The Earth 10,000 Years Ago | 10,000 Subscribers Special

To celebrate 10,000 we thought we'd make a video exploring what our world was like 10,000 years ago. What was life like for the humans alive at the time? What was the climate like? And what animals were around? Thank you all so much for the support you've given to this channel!
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[@BenGThomas]

Something we forgot to mention in the video is that we do actually have a discord server if you'd like to join: discord.gg/3KgpG8J

[@tennesseeempire2892]

Ben G Thomas Awesome good for you dude I was just wondering if you could make a video possibly discussing animals of the future

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks so much, and yeah that's definitely a topic we've been thinking about doing, we talked a little bit about the future of evolution and humans in the last Mysteries of Life video but we could do it in more detail :)

[@theawecabinet]

The megafauna were wiped out by the comet impacts which struck N American ice sheet, vaporising it and creating 1000ft high floods to sweep across the continent scouring everything down to the bedrock and ending the ice age almost overnight. In addition there was almost certainly a mass solar event which caused the earth to be scorched by plasma discharges which filled the entire skies. It was hell on earth coming out of the last ice age and humans barely survived. The collective trauma of 2000 years of cataclysmic events and 15 degree climate change with 400ft sea level rise would have made the surviving humans obsessed with the sky and the terrors which it can unleash onto us. There was without doubt a high civilisation prior to the ice age which got wiped out, leaving humans 10,000 years ago to regroup and start again from scratch. 10,000 years is the date for when Gobekli Tepe was deliberately buried, making the actual site itself far older. It is most likely one of the first sites to be built after the cataclysms, as humans tried to preserve their scientific, astronomical, mathematical and other knowledge into stone (having just had their entire civilisation wiped out). Check out the research by Randal Carlson and Graham Hancock

[@olimthomas6515]

Christopher snedeker very sorry. when i researched the topic i mixed up the cradle of civilisation with the cradle of humankind

[@Skelstoolbox]

Nope, North American extinction of megafauna was due to an impactor from the clovis comet which likely the cause for the younger dryas period of 1000 year weather disruption.. No chance human, paleo-indian hunters wiped out the large animals faster than they could breed..

[@johnlime1469]

Well by this logic, we'll have to get him to 66 million subscribers to even start talking about the dinosaurs! Let's get going boys!

[@derektorres3092]

John Lime 20 years in the future Ok guys now it's time for Earth 100 million years ago 400 million more and we can talk about the Cambrian Explosion

[@GilCesarSchultz]

/o\

[@cesaralcaraz819]

Let's get him past WWE then

[@katrinakollmann5265]

Boys. Lol.

[@allanmolina5094]

pewds can talk about dinosaurs

[@beastmaster0934]

Homo Sapiens moving into Europe from Africa: “Finally we don’t have to deal with big cats and hyenas” Cave Lions and Cave Hyenas: “Allow us to introduce ourselves”

[@krishnilnand5284]

Oldest city or town currently is mohengo daro and harrapa..

[@mauiwaiariki1047]

The Sons of the first Man I presume?..Please to meet you

[@outdoorfanatics4596]

*hypothermia intensifies*

[@dinosaursandthewondersofpr9321]

@AlbertaStrength Lucy is an Australopithecus, not a human.

[@nuke2099]

@AlbertaStrength Lucy was a Australopithecus and they lived in and never left Africa. Also all original Homo Sapians came from Africa and then we left it and entered other countries. Africa is the origin of our species and where we lived.

[@crystalball6358]

At last! Someone doing the talk over who is clear, has a decent voice and isn't creepy or robotic or talks so fast its impossible to understand what's being said! Brilliant video!

[@dragoflamer786]

@@daryld4457 stfu

[@bankshot4192]

Well I’m glad you can understand him I can’t understand a word he’s saying why can’t people just speak American… I mean fr what language is this guy speaking Londonese, Australianese or British

[@lommerdpassievrucht8555]

@@bankshot4192 🤣

[@DemonArshan]

Just buried Chills and The Top5s in one sentence.

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

@@bankshot4192 You must be joking

[@jerryjacobsunny5574]

The olmec statues looks incredibly good for the time

[@pitmezzari2873]

They're much more recent, 2500-400 BCE

[@chanoone7812]

@@pitmezzari2873 or their much older. Theirs truly incredible work done all over the globe that makes no sense. Theirs incredibly precise work done using a type of granite andacite. That could not have been possible with bronze age tools

[@jaydensjourney2626]

How about a break down on Australia' 10000 years ago.

[@devonkauffman640]

Yes

[@sandroschmitt5660]

@@pitmezzari2873 It was an ironic observation of Jeroby Miles ! A joke !

[@dondon1817]

in memoriam of Sid, Manny and Diego (ice age)

[@shqiptariidukagjinit5650]

don don R.I.P

[@ameyas7726]

and Squirrel....unless he's still chasing the acorn in mortal lands!!

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

I Salute them.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

I didn’t realize the movie was so accurate to the time period until watching this.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

I love trying to envision what it would be like to be a human in this era and back further. It’s amazing how different things were back then, being that it’s fairly recent really

[@KKolbet]

500 generations :D

[@anonyarena]

at 1:45, I've always loved that relief, of what appears to be two people joyfully dancing with a turtle. A very happy image from prehistory.

[@Cranndaddy]

That relief is actually the world’s first documented case of a beastiality threesome

[@morganstarchild5359]

I thought that they are swimming

[@scottyj6226]

I bet they're celebrating the new turtle soup recipe

[@howardwayne3974]

Mmmmmmm turtle on fire !!! Good !!!!

[@chiseler151]

something goes extinct: "probably humans" -ben g thomas

[@mangalvnam2010]

Yep, poor trilobites, they didn't deserve us...

[@123Gravina]

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/14/impact-crater-19-miles-wide-found-beneath-greenland-glacier This is actually what did it 👀

[@snazytoons4142]

I know, I feel bad for the anomalacaris

[@annoyed707]

It's likely both factors in most cases and just one in a few others.

[@LyubomirIko]

​@@123Gravina Hiawatha craters are most likely not related because the ice above them is much older. Also the found charcoal at the site is much older - age greater than 50,000 BP. The scientist however want funding to check it fully, so it is good trick to use the hot public interest prepared from few showman-s. The thing ordinary people who are interested in the YD show are missing is to actually educate themselves about the D-O events and that YD is nothing special in the recent past as climatic fluctuation, and most likely the climatic fluctuation is not related to meteorite. Only the extinction is the controversial part - but this can be a result of overlapping of few events - not a single reason as the yet to be proven meteor theory. At that time geomagnetic excursion happen(if Cosmic ray theory is true this mean the Sun as well as the cosmic rays to be trouble makers for life), Laacher See volcano eruption happen (markers in the soil can come from the volcano, not from meteor), Vela supernova exploded approximately around the same time; It is still to be proven the YD black mat is from fire - because many says it is from humidity/rains (remember the excessive water pour in the oceans- may mean years of rains) and few other theory goes with the extinction.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

The Pronghorn is living evidence of the previous existence of an NA high speed predator. This animal is ridiculously fast and effortlessly outdistances wolves and coyotes.

[@michaellawson6533]

Luck it doesnt live in Africa , the cheetah would run it into the ground .

[@nemilyk]

@@michaellawson6533 Actually that's likely why the pronghorn is so fast, as Fraser Henderson was saying. As is pointed out in this video, there used to be an 'american cheetah,' the Miracinonyx, which would have preyed on the pronghorn. The pronghorn is the second fastest land-animal after the African cheetah and that's not by much... and might even be faster based on recent studies. Cheetahs have been clocked with GPS hitting 60mph (sorry for not using metric... I'm an American, give me all your hatred everyone) but for only for short periods of time, and average around 40mph in the chase. Even with those speeds they're only successful in hunting 60% of the time. Meanwhile, the pronghorn can hold a 50-60mph pace for a whole half mile, and up to 40mph for a whole mile. If the cheetah doesn't catch the pronghorn in its short running window, that pronghorn is long gone. Where the cheetah holds and edge is in its acceleration. It only takes 2 seconds to get to 50mph, but it can only maintain that speed for about 1600 feet. That gives it pretty small window to actually catch prey as fast as the pronghorn or springbok (which is only like a hair slower than the pronghorn). Long story short, the pronghorn probably wouldn't be that troubled by the modern African cheetah, it's met them before evolutionarily speaking, and the pronghorn's still around. Give North America's fauna some credit ;).

[@colb9916]

@@nemilyk Makes me wonder what we're missing fossil-wise here in Australia. Our Emu can run at 80kmph(50mph)with average speeds of 30-40mph for miles. There is nothing,and as far as i know, has been nothing on this continent to keep up with it. Why evolve to run that fast without a reason ?.( the african spotted hunting dog, is about the only modern predator ive seen with the sustained running speed and pack inteligence to mount an effective counter to the Emu's speed , litteraly running its prey into the ground,by repeatedly changing the lead chasers with fresh pack members,, but,, their remains havn't been found here ) The Thylacaleo*?(not positive on the spelling*, was a marsupial lion, the largest predator here) an ambush predator and not speedy over the ground. Thylacine ( tasmanian tiger) with a gait similar to the Tasmanian Devil ,wasnt fast enough to catch Emus. Same goes for the kangaroos. Other than Dingo (non native species,introduced around 4-4500 yrs ago) there is no predator here that can keep up the sustained rate of travel a plains Kangaroo can. 30-40mph over miles,(big bucks ((males)) and ive seen them stand over 7ft ) covering over 10mtrs (30+ feet) in a single bound. The faster they bound, the less energy they expend.Even little ones .. They evolved to hop and hop and bloody well hop.Spring loaded legs is an apt description . Again, why evolve to flee that fast and far without a capable predator? .No big cats, no long distance canines.. It leaves an unanswered question in my mind.

[@nemilyk]

@@colb9916 Excellent question, and wish I had an answer. I'm not going to really pretend to be an expert, just what I put together from the evidence I see and read. Though I would consider the wedge-tail eagle might have something to do with that. It is known that the Haast's eagle of NZ preyed upon moa, and that wedgetails to this day prey upon emu as well as kangaroos. Something I'd consider as far as the emu is concerned, off the top of my head, was that once the emu had a competitor in genyornis. Perhaps more speed and endurance helped the emu both get out of trouble with its genyornis neighbours over territorial squabbles, as well as playing on an old joke here in the States: "I don't have to run faster than a bear, I just have to run faster than you." Maybe the emu just had to evolve to be faster than the larger genyornis, leaving genyornis a more likely target for large eagles? Again, pure speculation, but speculation is half the fun, and it's what leads us to looking for the answers, eh?

[@colb9916]

@@nemilyk Mabee in bygone times, the eagles here were much much bigger ,i cant realy say , but from all i've seen and learned over the years,Wedge Tails seldom prey on kangaroos or emu's. sometimes the very young ones yeah, and small wallabies, but emu at around 100kg and roos at 50 to 90 kg live, are too big for them. they mostly prey on small marsupials, rabbits, foxes,cats,lambs etc and carrion. (many are accidentaly (i would hope) killed feeding on road kill ). Far from the noble and majestic vision many have of them, (and i love that vision myself ) they mostly feed on already dead carcasses :( that they come across, many feed almost entirely off other animals killed on our inland/outback roads . .Although they're our largest Raptor, they aren't as large as many think them to be.Average about 18 to 25 or so inches tall standing on the ground.although there were many larger ones shot and killed in the early days of European settlement here. Early farmers shot them thinking they were takeing lambs ,sheep and calves. but they dont have the body size to make large animals their natural prey. im not an expert either :) but have lived my entire life in the country,taken an avid interest in all things to do with my native land, Our joke is not needing to swim faster than the great white, just faster than your dive buddies lol. Many many mysterys in this ancient country.

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[@katieshea1876]

Are u fing kidding me? We culd have had cute tiny hippos for pets?

[@tradingpost2472]

Highly unlikely, still not bad for a lol 🐰✌

[@amphibiangoddess]

That's all I kept thinking too after he mentioned it!

[@williamrjohnstone]

Dont pygmy hippos still exist fam

[@imlivinginyourceiling]

What about the Canadian House Hippo?

[@sosoma32]

For all we know, they could’ve fed on human testicles😂 nothin cute about that

[@CharlesOffdensen]

Would you do Earth before 100 000 years if you get 100 000 subscribers?

[@BenGThomas]

Absolutely! :D

[@HellbirdIV]

@@BenGThomas 97k now - including myself! Now that's some impressive growth from 10k+ just last year! I hope you're prepared to make "The Earth 100 000 Years Ago" soon, it'll be any month now at this rate!

[@villus9384]

Now they’ve gotta

[@erik-ic3tp]

@@BenGThomas, Will you make that video sooner or later? You're at 104K subs now. :)

[@ZebraActual]

A little overdue now...

[@charles8589]

Yay! I found you after the 200 years ago video for 200k subscribers and I'm so glad you made one for 10k too! Loving your channel so far

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I see why your channel is growing this is awesome! Good narration, Lots of information and nice pictures. Keep it up

[@justandroid1209]

Our planet is the coolest

[@homoerectus2990]

Until we find life on another planet

[@vanillajack5925]

Actually, Neptune is much colder...

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Be ever so humble there is no place like home.

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Pluto is cool as shit that's where the party at

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Just Android *Pandora:* Hold my beer

[@jagermcbigmac7872]

3:26 I'm trying to sneak around and hunt for food, but I'm DUMMY thicc and the clap of my ass cheeks keeps scarring the mega fauna....

[@furball8967]

Thats f**king hilarious! LOL

[@BramsCommando]

Scaring or scarring? Lol

[@jagermcbigmac7872]

@@BramsCommando either or whatever im not one for spelling when i smoke

[@BramsCommando]

Ice on the rocks. Cheers I'll drink to that bro

[@danielryan9076]

Gulf clap

[@dianabutterfield9519]

Thanks so much for sharing your research with us on KZbin!! I deeply appreciate your scholarship and enthusiasm, and your uncanny ability to communicate even very difficult ideas so clearly!!

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Wow I just found this channel and it's so great! Thank you!

[@milesc.anthony2811]

Thank you for the great videos! About a month ago, this and one other channel reignited my interest and love for Dinosaurs. 👍❤🐊🐢🐦🦎🐍

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Fantastic video! Glad I subbed. You deserve more subs than you have and sure as time goes on you'll get them.

[@BenGThomas]

Haha, thanks so much! That's very kind of you to say :)

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Watching this today, October, 21, 2019, u r having 144.000 subscribers! Congrats ❤️❤️❤️

[@Filibie]

One year later almost 350k

[@prototropo]

Another great video presentation, Ben. I actually find the Cenozoic fauna and flora to be more interesting than most prior Spielbergian eras!

[@Irish-King]

Love this channel, the presentation of your videos is amazing. Love the information you talk about

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you, glad to hear you enjoy the videos! :)

[@koolnomi95]

Congrats on reaching 10,000 subscribers! Hopefully more quality content will continue for many more after that!

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you! :D

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Namacub95 it's great to see a channel have success.

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We’ve come so far, I love this channel!

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That was really interesting thank you..great quality good luck

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OUCH! What a way to go. 4:03 Great video and congratulations :)

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks! :)

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Found this channel just now. Absolutely lovin it!!

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks, glad you like our videos! :D

[@Kube_Dog]

Great! Just remember everything you learn on this channel you're gonna have to unlearn, because it's all outdated bullshit from the 1930s.

[@MrWarhead16]

Hello, I just subscribed recently. I have been playing Dawn of Man for the past two years and I liked this type of content very much. Thank you!

[@dyr234]

some of those paintings are fascinating and depict quite well what it was like.

[@lukeantonystevens2942]

Amazing work guys! Keep it up (:

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks so much! We will :D

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[@kingeris1657]

10,000 to 170,000 subs. Congratulations. I love your videos.

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I've been here before 200! It's nice to see you progress congrats!!

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Wow thanks so much for sticking around for so long! :D

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your.. 4.543 billion years old?!?!?!??!?!

[@andreidelacruz3381]

Congrats you deserve it...another great video and topic and narration...

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you! :)

[@mayoayo001]

Looks like you’re going to have to do a 600k years ago video special 🙌🏻

[@erinikeuchi6447]

Great video. I just read an article about the skeleton found in a cave in Mexico and wanted to learn more about that time period. This video was informative.

[@joesands8860]

"10,000 years ago the earth's population was around 5 million". How nice it must have been with so few people around.

[@geoffreystuttle8080]

00:35 Looks like she's planning a surprise party for you reaching 10,000 subscribers.

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Gee, that was only 329,000 subscribers ago. Congratulations for the wonderful work you do.

[@maddhatter0]

and now a year and a half later you have 10 times that. Congrats!!!

[@ukjack8629]

Congrats on 10k

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks! :)

[@ukjack8629]

Ben G Thomas Well now its closer to 12k so even better hope you get to 20k soon

[@kevinlobos5519]

Excelent video once again, i didn't Even know about the cave hyena and the american cheeta! Fascinating.

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed :)

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Just discovered your channel, awesome 💖

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Keep up the excellent work!

[@Lion7ism]

your videos are great, keep it up! 🦏

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you, we will! :)

[@robertfletcher3421]

Congratulations you guys are doing extremely well in your presentations. Would you consider a future presentation of the genetic bottleneck at 75,000 YA in modern humans and how this could be effecting us today.

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks so much! And yes that sounds like an interesting topic to explore, I'll certainly add it to our list of video ideas and hopefully we can get around to it at some point, though I can't promise it will be soon unfortunately.

[@funnyanimalshorts643]

well, its important. We are on a 100k yr cycle, 90k yrs of glacial, and 10k yrs of interglacial. if something devastating happened nearly 100k yrs ago, it might relate.

[@Kube_Dog]

@@funnyanimalshorts643 He'll only do it if he think it will spike his subscriptions. You're better off researching it yourself, because this douche is full of terrible and outdated information. Don't rely on him for jack squat.

[@manuelper]

@@Kube_Dog Yet here you are commenting, lmao

[@camilledepalo2273]

I love Paleontology and the ways you present it,Ben¡ Thank you! Learning is fun!🐕😁🔥🍀🦇🦇🦇🦉

[@ilenamay]

Thanks for mentioning our pygmy cyprus hippo. You could also mention the mus cypriacus mouse , a living fossil which is the Last endemic rodent of the mediterranean islands from the pleistocene to have managed to survive up to this day. It was discribed in 2006.

[@amyjervis6819]

Wonderful content, thank you so much. Would you consider doing something on Doggerland, the land mass that sank and is now the Dogger Bank off England?

[@daryld4457]

Definitely, babe.

[@morganstarchild5359]

The image of the two human figures with the turtle between them,is it just me or does it seem like they're trying to portray that they're swimming with the turtle!??🐢🌊

[@svenandersen1459]

love this bro thanks

[@bruentouchette9543]

THANK YOU this helped me so much with my research project and awesome information

[@CricketStyleJ]

Uruk, in Mesopotamia, is the oldest known city. It existed before Jericho, though it did not survive to the present.

[@kps3604]

Uruk is now Varka. It exists.

[@WurstWasser617]

Cheers guys!

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Fantastic. Some really great art work here.

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Thanks for this video Subbed

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Yay, I’m so glad to see how my sub has helped you 😀

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks, it absolutely has! :D

[@hoperules8874]

So nice to see the most updated scientific discoveries put together! School books are just getting started updating!

[@eftheusempire]

Except it not the most recent scientific evidence. Humans did not hunt giant animals to extinction witg stick and stones.... Especially not as hunter gatherers who would be aware of preservation of their food source just as modern hunter gatherers are.... Use your brain

[@theArab__]

Kevin Hughes dude you underestimate us humans. We have brought things to extinction with bows and swords, why not with bows spears and stones

[@Toneloke-3000]

@@theArab__ Randall Carlson who is the expert on the Canadian Badlands has seen many woolly mammoth all dying at the same moment with legs and ankles broken. Seems to me like a shock wave or a flood knock them over not human hunting. Creatures with specialized diets are the first to go when there's an interruption in the food chain. Fortunately for us humans we will put anything in our mouth😄

[@MASJYT]

How do you know these are "the most updated scientific discoveries put together"? Did you check? This channel is casually informative at best, remember this is just some guy's KZbin channel.

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Great vids man

[@andrewhuestis9009]

10k subs? You're at 161k now bud! Good job!! keep it up :)

[@mver191]

320k now.

[@mortified776]

Unexpected cuteness at 11:28

[@justandy333]

10,000 Subscribers special. I bet you didn't expect that number to swell to 355,000 Subs in 2 1/2 years! Just goes to show you're making great videos that people want to see! Keep up the good work. There's a few paleo youtubers out there, but you're definitely my favourite.

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Congratulations!

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Thanks! :)

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[@BenGThomas]

Haha, thanks so much for the kind words :D

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ha ha....now they're at 543K subscribers !!! This video has over 1.8 MILLION views !! Congrats to all !

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Wild to see how far youve all grown since this video

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I recognize that voice... Did you play Captain Picard when he turned into a kid? ...and then not age for the last 25 years? Say "He's my number one dad." ...you have the same voice as that kid.

[@50calorie82]

An another amazing video!!

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you! :)

[@50calorie82]

Ben G Thomas can you also add in another video, what was happening in Australia, Indo-Asia, Asia and Africa ... in last 10,000 years Iceage...you vedios are treasure of knowledge. Thanks for sharing with us.

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Looking forward to your 15B subscribers video.

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10k plus. Congrats

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"Humans - driving animals into extinction since 10,000 B.C!"

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Viruses, trying to address the balance since the dawn of humanity!!!

[@hossel1079]

you are human too, you are part of the problem

[@nonamea9177]

Hoss EL lol I hope that was a joke

[@GetCareless]

I'm convinced that there were humans back then that refused to kill or eat animals, the same way some humans are now. It would be insane to think that we invented vegetarianism these past few hundred years, it's been around much much longer. Therefore I don't think we drove as many animals to extinction the way we have been taught. If anything I believe hunting with guns throughout history has done the most damage from humans followed by habitat damage, it's still happening today. It's just my theory, maybe someone agrees or disagrees but I'm not totally wrong and my theory is still developing✌❤

[@davehallett3128]

@@GetCareless i can imagine that before the use of fire. Eating animals was less appetizing. Pun intended BUT don t forget the law of the jungle. EAT OR BE EATEN. When you get hungry enough you d be surprised what you would eat or kill to eat. I would bet money that certain tribes or clans WOULD have been vegetarian or insectivorous merely because of lack of choice. Either temporarely seasonally or permanently. Of course it s much easier and safer to be vegan. Fruit and vegetables can t defend themselves. But i m also positive that it was NEVER a moral choice just the only way to feed oneself. I m equally positive that the ancient jewish prohibition on pig meat and shellfish was merely based on watching others eating that and getting sick and dying. Can anyone tell me how primitive man could avoid birth defects if there were only. Say two adult men and ten adult women in a clan. How they avoided scurvy if citrus fruit was not part of their diet i m sure they didn t recognize scurvy as a lack of vitamin c any more than rickets as a lack of vitamin d. Can you imagine how many millions of humans and proto humans have died over the last millions of years eating the wrong parts of plants or berries eating partially cooked or days old meat. Eating roadkill without knowing when it died or that it may have died of a disease or parasite which the consumer will inherit. Or simply the loss of decades of acquired wisdom when one or several elders die. So that the survivors have to relearn how to thoroughly cook meat. Which parts of tobacco potatoes tomatoes rhubarb are safely edible or safely processed. MILLIONS of people must have died unnecessarily over the millennia simply through trial and FATAL error when previous wisdom was lost. Generation after generation. It boggles the mind. We have books today but we didn t 600 years ago let alone 600 000 years ago

[@yux.tn.3641]

wow, this channel has exploded in such a short time?...i thought this channel was years old

[@bozo5632]

The hosts are barely years old.

[@rcchronicles25]

Yous have came a long way since then 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@micheleploeser7720]

Thanks again Ben.

[@MeatMachine69]

I appreciate your pronunciation of words, especially that you can say the "th" sound. Thank you.

[@josephdesign1052]

There was a recent scientific discovery that asteroid hit earth was the main reason for the changes in climate 10,000 years ago (somewhere in New Zealand if I remember it correctly) thanks

[@michaela.barnes9972]

Looks like it could be Greenland, under the Hiawatha glacier. Fascinating....

[@evilmonkey8629]

in 1177 bc a asteroid hit the north American ice sheet just north of minn. Asians weren't first they came after that the first to America died off with most of the big animals and they had come from Europe not asia

[@twohawk1203]

I thought it was Greenland or Iceland?

[@davehallett3128]

@princess phill it s recorded in chinese chronicles. In english

[@davehallett3128]

You re thinking of the younger dryas impact hypothesis which maintains that a kilometer wide chunk of iron asteroid hit the north west area of greenland 12 000 years ago or 10 000 bc and wiped out the mega fauna and a considerable human population in canada scandinavia and russia because of instant climate change due to the impact similar to the dinosaur extinction except that this impact was ten times smaller and occured in a remote area of the earth at a latitude barely inhabited by humans and of course occuring so recently at a time in human societal development where we were best able to cope with it barring more recent advances in technology. Look up the hiawatha glacier impact

[@arthurtrauer5684]

Pretty hard to do in fifteen minutes. Good job. Thank you.

[@inca1819]

More vidios like this man.. good job !!! ✌👍

[@derekscanlan4641]

dogs were the first animals tamed... and it happened much earlier. youngest estimates point to 14k years ago some evidence suggest as much as 28k ago

[@travelwell8098]

I've never seen a source listing dogs as the first domesticated animals. General history texts list dogs as either 2nd or 3rd domesticated animals behind sheep/goats... if they are even mentioned at all.

[@binozia-old-2031]

they weren’t domesticated just wolfs that followed us around after we killed stuff

[@RC.-]

Nope the first animals tamed were cattle like goats and sheeps

[@user-mx8nr3sp6n]

You forgot to mention the Younger Dryas impact theory, aka the Clovis comet hypothesis. It states that what caused the megafauna extinction was a broken up and fragmented asteroid hitting the North American ice shelf (thus no crater) in the Great Lakes region around 12,500 BC. The asteroid is believed to be the catalyst for the cold climate change of that time period. Congratulations on reaching 10K!

[@rgsmith71]

Y thank you. That's the only thing that makes the most sense.

[@jamesathersmith2191]

There’s no evidence for that so you cant really say it caused it if we don’t know it happens and it doesn’t really hold much water as the climate change was going on which would effect the prey population (although probably not outright killing them) and with new predators showing up(humans) the larger animals went extinct and when-ether humans showed up species of animals went extinct.

[@rgsmith71]

James Athersmith there's plenty of evidence for it compared to no evidence that humans hunted a large number of species to extinction.

[@jamesathersmith2191]

rgsmith71 like?

[@rgsmith71]

James Athersmith this rather lengthy. cosmictusk.com/hancock-younger-dryas-impact-hypothesis-since-2007/

[@jaybrodell1959]

Few people understand the massive shrinkage in land area due to the end of the Ice Age. The video mentioned Doggerland, which probably was heavily populated. But the Persian Gulf was a river valley with two large lakes, according to some geologists. You can still see the Hudson River canyon cutting through the continental shelf off New York City on topographical maps of the sea floor. Consequently our knowledge of ancient cultures is restricted by lack of access.

[@averycardosia2486]

Very informative!

[@IOM-ln2bb]

You should do this again when you reach 11,000 subs

[@BenGThomas]

Haha, might be a bit late for that but we're planning to do another one for 20,000 :)

[@WeareIF]

IOM 2013 oops too late.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Those are probably easy numbers. I think 100,000 would be tough. And also 500,000.

[@jerrydonovan7144]

At about 4:00. "Aramanth" should be "Amaranth".

[@vassa1972]

Still interesting video and thank God I wasn't born 10,000 years ago

[@robertpalumbo9089]

Good job 200k+

[@johnallen2771]

When one of your answers in a multiple choice quiz is "overhunting," put your checkmark in that box. Works every time and doesn't matter what species it is.

[@ridanann]

Everybody knows humans killed dinosaurs lol nessy told me

[@aikhis]

those must have been some hard people.... imagine a football or hockey team made up of those tough SOB's

[@aidoniaderubermensch4754]

toag those are Neanderthals. A female would be stronger than the average man

[@JaylukKhan]

the filmmakers behind 10,000 BC needed a video like this.