Rebutting Genesis Apologetics - Was Lucy Our Ancestor

[@gatorboymike]

"How do THE LIBRUL SCIENTISTS know this ape's name was Lucy? Was her driver's license fossilized next to her bones?" - creationists

[@peterleadley]

@@raysalmon6566 Fascinating! So Darwin was fooled by what? A few old bones? An idea inspired by monkey's? Its amazing how many people can be duped by one man's fevered imagination and rhetoric. Look at Donald Trump. But he pales into insignificance compared to Darwin! He fooled the whole world! Some one needs to come up with a way of tracing human ancestry that doesn't rely on digging in the dirt. Something with a solid scientific basis that will reveal our origins. That would be a great day, wouldn't it??

[@peterleadley]

@@raysalmon6566 Good job Crick and Watson came along then. Brian Sykes must have been a bit of luminary as well. So the Hebrews 6000 years ago knew their history. All the way back to Adam and Eve I suppose?

[@peterleadley]

@@raysalmon6566 I do! How right you are!

[@peterleadley]

@@raysalmon6566 I do.

[@Tsukiakarix]

Checkmate 😎

[@TheScotsalan]

I can just imagine cops finding a human head and dismissing it. Not a full body, so we cant prove this is a dead person, so no need to investigate.

[@nickryan3417]

That's the extent of logic that deficient apologists like Bisby can manage.

[@mdug7224]

They say, “We found the head and arm of the swimmer on the beach with shark bites.” But wait! How do they know it was a swimmer. We can’t see the legs. Open the beach. No one was eaten by jaws.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Even if they found the whole body. It would be something like "I'm afraid we're too late. This happened in the past. I guess we'll never know what happened.". *Roger Daltrey screams as they fade to black and go to commercial. "Next week on Creationist CSI, another murder that happened in the past. What will our heroes do? Find out next week on Creationist CSI. The only 5 minute long show on television."

[@TheScotsalan]

@@PaulTheSkeptic Ha ha yup Paul 😂. CSI: Christian Apologetics. .. Did anyone actually see it? No? Well then, nowt to investigate then. 😂😂😂🤪

[@mdug7224]

@@PaulTheSkeptic 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@12q8]

You're assuming he actually _read_ the study and _cherry-picked._ The guy is just regurgitating someone else's cherry-picking more likely.

[@WitchidWitchid]

At keast he try's to.form an explanation albeit a wrong and absurd one. Kent doesn't even bother with an explanation. He just says "it's a.lie" and that's all.

[@marccolten9801]

The irony is that while Lucy’s brain was so much smaller than ours she was still smarter than Bisby. Also the montage at the end was great but if that chimp playing Pac-man beats my high score I’m gonna be pissed.

[@rayberczik7251]

Lmao!!

[@nicolanobili2113]

No, the chimp actually played Ms. Pac-Man. Let us be more precise than the quote-mining, cherry-picking Creationists! ;-)

[@steveharrison3007]

@Joe Andersen, did you not watch the video? I can tell you about real people and places, then add the flying pigs. The people and places don't make the flying pig real. Even if it performed miracles in my ( give your tythe to me scam) book. I am not convinced. Show me a nephilim, show me an angel, explain the ark and the sudden explosion of species in the time since the flood. You won't go to hell and you will not miss going to heaven.

[@jesuslord6822]

@@steveharrison3007 #JESUS FIRST Except I Already Know That Satan Is Real And So I Know Jesus Being God Is Real

[@mathscience9033]

@@jesuslord6822 Why should anybody believe what you have no evidence of?

[@AronRa]

The video I'm rebutting has been up since May and only has 1,784 views. Mine got ten times that on it's first day. So that's hopeful.

[@AronRa]

Mantids are derived from cockroaches, yes.

[@bubbles-o72]

Aron Ra's videos should be shown in public schools.

[@Vinny_Havoc]

Many of them are; He publishes series of educational supplement videos teaching biology, evolution, abiogenesis and so forth meant for middle and high school students. he's said before that if a teacher is unwilling or unqualified to teach the subject, because they're not well educated in it themselves, he'd rather they NOT teach it and refer to better material instead. Hence, those classroom supplements, well aware of how woefully inadequate American education is and how it's failed everyone, even teachers. They're not on the youtube channel, but he sometimes uses bits and pieces out of them for his material here.

[@Geph_anythingnuts]

Absolutely!!

[@richardlawson6787]

I've found ignorant brains prefer to stay ignorant...

[@monsterguyx]

This series is proving to be one of your most entertaining. "Big Wave" Dave's goofball overconfidence lends itself perfectly to this serialized debunking format. Bless his heart. [Also: any time you can work in an appearance by Gutsick Gibbon is a good thing.]

[@nathanielgrey4091]

She is an absolute treasure

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@nathanielgrey4091 Agree with you both. She's great.

[@wjpperry1]

Erica rocks!

[@rookmaster7502]

This video should be recommended viewing for all children who were unfortunately exposed to Big Wave Dave's absurd lecture about Lucy. Their parents and guardians should probably watch it too.

[@rookmaster7502]

@Joe Andersen Still not convinced of your death cult, Joe.

[@grahvis]

@Atheos B. Sapien . An omniscient God, rules out Judgment Day. He would know how everybody would act before they were born, no judgment needed.

[@markborder906]

@Joe Andersen I have just gone to your video - comments turned off. That tells me all I need to know, so I didn’t bother watching more than a few seconds of it. If you actually believed what you were preaching you would be happy to present your “evidence” and would want adverse comments so you could continually display your evidence.

[@markborder906]

@Joe Andersen In which case. Please accept my apologies.

[@markborder906]

@Joe Andersen The Bible gets any authority or value (literary excepted) from God, so until someone demonstrates that God exists, using it as evidence for anything is pointless. As to using “Creation” you first need to show that “Creation” (as a deliberate, purposeful act) took place, then demonstrate that it was your choice of deity that did said creation. No-one has yet managed to do any of these things.

[@MartijnHover]

This man has put more effort into not understanding evolution than would have been required to understand it.

[@jimmynolet3752]

Not really there is No shortage of christian who follow this topic. When it comes to this topic our opinions vary widely.

[@Justwantahover]

@@jimmynolet3752 Why is this topic bullied by creationist so much? And what would they know about it? Like flat earthers who keep bullying the theory of gravity when they would fall if they jump off a cliff. Gravity exists and so do old bones of creatures that are different to us and the great apes.

[@jimmynolet3752]

@@Justwantahover I'm unsure what you mean by bullied. Do you mean Lucy or the whole of creation science? Christians believe in the fossils that something died.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

@@jimmynolet3752 You must have a low opinion of forensic science. A fossil can teach us a great deal, creationists just don't want to accept what it tells us.

[@laserfan17]

@@jimmynolet3752 Yes, because you definitely can’t infer tons of things from fossils, right? It’s not like fossils were alive at some point and left evidence of their lifestyles, right!

[@gydorack]

The Simpsons clip of "I don't understand evolution and I need to stop my children from understanding it." Is so overused, but it's so perfect.

[@jonneexplorer]

not the simpsons, futurama. It is by the same creators, but still different :)

[@silverwolf2676]

I don't think it's overused, Christians keep providing reasons to use it.

[@gydorack]

@@jonneexplorer dang it you're right

[@joelgunderson396]

@@thealmightyjesus7018 having read that entire book, my two questions are #1 why would anyone believe it to be true and more importantly #2 why would anyone WANT to believe it's true... It is utterly horrific and the values it espouses are ghastly. For a cliff notes version, read "God the most unpleasant character in all of fiction" by Dan Barker. It goes through chapter and verse of some of the most grotesque literature I have ever read

[@joelgunderson396]

@@thealmightyjesus7018 and torak raised the orb of aldur and cracked the world..... Sauron made the one ring to rule them all.... Harry Potter and fought Voldemort.... See I can quote from works of fiction too.

[@Goldenrod6901]

I love how he cuts off the afarensis Skeletons just below the multitude of skulls that have been found 🙄

[@Angelmou]

It is directly hiding the facts and reveals that all what they do is desperate lying about reality - like flatearthers hide satellite globe photos. The next step - which also exists is denial of fossils to be real (manufacturing conspiracy) like flatearther call photos CGI for the pure hatred against observable reality

[@Angelmou]

@Paul Dana When a creationist comes with his memorized phrase "Life can't come form non life" I usually reply with "Thank you for debunking the bible like in the book of Exodus where 2 servants of the pharaoh are turning lifeless sticks into living animals: snakes. And don't dare you confuse it with God miracously turning aaron's/moses staff into a serpent. This was another lifeless stick". The people do not care about consistency with what they say and what their book they love so much even claims.

[@Angelmou]

@Paul Dana This money grabbing topic reminds me of 2 different videos about the subject one: /watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg by John Oliver. /watch?v=5mLOUWl-L-s by nonstampcollector.

[@fred_derf]

@Paul Dana, writes _"and his response was NO. Not until I can explain how life came from non-life."_ That's a weird response coming from someone who believes man came from dust brought to life by a magic spell…

[@Pllayer064]

Very poetic of him to mask off religious gnosiophobia like that.

[@freeaccount6770]

"Then god did a shitty job" - I choked on my coffee from laughter.

[@lwmaynard5180]

The evolution revolution, I see a strong resemblance, the fossil apostle, Aron Ra potential relatives, the Big Foot clan? ? ?😉😁😅

[@ShikataGaNai100]

"Heaven. Heaven is a place. A place where nothing...nothing ever happens." - David Byrne, Talking Heads

[@whatabouttheearth]

The religious people don't get it, heaven in actuality is a concept of ultimate goodness and comfort kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3ayZKWMoJeSlbM

[@whatabouttheearth]

@@raysalmon6566 Ok, you are tecnnically correct, but Jesus did say "Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled." in Matthew 24:34. So Aron isn't wrong

[@connormcinerney7503]

@@raysalmon6566 But that interpretation makes no sense. Saying "this generation" is some unforeseen future generation makes his deadline indefinite and turns what would be a prophecy into a useless statement. Yeah, of course the people around when you do the thing won't be dead when you do the thing, because they're around when you did it

[@simongiles9749]

@@raysalmon6566 Wouldn't that be "*that* generation" and not "*this* generation"? "This" implies proximity. What's the original Greek?

[@Kayback]

None of these apologists have read the original Greek. They're all running on the English translations, and in the English translations the plain reading is of this, current tense, generation, not a far off undisclosed generation. Jesus wouldn't have said it it Greek anyway, he'd have said it in Aramaic. But as no one would have copied down verbatim what he'd said it's a moot point anyway. We're just shy of 2000 years since Jesus would have ascended. That's plenty of time. What's the point in not coming back in that time? The most likely explanation for nothing happening is there's nothing to happen.

[@simongiles9749]

"The fool hath said in his heart 'we are not apes'". Makes more sense than the version the god-botherers usually throw out.

[@thephantomeagle2]

I visited the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda in the summer of 1980. I saw many mountain gorillas. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I'd like to ask this creationist why I saw huge mountain gorillas walking upright for a bit. This was to get leaves from the bamboo trees around them. While their walk is certainly not as neat as human's it's walking, plain and simple. Why do Gorillas, Chimps, and others care for their children in a very similar way that we do. If a mother gorilla runs out of milk, other mothers feed the child. If a mother is injured, other gorillas take care of the kid(s) until the mother gets better. If the mother dies, the kids will never go hungry. If a mother is in a group that loses their dominant silverback, that mother will have no problem at all in joining another group. They will always accept a mother without a group. If a group has one mother that dies, other groups will make sure that the kid is taken care of. How is that NOT like humans? Heck, that's more than many humans will do.

[@Angelmou]

You ask people to be reasonable&honest, who actively hide parts of skeletal finding and the skull photos&camera footage like at 9:50 demonstrated to actively deceive children (indoctrination purpose). This is like trying to argue with Voldemort to open a muggle welfare.

[@CoachBru999]

Listen, this is gonna sound bad, I mean it in the best way possible, please look at a picture of Patrick Ewing, and tell me we don’t come from apes!

[@richardlawson6787]

And apes don't use the bible for their moral code...so much for without Jesus we'd all rape and kill each other

[@JamesMostowski]

I died on Valentine’s Day. Fatal Afib for 10-15 minutes. Thanks to the paramedics & the emergency room I recovered (even though ER nurse told my daughter that I was dead) . There isn’t a light at the end of the tunnel, just nothing. These folks don’t know what they’re espousing

[@MendTheWorld]

Welcome back! Sorry you had that experience. Must have been disturbing, esp. for your family. I hope you'll stay a little longer.

[@proud2bpagan]

so glad ur still with us!

[@padraigmaclochlainn8866]

Interesting, no release of DMT or Serotonin or even all brain lights up as one last hurah before that nothing?

[@arh6624]

I also died on June 16th 2014 for 12 minutes due to Lidocaine toxicity resulting in cardiac arrest. I was saved by Intra lipid. I can confirm, there is no light at the end of the tunnel. I do however now suffer with some brain damage such as a severe speech impediment and tics.

[@AngelEmfrbl]

The light at the end is just the pupils relaxing. Unless you conscious with your eyes open, you don't see a light. It's the same as reliving memories, as you die your brain fires off all memories, sending you for 15 seconds in a dream. Time moves slowly in dreams and you relive many memories as if normal time, even though its only 15 seconds.

[@Justwantahover]

"Life can't come from non life". Therefore this debunks the story of Aaron's stick that "turned into a serpent".

[@2854Navman]

You forgot "MAGIC". Something Joe A there evidently believes in.

[@mikehunntt5338]

Then where did your god come from? Other than obviously being made up by man

[@mikehunntt5338]

@Joe Andersen #jebus fake! Hes just your imagination

[@scruffythejanitor4368]

@Joe Andersen I agree

[@EllasPOSEiDON]

@Joe Andersen It seems you don't really know what logic and thinking means. You just use properties for an imaginary being which been given to that being by illiterals whom didn't understand mostly anything from the surrounding world.

[@Canadian_Ry]

I always enjoy a new video by AronRa, but a cameo by Gutsick Gibbon too?! This week is off to a great start!

[@MrSkabrus]

As Terry Pratchett Said: I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling Angel

[@OscillationLoop]

Oook to that sentiment, MrSkabrus 🍌

[@KlavierMenn]

An angel fell from the heavens. WE APES WILL RISE TO THE HEAVENS!

[@rhokitten]

After he said "You've been stood up" I couldn't stop thinking about how the pastors are waiters continually bringing you more wine and bread sticks while you wait for your date to show up at a fancy restaurant.

[@ConnorwithanO]

Except that you're the one continually giving THEM the wine and breadsticks.

[@nicolistruszkowski3355]

I love that analogy, it's perfect.

[@asolomoth1066]

Nah, they're literally giving you wine and breadsticks. You're just paying for their "comfort"

[@jesuslord6822]

#JESUS FIRST For By Jesus All Things Are Created I'm Here For The News Of The Kingdom Of God And While Religion Has You Doing Good Deeds To Earn Salvation The Biblical Jesus Died And Rose Again For The Forgiveness Of Sin And By Grace You Are Saved So You Walk In Him For He Loved Us So We Love The Lord

[@jesuslord6822]

#JESUS FIRST These Resources Are To Be Viewed Through A Gentle Context Amen Jesus Is Love And The Only Way To Be Saved Is Through The Jesus Of The Bible The Creator And It's The Free Gift Of God But May We Honor The Lord Jesus And No Longer Live For Ourselves But To The Lord

[@tomkop213]

This series should be mandatory in science class. So that kids learn the difference between apologist and real scientific proof.

[@carlospomares3225]

"Aren't you glad you didn't evolve from ape like creatures? I know I am!" Translation: "Aren't you glad you are so special that you were magically created? I know I am!"

[@andrewjones9547]

i mean i would be glad if i was

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

What a shame Yahweh designed Lucy with diagnostic ape traits in the skull and pelvis the way Darwin predicted. Apparently just to confuse us.

[@Merrick]

No, that was Satan's work! He loves planting "fossils" even more than communism and abortions.

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

@@Merrick so Satan created life? Shouldn't we be worshipping him?

[@joschafinger126]

*Creationist* : Evolution isn't real because there are no transitional species. *Scientist* : Oh yes, there are. Look at this one, for instance. *Creationist* : Well, it's neither one nor the other -that doesn't count.

[@markusnavergard2387]

Scientist: you dense mother F............

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@markusnavergard2387 I thought they just effed cousins and siblings.

[@jacobostapowicz8188]

No the claim is that these specimens are one or another. Lucy is an extict ape and Neanderthals are an extict race of humans. Even if skulls were found that established a perfect gradient of evolutionary progression it would prove they are dead.

[@zaprowsdower]

Transitional fossils should absolutely dominate the fossil record and not have 5 or 6 things that if you squint may be it. They should dominate it. But you go ahead and be an exotic worm food factory if that is what floats your boat.

[@Joshua-dc1bs]

There are NO transitional forms!! Only fully formed created KINDS. You never find a half-dog-half-carrot, or a half-bird-half-whale!! Hahahaha.

[@GuitarDog_atx]

Dave thinks his great, great, great grandmother is a rib.

[@silverwolf2676]

And he thinks we're the crazy people...

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Then you should've met him when he thinks of his great, great, great grandfather as a mud golem.

[@toforgetisagem8145]

And the creationist don't even have that rib to prove it. All they have is a tiny piece of nothing.

[@lwmaynard5180]

The evolution revolution, is a orchestrated comedy of errors, the missing links are top side. ? No colossal fossil record there fore no bonifide proofs. ? ? ?

[@GuitarDog_atx]

@@lwmaynard5180 the only "comedy of errors" is your comment.

[@justme0910]

I love how blatant creationists have become in all but outright admitting that their anti-science apologetics have nothing to do with actually finding the truth, but are instead all about making up reasons for why the evidence against their position *might* be wrong. That's why if one of their arguments is debunked, they'll just shrug and move on to another one (that often directly contradicts the first).

[@philipfarnam6013]

Creationists are intellectually lazy. To them, everything needing to be known is written in their Holy Book. No new knowledge required or accepted. Exploring, researching, experimentation are walled off from consideration. Learning and discovery are useless to them. New knowledge comes from "the enemy" trying to "persecute" them.

[@MendTheWorld]

Quite right. Their strongest held beliefs are dictated by tribal ideology. Giving these up would not just be an individual personal loss, but a loss of their tribal (group) identity… one of the most central aspects of human psychology. Rather than relinquish their tribal beliefs, they will first relinquish their commitment to rational evidence-based thinking (which is subsidiary to tribal commitments) and then use what remains of their rational thinking capacity to create (pseudo rational) rationalization narratives.

[@MendTheWorld]

@@philipfarnam6013 I disagree. Many people accept creationism uncritically, just as many (most) evolutionists do. This is why a rhetorically skilled creationist can often easily expose the lack of a sound, valid understanding of evolution in people who accept evolution as true. Faith-based belief in evolution is not fundamentally different from faith-based belief in divine creation. What DOES differentiate them is that evolution is ultimately based on sound empirical evidence, whether or not people are actually aware of or understand that evidence, whereas creationism is ultimately based on a simplistic interpretation of The Good Book.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

​@@MendTheWorld I guess if you want to be technical about it, then sure. However, given the overwhelming convergence of evidence in favor of evolution, its acknowledgment as one of the most substantiated theories in the history of science requires only that an individual be intellectually honest, a far cry from the unwavering devotion to willful ignorance demanded of Creationism.

[@juanrabb4264]

@@MendTheWorld 9

[@michaelgum97]

Isn't it "funny" how apologists can't even image how empathy could be helpful to an early forming society? Almost as if they're selfish and self-centered individuals who can’t fathom how being selfless can actually be helpful.

[@69eddieD]

You can't spell empathy without Jesus.

[@michaelgum97]

@@69eddieD Pretty sure that there's no "J", "S", and "U" in "empathy". So really, not if you have a worse case of dyslexia than me.

[@69eddieD]

@@michaelgum97 It's satire.

[@michaelgum97]

@@69eddieD Oh, sorry about it.

[@mechanomics2649]

It's honestly disturbing and very telling. Without threat of hell, these people would be amoral murderers, rapists, etc.

[@RickSolus]

I wonder if we'll ever find a transitional species between a creationist and someone who can think

[@Merrick]

hahaha, ouch

[@EllasPOSEiDON]

oh this was huuuge. :)

[@CloudsGirl7]

Creationists are a great example of devolution, though...

[@lacielesueur1167]

Listening to this on a flight out of Birmingham, Alabama after having an educational debate with my dad about how evolution is true.

[@jyvben1520]

a knuckle fight ?

[@MendTheWorld]

For many people, belief in divine creation is a matter of “group epistemology”. Rejecting the group belief is tantamount to rejecting the group itself, which is something many people find impossible to do, as their beliefs very much constitute “who they are”. Moreover, insular groups having tightly held beliefs, as is common in the South, don’t cotton to traitors in their midst, and many people are justifiably terrified of being rejected by their community. Thus, debates on topics such as evolution, climate change, mask mandates, election fraud, etc tend _not_ to be based on unbiased evidence, but on rationalization narratives. It’s a very difficult problem that can lead to very bad feelings, so use caution. It requires some acquired skills to know how to handle it. (-Former resident of Homewood).

[@jyvben1520]

@@jesuslord6822 crap talk

[@mlugin8050]

Not one single fact can turn delusionals. But AaronRa contributes to less intellectuals like me to not fall for those snakeoil sellers. Thanks AaronRa, from Switzerland

[@longethdayv770]

@@raysalmon6566 i read that passage myself and yeah hes right

[@longethdayv770]

@@raysalmon6566 i read the passage he tells mortal men who die of old age it would happen in their generation edit: or that some of them would stil be alive to witness it, one or the other. both are definitely blunders

[@longethdayv770]

@@raysalmon6566 well assuming you know your stuff, we now know that the bible is contradictory. Nice

[@EllasPOSEiDON]

@@raysalmon6566 yeah yeah for sure. you theist people even lacking of understanding written words front of you. sad.

[@EllasPOSEiDON]

@@raysalmon6566 historical? haaa ha ha ha haaaaaa. I tried to laugh as Bart Simpson. Always make me laugh when theist says their bubble is historical book. The historical methodology (the real science of history) clearly says that the bubble is not historical on any way. They GAVE the chance for theistic claims, they tried to find historical proofs for made up story, so they're also very kind and respectful. But they didn't find anything which worth to be called as evidence, my friend. One book, your bubble is not evidence signore. Absolutely not.

[@SennaHawx]

I'm losing my mind. That Apologist literally just showed that Lucy seems to be inbetween modern humans and bonobos and concluded that this somehow means she cannot be a transitional stage. Like.... That's "Liberty Hangout" level of idiocy

[@JackgarPrime]

Well at least he didn't poop his pants on camera, unlike a certain someone from Liberty Hangout.

[@satanspawn66]

@@JackgarPrime wait what? I need details.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@satanspawn66 There's an infamous photo of Kaitlin Bennett passed out at a party with an absolutely colossal deuce pouring out. It's absolutely disgusting, but also extremely funny.

[@jonneexplorer]

that leaves just two options... They have either never seriously thought about what a transitional form would be... Or they have and are directly lying. Both are dishonest, both are terrible... Especially if you want to pretend you are teaching kids science...

[@OkamiRaoki]

@@jonneexplorer For them a transitional species would be a chimera. So if Lucy had clear bonobo hands but clear human feet she would be a transitional species. Because for them one aspect have to fully form before an other can. That's why JWs have so many problems with giraffes. For JWs either the long neck, the long legs or the blood-pressure-regulation had to come first and be either useless or detrimental. Source for the later claim: I've believed that crap for 20 years.

[@rellikinvictus1057]

I would love to be around 5000 years from now. "We now know that we're not just similar to humans, we ARE humans."

[@philipfarnam6013]

Species-wise, we are still evolving, as is everything else on Earth. Most educated people are aware that we humans are the outcome of nearly four billion years of Darwinian selection but many insist that we are somehow the culmination of that process. The sun, however, is less than halfway through its lifespan. It will not be primates like us that watch our star’s demise six billion years from now or be snuffed out from the Milky Way galaxy’s collision with the Andromeda galaxy in 4.5 billion. Any creatures that exist on Earth then will be as different from us as we are from bacteria and amoebae. (paraphrase from Martin Rees, British cosmologist, astrophysicist and Astronomer Royal.)

[@rellikinvictus1057]

@@philipfarnam6013 I want to see what we evolve to. This journey isn't over. Just kinda wish I could experience our far future.

[@jackaltwinky77]

Still be waiting for Half-Life 3

[@Soapy-chan]

in 5000 years creationists will look at us and say we're not ancestors because we have hair and are smaller than them

[@anthonycopenhaver3937]

I spent many an afternoon a the Cleveland Natural History Museum where Lucy is on display. This fossil and Dr. Johansson's research strsted my love for learning science. The recommend actually reading and learning the research before you listen to anybody tell you what to think. Thank you Aron for bringing fond childhood memories back to me. I love for honest factual videos. Keep up the great work my friend. Love to you, your wife, dogs, and the rest of your family.

[@alannatherson7721]

I don't mean to be rude but Lucy is not on display in the Cleveland Natural History Museum, a replica is. Lucy is at the National Museum of Ethiopia, though she did visit Cleveland in 2007 when on a global tour. Donald Johansson did work for the Cleveland Natural History Museum and the museum has a rather impressive section of hominid evolution that was made as a form of tribute to that fact. Also nice to hear I wasn't the only one that spent their childhood in the halls of the Cleveland Natural History Museum.

[@anthonycopenhaver3937]

@@alannatherson7721 Lucy was displayed in the Cleveland Natural History Museum until moved to Ethiopia in the mid nineties. I when there several times in the 1980s when it was displayed there. Yes I am only a few years younger the Aron so not to be rude but you are wrong about the time frame. I never said it was there now. Lucy was there when I used to go to the museum. Dr. Johansson's expedition to Ethiopia were he found her was financed in big part be the museum. I even got to hear Dr. Johansson talk about the discovery in a seminar he held at the museum. Yes it is in Ethiopia Now, but Not always. It was donated back to them because that is where she was found. Good to see that some people are still trying to learn though. Hope this clarified it for you.

[@alannatherson7721]

@@anthonycopenhaver3937 Sorry I was not aware about that.

[@anthonycopenhaver3937]

@@alannatherson7721 That OK my friend. I was there when Lucy was first displayed to the public. My father took me out if school for the day just to see her. He always told me to learn new things and it is one if my favorite memories of him. Standing there looking at an amazing discovery. It was for the 1970s. We have learned and found out so much more since then. Always love a good conversation with intelligent people. Keep learning my friend. That is how we make the world better.

[@Angelmou]

@Joe Andersen This is not how you calculate reliability. This is the same approach as muslims try with the Qur'an preservation. It is meaningless because the original manuscripts were written years after the suppossed events and got exaggerated with fake eye witness claims afterwards.

[@Marconius6]

"Aren't you glad you didn't evolve from an ape? I know I am!" Why? Why does this bother you so much? Seriously, why would that even be an issue? "If evolution is true, we decide right or wrong. If the Bible is true, God decides right from wrong." So... why do you go for the latter? Why is someone else deciding what is right or wrong for you the preferable choice there? The psychology of these people is honestly frightening and alien to me...

[@gamergirl24]

"If you don't believe in God and Jesus, you won't go to heaven." Good. If this is the type of person in heaven, I don't want to go.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

If you don't go to church every Sunday and give the man in the robes who told you it's our little secret a chnk of all your money, then you'll GO TO HELL for ETERNITY with JIMMY HENDRIX, GEORGE CARLIN, and ALL your favorite rock stars, movie stars, and drug dealers!!! Wait! Come back! That wasn't a sales pitch!

[@justcallmeavi3255]

I love the fact that this guy used a TV screen for his presentation, just imagine Aron has a slight raised eyebrow when he saw it....

[@themplar]

Creationism is based on dishonesty and willfullignorance. And always defended by pure dishonesty. Dishonesty is the pillar of creationism.

[@Akira625]

The proponents of creationism probably see themselves as moral Christians, despite creationism and their careers being based entirely on lies.

[@Bert-Beukema]

@@Akira625 No, I think they know they are lying. Fully aware of what they are doing. And they do it anyway. That is the level of dishonesty. It's not that they are deluding themselves (they are completely aware that their belief is wrong) it is that they are targeting children with lies they don't even believe in themselves. Why? Because belief in god is more important than facts and truth.

[@jamtaco2667]

I've just recently (maybe two months now?) started watching GG and I've thoroughly enjoyed her material (almost as much as yours Aron)! Thanks for adding her 💕 I hope she continues to get shared as she's absolutely brilliant ☺️

[@peterclancy3653]

To me, excluding information is the same as outright lying. These so called religious communicators are a blight on the human intelligence.

[@silverwolf2676]

These guys do both anyway.

[@Merrick]

a lie of omission is a lie.

[@ChaosKeep]

I do believe Gutsick Gibbon is now a Ph.D. instead of a Ph.D. candidate, so congrats to her.

[@NK029]

36:00 Umm even if he had proven "Lucy" wasn't a human ancestor, that doesn't make the biblical creation story correct. To just go through how one side is wrong but then fail to provide any evidence that your side is right is childish. Which, I guess, is fitting seeing is that this "education" is aimed at children.

[@jyvben1520]

and sunday school aka indoctrination camp

[@Starhawke_Gaming]

The flat earth cult do the exact same thing

[@jyvben1520]

@@Starhawke_Gaming and he earth os oval shaped, wider at the equator

[@Starhawke_Gaming]

@@jyvben1520 - gotta be careful when pointing out the "bulge" in the earth, and make it clear that the "slightly pear shaped" is only extremely slightly, and is only 0.3% more pudgy around the widest circumference than around the narrowest circumference. As flearf love to pull up a picture of the earth and say it looks perfectly spherical to me, so that proves your pear-shaped claims are lies.

[@simongiles9749]

If they had any kind of supporting evidence for their hypothesis, they'd present it (same with the flerfs, as Adonnenniel Donna points out). As they don't, they draw a false dichotomy that "if I can demonstrate this idea false, it means my idea is true". It doesn't help that they can only use deciet and fallacies to try to disprove evolution/abiogenesis/cosmogeny/globe earth etc.

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

Horrible night, couldn't sleep, hating the world. I needed this. Thank you for this morning.

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

@Cryptameria• thank you it got better after I got home and sat quietly petting my cat. Should have done that to start.

[@Rayrard]

The way the YEC's put the Lucy skull in between a chimp and a human and don't notice that it's perfectly intermediate, but seem to readily notice that it is different from both. The power of cognitive dissonance.

[@Chris_Sheridan]

Lucy is a chimpanzee skeleton that had a bit of reconstruction surgery .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5ayYX2ij9iLn9E

[@Rayrard]

@@Chris_Sheridan It's a different genus than Pan, so that's literally impossible. What is your education in anthropology to be able to make that claim? If nothing, then I'll just call you stupid and ignorant.

[@CarlEusebius]

Creationist: "Now listen carefully to what the narrator says." Scientist: "Here's how I know the fossil has been damaged and how I can reconstruct what it originally looked like." Creationist: "How does he know what it looked like? WAS HE THERE?" Me: "Ah, that's why you told me to listen to the narrator."

[@Chris_Sheridan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5ayYX2ij9iLn9E Lucy had reconstructive surgery ..

[@MisterItchy]

How is the GA channel even allowed to exist when they not only continuously lie but they also aim those lies directly at children while not allowing any commentary on their videos?

[@spaceghost8995]

Most religious videos have comments disabled.

[@silverwolf2676]

Because they're lying for jesus, no other reason.

[@AngelEmfrbl]

@@spaceghost8995 they didn't always have them locked

[@Nehji_Hann]

"You were never a magically animated mud golem such as you pretend to [have been]" I love how that's not even a strawman, and they try to say that we say we think we "came from a glob of goo" or even a rock

[@khangnguyenngoc5825]

I was soooo looking forward to this video! Thank you Mr. Aron!

[@sbushido5547]

Honestly, I'm pretty surprised I haven't seen creationists bring up the fossil hip restoration more often. They love to go on about Piltdown and Nebraska, but this one seems like it would be just as damning if presented to someone who is unwilling/unable to look into what actually happened...as opposed to the lies the creationist will tell about it.

[@rayberczik7251]

Love Arons videos! First I e heard of gutsick gibbon but will be checking her channel out. Thanks Aron, can hardly wait for the next episode .

[@Reaglejuice89]

20:12 the deadpan "then God did a shitty job" delivery was absolutely mint

[@Deadbloke-dk6zc]

And a cameo by Gutsick Gibbon too! That's my Monday impressively enhanced. Top stuff.

[@dyamonde9555]

must be an older Vid of hers though. She says she's a PHD Student, but as far as i know she finished her PHD by now.

[@satanofficial3902]

"Clouds are cloudy because they're clouded over with cloudiness." ---Albert Einstein

[@satanofficial3902]

☁☁☁☁☁🌧

[@davidwise1302]

Early in my study of creation science, around 1981 I saw a televised debate on CBN between Roger Awbrey and creationist Henry Morris (as I recall). Awbrey compared the pelvis of a chimpanzee, a hominid, and a human and did so from two different angles. From one angle the hominid pelvis looked more chimp than human, but from the other angle it looked almost identical to the human pelvis (and extremely different from the chimp). Morris "rebutted" by focusing on that first angle and declared the hominid pelvis to be "100% ape". Even when Awbrey repeatedly pointed to the other prit-near human angle, Morris ignored that evidence and kept referring solely to the less human angle. That was my first exposure to creationists in the wild (ie, seeing them in action rather than just reading about their claims). It told me everything I needed to know about them and their total lack of honesty. And over the past four decades, repeated encounters with and observation of many other creationists in the wild have only confirmed and reinforced that very first lesson.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I just love what you do, Aron! This series seems to be playing out to be one of your best! Thank you, Aron, for all of them. ❤❤ Edited to add: Hey, Erica is in this one!! I love her [Gutsick Gibbon] channel, too!

[@standinstann]

When he asked "does Lucy's skull look more like a human or an apes skull?" I imediately answered, out loud: "It looks kind of like a midway point between the two" Because it obviously does.

[@Galaxia7]

18:20 also we still have curved fingers. Not as much as other apes, but when you put your hands in their default/relaxed position the fingers are slightly curved. Hands & fingers completely flat aren't the default position of our hands, we're using muscles to put them that way and they revert back to being in a curved position once we stop.

[@stephenjames2951]

The interjection of a real scientist was cool and informative.

[@quietone2674]

Unexpected, but not unwelcome.

[@jesuslord6822]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKbXhHeBaN-kj6M

[@stephenjames2951]

@@jesuslord6822 I am going to go with Nope.

[@jesuslord6822]

@@stephenjames2951 #JESUS FIRST Zechariah And Nahum Scrolls Also Got Revealed And Unearthing The Bible Reveals 101 Archeological Discoveries On The Lord

[@stephenjames2951]

@@jesuslord6822 No he didn’t.

[@DutchJoan]

Ah, when will the day come that creationists realize that misrepresenting isn't going to help them? Maybe when WL Craig is deconstructing. Although they just might shun him and hang on to Frank Turek or Genesis Apologetics here. Very nice collab with Gutsick Gibbon! I've enjoyed watching and growing my vocabulary to rebut creationism.

[@bulwinkle]

Yes, lying for gord is not a good look.

[@Justwantahover]

Ask creationists what practiced genetics is based on, is it the textbooks or creation science (that is only in creationist sites)? No creationist can answer it and they seldom respond. And if they do, they ALWAYS claim "flawed logic" but they can NEVER explain how. A similar argument for flerths. How do we get around on a flat earth with only round earth based maps?

[@jasonwitte9582]

What I don't understand is how this 'extinct ape' came to be? Did Noah take 'Lucy' on board the ark with him? After which she and her mate immediately died and fossilized? Or did the ape 'kind' evolve after a few years into Afarensis and then die out after a few hundred creatures had fossilized?

[@martinmckee5333]

I believe that generally they are considered to be pre-flood apes. Now would have taken a pair of "ape kind" which spread to create the modern apes, but Lucy would simply have "missed the boat".

[@kai_plays_khomus]

*"Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel"* 😂😂😂😈 And with absolut certainty the best credits cut I've ever seen! 🦧

[@FerrariKing]

Bisbee doesn't even know what an ape is. I am enjoying this series.

[@rookmaster7502]

His approach to doing science research is simply looking up the words in a dictionary. Preferably a very old, out-dated dictionary.

[@lwmaynard5180]

The evolution revolution is the Narcissistic science of unreliance ? ? ?

[@clubpenguin13531]

@@lwmaynard5180 what

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

So if I’m understanding the argument against the objection of the reconstruction of the hip correctly. A carpenter needs to rebuild a collapsed doorframe, and the only way to rebuild the doorframe properly is so that it makes the shape of a door and that the door actually opens and closes without issue. The creationists are crying foul because they want their rectangular door in the shape of a triangle even though the pieces of the door frame aren’t long enough to make it. That about right? There was a huge swarm of anatomy words flying at me very quickly and that’s what I could parse from it.

[@caviramus0993]

You got it right, due to the geologic processes many fossils are crashed, smashed or disarticulated. Reconstruction is pretty tricky thing, look the case with Apotodentatus which is one of such artifacts of preservation.

[@mcarp555]

I'd love to see if Bisby would offer up some form of defense to these videos, especially this one. I wonder if he'd have the courage of his convictions to engage Aron in a YT conversation. How about it Dave? Are you man enough?

[@caviramus0993]

It's funny that their photo about Lucy's human like hands, is credited as coming from AiG. If I understand correctly they used their own photo as the evidence contrary to what they say?

[@stevendefeo8424]

Now that’s funny

[@dienekes4364]

_"Lucy was just an extinct ape"_ -- Yes. But so are all of our other ancestors and so will we be when we go extinct. Bisbee seems to think that, if evolution were true, then Lucy's parents were completely chimp but Lucy should have been born completely human. If Lucy isn't 100% human, then she couldn't be our most distant ancestor. It must be painful to be that stupid.

[@fred_derf]

+Dienekes, writes _"It must be painful to be that stupid."_ Unfortunately it's not painful. If it was there wouldn't be so many people like that.

[@KlavierMenn]

@@fred_derf Wasn't there a saying that says 'Being stupid is like being dead: only other persons would suffer' or something like that?

[@fred_derf]

@@KlavierMenn It was Ricky Gervais "When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful & difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid."

[@lwmaynard5180]

Another Big foot fairy theory that every student should query. ? ? ?

[@dienekes4364]

@@lwmaynard5180 Does the xian gawd have big feet? I've never heard that one.

[@r0bfleming]

"Humans have big brains, we're really smart. Well, most of us anyway" Tell me again, what percentage of the human race are creationist? That's right, MOST of us are really smart! :-)

[@WeirdWonderful]

I don't understand how he can have all these different ape skulls next to each other and NOT see the familial resemblance and insist that this one that comes from a thing that also matches apes in being a hairy mammal, is somehow so totally different it was made completely independent of anything else ever.

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

Especially at around 16:20 where he puts a human, Lucy’s and a chimp skull (with Lucy in the middle) and it is plain as day that Lucy is an intermediate between the other two. He’s doing Aron’s work for him!

[@Bert-Beukema]

They DO know. They just lie to brainwash children. That is more important than anything. The fact that they know they are lying means nothing. This is the same way peddlers work to bring in the new converts. Just lie with a straight face; conversion is more important than lies.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Woo! Just rewatched the Pirate Episode last night, and now I find this 8 minute old video 🤘

[@kobayashi1194]

I was just watching Gibbon yesterday! Awesome too see you two working together.

[@CaptFoster5]

A 43 minute AronRa video with a guest appearance by Gutsick Gibbons ... a very good day indeed

[@nonyabisness6306]

"Then god did a shitty job." Indeed. One of my favorite Arguments btw. The more we learn the more we realise how if there was a Designer, he was not intelligent.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

The tricky bit for apologetics is also not similarities, but random appearances of completely different anatomy like a few species in the lobster and crab family having blue blood or one small group of mammals not suffering from the defunct generation of Vitamin C in the body. What in the name of Legos could have made god RANDOMLY find such bits and pieces and suddenly decide "this time i want to do something different". And even that is just snarkyness. The bible NEVER says god decided how to make the Animals, there was no planning, no decisions, he spoke them into being and made the elements water, earth and air bring them "forth"... The complete creation cretin assumption that god is an engineer that thoroughly constructed every living being to perfection isn't carried by their own creation account and only half assedly supported if you pull a few sparse poetical verses about "knitting in the womb" out of context.

[@scathinglogic6063]

I've made this argument with dozens of Christians and all they do is drool and say that I want to sin that's why I don't believe in God,... They claim the human eye is a miracle yet a lot of us have to work glasses, most of us have to have our wisdom teeth removed because our Jaws are too small... I could go on and on

[@nonyabisness6306]

@@scathinglogic6063 Huh, well it's pretty clear a alot of people are theists as a means to reassure themselves. They can't live without that certainty, even if it's fake.

[@mysticwine]

@Miraak Like your grey matter

[@mysticwine]

@Miraak All the time

[@maxxam3590]

It's so frustrating that these faithheads deny the evident fact of evolution, simply because they're triggered by the implication that they are animals,which is also qn evident fact.

[@Justwantahover]

Not just that also many believe exactly every word in the Bible as "fact". It's a "science book".

[@maxxam3590]

@Joe Andersen is any of that truth?

[@maxxam3590]

@@thealmightyjesus7018 Is there a particular reason that makes you use capital letters in such ret*rded way?

[@maxxam3590]

@@thealmightyjesus7018 Can you prove that I need to be saved, that there's something we have to be saved from, and that you have a way to achieve that salvation?

[@maxxam3590]

@Joe Andersen Can you prove that Adam and Eve existed, and that sin is inherited, and all the rest?

[@LarryTownsend]

I'm glad of the work put into Aron's videos, not only the research but also the editing.

[@dragonfiremalus]

So if non-ape monkeys can't brachiate and apes can, then monkey bars really should be called ape bars.

[@stevenhogenson4880]

I would love to see Aron shred Dave in front of a live audience. Put him in his place so firmly that he never opens his mouth again.

[@claythedragon8201]

I love Aron’s subtle sense of humor. “You can have an ape without fingers. That can happen due to birth defects or industrial accidents. Such as washing your hands too close to the crocodile.” 😂

[@Soapy-chan]

it works on multiple levels, love it

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Aron: Bisby is just an electrician. If he’s even qualified to do that. I would bet he’s a licensed electrician. He’s a fundamentalist Christian. Not a Scientologist.

[@TheJuggtron]

Being qualified and capable are 2 different things ;)

[@dr.floridamanphd]

@@TheJuggtron I have a cousin who’s a master electrician. Switched careers in his mid 40s. There’s a lot of schoolwork that goes along with that as well as practical experience from working in the field. I personally don’t care what someone believes as long as they’re skilled enough to do the job. Scientologists, on the other hand, and specifically Sea Org members, don’t get the education required for an apprenticeship, let alone higher levels of certification. In Scientology they believe that you can do anything based on some sort of “ancestral memory” from the multitude of lives you lived before your current incarnation. There are many stories out there from people who escaped from that cult who are missing fingers (or worse), have been electrocuted, and so on, because they were forced to do a job, and work with tools, they had absolutely no training or experience with. So would I hire a “Big Wave Dave” to run the wiring into my circuit breaker? As long as he’s licensed and bonded. You’re not gonna get that with a Scientologist. That’s why so many of them go into sales jobs after leaving. They have some degree of experience with that field from their time in that cult.

[@TheJuggtron]

@@dr.floridamanphd scientologists are just as whacko as the god botherers, its scary if they hand out their own eletrical qualifications, rather than state mandated ones. As for sparkies, I've known some that were qualified but still had ambitions exceeding talent - wiring motors backwards, not labelling cables in complicated boards etc.

[@Akira625]

Most creationists aren't scientists. Those who are scientists are rarely biologists. Those who are biologists have sacrificed their scientific integrity to push lies on gullible people.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

@@TheJuggtron, when it comes to “whackos”‘ I would argue Scientologists take the cake. Just purely based on their beliefs since they don’t technically have any form of scripture. Just the writings of Hubbard but most of what he wrote for his “church” are policies. I’ve seen guys wire electric motors backwards too. Especially if they’re working blind or on a system they haven’t done before. But to say fundamentalists are just as nutty as Scientologists? Do a deep dive in to what’s out there from former Scientologists. They’re a lot more fanatical than the evangelical right.

[@elainejohnson6955]

A while ago, I was watching one of Aron Ra's videos and had to stop it to get something to eat. When I came back to the video, the first thing Aron said was (I am paraphrasing) that he was extremely disheartened because he learned about a father who was very proud that he had brainwashed his kid into believing humans didn't evolve from monkeys. The kid would go around saying something to the effect of "I ain't no monkey cause I don't eat no bananas!". Ironically, I looked down and realized I had just gotten a banana.to eat! I was laughing hysterically and said to myself, "I guess that just proves I am a monkey!". I guess that is also why my Dad used to love climbing trees like a monkey to help people cut them down when needed.

[@lowpolyzoe]

I always feel a little miffed when creationists describe Australopithecus afarensis as "just an ape" or "just a bipedal ape" when they do admit that they were bipedal, a bipedal ape fossil is cool.

[@Smitywerban]

Erika is a treasure for science.

[@Smitywerban]

@Joe Andersen here he goes again with Tyner lies he has been told xD

[@stevenleonard7219]

When Aron lists the intermediate species of hominids reminds me of Dr. Banjo’s and the professor’s evolution debate in Futurama. Cracks me up every time!

[@WokeandProud]

That scene was comedy gold lmao.

[@brentverc]

The effort required to refute bullshit is infinitely greater than the effort required to produce it. Aron how you stay so patient I will never know !

[@davidwatson2399]

As always. Thank you for your tireless work and dedication 👍😎

[@apetheory7152]

Would love to see more of You debunking genesis apologetics videos

[@Irisarc1]

I was so excited to see Erica "Gutsick Gibbon" talking about Lucy's bone structure. I love her! Her videos show anti-creationist facts that are not are not often talked about in other videos. She discusses a ton of little scientific details that, any one of which, would sink the ark in mere moments. She's a great presenter as well as being cute as a button. If you haven't watched any of her videos, I HIGHLY recommend that you do.

[@jimmoore6033]

Will do. I didn't know about GG until this video and comments like yours. Thanks.

[@Jesse_222]

Apes are awesome I just wish we still had tails! I could definitely use a tail

[@dr.floridamanphd]

I’d be afraid of having slammed in a closing door 😂

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

@@dr.floridamanphd Yikes!

[@Goldenrod6901]

Me too but since we're old world monkeys they would just hang there and make pants more of a problem and I don't wanna be wearing a dress everywhere

[@Syrnian]

I would rather have opposable big toes. Did apes ever have prehensile tails?

[@ErikNapitu]

ever heard of Son Goku? hahaha

[@r1pster05]

Funniest thing: I had a creationist answer a question about why humans and apes were so similar with the response that "There are only so many ways for God to make an animal, so there's are bound to be similarities." I asked him why God couldn't just make a vertebrate with six limbs, since there isn't anything biologically impossible about that, and even stupid humans could come up with the concept of, say, dragons. He didn't even understand my point.

[@markdavies2115]

There were dragons in the bible. And demons. But no cats or Dinosaurs..go figure. lol

[@lederereddy]

@@markdavies2115 Dinosaurs and dragons are the same things. Dinosaurs have always lived with man. No one would even doubt it if it weren't for all of the propaganda about them dying off millions of years ago. If you have an open and scientific mind, then all you have to do is read several history books that are from 2000 plus years ago to see plenty of literal accounts of men dealing with dinosaurs. The only difference is, they didn't use that word since it wasn't even made up until around Dearwin's time. They called them dragons. And the descriptions of a land dinosaur, Behemoth, and a sea dinosaur, Leviathan, can be found in the later chapters of Job. Lions and leopards are in the Bible. But not house cats, that I know of. But that is part of their mystic. They try very hard to be aloof.

[@bodan1196]

If I am anything resembling a likeness of God, I pity God.

[@OffConstantly55]

LUL

[@TheSerpentSage]

The compilation at the credits had me in awe. As always, a masterful look at the facts sir.

[@johnhiggs5932]

The Princess Bride reference was artfully injected. ❤️

[@gowdsake7103]

Once again Aron smashes a home run into the lying apologist

[@joseph-thewatcher]

Dishonesty and deception is the bottom line with these science denying creationist apologists.

[@halyomorpha]

I didn't expect to hear Foetus at 37:19 and in the credits. What a great artist.

[@tpog1]

That montage at the the end was one of the best things I have ever seen :D

[@asquirreltv]

The part where Aron is describing the line between humans and other apes reminds me of the scene in Futrama where Farnsworth was arguing with Dr. Banjo about the missing link between humans and ancient apes.

[@noradrenalin8062]

Already loving the series. Never believed in creation even when I was catholic. But learning a lot of interesting facts about our relatives.

[@spatrk6634]

i did believe it. both evolution and creation. it was years of cognitive dissonance. i just dont understand now how i both accepted evolution and abiogenesis. and adam and eve story

[@AtheistRex]

“magically animated mud gollum” Thanks, Aron, definitely a keeper.

[@danielbilodeau9045]

Golem: animated clay statue from Hebrew folklore. Gollum: a character from _The Hobbit_ and _The Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien. Know the difference.

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@danielbilodeau9045 Quite a few YT users are bad at spelling, unfortunately. Please be kind when correcting them.

[@markleopard8960]

I never realized how little I know until someone like Aron Ra speaks. The man's a genius.

[@deiraredfern]

I didn't read the whole description and so ended up doing a little "squee" when Gutsick Gibbon showed up! She's officially a primatologist now and it's awesome to see a collab.

[@patricksee10]

Aron is fast becoming my favourite science presenter because he is so fair and reasonable with the material he presents. The best part about it is he makes it easy for those with less knowledge because he doesn’t burden them with details and sources. Nice one!

[@campfireaddict6417]

However, he provides sources.