The Evolution of Monkeys

[@Just1Me2]

Human: go back I want to be monke Monke: go back I want to be squirel.

[@globin3477]

Squirrel: I want to go back to shrew Shrew: Take me back to R A T T R A T T: I am where it is at

[@davidegaruti2582]

@@globin3477 R A T T : go back to therapisid Therapsid : go back to dimetrodon

[@zezekingyo2374]

@@davidegaruti2582 Dimetrodon: I want to go back to a GEiCO GEICO: I want to go back to an amphibian

[@globin3477]

@@zezekingyo2374 Amphib: I wanna be all like (( F I S H ))

[@Randomdive]

@@globin3477 fish: I want to be an invertebrate

[@k-phantom9358]

Reject monke, return to squirrel

[@stephenjohn2131]

Do you sometimes read a very good comment and say damn i wish i wrote that? Yup me too.... 😔

[@carola7893]

This would work but my dogs love to chase squirrels

[@derrickbonsell]

Reject squirrel, return to possum.

[@JellyAntz]

@@derrickbonsell that ain’t accurate, more like *return to shrew*

[@bigmoniesponge]

@@JellyAntz reject shrew, return to fishy brothers

[@blondbraid7986]

At first, I was surprised at the notion that monkeys and rodents were the closest relatives on their evolutionary branches, but looking at the little hands on squirrels compared to monkeys, the similarity is striking.

[@bighongus4243]

@Weasel 鼬は悪くない correction: it is actually Euarchonta, Archonta was the original name of the clade but it included bats so it was wrong so now it is Euarchonta+Glires.

[@Lankpants]

It's not quite as surprising when you look at lemurs, which retain a few more rodent like traits than monkeys do.

[@williamjordan5554]

Rabbits are closer I think.

[@Lankpants]

@@williamjordan5554 They're the same evolutionary distance. Lagomorphs and Rodents are the two closest groups to each other. Their common ancestor diverged from primates at the same time, because it's a singular ancestral line at that point.

[@ulberonurakin4231]

@Weasel As I know, Scandentia (treeshrews) are now classified under Glires rather than Euarchonta. Actually, therefore Euarchonta is invalidated and the clade is called Primatomorpha. In addition, bats are no longer classified in Euarchonta and hence nor in Euarchontaglires.

[@impendio]

I want to know who finds and describes a tiny squirrel-like critter and decides to name it _PURGATORIUS…_

[@Sealed_Chamber]

Professor Oak.

[@vituzui9070]

The fossil was found on Purgatory Hill.

[@Never_heart]

@@vituzui9070 then it's a waste of an amazing name

[@adnaanu]

Good name for a sith lord

[@Dan_Kanerva]

i would expect that name to be given to an ancient crocodilian or something

[@willpowsey1038]

The most relaxing vids on KZbin fr

[@areigon]

Soft quite voice that's also informational, best thing for relaxing sometimes

[@mal9369]

Agreed. Love this channel

[@liceous]

I fell asleep

[@Rowbotftw]

Listen to his videos like 3 times a week when i have trouble falling asleep

[@SquirrelASMR]

What's that? KZbin français?

[@daemon2426]

This is the best simplified explanation of primate evolution I've ever seen. You did absolutely fantastic at not perpetuating a lot of outdated ideas about primate evolution that I've seen, while not bogging the viewer down in jargon and details not immediately pertinent to the topic. I'm very excited to watch your future content

[@sskkilllett]

this is the best paleontology channel on here besides PBS eons IMO. I like Ben G Thomas and Henry the Paleoguy as well but Moth light is just better. I wish he posted more often.

[@bjd1980]

@@sskkilllett I do too! But as it is - it's so nice to look forward too 🥰

[@edie1707]

@@sskkilllett you should check out Trey the Explainer! i like his content quite a bit and he does evolution and more :)

[@germanpatino9002]

Also the EDGE channel is pretty good, and for the spanish speaking community Palaeos and paleomania are really good channels.

[@HulklingsBoyfriend]

@@germanpatino9002 EDGE's outgoing voice definitely has my full attention. The others are definitely more detailed, but sometimes a bit too monotonic.

[@maryreinitz1622]

That's so weird that rodents and rabbits are our closest living relatives outside of primates.

[@niklassule-unofficial4200]

Colugos and Treeshrews are more closely related to us

[@lightningboltt5437]

@@niklassule-unofficial4200 exactly but cologuos are the primates closet relatives

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

The hands are really convincing

[@길천사]

쥐명박

[@thegameranch5935]

@Joe Becker kind off

[@jgr7487]

round ears, opposable thumbs, ability to live in almost all environments, rats are indeed our cousins!

[@yuujinner5801]

Rats don't even possess thumbs if I remeber correctly. Thumbs are unique to primates only

[@jgr7487]

@@yuujinner5801 they aren't unique to primates

[@yuujinner5801]

Oh yeah ur right, I was just thinking about placentals only

[@drakokamikaze8823]

Just ask tekashi 69

[@ethanljarvis]

@@jgr7487 true thumbs are

[@tfive24]

I always find it funny, when people say, " I don't come from no monkey!". I wonder what they would say, if they knew came from a squirrel like animal too.

[@WasMrUB40]

From a fish, if you go back further.

[@katyungodly]

@@WasMrUB40 a lobe-finned fish!

[@VeryFamousActor]

Lets not even start on the "technically, we're all highly derived placoderm fish" argument.

[@xF3ArYnUrMyND]

I guess bacteria or single cell organisms were first, so that's what we came from

[@Dragrath1]

@@VeryFamousActor You can also argue that all bilaterians were basically worms too if you really want too.

[@Rh-sl2kt]

I feel like old world monkeys would be a neat band name.

[@grandsteack]

Why not, there already is Artic Monkeys.

[@hope1575]

​@@grandsteack now I'm wondering if there's ever been an Arctic Monkeys cover band called Antarctic Monkeys.

[@javiercorreapr9977]

0:58 what about Purgatorious...🔥

[@Chemistry-uh2gj]

Hey, I really appreciate your content. I watch before I go to bed almost every night and enjoy every second of it. Everything from your voice to the script is amazing.

[@DrRiq]

Me too!

[@samiamrg7]

I’m just imagining an alternate history where rats evolve sentience first, Earth becomes Skaven-world, and primates are their biggest pest just as rats are human’s biggest pest.

[@Noname-67]

They would probably become overpopulated very quickly with that birthrate and the world is full of madness

[@genghiskhan6809]

@@Noname-67 just like the Skaven

[@sagesarrazine6270]

@@Noname-67 Probably not if sapience* evolved

[@Noname-67]

@@sagesarrazine6270 human only realized overpopulation is bad after a million years of existence, rats would overpopulate the world in less than 10000 years

[@captainnoob4]

This is real-correct history yes-yes.

[@ToxicGriever]

There's actually two chains of submarine mountains in the Atlantic with one running roughly east from South America and the other west from Africa that might have been tall and shallow enough once to form island chains off both continents coasts that might have connected once.

[@ToxicGriever]

Apologies for the weasel wordy post.

[@joe1478]

How can I Google this

[@WanderTheNomad]

I'm surprised he didn't mention the "raft" hypothesis

[@ToxicGriever]

@@joe1478 PBS Eons covered the idea in a video called "When Rodents Rafted Across an Ocean." They even highlight the two formations.

[@joe1478]

@@ToxicGriever oh cheers mate

[@remyxedfern5008]

The first one is called “Purgatorious” the scientists that named it did not like it, huh

[@oiartsun]

I expect an animal named Purgatorious to be a large, fearsome predator with long, knife-like teeth. Instead it's a cute little rodent-like creature.

[@fidalf99]

If anything I always thought it was a gesture of respect. It was the animal that survived the purgatory of K-Pg extinction.

[@refindoazhar1507]

Maybe he's one of the discoverer and the dig site feels like purgatory to him but i think the other comment about gesture of respect is more likely

[@latheofheaven1017]

@@oiartsun I did a bit of digging and found that Purgatorius is named for the place its first fossil was found. Purgatory Hill, Montana. Which just makes me wonder why the hill was named that way!

[@latheofheaven1017]

@@refindoazhar1507 It seems your first guess was closer! (See my comment above).

[@mirnasimmi4901]

It always amazes me that through all of this a species of animal evolved to the point where said species now makes recordings of observations on other species of animals. Wow.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

Millions of years with billions of genetic "mistakes" and much environmental pressure of all sorts... who knows what could happen? It is amazing that we have opposable thumbs. It makes the handling of these electronic devices so much easier too.

[@cosmotect]

This! It blows my mind every time I think about it

[@matthewstokes1608]

Because it is patently rubbish

[@peeperleviathan2839]

@@matthewstokes1608stupid detected

[@mirroregg]

@@rickkwitkoski1976 almost like we designed electronic devices in a way that functioned with our hands 😱

[@cabcabs3278]

Creationist monkeys: “I didn’t come from no squirrel! If we came from squirrels, why are there squirrels?”

[@ebenezerwoodworking3616]

@@cabcabs3278 The Story of Evolution, is the only highly regarded scientific “theory” that has ZERO observational data from the scientific method.

[@kevinsedwards]

You assume everyone who believes in God has no understanding of basic science

[@cabcabs3278]

@ I assume every monkey that is a creationist has no understanding of basic science. Humans are different.

[@Cuppachoccy]

@@kevinsedwardsIt’s a joke

[@kevinsedwards]

@ sadly no it is not, most people have been brainwashed with very small minded ideas

[@ur-mom-gay]

the idea of intelligence evolving twice independently is so fascinating

[@Player-pj9kt]

There are more cases of intelligence evolving independently eg dolphins, octopi. Would be fascinating to know how these traits develop

[@JesusFriedChrist]

There has to be some sort of universal environmental and genetic marker that allows the production of high intelligence.

[@captainnoob4]

@@Player-pj9kt Don't forget elephants.

[@howdoyouturnthison7827]

@@captainnoob4 Corvids and parrots.

[@Lankpants]

Mammals in general seem to have been set up to evolve high degrees of intelligence, considering we see it all across the mammal tree, particularly placentals. We see it across families like whales, rodents, primates and canines, just to name a few. These are convergent since there's plenty of lower intelligence relatives, but it does suggest that there could be an earlier evolution in mammals that disposes them to intelligence. There are certainly other families that are intelligent in similar ways, corvids, parrots and octopi are the obvious examples with rays being a less well known example, but these do seem to be somewhat rarer and more sporadic than what we see in the mammal tree, although there are certainly a lot of intelligent birds too.

[@improbablehandle]

65 million years in the future my fossilised ankle bone will be found by clever creatures who'll extrapolate that there lived a sedentary primate, an evolutionary dead-end, that spent most of its waking hours sat on its behind watching KZbin while snacking on empty carbs.

[@NymbusCumulo928]

That hurt me

[@WanderTheNomad]

Our search/watch histories & social media posts might become archeological sites if the internet is still up. And just like archeological sites, some remains would probably be more well preserved than others.

[@NymbusCumulo928]

@@WanderTheNomad Meh, most of the ancient personal writings we have are awesome anyway

[@recipoldinasty]

Evolution does not favor intelligence nor thrives to be human like, its all about the preassure our ancestors had to endure to become social and tool makers, when we go extinct there might not evolve another species in the need of our ex-niche

[@8Hshan]

@@recipoldinasty Some species might evolve in our place by using what we left behind - shelters, tools etc. used by that species, even in a very primitive way, would provide it a significant advantage in terms of survival. I can totally see rats, monkeys or ravens using some remains of human civilisation.

[@thealdoc]

Now I get why rats have human like hands

[@Snowy167]

Someone go back in time and tell these guys to stay in squirrel form

[@Tobunari]

It wouldn't work

[@bastosspinnerocavaleiroint4264]

No

[@bingolingo6555]

@Its me or whatever Then let's try Fench

[@VeryFamousActor]

Better yet, lets just opt out of the whole land thing and push that stupid 4 limb fish back in the water.

[@PALACIO254]

My ass would have stayed in the primordial soup if I'd know there would be days like this

[@duneydan7993]

Well look at that, I'm a highly evolved squirrel... The more you know

[@JanetStarChild]

Yes, you are now _Squirrel Girl!_ Marvel's champion of justice!

[@paddaboi_]

@Ramsay Snow wrong, you're basically self conscious atoms

[@cokaneds]

@Ramsay Snow Wrong. You know nothing Ram Snow.

[@sneil7879]

@Ramsay Snow ah yes, atoms capable of thought

[@tyler-qr5jn]

@@paddaboi_ if you're going all the way down to the atomic arrangement of our entire body which would be the trillions of atoms, then i guess?

[@jaysarno6216]

His voice is so relaxing to listen to. I could learn all day 😂

[@KerianRegis]

I now want to pet my great-great-grandfather

[@sunfl0wer_988]

sus

[@길천사]

@@sunfl0wer_988 ses

[@yourconscious]

The archicebus looks so proud of itself for catching the insect. I love that little face.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Isn't it sad that in 2025 there are still some people who think that gods created animals? This is a fine and interesting explanation of one branch of evolution's fascinating tree.

[@Ahahashir]

Its so wierd how primates once resembled rodents.

[@zezekingyo2374]

Everyone basal mammals resembled rodents just like every basal reptiles resembled lizards

[@jaffacalling53]

@@zezekingyo2374 Go back far enough and synapsids resemble lizards too.

[@zezekingyo2374]

@vandalbelis544 Indeed early cynodonts within therapsids are dog and badger-like scalies. My 2 year old response assumed to be the case with early shapes of the crown group of true mammals -- later cynodontids, than the crown groups of the mammaliformes like megazostrodon and morganucodon. I think I have overlooked evolution blindly. Thank you.

[@xaotixx]

recently discovered your channel. i love it, and love learning about this stuff, which i never really got into. didn’t think it would be so fascinating. if possible, i think a video on the evolution of spiders would be a great addition to this channel!

[@Isichernit]

Hope you saw the video on spiders :)

[@gab.lab.martins]

Rodents being closely related to primates one of the things that makes mice good for pharmaceutical research for human drugs. Also, rat meat is famously “porky”, and human flesh is said to taste like pig as well. Remember that the next time you have bacon.

[@NymbusCumulo928]

They usually mean like ham meat or loin meat . . . not bacon

[@gab.lab.martins]

@@NymbusCumulo928 Can’t believe I have to explain this, but it was a turn of phrase, or dysphemism. I used the word “bacon” as a synonym for “pig meat”, not literal cured & smoked pig belly.

[@coracorvus]

How do we even know what human flesh tastes like? I find that a bit concerning Edit: For clarification, of course I know that cannibalism exists. I just doubt how reliable those accounts are.

[@gab.lab.martins]

@@coracorvus there’s a Polynesian tribe who call human meat “the long pig”. They have very high incidents of a prion disease, because of the custom of eating their enemies.

[@1TW1-m5i]

That's why it tastes so good

[@jordansefton]

I love your videos so much! If you ever get stuck for ideas or need help deciding I’m sure we the viewers would all love a poll every once and a while😁😁😁 great video ideas though please keep it up they bring me so much joy

[@mal9369]

I think rafting is considered to be one of the stronger hypothesis on how animals such as monkeys made their way to south america. Been a while since I looked into it tho

[@masstv9052]

Just a suggestion, when. you state an X specimen was "originally found in Montana* or wherever, could you list the date of the discovery? It would help when further looking into or researching the subjects you bring to light. I'm so appreciative because I've never heard of so many of the specimens you talk about, and I often do further research out of curiosity. so extra information like dates of discovery would make it so much easier. thank you and bless for the work you do bringing extraordinary creatures that don't have much mainstream hype to light. So many of these amazing specimens deserve so much more attention and I applaud you for doing your part in educating the masses of plebs like myself to just how much ancient diversity existed besides dinosaurs and the typical Cambrian era animals every mainstream media outlet hypes up over and over again. Once again, thank you

[@camacakegd3714]

Amazing. Primates might be my favorite group of animals ever, so unique compared to almost the entire animal kingdom!

[@Mediocre_JT]

I bet aliens think the same way about humans. 😂

[@alinursayat3854]

I feel like you are biased, but I can't seem to nicotine why? Hmm

[@brgessner]

I always considered squirrels to be monkeys of the North. Looks like i was not too far off with that

[@HMN134]

Says the primate, totally no bias there (joke)

[@dilksjoel]

@@brgessner I considered squirrels to be verminous but then one day I changed my mind

[@MindfulAttraction]

How the hell did they even know the ankle bone was a bone??

[@endegscensekkek9615]

Studying and observing

[@tejasmisra9115]

@@endegscensekkek9615 But how'd you even find something that small in the dirt

[@endegscensekkek9615]

@@tejasmisra9115 theres this thing called google search there

[@bighongus4243]

@@tejasmisra9115 if you look at bones closely a lot, you will be able to tell them apart.

[@capturesbysree_]

Absolutely love your videos ❤ I subscribed 😊👍🏼

[@pinkomoore]

This is such a fascinating video. Youre really making evolution much easier to fully understand. I love this channel

[@deliberatarian1646]

Can you please make a video of the evolution of doves & pigeons? I’ve tried to do some research and find out but I don’t even know where to start. It would mean the world to me

[@beeyah805]

My man deserves ten times the subs with his format and presentation style🔥

[@PaulDMcKay]

Every time there is a new Moth Light Media video, my reaction is always "hell yeah! fuck me up with the evolution of monkeys! Let's go!"

[@MattH-t3e]

It’s interesting to think that Old World Monkeys are actually more closely related to us than they are to New World Monkeys.

[@rubenhayk5514]

good ol days. No work ,no chores, livin rent free in a tree

[@dragonflymoki]

had to write an essay about this in my primatology exam last week. The snake detection hypothesis says that primates evolved their features as adaptations to the threat from venomous snakes that evolved alongside them. But it’s abstract and recent evidence doesn’t support it. Still very cool

[@TheLeagueofLegendsTv]

Very interesting. What is ur study subject ?

[@dragonflymoki]

Felix Krgl I study Biological Anthropology

[@widodoakrom3938]

Interesting

[@aruantinobre522]

An evolution vídeo whitout tons of dislikes and angry creationist ah such peace

[@dogeclark2265]

Hell yeah more Moth Light content

[@owenmaj1289]

Congrats on 200k!

[@michaelmccarty1327]

5:17 A little known fact about the Archicebus is that it was actually an ancestor of what eventually became the recently extinct Smeagol, and even then it exhibited its signature obsession with preciouses like this katydid.

[@daniell1483]

Great video! It is hard to imagine a world before apes and monkeys lived but you do a great job of showing that transition. I hope we get a video on the Great Apes soon.

[@stephenjohn2131]

Return to monke....

[@MoroFuoro]

screw it! return to rat

[@niklassule-unofficial4200]

@@MoroFuoro Fuck it! Return to shrew

[@rexyjp1237]

I would return to nuclear gator

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

@@niklassule-unofficial4200 fuck it. Return to dimetrodon

[@HulklingsBoyfriend]

Return to unicellular lifeforms.

[@skiploom.]

This mf decided to get some fruit from a tree and now we have to pay bill's and work

[@Noah-xu6wt]

from gathering fruit from trees to credit scores.. ugh

[@kateaveryavery1342]

Congrats for reaching 200k subscribers 🎉

[@mlekoimleko]

Thank you for this channel. It's one of my favourite KZbin contents, I'm always superhappy when I see a new video from you.

[@_Solaris]

This channel is the best of them. *Please* don't change anything about it.

[@dubbixdub4376]

WAIT WHAT?!?! The closest groups to primates are rodents and rabbits, my world is blown😨

[@Dragrath1]

Why do you think we use rodents as lab animals lol

[@dubbixdub4376]

@@Dragrath1 makes sense now that I think about it, it's kinda weird how we consider them pests but we love other mammals that are more distantly related to us like cattle, horses, cats and dogs. But it's ironic that we've made them extremely successful.

[@carollizc]

Well, it makes sense, then, that we're the only group apart from rodents to be affected by the Plague. And rats aren't really vermin as most people think. They only become a problem when we encourage them to by spreading our garbage around where they can access it. They really make loving, playful and devoted pets.

[@yseson_]

How is this not common knowledge?

[@codguy12]

@@carollizc sadly theur lifespan is shorter

[@MrGA555]

Religious nuts: “WE DIDNT COME FROM MONKEYS” Intellectuals: “that’s true, it was actually squirrels”

[@christinechapman9764]

Great explanation, I like your clear, straightforward delivery.

[@Gumbo_421ttv]

those videos u do are so hard man u deserve so much more clout

[@guilhermemartins2606]

I feel like the video ended just as we were getting to the good part! Please do a Part 2!

[@fortlauderdaleviewpoint3822]

Religious people watching this video are fuming rn

[@etholus1000]

No we’re just laughing at the stupidity

[@Brandon-ju5pg]

I mean I feel bad for you being duped into thinking your a worthless monkey and the world made itself from nothing, but yea ig I get mad at the fact that this propaganda destroys peoples lives

[@MERLE1593]

@@Brandon-ju5pg "A magic man did it. A magic man in the sky did it!" - George Carlin.

[@duremsteel1642]

@@Brandon-ju5pg I recommend you at least get educated on how evolution works before you attempt to discredit it. But by all means, if you think YOU (some guy in a youtube comment section) is smarter than thousands upon thousands of biologists who have dedicated their lives to studying and researching evolution, then you do you

[@duremsteel1642]

@@etholus1000 What is stupid about colossal amounts of evidence that proves evolution is fact without a doubt?

[@_KlootMalloot_]

i never really looked into the ancestry of primates this video helped tho, just like your other ones. amazing!

[@xanderprangler8621]

Man, this video was so good, and your channel is amazing, Gotta love the logo. Instant subscribe.

[@quakers200]

That one of our earliest ancestry was called purgatorious speaks volumes to what will come homo sapien .

[@brendangolledge8312]

I had a thought a few days ago about a possible origin for primate intelligence. I read an article a few years ago that said that there was pretty good correlation between brain size and community size for different primate species. If human brains are plugged into the equation that they derived from monkey groups, you get that humans are meant to live in groups of about 300. Anyway, the most obvious benefit I could think of for bigger group size is in territory dispute. Monkeys eat a lot of fruit, and obviously fruit grows from trees which don't move. So, I thought it may be that the origin of human war came from our monkey ancestors who guarded fruit trees in groups. A larger brain size was necessary to handle the relationships in larger groups, and larger groups meant more secure territory and therefore more food. Tool use may be an accidental side-benefit to larger brains. I learned recently that apes lost their tails because it got in the way of swinging from tree to tree. Monkeys and lemurs climb trees similar to squirrels (on all 4 legs), and their tails are useful for balance. But apes travel in trees like how children swing from monkey bars, and the lower body hangs down vertically during that kind of motion, and tails are not useful for balance in that situation. It was interesting to me that we lost our tails not to walk upright, but to swing from tree to tree upright. Obviously, a squirrel could not swing from branch to branch like apes even if it had the right shoulders for it, since they are too small to reach from branch to branch. On the other hand, an ape like a chimpanzee cannot leap from one tree to another the same way a squirrel can because it is too heavy. So, it seems to me that perhaps part of the reason apes got bigger was so that they could take advantage of their more efficient swinging method of locomotion, or maybe they changed their method of locomotion to accommodate larger bodies. Larger bodies would also be useful in territory dispute, and would make it possible to support even larger brains. Another thought I had about how that one research paper I read said that human brain size indicates that we should live in groups of 300, is that maybe larger human societies are just too big for us to wrap our heads around, and this may be part of the reason why they are almost always so messed up. Maybe we actually aren't smart enough to make civilization work, and that is why it periodically collapses. We need strange things like religion and celebrity worship to keep large societies together. I would be interested to know if the number of names of acquaintances the average person can remember is close to 300. I do not know if I can remember 300 names of people I have known, but I am not a very sociable person.

[@Dariusz_1.618]

1 Animal wars and thefts are much older. Wars are where group vs group. For example ants vs wasps. 2 Human brain size indicate that diet had to be from the water - fish and going on. Simple needed acids to develop brain. 3 People are doing bad, that's why it collapse. Religion is not strange thing, it aims for a peaceful society. 4 More than 300 people know each other at ease. I think 1000 easily. I also don't spend much time in crowds. 5 Settlements were established long ago and had over 300 men.

[@oldcountryman2795]

_”It was called Plesiadapis”_ Uh, pretty sure it was not called that 58 million years ago.

[@Drkon6]

Corn would not have been called corn 3000 years ago, its almost like words are just referential descriptions and don't have intrinsic meaning. 😲😲😲

[@bighongus4243]

Oh wow look at this epic gotcha moment

[@dracodracarys2339]

broke: "reject humanity, return to monke" woke: "reject monke, return to scrat"

[@teawrecks1243]

scrat is love, scrat is life

[@eldhoiwasbasil1366]

Dope:reject humanity,return to fish

[@YouSoRusso]

Its always amazing to watch your videos. Your insight and delivery of information is so enjoyable!

[@gunsmokegaloreyt6840]

Tarsiers look like something straight outta star wars 🥺🤣

[@Chrismas815]

This is the most interesting video on the evolutions of primates I think I've ever seen

[@Chrismas815]

People spend too much time on early hominids and other great apes

[@latheofheaven1017]

I don't want to put down Moth Light Media's video one bit - it's great, and I love his videos. But have you ever watched Aron Ra's 'Systematic Classification of Life' series? The first primates are at episode 37 (which gives you an idea that he's already a long way from the beginning of our ancestry at that point!)

[@Chrismas815]

@@latheofheaven1017 I'll have to give that a watch, thanks!

[@beastmaster0934]

5:35 Ok, that looks creepy. Imagine that thing staring into your window at night.

[@alexlevesque9687]

Have you considered uploading the audio from your videos as podcasts? It's really easy to do and I think people would really love it!

[@TheTwistedTraceur]

you make it so enjoyable to learn about evolution, great video as always

[@bunkayke2554]

Bro you are heaven sent, and the low volume of your videos too. I play your videos every night to sleep. Every other channel even calming ones are just too loud. Thank you 💟💟

[@pigloop7698]

How does this man have less than a mil subs with videos so well made and educational?

[@lost2weeks245]

It's not like spongebob

[@pigloop7698]

@@lost2weeks245 ??

[@usernamesta3334]

Because a million subs is an insane number

[@FuneFox]

​@@usernamesta3334 Effortless reaction channels get millions of subs yet this guy only has ~400K. You gotta admit it's pretty odd

[@Naryar-fr]

Love your videos, they are both relaxing and teach people new things. In a day of growing mistrust in established science, we really need those. I'm more of an arthropod man but mammals are interesting too.

[@nonsequiturm]

I can't hear the word Tarsier without also hearing it being said in my head by ZeFrank (True Facts.)

[@TheDuplicat3]

"hmm, monkey" -Master Oogway

[@yappe5119]

I can listen to this guy reading the phone book all day.

[@andyjay729]

Isn't the prevailing theory of how monkeys and the ancestors of capybaras and guinea pigs reached South America that they hitched rides on vegetation washed out to sea? (Why yes, I do watch PBS Eons.)

[@brianedwards7142]

“Nice? It’s the only thing,” said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,” he went on dreamily: “messing - about - in - boats; messing -“

[@andyjay729]

@@brianedwards7142 "Even if you end up stranded in a strange new continent populated by 10-foot-tall predatory birds and 40-foot-long boa constrictors?" replied Toad. "Why, you'd have to hope your descendants evolve into creatures the size of cows or just the size of pigs and develop such a calm demeanor that the humans call them 'the most chill animal' and make short filmstrips of them letting ducklings and the like crawl on them....using their telephones. ...Th-this laudanum is perhaps a bit too strong, isn't it?" "Yes, quite," answered the Water Rat, wiping the drool from his chin. "Oh look, it's that delightful young girl with kaleidoscope eyes again."

[@brianedwards7142]

@@andyjay729 Laughed so hard I started to cough but couldn't stop laughing so I nearly blacked out. 🤣

[@matthewgardner5364]

Wait a dam minute now. So we all come from FRANCE? CROISSANTS course through my veins!!!!!!!!!

[@brandonchan5387]

These videos are always a joy to watch, and I'm never bored.

[@jungtothehuimang]

I find a lot of information on how we came from apes but not much information on how the apes came to be in the first place, so I really enjoy this.

[@kevo401]

I’ve seen so many of your videos! Thorough.. not dense! Dope stuff!

[@LogicalFootball]

Creationists: "If monkeys evolved from Plesiadapis, then whyyyy are there still plesiadapis???" Scientists: "Because you are the only ones that don't change!!"

[@99999bomb]

Lamo

[@skarabyll1458]

i hope this guy never stops making vids

[@mikeycbaby]

Monkeys and rodents made it to South America via rafting on masses of vegetation washed out to sea from flooding African rivers. Huge floating vegetated islands still break free from the Congo river and float out hundreds of miles into the Atlantic.

[@artsysundae]

i’ve been binging this channel and these are all so interesting!

[@schmoopydooper9174]

Love your videos! I rewatch them all the time because you cover all my special interests ❤️❤️

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

It's so crazy to think that at some time in the past, millions and millions of years ago, some squirrel-like animal running around on branches at night would become our great grandma.

[@charwest5892]

its crazy because its patently false and a ridiculous concept

[@CaJoel]

@@charwest5892 so false that it’s believed by 98% of the scientific community?

[@charwest5892]

@@CaJoel consensus is actually troubling. All this means is that 97% of the community are bad scientists.

[@duremsteel1642]

@@charwest5892 No, it means that scientists overwhelmingly accept the substantial amount of evidence supporting evolution. You are right, science isn’t conducted by consensus. Instead, it’s conducted by over preponderance of evidence. In fact, many scientists and researchers work with evolution on a daily basis. For example, people who manufacture new vaccines are directly seeing evolution in viruses play out in real time.

[@search895]

I been obsessed with history of primates the whole month. Gonna enjoy this video.

[@BillieSharkTooth]

I always felt like squirrel

[@ngs2683]

This video is phenomenal. I had no idea primate's closest relatives were rodents and lagomorphs. That's crazy. I love capybaras even more now.

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

"I had no idea primate's closest relatives were rodents and lagomorphs" - Neither are, the closest are 2 other orders; Dermoptera and Scandentia. Members being colugos and treeshrews respectively. Some data place these equally related, other data has Dermoptera closer than Scandentia - Thereafter it's the 2 you state

[@Kroggnagch]

7:00 a fancy mustachioed man. How handsome a gentleman, indeed.

[@jorgerangel2390]

High quality content. As always

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

It was a hell of a road, this one we went throught

[@wdd3141]

Here's an interesting insight -- from a comic book, of all places. Charles Moulton was the creator of Wonder Woman. One of his comics from the 1940s showed a scientist, Professor Zool, who had an evolution machine. (The character Giganta was a female gorilla evolved into a human woman.) Zool demonstrated reverse evolution changing a monkey to ancestral forms including a tree fox, then a reptile. Not a perfect correspondence to what this video shows, but Moulton (real name William Moulton Marston) was an educated man and demonstrated what was understood of paleontology at the time. I'm glad to see so much more was uncovered since the 1940s.

[@daydreamer226]

On Futurama, Prof Farnsworth changed a raccoon into a toaster. Fry said the bread tasted gamy

[@MesserTAMU]

How many donations in Ken Ham's name would be required to get his name read out loud again?

[@ast8177]

I love your stuff Have you thought on doing a video about Owl Evolution

[@STAR0SS]

So if we evolved from squirrels why is there still squirrels today !?

[@katyungodly]

I hope this is sarcasm 😂

[@selboiselboi]

Because the ecological niche as a squirrel-like species still exists. We moved on but some rodents (the sciurids) took our place. And they had arguably a smaller evolutionary jump to make than for us to inhabit more demanding niches that also required higher intelligence to peruse. Also it's a recurring theme in nature that successive, more-or-less related branches of life occupy similar niches and lead to convergent evolution.

[@Gasmaskmax]

good one haha

[@thewalrusclown]

2:35: THANK YOU, I have been wanting to know that scence middle school and every Google search was contridictory with the last, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ismailtopa3671]

Comes for "monke" jokes, stays for the information.

[@sebastianhunter144]

Always happy to see you post a new video (:

[@fortheearth]

Nice information and images. Thanks for posting.