Seven Million Years of Human Evolution #datavisualization

Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins-the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are even closer. Where and when did they live? What can we learn about their lives? Why did they go extinct? Scientists look to fossils for clues.
0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - First known hominin
1:29 - Bipedalism
2:32 - In-line toes, Australopithecus
3:27 - Tool use
4:06 - Migration out of Africa
4:44 - Cooking and fire
5:07 - Homo sapiens
5:38 - Family tree of human ancestors
#humanevolution #hominins #paleontology #primates
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[@fireandmugs6712]

I spent half an hour watching this 6 minute video. Lots of pausing; rewinding; googling; reading of wikipedia/scientific journal articles; looking up pictures of facial reconstructions; and saying "wow" many times. Simply amazing. Whoever made this video should be extremely proud of their work. Such high quality content and delivery.

[@BrianH7]

And you wasted your time. Try the Bible instead. That is the 100% absolute truth hands down.

[@idkwhichnametochooseidk6131]

@@BrianH7 Yea, because we were definetally made from dust...

[@Antonio---]

Still we homo sapiens are maybe invasive species, hope we can clone one of these early humans that would be cool, no bible needed only technology.

[@barbatvs8959]

@@BrianH7 I prove the Bible right in my series exposing the satanic with over 3,000 slides of evidence. Atheist arguments on paper are unworthy of wiping my butt.

[@BrianH7]

@lew bronstein me indoctrinated?! Iiiii don't thinks so...... You believe you came from NOTHING.... How is that even possible??

[@cesaralcaraz819]

At this point it's not Creationism vs Evolution it's either you understand evolution or you don't

[@cesaralcaraz819]

Roksana Skorupa true

[@FrankieFishess]

No, I think it’s a basic concept for everyone to understand. For instance, I believe in evolution and understand, at a basic level, how it works. That being said, I also believe and worship God as I am catholic. While I understand both beliefs sort of contradict each other, I do both. I believe in evolution to expand my knowledge and God to expand my faith. It’s not that I don’t understand evolution, just that I’m also religious.

[@alsah-him1571]

@@FrankieFishess the difference is that evolution is backed by evidence and gods aren't. The catholic god is based on the bible which is based on fantasy

[@FrankieFishess]

Brandon Quintero that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying you can understand evolution and be religious at the same time.

[@alsah-him1571]

@@FrankieFishess CAN you? Sure. Is it logically consistent? No. If I came up to you and said that I believe in evolution and the great Old God C'thulu from the Lovecraft novels, you'd think that I'm insane. That's the exact same thing as believing in the catholic god. Or how about I said that I believe in the Sith Religion from Star Wars? I'm just expanding my faith right?

[@kma3647]

When people say there's no evidence of gradual change, I want to show them things like this. We read about things like this, but the visualization here is spectacular and really does a great job of illustrating the key points. The map on top of it is incredibly helpful as well. Whoever put this together, I hope they got a raise and a promotion for it.

[@Joshua-nn9le]

Gradual change isn't evidence for evolution. Evidence would include transitional forms. Where are they?

[@thereoncewasalimerickwriter]

Didn't you watch the video?@@Joshua-nn9le

[@ethanp1984]

@@Joshua-nn9le Fossils

[@Joshua-nn9le]

@@ethanp1984 fossils aren't evidence for the religion of evolution, they are evidence of creation because they appear abruptly in the fossil records. Fossils aren't transitional forms.

[@onegemini420]

@@Joshua-nn9le What is your evidence of this? Where are your scientifically peer-reviewed studies to support this? Fossils appear abruptly in the fossil records? What does that even mean, and how is that evidence of creationism? Are you stating that God just put fossils with different carbon dates scattered in various states of decay around the world, simply to F with us? and you have evidence of this right? Because it sounds like you are pulling it out of where the sun doesn't shine. Did you even watch this video that showed all the "transitional" forms that Hominids took and that we as Homo Sapiens even bred with other Hominids such as Homo Neanderthalis, Erectus, and Habilis close relatives of Homo Sapiens that went extinct. Not only because Homo Sapiens had superior intelligence and spread out more, but because we bred them out as well. I am not a fan of religion, especially organized religion. But even most of them do not buy this creationism BS. Only the take the bible literally cult worshippers seem to try and twist facts or just plain make up things and claim the miracle of God working in mysterious ways we cannot understand argument. Well, I do not care what your fictional book says. Fossil evidence does not just abruptly appear. Fossils have been studied for a long time. In fact, scientists have been studying fossils for centuries (not abruptly). The ancient Greek philosopher Xenophanes found fossilized shells on dry land and concluded that the area had once been a seabed. Born in 570 BC that is well before Christianity and your fictional book. Since then, paleontologists such as Mary Anning have continued to flesh out our understanding of the diversity of ancient life forms. Fossils provide snapshots of the past which, when assembled, illustrate a panorama of evolutionary change over the past 3.5 billion years (Again not abruptly). Today, paleontologists continue to learn from fossils - and not just about the anatomy of the organisms preserved. While in the U.S. only about 60% of the population believe in evolution. While 33% are people like you living in a cult of ignorance because you want to believe a book of fiction. I bet you like to visit that monstrosity of a theme park Ark that has Dinosaurs in the Ark living with humans. That percentage is layman's. A majority of most major religious groups say scientists generally agree that humans have evolved, including 78% of the unaffiliated, 69% of mainline Protestants, and 65% of Catholics. 97% of SCIENTISTS believe in evolution. That is because when you get an education you do not need to believe in a fictional book to try and explain nature, even if you are a part of that religion. Science must be hard for you Joshua.

[@coolbluelights]

This gave me chills. We literally all came out of Africa. I remember seeing monkeys in Florida for the first time, and the way they move is so much like us. it's clear we're related.

[@damonbigsbyschannel7948]

Nah black people do not evolve from monkeys

[@el_chico1313]

well we are also related to alligators they are just removed quite a bit

[@maylingng4107]

@@el_chico1313 All life forms are related and evolved from a common ancestor.

[@mrboonscience]

@@maylingng4107 that is one theory, there may have been multiple inceptions of life.

[@maylingng4107]

@@mrboonscience The theory of evolution is the only scientific theory backed up by evidence; there is no other scientific theory for the diversity of life on earth.

[@kevincraig9704]

This was far and away the best presentation of the evolution of man I've seen. All the other charts have been so complicated, and this one was clear and concise.

[@Mdebacle]

If you look at the evolutionary chart shown in the final minute, the ancestry of every species is simply a line going back to another line. Nothing is the ancestor of anything.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@Mdebacle Lack of evidence does not mean a lack of connection. Like the narrative stated at the beginning the human ancestral tree is very sparce because hominid fossils are rare. However it is clear that we descended from the Homo genus. It will probably take some time before the direct ancestor to Homo sapiens is discovered. Even today it sometimes hard to locate who a close ancestor was for a variety of different reasons. Now inagine trying to find ancestors to various members of the hominid family going hundreds of thousands to millions of years. Many times more difficult!

[@thehoustonrealtor5107]

Where's Adam and eve here

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@thehoustonrealtor5107 Surely you jest?!

[@IRex-wm9pd]

I liked it too but our evolutionary picture IS complicated. And it seems the more fossils we discover the more complicated it gets. Thats why its now more often described as a "bush" then a tree because of all the parallel evolution, admixture, etc.

[@thejesuschrist]

Amazing! Science is mankind's best hope for preventing their own extinction. Just saying.

[@isaacandrewdixon]

hahahahaha!

[@pumpuppthevolume]

hey fiver Jesus

[@isaacandrewdixon]

@Toughen Up, Fluffy I got a little ornery just before my heart disease killed me. All better now. I'm with Jesus.

[@johnnybgoodeish]

I finally met a Jesus christ that makes sense :)

[@maximilianthomas3006]

You probably think it's funny parading around like Jesus. But let me be clear, the resurrection is a historical event, Jesus is God and I wish you would seriously look into and think deeply about what you are doing. God is merciful, but do not test Him.

[@davids.8509]

This video was a masterpiece, standing ovation to everyone involved in the development.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Best Dad Help Company

[@MossyMozart]

@davids.8509 - You are absolutely correct. The video is visually beautiful, factual, easy to understand, and wonderful. I watched it a few times. Nicely done!

[@tongobong1]

Except there is a huge MISTAKE in the video. Chinese and other Asians are not Homo Sapiens. They are mostly Homo Erectus.

[@AlexAltorfer]

Excellent vídeo! It's important to stress that evolution is not a straight line from a primitive form to a more "advanced" form, but a tree of adaptations to different environment niches that exert evolutionary pressures.

[@Joshua-nn9le]

Evolution is fictional science, there is NO evidence to support it. The fossils appearing abruptly in the fossil records clearly show evidence for creation. How come there isn't any transitional forms that show molecules to man evolution. But there aren't any.

[@sheesh70yearsago60]

So it took 7 million years for humans to evolve into dank memes totally worth it.

[@AWoolySheep]

The second law of thermodynamics states the universal increase in entropy for a system within an irreversible process (i.e. nearly all processes in nature) ALWAYS. You cannot observe an irreversible process without an increase of entropy. But what is entropy? To say it in some other words. A system always increases in complexity and therefore out of statistical necessity in chaos and badness within an irreversible process. This is universally true and in all nature we see things becoming more chaotic everywhere. On earth and in the sky. Science cannot explain how a universe and stable but horrificly complex system like earth-sun-anotherBillionFaktors is. How should a universe gain in complexity and improve its status out of coincidence. Nearly all processes in nature (irreversible ones observed by humankind) lead to a decrease in stability and order. Why is everything still working though? IT is not merely a general tendency as some professors in university like to say but a law of physics. No irreversible process can be observed containing an increase in complexity AND ORDER therefor an improvement.

[@lingeradd3096]

No,.. it took 125 million years,.. I was there also. I am a fish. So accurate

[@kevinduliesco5468]

@@lingeradd3096 no it took 4 billion years for humans to evolve i was there I was an micro organism then evolved into finless fish.

[@lingeradd3096]

@@kevinduliesco5468 Okidoki,... So I am fish. DARN! How could I be wrong. My mistake.... Not 16 biljon years?? Are you sure :) Like a fish in the water,... mmzzzhhh,...

[@miketerran4140]

The R.O.I for the galactic overlords was a little lengthy but it's paying dividends now.

[@bashsibda6289]

Since I was a child I sat int the mosque and heard the Imaams preach. Then one day in my 40’s I saw lemurs for the first time. They were fighting over a small toy. And as I saw the expressions on their faces I realised they ran on the same program as me. Watching them for those few minutes had a greater impact on me than all the years of sermons.

[@HelpMeFindTheseSongs]

Are you still religious? Just curious.

[@hardianti1339]

in essence, humans are animals. every living thing must survive fighting its fellow species. We are same. Human fighting human. Chimp fighting Chimp. Cat fighting cat. Eagle fighting eagle. Ant fighting ant.

[@kinesonc]

I just read an Evolution of ex muslims

[@maxxjunior3594]

Religion is just a another part of our great evolution. Who will survive next. The stronger, the smarter, the religious, the curious ....etc Im an ex-muslim as well and we are a lot in these muslim communities not allowed to evolve like the west.

[@marcob9124]

can you explain what you mean please? I mean even chicken has somehow same program then you, so whats your point please? And what about those sermons, did you play some of them to then lemurs? How did they respond?

[@shakibshibly00]

This is one of the most detailed graphical representations of human evolution throughout history video I have seen so far. Impressive.

[@rodolfomaggisasso6088]

Great piece of education material for those pursuing to know about antrophological evolution!!…thanks for sharing!!…and congrats for the great visual and content quality!!

[@sidneycastillocardenas1868]

Been struggling for quite some time to wrap my head around the timelines of each hominin and how they spread throughout different regions. This video just helped me put everything in perspective in 6 minutes! Truly big applause for the team of researchers and animators involved. This is the value of public scholarship.

[@canofsouls282]

Europeans= homo sapiens mixed with Neantherthal Africans and Arabics = Pure homo sapiens All of asia and native americans= homo sapiens mixed with denisovan If you are not native to north or south america refer to Europeanss, since you know colonizers...

[@galarstar052]

@@ForumLight all of what you just said is wrong, it's not even worth the effort. You're an idiot.

[@aoeu256]

@@canofsouls282 The Chinese have a different view of evolution... although most traits come from Africa there was no single movement out of Africa instead traits spread from the four corners to the other 4 which are Africa Europe East Asia Australia as humans mated with their neighbors. Desinova is a hybrid between Asian homoerectus and homo helderbergensis.

[@Strade8]

@@aoeu256 on what evidence so they base that? The genetic diversity in African popolations today, compared with diversity in others, clearly support the "out of Africa" hypothesis. How do you explain the gap in diversity without it?

[@maync1]

Don't believe it. Go and study.

[@hippocrates72]

0:48 ~ 7 MYA Sahelanthropus tchadensis Tchad smaller canine teeth 1:12 ~ 6 MYA Orrorin tugenensis East Africa thighbone: upright walking 1:28 ~5.5 MYA Ardipithecus kadabba East Africa toe: bipedalism 1:56 ~ 5 MYA --- no hominin fossils 2:22 ~4.5 MYA Ardipithecus ramidus East x2 still tree climber 2:31 ~ 4 MYA Australopithecus anamensis East x2 grasping feet lost 2:43 ~3.5 MYA Australopithecus afarensis East x3 2:44 ~3.5 MYA Australopithecus bahrelgazali Tchad 2:56 ~3.5 MYA Kenyanthropus platyops Kenya 3:03 ~ 3 MYA Australopithecus africanus South Africa 3:27 ~2.5 MYA Paranthropus aethiopicus Ethiopia 3:35 ~2.5 MYA Australopithecus garhi East Africa 3:38 ~2.x MYA Homo habilis East Africa first stone tools 3:42 ~2.x MYA Paranthropus boisei East Africa 3:57 ~1.8 MYA Homo erectus East Africa 4:04 ~ 2 MYA Homo erectus first out of Africa (East of Black Sea), large brain, dexterous fingers, long legs 3:57 ~1.8 MYA Homo ergaster East Africa 3:57 ~1.8 MYA Homo rudolfensis East Africa 4:01 ~1.7 MYA Paranthropus robustus South Africa 4:01 ~1.7 MYA Australopithecus sediba South Africa 4:24 ~1.2 MYA Homo antecessor Spain 4:41 ~0.8 MYA Homo erectus controlled fire: advances in cooking 4:43 ~0.7 MYA Homo heidelbergensis Europe 4:56 ~0.3 MYA Homo neanderthalensis Europe 4:58 ~0.3 MYA Homo naledi South Africa 5:03 ~0.2 MYA Homo sapiens Africa 5:07 ~0.1 MYA Denisovans 5:07 ~0.1 MYA Homo floresiensis 5:36 extinct hominins family tree

[@heitorsantos7046]

I love human origins.

[@cagehfh]

Thank you for itemized list...

[@4theloveofmuse]

Thank You

[@athonyhiggins3117]

Why haven't you found the missing link now you are saying there wasn't one, using gene flow methods to prove it keep looking for it

[@maxwellmain7809]

Thanks for the time stamps. 👍🤘

[@laza6141]

Truly amazing amount of information put in less than 7 minutes , thank you so much.

[@davidabbett7011]

Truly an excellent, high level summary tutorial. Thank you.

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

If our cousins hadn't died out, we could have had Elder Scrolls level of diversity!

[@lostn65]

i would love to see cat people or lizard people with large breasts.

[@chiefnoodin5155]

That would be awesome. Imagine walking down the street and seeing a Khajiit

[@northamerica5142]

I cannot comprehend how cursed the first reply is

[@hasekfan2450]

@@northamerica5142 He just had to add the last part in didn't he?

[@northamerica5142]

calistralia he didn’t but I love it

[@josethethinket9819]

4:25 oh yeah this is big brain time

[@yusufemir8314]

Best comment in this cancerous section!

[@stephanieyee9784]

This presentation is fantastic and it's quite amazing to see how many extinct hominids lived at the same time in the last 2 million years.

[@Jesuisunknown]

Yeh Its So Fantastic

[@ge2623]

Wow dude. I don't think your supposed to use the word's "Homo kids" anymore.....Not that I care.

[@shanecox9828]

Yeah you right Stephanie? It’s pleasure to meet you

[@duggie6717]

Excellent video and graphics ... puts everything into perspective!

[@SuperManning11]

Absolutely fascinating! I’ve watched a lot of videos on this topic, this is by far the best. Well done!

[@toresvenson6449]

Yes, this video is great.

[@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dOVERanalyst]

@@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory This was amazing. I wished I Voice overed it, though. Had to pause a lot.

[@marcob9124]

Great, but what do you think about the content? How much of it is truth?

[@SuperManning11]

@@marcob9124 Hola Brother, for someone who absolutely refuses to believe in human evolution, you sure do watch a lot of videos on the topic! I won’t try to engage you in meaningful discussion of this particular video, as you and I have danced this dance a couple of times already. But if you feel that you are ready to come to the TRUTH about your DIVINE ancestors, those that walked the Earth before the current species of Homo sapiens sapiens, and if you are prepared to allow any questions still burning within you to be answered by SCIENCE, then by all means, let’s dance!

[@jomolololo4398]

Amazing work , truly value the hours put it to make this , credit to everyone involved

[@manuelescareno7031]

Gary Watzittoyaa i was involved.

[@nsr5961]

Manuel Escareno You helped contribute to making this nonsense?

[@raysalmon6566]

One problem It's a lie

[@chimpanzeethat3802]

Our evolution is confirmed genetically and therefore proven even in a court of law.

[@raysalmon6566]

@@chimpanzeethat3802 No evolution has not been proved genetically mutations only makes very small changes within the same species and all species degrade over time to extinction

[@bahrambahramii]

It's a documented and high-quality work. Good job Thank you

[@dhutch71]

Excellent presentation.... love the handpan (steel tongue drum) music... so relaxing. There are too many frenetic presentations on KZbin of the same subject matter with some moderator that talks about 90 MPH trying to get all the details covered. This 6 minutes of diagrams, text and images was perfect! Thank you!

[@szuberi]

The study of human evolution, this video being a prime example, has freed me from the religious dogmas and nonsense i learned as a child. Amazing and I am so grateful for this work.

[@matthewstewart2228]

Gaping holes

[@briandenley]

Matthew Stewart the case for evolution is overwhelming.

[@matthewstewart2228]

@@briandenley and the case for jesus is too...

[@szuberi]

@Alex Kamis there is no physical proof of his existence. None. It's a story.

[@parthapratimsarker203]

May Allah give you Hedayet.

[@iwantdie6289]

Person: I'm American Other person: im Japanese Me:im fish

[@teethdude4440]

I’m egg

[@davidkoralov3529]

YOU'RE THE FISH THAT TOOK MY PHONE FROM THE BEACH 2 YEARS AGO, AND NOW YOU'RE POSTING THINGS ONLINE!

[@NRooster]

@@davidkoralov3529 lmao

[@JackPomi]

No, you're Pikaia lol

[@entropybentwhistle]

“Your Inner Fish” by Neil Shubin is a really good book about early evolution processes too. And shows, technically, yes, you are indeed a fish species on the taxonomic bush.

[@RohitPant04]

Excellent sound and simple visuals make this roadmap of human evolution my favourite on YT!

[@Artie_D]

This video should be on all schools projectors to give kids the comprehensive picture of our evolution. Amazing job done!

[@zlwzoe]

Humans at a zoo: OO-OO AA-aH Monkey: am i a joke to you?

[@SA-be1bn]

I hate how they keep such intelligent animals in the zoo causing them to be extremely depressed. People are complaining about quarantine even when we have the technology havingus something to do imagine waking up everyday bored out of your life with no exercise. Zoos have to stop getting apes or just abolish zoos in general.

[@SA-be1bn]

Effetion Zz no they can easily put them in a private bought area a zoo is not where they belong.

[@zlwzoe]

Sajay Sandhu what has this comment i made turnt into...

[@zlwzoe]

@Effetion Zz bruh why are so many Karen’s replying to me its a joke stfu

[@blockvfive1196]

monkey: respect your elders

[@laylacooper747]

Amazing video! My six year old daughter watched it and she’s now fascinated with human evolution. We’ve added it to our home learning even though it’s not on her curriculum yet

[@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory]

That is awesome!

[@saraf5414]

What a wonderful parent you are! As someone whose parents never taught her anything about evolution, thanks.

[@YourfaveNPC]

You are a role model parent.

[@carsnob]

My parents religion taught me that the world is only a few thousand years old... we literally know the exact age of the earth AND our observable universe. Yet religious robots can't let go of their belief since it's all they've known their whole lives.

[@malakaihernandez2235]

@@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory What's up bro!

[@garyshify]

This is a brilliantly designed and scripted video. Very easy to understand with the visual tools and the crisp text. Thank you!

[@greg9336]

Absolutely incredible quality. Cutting edge. Amazing use of video technology to consolidate learning.

[@madisonjoe1911]

It’s crazy to think about how much study and research over decades can now be condensed into a six minute video like so many people spent their lives studying human history 🤯🤯

[@Baldnesz]

And how utterly deluded and brainwashed you have to be to be a Creationist !

[@skylersharp9549]

This made me emotional, which I was not expecting. Being able to see what happened before our species even existed is incredible. I will say though, that watching the other hominins go extinct made me sad for some reason.

[@williammartin2842]

Those species may be extinct but their DNA lives on in modern humans 3 billion base pairs of genes.

[@user-oh3zf5oz6y]

And with that being said...give it time...all people will look alike. There won't be anymore racial differences.

[@marcob9124]

No reason to get emotional over tales to much. Evolution is a tale for adults. Reality is degeneration and not evolution.

[@elijahthegoat9681]

@@marcob9124 L

[@zarmindrow5831]

Try booze. It helps.

[@aiPromptingcourse]

This video is among the very best on this topic. What software was used to create animated graphic sequences?? This is a must know!

[@elenastubo]

Brilliantly accurate! And beautifully presented, thank you!

[@olivier3164]

Whose here after watching the game ancestor the humankind odyssey

[@justint.6618]

yee

[@ooffed5464]

Ye

[@urshidid]

Bruh I thought it was just me

[@urshidid]

You only get to play as like 4 different kinds of hominids tho

[@Reallemur-yc2ld]

Me

[@DG-xg8vg]

sharing with my biology students, perfect for their adaptation and evolution lecture!

[@maxbadger5006]

Do you believe in evolution? It is not provable, the Darwin theory has failed! If people descended from animals, for example, from monkeys, then how can one explain the huge gap between the intellectual abilities of people and monkeys?

[@DG-xg8vg]

@@maxbadger5006 You're really asking a biology lecturer if he accepts the theory of evolution...

[@hammalammadingdong6244]

Dan Goodall - Sorry to report that this comment section is teaming with creationists and trolls. Carry on.

[@DG-xg8vg]

@@hammalammadingdong6244 Such a shame, I finished teaching an online lecture today, funnily enough, on evolution, which is having more of an impact on the world than a KZbin creationist troll. Peace.

[@walkergarya]

@@DG-xg8vg Keep up the good work. Creationism is so pervasive and ignorant.

[@wunthaaung6340]

This is probably the best video on human evolution

[@kamoheloradebe1230]

Wow, this video is just brilliantly made!!

[@BricMayco]

After 13 years browsing KZbin, I've found the single best thing on the platform.

[@OfMiceAndMegabytes]

Same this is gold.

[@conco6564]

You only join KZbin 10 year ago or you make an account

[@picturepainter]

A genuine creationist would never be watching evolution videos on KZbin. So if you come across any comments that say "evolution is false" you'll know that it's just trolling. Treat the anti-evolution comments like a scam email from Nigeria.

[@censoredaccount3159]

What about individuals who believe science over scientism?

[@picturepainter]

What is "scientism"?

[@censoredaccount3159]

@@picturepainter The most accurate definition would be: propagating a hoax, fraud, or lie in the NAME of science rather than using actual science. This is what evolution does because actual science disproves evolution.

[@picturepainter]

I don't think it does. If you're saying science is not 100% trustworthy, any scientist will agree with that. Scientists are always trying to prove each other wrong, because they can be a very competitive bunch. Any scientist who is convinced evolutionary theory is a fiendish fraud, a mischievous hoax or a malicious lie only has to come forward and show why. In addition to achieving fame and glory (Nobel prize), they could even have a plant named after them. If evolution by natural selection has survived over one and a half centuries of scrutiny by scientists, that's pretty darn impressive for a "hoax". 😁

[@censoredaccount3159]

@@picturepainter It's ok that you're a drooIing imbeciIe. You shouldn't publicly advertise the fact though. **the fraud of evolution - trumpet** **a multimillion dollar monkey fraud - trumpet** Type these two titles into your search engine and learn some facts.

[@dalewoloshin514]

The clarity of this video, putting in 6:22 hominen species, range, significant attributes, and overlap together, makes this the best hominen evolution display I have yet to see.

[@swimbait1]

A 100 years of researchers looking and digging and analyzing brought down to 6 minutes. Amazing. Thank you.

[@ThatisnotHair]

150 years *

[@SuperBasedownlow]

It's quite sad to think that we are the only humans remaining. Imagine if some species survived and evolved till mordern times. What would the world look like? Would we be more or less technology advanced? Well atleast we have some close relatives left.

[@randomdude2540]

War and famine while the stronger hominids enslave the rest and battle for world domination.

[@NoName-yy1jx]

There is the asians

[@robharwood3538]

In some real sense, our species is an amalgam of many of the species mentioned in the video. Certainly we interbred with *at least* the Neanderthals and Denisovans, after quite a long separation from them in Europe and Asia, and our final migration out of Africa. DNA proves that conclusively. It's not so hard to imagine that there was probably a good deal of inter-breeding between cousin-species *within* Africa. So, perhaps many of them live on, in part, within us. Perhaps that's how we came to be in the first place. Perhaps they are us, and we are them. 🤔😊

[@extraextraxtraterrestialah8794]

Neathertals still exists

[@sexiestweebalive5762]

More racism

[@happybirthday2078]

How sad that there is racism against African people, while we all came from Africa.

[@micahcook2408]

Luke Thomas I think they mean modern racism since western slavery expansion, when scientists began to try to prove that racial phenotypical differences (of the same species if I may add) make people vastly different from each other which justified seeing Africans as lesser and dumber but strong for the work they were forced into. You’re both right though. Humans are known to disagree and lead to disliking each other for any reason. It’s the negative side effect of having a “big brain” lol

[@cooldude5608]

@Micah Cook all lives matter dude we all came from different places so the out of Africa theory has been debunked years ago it’s something Darwin made up in the 20th century it’s just a theory when it’s a theory we don’t know if it’s real or not if the facts are proven or not

[@cooldude5608]

@Happy Birthday it’s just a theory it’s not proven so the out of Africa is debunked we all came from different places Darwin made that theory in the 20th century

[@burntcocaine5794]

@@pinky9971 jesus ur the biggest douche ive seen and the biggest idiot

[@reinathings9905]

@Buster Scruggs what??

[@david_innerkid]

This is so beautifully presented. Allowing time between each species for the viewer to wonder.

[@circledotanimations1784]

Thank you for properly depicting the evolved people of Africa as native Africans... It always blew my mind how some documentaries will depict the original Natives of Africa as being completely European looking. That did not happen until the migrating further from the sun into the cold where darker skin was not needed.

[@SRCG2773]

I really appreciate this. Nice work, guys. I hope more people are aware of Human evolution because most biology classes just touch this topic and leave it without necessarily explaining the children in detail.

[@baconmunchers629]

... That's because there is no real proof to provide that detail you are referring to.

[@germanvisitor2]

@@baconmunchers629 Which detail?

[@numbercode2486]

@@baconmunchers629, Can you explain to me why I still have body hair, arms, legs, hands, feet, etc. a little bit the same as Chimpanzees? Why do I have little canines while a Chimpanzee would also have canines? Why do I see more similarities between a human and a chimpanzee or any ape than between a human and any type of monkey while I still see similarities between a human and any type of monkey? It's like comparing a penguin species to other bird species or a dolphin species to any type of whale species because you could clearly see the similarities. A penguin has feathers, wings, and a beak just like other birds do. A dolphin has a nose to its forehead just like a whale does, they have similar-looking tails than that of a shark, and they both have flippers. You're telling me that's not proof? You should know what an evolutionary tree is and how it works.

[@numbercode2486]

@@baconmunchers629, There's a reason why there are different categories of organisms. We were put in the primate family because we have a more closer common ancestors with other primate species than we do with organisms outside the primate family.

[@miketaggart9184]

@@baconmunchers629 I consider the fact that we share 97% of our DNA with chimpanzees to be pretty convinving proof by itself. Not to mention 170 years of fossil evidence, genetics, paleochemistry, evolutionary biology . .

[@apextroll]

The Neanderthals get angry with this type of video.

[@morrgash]

Oh you don't need to be angry, iam sure there is a place for you on earth....

[@desiderata8811]

Evangelics get much angrier.

[@francoisluneau]

@@worfoz Great reply! 😂

[@cryptomaniac3781]

@markj6700 His anger will only be 1% - 3% out of 100% then.

[@RiftZM]

Is he going to turn green if he gets angry?

[@rhyzily5289]

Just incredible!!!! Life changing to see our part of the family tree described in detail!

[@MrTimjm009]

It would be amazing to travel back through time to see these ancestors for real . To see them actualy living and doing what ever they did

[@10azizah]

What a way to explain the human evolutionary time line. Very helpful for most age groups and is very direct with no complications.👏👏👏

[@kaizokujimbei143]

Evolution is such a messy process, and yet it is so beautiful at the same time.

[@knockhello2604]

Yeah

[@KamiTenchi]

No it's not lol

[@linehauler208]

It's also all bunk!

[@Jesuisunknown]

@@KamiTenchi Evolution is related to diversifying

[@poozer1986]

@@linehauler208 really? How so?

[@gogogravity]

An absolutely stunning job creating this!

[@Molluscanscientist]

I watched it many times. An incredibly well-made video. Thank you very much to those who contributed. I'm a professor in Turkey, and I was jealous of those who prepared it. good sense

[@timeslip7532]

Brilliant documentary, especially for such a short one. You crammed so much information in. Thanks.

[@robharwood3538]

Great video! The only minor critiques I would have are concerning the clarity of the visualization (e.g. some 'fossil find' icons do not contrast enough with their background colours, making them difficult to see) and the rate at which the viewer is expected to absorb information (e.g. some text needs to be read quite rapidly in order to follow along the video, with its constant rate of timeline progression; perhaps the video could have been made a bit longer, or perhaps the text re-organized to be presented at a more steady rate of viewer-information-absorption, or something else).

[@DubzCo]

I would loved to see a Periodization from the Paleolithic up to the present, great find great work thank you 🙏

[@theoverlords7960]

2:55 "They may have met." Kenyanthropus platytops: "Lives for only a second"

[@PureHaNkYpAnKy]

I love human history so much, and I think a big reason for that is because it carries so much mystery with it. Thanks for the awesome video!

[@amandabohnhoff2725]

deftones icon + anthropology nerd :,) awesome human alert

[@PureHaNkYpAnKy]

@@amandabohnhoff2725 dang you just made my night lol thank you thank you 🙏😆

[@AndyRhodes1]

This is a very helpful video. It really illustrates a complex variety of information clearly.

[@oliveroox]

wow so cool ! didnt know a lot of that .. super interesting and well put together ! (: it's crazy that it did not even take 1mio years to get where we are today .. what are we doing with this ? fighting in wars basically . it's kind of a wonder what happened on this planet .. we don't appreciate this . it's kinda sad ! a more overall look back etc. maybe would help to keep the fascination .. we could achieve so much if we just work together .. reaching for the stars and stuff .. and maybe most of us would be happy .. like everyone . just crazy what's going on rn vs what it took to get here .

[@rccmrccrawlermods4517]

As a videographer - this was an amazing piece! And so informative.. Thanks for the hard work!

[@maaypinaay]

Very clear illustration of the history of human kind. Also very good graphics. Thank you!

[@equalopportunityoffender1816]

The Homo Erectus had a large brain and a large..... Browline. What were you guys thinking?

[@cyanidetouch1096]

You got me XD

[@justint.6618]

Tyler Keck I was thinking dicks

[@kurliigurlii]

Pee pees

[@stephytimez9041]

Tyler Keck Head

[@jrhermosura4600]

Something erectus

[@JyotirmoyDas]

Definitely the best Quality content on this Topic..Just WOW

[@caesar-sefo]

This video is such a piece of Art. Thanks you for sharing it

[@quixotika3232]

Part of me wishes that our cousin species were still alive today. Could they eat the same food as us? Were their larynx capable of speaking our language? Are we capable of speaking their languages? Could we give each other diseases? Did they have concepts that we can't imagine and vice versa? I wish we could actually test these questions with them.

[@whisperingsims]

I can answer most of these. Yes they did. Yes we had the same genes for speech. Probably just they would have different diction. Yes where do you think we got pubic lice. And yes.

[@quixotika3232]

@@whisperingsims Thanks man, evolution really is interesting but I bet if Neanderthal ate our greasy foods then they would die from diabetes or something. Their bodies were designed to live in extreme cold climates where food was scarce. If all of a sudden they had all this fattening food then I recon they won't live long.

[@whisperingsims]

@@quixotika3232 as far as the greasy food. They would have had the same time to adapt to the diet we have. But who's know they could have ended up having different cuisines.

[@quixotika3232]

@Maxx Kroes If they were still around, people would probably make them slaves or in some cases, zoo exhibits because we all have human rights but technically they are not human. It would be horrible but some humans would view them as animals I feel like. Also, how would the law view them because Neanderthals grow much faster than Sapiens. Could they vote at 12? Could they smoke and drink beer at 15? Would you have a classroom of 19 year olds and have a 13 year old Neanderthal in the same class?

[@yusufemir8314]

That would create an immense amount of racism.

[@kellyandrichweddle2425]

exceedingly useful graphics, good review of human evolution.

[@simonpitt4632]

thak you , you helped me understand a lot

[@drakekay6577]

Ya know, I hate it when people ONLY refer to the Modern human when referencing how long we've been on the planet. We ARE connected directly to the first species born here... All the way back to the beginning of life.. People don't seem to understand that.. Every species on the planet is our relative.. The animals we eat, the insects we poison, the tree's we burn or use as furniture.......The reason we share dna in common is BECAUSE we are relatives!

[@BarbaraBrown-ql4oz]

This video makes a whole 7 million years 100% more simple!

[@commentingaccount1383]

I love how racists always get mad at the out of africa theory. It's like, do you think our ancestors had any conception of continents at all? It's completely irrelevant where humanity evolved. It was all just land, infinite land as far as any of our ancestors could tell

[@henlofrens]

Racism in itself is completely irrelevant. No point in arguing with a flawed concept to begin with. If anything this vid should show that there is only one human 'race' left. Actual racism should have died with the neanderthals, the last other 'race'.

[@markburch6253]

@@henlofrens ...Neanderthals weren't a race, they were a species.

[@Julian-we6qg]

@@henlofrens This video shows us that africans of today have been evolving in africa creating small tribe communities while 60k thousand years ago europeans set out on completely different challanges, building the west as we sees it toay. Some will use that as an excuse of racism, even more people cant axpect the relatively big evolvement happening over those years.

[@AskiatheGreat64]

Actually two different species can interbreed if their member of the same group. Tigers and lions can interbreed but their both different species.

[@IRex-wm9pd]

Well said although I would say racism isnt actually about "race". Its about tribe. We should call it "tribalism" which makes a lot more sense evolutionarily since for 99.9% of our species existence we existed in small bands of familial groupings of no more than a few dozen individuals for whom anything outside of our little group was a potential threat. Being "tribalist" was to our advantage evolutionarily then. But today its morphed into racism based on the most obvious visual cue which is skin color. Hopefully we evolve beyond it...

[@hugosantos9858]

When visualised this way it’s easier to put in perspective

[@gamerwhiz6847]

Beautiful presentation, it's great what technology can do for learning.

[@Paul-te8mz]

This is an extremely well made and informative video. However, in the very early specimens it is straying perhaps a little into the unknown. For instance in 2020, its femur was analyzed, and it was found that Sahelanthropus was not bipedal, casting doubt on its position as a human ancestor. According to recent studies Orrorin tugenensis is a basal hominid that adapted an early form of bipedalism.From O. tugenensis onwards, the chances of the species being actual hominens increases. According to recent studies Orrorin tugenensis is a basal hominid that adapted an early form of bipedalism.

[@babs2800]

Bro this is crazy! So clearly put, so educative! Good job, i just subscribed.

[@bogusmcbogus2637]

My brother and sister humans, we should always spend a moment now and again reflecting on the long path our family has traveled and remembering our ancient, extinct ancestors.

[@gloryshadow8710]

😑🙏😢

[@AndrisGameDev]

as others already stated, this is a fantastic piece of work, thank you so much!

[@gilbertryozoyajima1935]

Very nice! Learned a lot. Wish the map showed more accurate continental contouring and shapes (if they in fact differed significantly) over time as well.

[@laurend.3858]

I love these kinds of videos. Truly incredible and fascinating work

[@ashzavalajaidar2030]

Surprisingly well done KUDOS. Clear, concise, enriching wow!!!

[@shaziaafrin6550]

even to a person who never had any interest in hisrory, this one & single presentation would be enough to act like a magnet that could bring out all the interests it takes to be willing to learn from scratch

[@chviswaprakasharao244]

Excellent presentation. Concise and clear. What we see here as a 6-minute presentation is the synthesized toil of thousands of scientists and people from other walks of life and surely we are deeply indebted to them for this frontier of knowledge.

[@jsmcguireIII]

Nice presentation. It is amazing how much can be inferred from so little evidence. Lets hope more data is found and is added to our understanding. MUCH RESPECT TO OUR ANCESTORS - WE OWE EVERYTHING TO THEM!!

[@austinbandy5818]

I'm so glad I made the choice as a kid to leave the church as far behind as humanly possible. They feared this stuff. They would call it lies and try to tell you it was all devil stuff blah blah blah. And I've never stopped learning ever since. Science is good science is great!

[@TheSweeeeeetz]

What a great video! beautiful content

[@emilwalter6116]

i had to write an essay on human evolution and I was so lost until I found this video, Two thumbs up!

[@ryhisner]

This is awesome, incredibly well done. My only wish is that there could be an extended version of this, with the same great graphics but more details on the individual hominins. I found myself wondering about the species for which no details were provided. Homo naledi, the Denisovans, and Neandertals, for example, just pop up and disappear with nary a comment. Still awesome stuff.

[@bashsibda6289]

ryhisner Thats the beauty of this vid. To get your interest up.

[@otanguma]

Thank you. This fed my interest in our evolution, Anthropology and as a spinoff, the realization of possible Sasquatch. Awesome vid.

[@TheKAYLEN101]

Imagine being one of these beings trying to survive, the stuff they probably seen. The obstacles & challenges. I’m so intrigued

[@chhavishaj]

I Spend my hours n hours on internet just to get an idea & timeline of our ancient history. Look! I found my solution in these 6 minutes, Thnk you from the bottom of my heart❤

[@aditibhatt9318]

This is such a great explanatory video. Wow. Thanks !!

[@SUDARSAN_DAS]

I am really fascinated....it's the best evolution video I have ever seen...thank you so much American Museum of Natural History...

[@laetitiavisagie-gg6kk]

This is an awesome presentation. I sort of expected that Homo Naledi will not be here but it was - I am from South Africa

[@lovro3591]

The music in this is amazing

[@oldguy1232]

do you know the name of the song

[@JacobMrox]

For real, It awakened my African genes! Makes me wanna go hunt in the wild! But no wait... That's the whole reason they went extinct, now we must preserve life.

[@chansetwo]

Great video. It's been 20 years since I took physical anthropology. Since then, there have been so many new fossil discoveries. This is in addition to all the new and interesting molecular genetic discoveries in biological evolution. Makes me wish myself a student, once again.

[@alfazehsas]

Ff bot.

[@dudeman7826]

Iris Gabriel aww are you mad that evolution is real and your fairy tale bs proven to be made up lol

[@supernova046]

i feel at home and reassured by this video,evolution is wonderful to behold,we are so lucky to be here.enjoy every day of youre life,its precious x

[@marcinlechicki4019]

Hi American Museum of Natural History. My name is Marcin, and I have one question about this graph in 5:41. Where /when on this graph our number of chromosoms pairs droped from 24 to 23? I don't know why this question. But I realy need to know this, to imagine this proces. We must have had the same number of chromosoms that neandertalis had... Right? Or not?