library. Maybe your local library has a copy.

[@alchemysaga3745]

There's a big old archive of the internet that has it. I suggest

[@brandonchan5387]

@@teamupleft7097 "When something enters the internet, it never leaves it."

[@luckystar9279]

It only took a few seconds on google to find a pdf copy. I didn't even need to use the wayback thing

[@panzer-chan69]

this channel feels like an english teacher giving a presentation teaching about a book

[@ding1466]

"Over populated the ocean" how do you fuck up your easy gig that hard.

[@retiredfromyoutubehehe]

I have to say, I am SOOOO happy to finally find out what the "Season's Greetings" yeti and monkey are called. I would have NEVER guessed they were from a sci-fi version of future humans lmao. I literally discovered the "Season's Greetings" meme YEARS ago

[@isabuckles]

The aquatics absolutely clutched it.

[@navybluegacha2119]

the true survivors Now I want to see what the new deepsea Piscanthropus looks like

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

If my boi space ball boi is not at the top of the list, I might have to fill your Earth with super-space industry, taking everything, leaving behind nothing but a toxic empty wasteland. Space ball boi is best boi

[@yaboiwander]

Appreciate the frog shoutout 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@JR-bu7we]

🐸

[@ElClaudioBasado]

"Even in death I serve the omnissiah"

[@RatRatRattyRatRat]

Hitek: "We were able to use modern medicine to fix genetic illnesses." Also hitek: "So the genetic illnesses continued to show up worse and worse." *_That don't heckin work that way_*

[@acrownamedblue6390]

Well I mean looking at human psychology “fixing” probably meant making whatever problem we had livable with, thus the prosthetics. We treated the symptoms rather than the original problem.

[@faithnfire4769]

The trick is that they don't "fix" the genetics, they cure the illnesses (or really just treat the symptoms). Every aspect of them is born broken and withered and messed up half a dozen ways, but their medical tech is so good that they've always been able to deal with it. Its just progressed so far that the line between treatment and body has blurred. (As far as I am aware)

[@scorchercast8366]

@@faithnfire4769 ironically that’s the logic that’s most inline with actual adaptation in this book about evolution. And they apply it in the one instance that’s not evolution. If they had the tech to make all the creatures out of humans than they should of been able to fix there own genome or made it something that wasn’t so corrupted and unstable

[@gabemerritt3139]

@@scorchercast8366 Exactly, there is no pressure for them to evolve. If even the most sickly can be treated and have an equal chance to reproduce as a healthy person, then natural selection is not present.

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

@@gabemerritt3139 which is a neat parallel to modern humanity. As our tech evolves, more and more people survive and reproduce, so with little to no selective pressure, no selective evolution occurs. Some traits may accidentally become more common via random chance, but that's not selective.

[@bungpasta4759]

Next you need to rate the “after man” creatures and the “new dinosaurs” creatures.

[@RomanMC]

They are going to be some longer reads, Organizing plans for grad school and other events so it may take a while before I get another presentation rant out!

[@chromatika67]

@@RomanMC we'll be waiting!

[@hobobohemian]

If there’s a translation I would love to see greenworld

[@jamesforrest9837]

Man After Man, AKA "The Post Bruh-pocalypse"

[@Youngblood457]

Someone should send these books to psychic Pebbles It’s practically the shit he makes up during oney plays

[@romelee2242]

All of these would probably be Zach's hypotheticals

[@ganondorfthegrey5325]

@@romelee2242 “Hey Tomar what if you were a tiny little baby man who found water for big nosed furry creatures what would you do”

[@jhonatannoriega9036]

@@ganondorfthegrey5325 XDDD

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

Now that you covered The Anime and The Manga is time for the OG. Rating all the new humans from First and Last Man.

[@AngellicRuby]

I NEVER KNEW THE TUNDRA DWELLERS WERE THAT IMAGE IVE SEEN IT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR

[@conspiracypanda1200]

𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴

[@francmarcus8433]

If I could be reincarnated I would want to be a forest dweller and own an ice cream stand called MONKE-ice

[@kyvilfongkot6372]

And i would be a parasite to your descendants

[@marshaeperry8616]

@@kyvilfongkot6372 😅😂😂😂😂

[@blackdragon5274]

You could try "the new dinosaurs" "after man" "greenworld" and "microplatia" also from dougal dixon! He also helped with the future is wild, another spec Evo thing.

[@supleted]

I'm really happy you are presenting the slides a lot more smoothly since your "All Tomorrows" presentation. Good job!

[@SN-of5tu]

How dare you. The Tics are obviously the most vogue of them all

[@____________838]

Tzimisce, much?

[@S3OTCHM0]

Yes RomanMC you are a sci-fi review book channel now. You also inspired me to play bio shock one of my new favorite games thank you!

[@adrianaslund8605]

I like how the creators completely ignored sexual selection.

[@gabemerritt3139]

Which is for most of current human society the primary evolutionary pressure.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

@@gabemerritt3139 thats still disease

[@mekhane.broken9678]

Service. As long as this channel uploads I will not let you forget.

[@2020Twenty]

The Virgin Vacuumorphs vs the Chad Asteromorphs

[@taylorknight5697]

:) That was a very quick turn around after people suggested the book! There are a lot of other great speculative zoology books that aren't quite as distressing as this one is.

[@scared2209]

I just watched your other video and another one graces me with its prescence? :D

[@eliotharrell6061]

I love the socials and hivers they have mustaches and mullets

[@jackashmore]

Bro this was great. I can’t find a good audio book but your review was good. And the jokes were top tier

[@kyogrefan2648]

The picture of the water seekers is honestly a mood

[@navybluegacha2119]

Being commanded, also, they're just Seekers now

[@nekrotikon.]

I never realised that that 'season's greasons' came from this and I am. Losing my mind over it.

[@pilotpandashot3286]

I loved reading all tomorrow’s and love hearing stories that are similar to it but I can’t find anyone who summarises it and makes it funny! I do hope you capitalise on this niche, you just got another subscriber 👍

[@stillmorereviews9114]

This shouldn’t bother me as much as it does but you’re the first…not even KZbinr, just person in general, that I’ve run into to use the word “descendants” instead of using the word “ancestors” incorrectly and I shed a tear of pure joy.

[@Tarionism]

I'd like to see a hypothetical scenario where the builders never came to earth and we got more funny men

[@dinoscarex4550]

Imagine the cast of the cartoon series of The Future is Wild, joining forces with the cast of Primeval to fight against the Builders and the Qu

[@jaysonklein6018]

I always imagined C.G., Ethan, Emily, Lewis, and Squibbon coming across one teenage Builder... but he acts like such an immature child (like the Toglefane from Doctor Who) despite being brilliant, that they're mortified that he's older than they are, despite smaller and childish emotionally. Also, he doesn't see them as "human" despite the fact that they are (except Squibby).

[@navybluegacha2119]

I like that Man After Man gets more love now, like it did back then, but with After Man Man (pun intended), who knew that Alt Shift X's video on All Tomorrows awakened the fans of Speculative Evolution, and how its starting to boom slowly. We have classics such as All Tomorrows, the After Trilogy, Expedition, and Future is Wild, with many soon to get love.

[@WannaBeChuck]

I'm I the only one that get that Star Wars reference on the Snow Dwellers? My dude Roman do even the accent.

[@guzzler8698]

god why do i keep coming back these always scare tf outta me

[@guzzler8698]

“Feral chihuahua people” sent me rolling

[@disorientedghost]

two massive spec evo projects: after man by this same oauthor and maybe the best ive seen, serina (found online) you could make some massive multipart vids about those

[@Luingus]

boy i got recommended all tommorows once and then searched for videos talking about it and then watched your video. thought it was cool. saw some other videos talking about speculative zoology, for example man after man, and thought that was cool too. I even changed my profile picture because i liked how one of the dudes looked. three days later and now i see you are doing another book review in my reccomendeds. i guess i have no choice but to subscribe.

[@graceanderson8731]

I wish there was more information in the source material about the food creatures. The illustration is so grotesque. Small, useless limbs, a face in constant agony, sickly yellow color, bloated, immobile body. They're the most horrifying thing in the entire book, and horror is what I checked this story out for.

[@kayskreed]

After 'All Tomorrows', Speculative Biology aka 'Body Horror' videos have been blowing up. Frankly, I can't get enough of this stuff. Quality content!

[@titikshachakraborty9094]

That prequel reference,,,, a surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one.

[@fafo867]

"you do not want them to sit on you" do not underestimate monster fuckers

[@Temtatork]

I like speculative evolution, but man, humanity needing biological engineering to change kill it to me, it could be great that an author makes a book about speculative human evolution in a more natural way, i dont know, maybe in the future we cant sustain our society and it collapses, or something like a climate disaster or nuclear war that creeples humanity so bad that it needs to go back to his origins and repopulate the old niches (sorry for bad english)

[@Cloneman-ic9rx]

Don’t think that’d work. Any environmental catalyst that wouldn’t wipe out humans wouldn’t make them regress either, it wouldn’t make sense. Genetic engineering is necessary to force a species like ours to diversify

[@Alernategem]

3:23 holy shit I’ve used that image as a meme for so long and never knew it’s associated with this, small world...

[@starchiild622]

i saw the tundra dweller and immediately thought of that "seasons greasons" meme that was going around on tumblr a few years back

[@wyvernnemecek595]

In answer to your question, you didn’t rate the All Tomorrows post-humans high enough

[@AndreasJepsenMusic]

Jesus that was a great Anakin impression. Caught me completely off-guard

[@ur-mom-gay]

I don't think this was primarily a spec zoo channel but now this is my favourite spec zoo channel

[@theropod-a5472]

It would be amazing if you rate all the animals in 'The Future is Wild'

[@navybluegacha2119]

Nice, especially that I never watched the show, but demn the creatures are impressive

[@theropod-a5472]

@@navybluegacha2119 Here's the link of all the episodes combined: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJPMaX2drZZ2hKc

[@Theonetrueerenyeager]

I'm glad that you're talking about this book! I hope it gets as much attention as All Tomorrows!

[@Foxie32]

3:50 generalist playstyle you went tierzoo for a second there lol

[@budgetlifter]

"dreams always make sense and have meaning" my dreams:

[@joachimvalencia7743]

FINALLY WE GOT MORE AFTER MAN

[@jaythehuman2552]

i would probably be an aquatic considering how much shrimp i like to eat. oof.

[@milkcatdog394]

13:45 nice junji ito reference

[@silvonamo9699]

"Forgive me" I love you video presentations

[@gamesux420]

OH MY GOD THATS THE SOURCE OF THE MEME HOLY SHIT (Also this is really interesting)

[@Synthose1]

You should’ve mentioned Seasons Greetings during the Tundra Dweller

[@RomanMC]

I actually didn't even know about the meme until comments came in. I was floored.

[@Synthose1]

Eh, it’s fine. I didn’t learn about that meme until I searched after man memes Instead of calling Tic Technology, you should’ve said Ticnology

[@MGDrzyzga]

I'm a big fan of speculative zoology. My first book in that vein was After Man (Man After Man was a sequel by the same author.) If you're interested in non-human spec-zoo, I'm a fan of the Vortex and the Nightstalker. Another good one is The Snouters.

[@amyemery6405]

I’m so surprised that other people even know about this book and enjoyed it. It always seemed so niche and unknown to me. Glad to see there’s others who can appreciate it :)

[@Davros539]

Scientist 1: Yo, we need to fix the outside of the spaceship. Let's send a guy in a space suit to do it. Scientist 2: Actually, I have a better idea.......

[@zacharygoodwin789]

I watched a video a couple days ago, you’ve almost doubled your sun count since then and you completely deserve it

[@kamiwriterleonardo6345]

How ironic, the Speculative Evolution books have been rising in popularity these days

[@wyattsteel285]

I would love to see your reactions to the SCP Wiki and certain anomalies

[@kanna-san.]

Hopefully not the newer ones

[@frogmonster.mp4]

found this in my recommended after a 1 hour how to train your dragon ost mix, not disappointed in the slightest

[@fajile5109]

Have you read chapter house dune? They mention genetically modified furniture. Basically a shag rug chair thats really a dog at heart. The part where they mention it hugs you ehhhh.

[@GEORGNEYMEFISTOFULUS]

Builder do be kinda SUS...

[@entothechesnautknight1762]

I have only just discover your channel, but if this is what we can expect in the future, I'm sticking around. Giving arbitrary opinions and heckles on each species was just fun, and I can't wait to see what species or subspecies or societies you'll go over next, I love casual analysis of apocalyptic worlds. ~~Yes I did grow up on homestuck how can you tell~~ Hopefully I can dig through the parts of my brain that got repressed and find something else to traumatize yourself with for our amusement.

[@pedrofranck6014]

This dude made a video on power point and i love it

[@s.f.fallax822]

Man After Man it's just the Dougal Dixon's version of All Tomorrow... Yes, it's not really true, but in every case I love it! Other humas with strange forms!

[@dustinjr1993]

Man After Man came out 16 years before All Tomorrows

[@s.f.fallax822]

@@dustinjr1993 Ah, so it's the invers, you sneaky autor of All Tomorrow;)

[@joelrebollar7055]

I'm glad this came in my recommended

[@Sky_flame2799]

The aquatics made what I call a pro gamer move

[@hylacinerea970]

3:14 holy moly it’s seasons greasons

[@subcountzero9421]

I was listening to this like a podcast but then I heard him say "scratch that, reverse it." I found Willy Wonka

[@RomanMC]

Didn't even to make that reference, I slipped up and had gene wilder possess me

[@azazzelx]

ah... those highly developed humans trashing on those less evolved than them...

[@sansrival933]

Ive watched lots of this already man of man all tomorrows still enjoying it sometimes i use it to fall asleep 😊, thanks

[@AydenHub]

7:25 Their hugs may be strong, but family is stronger 🚘

[@joegerkrep7727]

babe wake up more humans just dropped

[@TimoIvvie]

*In hell* Qu: “Why did you get here?” Builders: “We made humans our tools. You?” Qu: “Same!” Builders: “...” Qu: “...” Builders: “We are horrible people.” Qu: “Dont remind me.”

[@sophiahughes5355]

3:20 SEASONS GREASONS?!?!?!??!

[@moverandshaker88_6]

what did they do to the tundra dweller?

[@navybluegacha2119]

In book context, they evolved into what you see in the thumbnail, the Host, and other species

[@rezerkity]

They knocked it down and it went unconscious. They thought it was dead, so they started drinking the blood and eating the fat, but later it was shown the tundra-dweller was still alive, and they kept it alive as they ate it, since the pack couldn't finish the meal at once.

[@shadowreaper5413]

@@rezerkity there so tiny how could knock somwthing out that big?

[@Junistheog]

@@shadowreaper5413 team work

[@zoth_]

I would totally sit here for hours if you do more of this type of stuff. I did a quick look around and found these books that might suit this. I have not read these myself, sorry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_and_First_Men en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_After_Man

[@shan3622]

I started watching “All tomorrow’s” now this

[@chloerogers8841]

The tundra people should have been rated 6/10 for season's greason's and season's greason's alone

[@nasuto6828]

I hope you do the other after man books I love them

[@sarasPP]

This is your youtube career now

[@drogs6253]

perfect videos imo, i love the way you explain a narrative which is perfect for listening to :)

[@kailaalyssavelasco6093]

THIS IS WHERE SEASONS GREASONS CAME FROM?

[@x3tc1]

Vacuumrphs: - do not use farts to propell themselves 0/10

[@sigspammer4940]

FINALLY YOU FOUND THIS AWESOME BOOK! I LOVE THIS!

[@gomi1096]

Hivers carry around a little Bobby Hill