The Great Mammoth Hunters

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

I was blessed to be a part of the excavation of a 30k year old female Colombian mammoth in Ellis County TX. As a volunteer a few years back. It was already 75% exposed by the time I got there. I may have removed half a 5 gallon bucket of dirt. But it was like a dream sitting down in the hole with that creature. One of my greatest memories. They named the mammoth "Ellie May". She now resides in the Perot museum in Dallas, TX. Btw Thanks for these awesome videos. They really are important. As most of us do not get an in depth education on prehistory. Much appreciated 🙏

[@carkid7640]

Gay

[@tsaicio]

I have similar memories from an excavation site of early trias reptiles and giant amphibians. Excavations have taken place in Poland back when I was a student. Knowing I was the first to see the bone was priceless.

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

​@@carkid7640did you just come out? Good for you. Does your father know yet?

[@darebare8079]

Thank you! I’ll be visiting next time I am in Dallas from here in San Antonio.

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

I always found the Megafauna of the late Pleistocene more interacting than the Dinosaurs. Mainly because our ancestors actually interacted with them.

[@user-en1wb1cf9f]

Exactly. when I was younger, I was interested in dinosaurs but when I started getting older, I was more interested in the pleistocene megafauna and ancient human species.

[@mr.jenkins5582]

@@user-en1wb1cf9f same lol

[@nyteeyes6188]

I feel the same. The fact our ancestors mixed with these animals is mind blowing.

[@beastmaster0934]

@@user-en1wb1cf9f Same with me. Dinosaurs are still cool to me. But the animals of the Pleistocene, and the Cenozoic in general are more interesting to me.

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

I still love dinosaurs, but I also find the Paleozoic Era and the Pleistocene fascinating.

[@wyattblaine7066]

I would say that the “heart shape” on the side of the mammoth painting is actually a depiction of the heart and the lungs. The left most “bump” would be the heart, and the more massive right side would be the lungs, fitting the anatomy well. The lungs are the best vital to hit when hunting, wasting little meat, and leaving the heart (a very lean, nutrient rich, and delicious cut) to be consumed along with the other usable organs (kidneys, liver, testicles, tongue). While brains are totally edible, they are more valuable for the proteins they contain, which are used to tan animal hides.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I agree. And if you see certain Native American carvings you will also see a heart in the outline of the animal. So it's not a leap to think that ancient Europeans might have depicted a prey animal in a a similar way.

[@thomasfoss9963]

That was one point not laid out in the video--- How they used brain matter to tan hides-----

[@jhtsurvival]

@@thomasfoss9963 there's other ways too

[@thetobyntr9540]

@@thomasfoss9963 It's more common than it sounds

[@Nate-bn5kk]

@@thomasfoss9963 he might have not known about that method of tanning hides yet. I agree with this theory much more than the supplemental need theory.

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

I lived with a Yup'ik village for a couple years, and they still use an atlatl attack on Beluga and seal. The points they use are very sharp and very small. the points are not fixed to the shafts. Traditionally, they used the ivory from the beluga teeth, but these days they are happier to refine industrial steel and especially, brass into points. The idea of an ivory haft to change points and shafts, is brilliant. A hunter will throw, and often miss, but the shaft just falls off. It's even better if the point lands true, because the genius of a removable shaft is obvious. The shaft just doinks on the ground, as the animal runs in mortal panic. Making a good shaft can take a good few hours of work. Spread over 2-3 days. If a person can save that time, they can devote it to crafting points instead.

[@bennettkraemer4897]

Which village were you in, if you don’t mind me asking? I had a similar experience, but saw no atlatls. Of course, things have been changing rapidly over recent years for the Yupik.

[@ElkinsEric]

Anyone remember back in the day when Discovery, NatGeo, History, and Animal Planet actually had documentaries about early humans and animals?? I miss that type of programming and I think that’s why North’s videos are so appealing to me. Might have to give Curiosity a look.

[@Docosi]

It’s nice in idea but the last time I tried it the UI was a clusterfuck and it was super buggy.

[@ElkinsEric]

@@Docosi how long ago did you try?

[@Docosi]

@@ElkinsEric like 6 months ago

[@Jelly_Juice2006]

Now it’s pawn stars lmao

[@ElkinsEric]

@@Jelly_Juice2006 lol…no doubt

[@ElkinsEric]

As an avid bow hunter a shoulder shot happens sometimes when aiming for the heart. 9 times out of 10 the shoulder shot is just as deadly as you also clip the lungs. As North stated earlier in the video the broadhead stays in the chest cavity and cuts as the animal tries to escape. But an animal shout in the shoulder has its mobility compromised. Maybe the early hunters aimed for the shoulders to slow down the mammoths. Maybe this allowed the whole crew of hunters to catch up and finish off the job….

[@billywallis4633]

i dont think that they needed any help to catch up. humans have the best cardio on earth, they probably just followed it and jabbed it a million times

[@ElkinsEric]

@@billywallis4633 not what I meant. A lone hunter could wound a mammoth in the shoulder, comprising its movement. Then go back to his/her settlement/cave/tent and grab the family, then blood trail it, and catch up to it and finish it off with the family. Maximize your chances; send a hunter in every direction. Wound the mammoth and then go get the family

[@minutemansam1214]

@@billywallis4633 The idea that humans are persistent hunters is based on a 'study' where the participants would be paid to persistent hunt. As a tactic it's not used all that commonly by hunter-gatherers as it's very energy intensive.

[@blackhawk7r221]

@@minutemansam1214 I would have to add that theory is dictated by terrain. Where I am near the wide open marshes of the Gulf coast, indigenous tribes had to align and drive deer into the water for a kill. Too much open land to stalk or get near enough for projectiles. Driving game off of cliffs was common in other regions. But a sustained constant pursuit, no.

[@somefuckstolemynick]

@@billywallis4633 just because you can run a marathon doesn’t mean you do, especially if you can avoid it.

[@peterking2886]

This video shows an ungraded of professionalism in the content of this channel . In fact one of the best documentaries on this subject I have seen .

[@Popebug]

"Upgraded of professionalism"? What's that even supposed to mean?

[@berwinenzemann3468]

It's not very surprising that the evidence of humans hunting mammoths outside of the northern regions of Eurasia is scarce. In the southern regions people hat access to a larger variety of food sources and raw materials such as wood that were much easier to obtain than a mammoth. There was no need to make the effort and take the risk of hunting down mammoths.

[@beastmaster0934]

Yup. There were plenty of deer, horse, bison, aurochs, antelope, birds, fish, fruit and berries to eat. Among other things of course

[@berwinenzemann3468]

@@beastmaster0934 Stoneage people also ate a lot of cooked roots, tubers and grains if they were available.

[@beastmaster0934]

@@berwinenzemann3468 Hmm. That’s nice to know. There sure was a lot of diverse things to eat during the Pleistocene. Both plant and meat wise.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

@@berwinenzemann3468 That was probably a majority of the daily diet in most parts of the world at that time. Only in extreme conditions did people have to thrive on mostly meat. Although given the amount of animal life at the time, they may very well have had it a lot easier when hunting than we think.

[@berwinenzemann3468]

@@MrBottlecapBill I read the same. Most hunter-gatherer-societies at the time ate about 80 percent plants and only about 20 percent meat. The further north they came and the less eatable plants were available, the more meat they ate. But usually they were more gatherers than hunters.

[@scottdavis1549]

“This is my Step Mammoth, I never knew my real Mammoth. ..”

[@johnmaccallum7935]

Most of the Mammoth kills that have been found are males. They often traveled alone so the hunters didn't have a herd of defensive dangerous animals to deal with.

[@speedracer2008]

True. A 5-6 ton bull mammoth would have been a tough opponent already. A herd of mammoths would have been more difficult to deal with.

[@johnmaccallum7935]

@@speedracer2008 Many of the mammoths were trapped such as in the mammoth traps in northern Mexico but not all as many mammoth fossils recovered contained projectile point fragments embedded in bone that had healed over.

[@clintonjohnston2970]

Does anyone actually know if mammoths were herd animals they may have been solitary animals, or very small groups of a female her juvenile daughter and a newborn. Making them much easier to hunt than elephant that gathered in large herds.

[@johnmaccallum7935]

@@clintonjohnston2970 Judging by 48 mammoths being found in the Mexican traps and the scientists saying there were 4 herds in the area I would say yes to herds.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Most points weren’t hafted to a solid shaft. The points were put on small inserts that fit in sockets on the main shaft. A long, stout shaft makes a good lance but wouldn’t penetrate sufficiently for a throwable weapon.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

@Spencer Ellis I’m always amazed at the intimate knowledge that our forebears had of stone. From Gobekli Tepe and all the Tas Tepeler sites in Turkey to only a couple hundred years ago (in the US) stone was all they had to work with and the people were quite adept at doing so. I’m an amateur experimental archaeologist that began working stone about 30 years ago and the best I can say is that I haven’t even scratched the surface on the variety of stone work out there! So much to learn! I’ve got 50,000 years of learning yet to do and, at 65, time is getting short!

[@radagast6682]

@@dr.froghopper6711 For a time Middle Archaic people in the Great Lakes region used copper tools, but never made bronze. In later years, copper was only used for decorative purposes.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

@@radagast6682 good point! I’d forgotten about that. Thanks!

[@montewright111]

They had atle-atles

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

Ethnographic evidence beg to differ. The tiwi used all wooden javelins to hunt dugong.

[@harveymcdeck5488]

The Neandertal painting at 1:54 is incorrectly attributed to Charles Knight. It is actually from Giovanni Caselli, who did similar pieces on Homo sapiens in Ice Age Europe and Australia. Edit: the Image before that is from Jay Matternes, and can be seen as a mural and as a smaller Nat Geo poster. It is very beautiful to see in-person.

[@jacoblee5209]

Thank you for placing both your sponsor and advertisement at the same time early in the video

[@ramonamcmahon3248]

There are very few YT channels that I'll automatically like before watching , this is the main one. I always learn something new.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

Bro, the sad music had me getting all empathetic for the mammoths. I love animals, but people are crazy if they think we were always supposed to be vegetarians. Its EASY to be a vegetarian when you have a grocery store within 5 miles you can drive a car to, and its stocked with fresh produce grown from thousands of miles away, often from different continents. Almost none of us truly know what real hunger feels like. While we talk about how uncivilized and barbaric these people could be.....are we really that different? Take away our grocery stores and clean/treated water out of the tap, and in a matter of weeks, I’m 100% we’d see people killing one another over food, farming land, and water.

[@Tijaxtolan]

No my dude, you can’t judge humanity just by history books, it’s like pretending to know everything from a person from his/hers social network profile You need to research really deep to stop seeing everything so black/white

[@user-dXNlcm5hbWU]

Exactly

[@siervodedios5952]

Those of us particularly in modern "first world/developed" countries tend to take those things for granted.

[@redstarling5171]

Nature is the ultimate giver and taker, many creatures have walked the earth and been lost to time, humans are just a part of it the great circle of life.

[@pango-y8j]

Maybe so maybe not mountain gorilla

[@conorbowen3360]

I remember reading something about how the surplus of food that followed successful mammoth hunts were some of the first ritual activities and were hugely important in forming our earliest religious ideas. The fact that so many of our holidays still have associated feasts or sacred meals may be traced back to these people

[@pambasileuspaperhat9526]

'The point in the scapula is an example of preservation bias' so that means that thousands of years ago some teenager was going hunting with their community members, people they looked up to and were trying to emulate. They took a shot, with a very carefully worked stone point, that they launched into the scapula, losing the point and failing to injure the mammoth in any appreciable way. A mortifying thing for a teenager looking to prove themselves to their elders. Now, thousands of years later, the entire world is able to see that embarrassing mistake! That kid probably went on to make many more kills with a lot more skill, but this may be the only work of theirs that we see now. Side note, what mortifying mistake have I left behind for people to find in thousands of years? 😂

[@swayback7375]

Don’t worry, there will be absolutely no sign of your existence in a few thousand years.

[@redstarling5171]

Your internet history... Haha we have all seen terrible things

[@nobody8328]

Or, "Why women weren't allowed to hunt for 150,000 years" (It's ok to laugh, I'm a woman 😆)

[@goodcitizen3780]

Your last line is one we should all keep in mind as we go about our daily lives.

[@nobody8328]

@@goodcitizen3780 why? I don't care what people think about me now, and in several thousand years I'll probably care even less

[@gyrosmith]

The unity of purpose, the feeling of belonging, the security of knowing what is right and what is expected, living with nature, the ancient traditions… I do so envy my ancestors

[@marydesmond9595]

what did you smoke for breakfast?

[@sheilakirby5616]

ABSOLUTELY MY FRIEND ❣️❣️❣️ THEY ONLY TOOK WHAT WAS NEEDED AND THEY ABSOLUTELY NEVER OVER HUNTED AN AREA TO SHEAR EMPTINESS OF ANIMAL LIFE ***

[@redriver6541]

Absolutely awesome video man. I live in W KY and love to hunt for artifacts.... I know of several "paleo" sites in my area and the projectile point and blades that come from them have always fascinated me. You're channel is great. Thanks for these videos.

[@sethparrow04]

Damn. Glad to see how much bigger your channel has grown. Been with you since North bank and the homemade airguns, all the way to now. Good job. Keep up the good work man.

[@maskedmotorsdiy3575]

12,000 lbs of fur would hold many, many fleas. Poor itchy mammoths.

[@Kurtis8801]

most environments the mammoth lived would've been too cold for fleas

[@fraskf6765]

​@@Kurtis8801sweden i not cold enough for flees and i bet they exit in canada too. And yes i know its hotter today then back then, but i bet flees back then kept warm on those massive animals.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

Any "hunting pit" that's full of tusks and bones is NOT a hunting pit. Those bones and tusks are far too valuable a resource to just be left behind. Those are just natural pits animals most likely fell into over time. As for point size, the big ones are for killing people and self defense in a hand held (not thrown) spear, or more likely simply knives. You can't throw a spear with a one pound point on it very far. Check out a channel called Hunt Primitive on here. Those small points are all that you need or can use if you want range. We see the same with copper, bronze and steel as well. Smaller heads for ranged projectiles, large ones for melee or short range spears with very few exceptions.

[@missourimongoose8858]

My theory is they were for storage, they would kill the mammoth then dig a hole to put the meat in and cover it with the pelt while using the tusks and big bones for the roof

[@swayback7375]

@@missourimongoose8858 seems like speculation unless you have some evidence, I would think the difference would be obvious but after so long… time erases everything, it takes a while but our clarity starts gets blurry and evidence get destroyed fast! Aside from stone tools, everything else gets ground up

[@raykinney9907]

@@missourimongoose8858 And let it freeze, maybe covered with rocks, until they needed to break into the stash.

[@ceciliadougherty5869]

Neanderthals weren't almost exclusively meat-eaters. They lived in a variety of ecosystems and are know to have eaten plants including grains.

[@jzjzjzj]

and mushrooms and fish

[@jzjzjzj]

even mosses

[@burtonedwards]

As displayed in the cave paintings ... right? LOL

[@Magneticlaw]

So, which plants live on all 6 continents? And were there fields of wheat just hanging out?

[@Exist_Outdoors_]

This was fantastic, thanks for the quality content

[@montagdp]

My kids have a Winnie the Pooh book where Pooh and Piglet try to trap a heffalump in a pit. They ended up just catching Pooh. I never knew that tactic had historical significance!

[@cynthia9235]

Lol that’s funny

[@willparker-smith8327]

dude you literally make a great day

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Very nice surprise on this new year. Things are a bit bleak over here and I'm grateful for the intellectual excitement this video gives me. Cheers! Happy new year!

[@blackhawk7r221]

Keep your head up. The bleak shall pass.

[@iggie1439]

Excellent documentary North. I have enjoyed your work and how it as improved to the point that you are now a full time professional. I have watch you from your beginning and as long as you keep doing work like this I will be with you for a long time to come. Happy 2022

[@LimHardstyleR]

Keep up the good work :) it's always a good day when you upload :)

[@pedrocampos691]

Yeeeeees.

[@danielcorreacuartas6157]

High quality content as always. Thank you

[@scottys1423]

The most experienced mammoth hunters earned prestigious nicknames like Lucky, Lefty, Stumpy, Patch, Long Spear, etc.

[@monkeywrench2800]

I truly enjoy how your channel has evolved. So fitting for your topic. Thank you for doing this work ;)

[@joeshmoe8345]

Really great stuff dude. Cheers to a fuckin new year and a million more subscribers!!!

[@jamesewanchook2276]

Great channnel. Thanks especially for the understated soundtrack and clear, well paced narration.

[@booboolips6053]

Can you imagine the barbecue parties they had back in the Pleistocene? I bet mammoth burgers were tasty.😋

[@ElkinsEric]

And the ribs?!?!? Mmmmm boy!

[@graboidfan31]

Happy New Year North!!

[@north6star]

I’m far from qualified to be heard with certainty, but, I would like to say that I think they probably hunted mammoths around winter/fall. It would be easier to store the meat, and you could stretch it into the next food drought. Winter is always tougher for any animal

[@wyrdo1501]

i am kinda thinking the makeshift huts made from the mammoth bones and hides might have been used as makeshift "smokehouses" for preserving the meat out in the field before heading back home. could have lasted for many months then. tho im sure living thru an ice age had its perks when it came to keeping meat from going bad as well. who knows they are constantly pulling cool things out of the melting permafrost in the north maybe they will find some village's stash of mammoth meat someday.

[@juneroberts5305]

@smh ok You have a very good point. 👍🏻

[@jackyichan4759]

Of course, it would all depend on local geography, climate and ecology. Eurasia is a very broad region with varying conditions…maybe some areas didn’t have drastically changing seasons or only had mammoth pass by their territory very few times of the year.

[@raphlvlogs271]

they were very unlikely to be over hunted considering that 1 Mammoth can already provide a huge amount of materials.

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

If modern elephants have not been overhunted, it's unlikely mammoths were. Climate change is a more probable cause.

[@Cook-hb2nf]

There was nowhere near the amount of people back then either!

[@paulscape72]

@@stefanlaskowski6660 different environments and selective pressure. Much of the megafauna in Africa survives because large amounts of meat is not needed in a warmer environment. Climate played a role but we also decimated a lot of northern hemisphere species.

[@minutemansam1214]

@@stefanlaskowski6660 Elephants lived alongside humans for millions of years, adapted to have them around. Mammoths did not, and so had no adaptations to deal with humans. Climate change was likely not a major factor considering mammoths survived other interglacial periods. It's only after the arrival of humans did the ice age megafauna start going extinct.

[@elliottprats1910]

😂😂😂 LOunited actually the evidence shows exactly the opposite ESPECIALLY in the Americans, humans show up and they go extinct shortly afterwards.

[@davidsachs4883]

I read a book written by an anthropologist about the year he spent among the pigmies of the Congo some time before Zaire became independent. One of the pigmies was a known elephant killer. Everyone had a different story about how he would kill an elephant. Unfortunately that man had never opened up the the anthropologist. The American finally managed to get the native to tell him how he really killed the elephant. The pigmy snuck up on the elephant from behind, crawled between the rear legs and stabbed the elephant in the belly, in a major artery, from below. The elephant ran off in pain. For two days the hunting party tracked the bleeding elephant until they can upon it still standing but only semi-awake do to blood lose. The men rocked the elephant, like rioters rocking a bus, until it fell over so they could begin butchering the carcass. Much different from the image one has of Neanderthal hunters

[@NORTH02]

I am writing a video about this right now actually. There is a great source about the topic here ( mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/quaternary/quaternary-01-00003/article_deploy/quaternary-01-00003-v2.pdf

[@edwardmacnab354]

Yes I'd heard about that method but the target was the bladder--easier to hit I guess. They didn't even have to thrust the spear , but would angle it backward and as it arced up from the pull of the passing elephant , the spear would be driven deep from physics .

[@boxelderinitiative3897]

Gotta say for a channel with a decent sized subscriber count and my tendency to watch history videos, I wish this channel was recommended sooner.

[@aviancypress5181]

I'm jealous that ancient humans got to witness these extinct animals, atleast I know my ancestors got to interact with them

[@21LAZgoo]

our ancestors are also accused of causing the largest mass extinction event this planet has ever seen in 5 million years

[@purgatorygoblin]

Aye, a nice crisp 20 min vid after a day of work is a very nice thing to relax to. Great content.

[@deccan_wolf]

I'm from India and I love this type of content thank you 😊

[@dr.froghopper6711]

You can readily educate yourself on these things but a few classes never hurt anyone.

[@justadildeau]

I am from the Andromeda Galaxy and I love this type content.

[@annesummers09]

Love your channel. Especially about prehistoric man's life.

[@msteresa653]

Columbian mammoths lived in North America for 1.8 million years, living through approx 17 cycles of glaciation and warming in that period - what was so different about the 18th, if not the proliferation of a never before seen super predator? This whole "we don't know what happened" schtick re: the quaternary extinction feels like playing dumb at this point. The sixth extinction began then and continues unabated

[@WiicBoyHunto]

That’s one hell of a mixtape cover in the header

[@JayM409]

The Mammoth at 2:28 is at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC. I've seen it hundreds of times over the last 50 years.

[@jonathanroberts-bj7yl]

Mammoths were very smart like Elephants.

[@jackvoss5841]

All of this makes me glad for the invention of the 12 gauge and .30-06. Hunting a several ton animal using a stick that either (1) was pointed; or, (2) if you’re lucky, had a sharp stone tied to it, took cohones of large size! Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@ElkinsEric]

Agreed. When the 06 barks, they stop, drop, and roll!

[@markshort9098]

I think something a bit larger than a .30-06 would be better, maybe a 458 win mag would be more appropriate starting point.. i hunt with a 270 and I'd feel very under gunned facing something that large

[@jackvoss5841]

@@markshort9098 G’day, Mark. I don’t argue against having more horsepower. When I look at even Komodo dragons or crocks, a 20mm comes to mind. Maybe strafing from a thousand feet of altitude above ground level! Best to you. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@ElkinsEric]

@@markshort9098 then you’ve never butchered cattle. We use a .22 for that….an 06 would be sufficient with correct shot placement

[@markshort9098]

@@ElkinsEric killing a domesticated cow that will stand there while you walk right up to it is a lot different to killing a wild anmial.. people who shoot elephants wouldn,t use a .3006 so it stands to reason a 3006 wouldn,t be ideal for mammoths either

[@Zombieboss2002]

Another great video, I've binge watched nearly all of your content.

[@berwinenzemann3468]

Cultures around the world couldn't hunt the mighty mammoth because in most places around the world there was no mighty mammoth.

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

Mammoths lived in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America....

[@berwinenzemann3468]

@@Ispeakthetruthify That's four continents. How many continents are there in total?

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

@@berwinenzemann3468 Let's break this down: There are 7 continents in total: 1. You can scratch Antarctica, because neither humans nor mammoths, ever lived there. And they never lived in South America(Gompotheres did) or Australia. 2. Mammoths lived on the 3 largest landmasses in the world, and those are the 4 continents of Eurasia, Africa, and North America. 68% of the Earth's landmass is in the Northern hemisphere(Eurasia/North America), and Africa makes up 20% of the Earth's land mass. 3. So yes...the mammoth ranged over 80% of the Earth's total landmass. And yes...the mammoth was hunted all across this range. So yes...most places on the planet DID HAVE "the mighty mammoth". You may be thinking of the wooly mammoth, that was restricted to colder regions of the planet. But even at it's peak, it had a HUGE range over much of the Northern hemisphere. But there were several species of mammoth, and most of them had little to no hair.

[@berwinenzemann3468]

@@Ispeakthetruthify But can every species of mammoth be considered as "the mighty mammoth"?

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

@@berwinenzemann3468 I guess the "mighty mammoth" is in the eye of the beholder....

[@achimpanzee9210]

Good way to start off 2022!

[@fabricio-agrippa-zarate]

There's a KZbin channel called HuntPrimitive, in there you can find a video where Ryan explains to detail the importance of small stone arrowheads. In short terms, with stone technology you need a projectile with as little surface as possible in order to gain penetration, unlike modern steel hunting arrowheads, which are extremely sharp and they are large to cause a greater wound. Stone just doesn't work that way.

[@rogerclark9285]

A knapped flint point is sharper than any steel. The crystalline structure of flint creates molecule thickness edges.

[@yungpep]

Thanks you for this video

[@GeckoHiker]

Mammoth hunting evidence is scarce because it probably didn't happen according to the romanticized notion that the term hunter/gathers implies. Pleistocene hominids would have been predominantly forager/gatherers, and probably trappers on a limited scale. Hunting would have been extremely risky and not worth the slim odds and energy expenditure. In tribal groups that live today the way their ancestors did, studies have demonstrated an 80-20 proportion that favors gathering over hunting. My husband and I did several experiments on backpacking trips. He "hunted" and I built a weir and foraged. Over a memorable three day trip we ate fish or crawdads with sautéed greens and ramps every single day. Mr. Lewis couldn't even bring down a squirrel with his 22. Hunting success is too sporadic to be reliable for true survival.

[@siervodedios5952]

Sounds like one heck of a time though! 😁

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

Thank you for this awesome video

[@lewislee9201]

This is a really interesting, fact-packed video. The comment towards the end about humans and mammoths having lived for a long time "relatively harmoniously" alongside each other made me smile. If "relatively harmonious" means one side carrying out unprovoked serial killings of the other, while the other side just wanted to enjoy a belly-full of tundra flowers, I'd hate to see an unharmonious situation. :-)

[@ernesterz]

It's what every carnivore does to it's preys in nature. I would say they lived harmoniusly, because they rarely killed young ones unlike lions and wolves that target especially the younglings

[@staffiemama]

Been watching for a while, finally subscribed tonight. Look forward to more good videos. Thank you 😊 like the way you say beast.

[@tballstaedt7807]

Personally, I think it's impossible for a relatively small population of stone age nomadic hunter gatherer humans equipped with stone age weapons to annihilate an entire population of a large herbivores like these even over thousands of years. Especially considering how well equipped for self defense these animals are.

[@axeldeblois3391]

My friend you underestimate Homo sapiens ability to make animals disappear from this earth. Also you seem to underestimate the time scales at stake here.

[@francispitts9440]

I completely agree. Evidence is becoming very strong that a major comet hit the ice shelf and rapid melting flooded the North American continent. Hunters even now are deeply respectful of what we hunt. We use everything and never exceed our needs. The idea that humans hunted megafauna to extinction is absurd. Especially those hunters who completely existed on their environment. They revered their prey and it eventually became part of their faith and art. Obviously none of these “scientists” ever hunted with any weapons let alone a bow. Randall Carlson presents one of the best arguments for massive floods that hit quickly. It’s geological, chemical and archeological evidence and is peer reviewed. If a scientist who is up to date is asked about what killed off the megafauna in North America they will immediately refer to and support Randall’s conclusions. It’s still very difficult for a lot of the mainstream scientists to admit that they were wrong and it’s in many topics not just this one. I get it, it’s human nature and it’s also easy to blame humans for so many things but it’s just not always the case.

[@justadildeau]

@@axeldeblois3391 selfie culture pontifications

[@forestdwellerresearch6593]

It wasn't even just prey species that disapeared but big badass predators as well. Obviously the human megafauna extinction theory is completely flawed.

[@JackHaveman52]

@@axeldeblois3391 Why would they? Their populations were small and they lived in smaller groups of no more than 30 or so. They had no transportation except their feet and their weaponry wasn't that effective for mass killing. To kill one mammoth would expend a great deal of energy and could be quite dangerous. They'd NEVER spend the entire day killing an entire herd. They'd never be able to process it all and it would attract all kinds of scavengers and predators which would pose another danger. One group would be quite the mammoth killers if they were averaging one mammoth per month and I doubt that this average ever happened. The risk to reward factor just wouldn't be worth that kind of effort. Those numbers could only be reached when human populations were a great deal higher and the weapons were a great deal more sophisticated.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

Thank you for another great upload and happy new year!

[@kevinjohnson3521]

You mean another fairytale… no science in it, but they still call it “scientific!” I bet “science” fiction means it is really scientific to you based on your other statements. You are a true religious fanatic, no proof just guesses, imagination and unprovable math equations are all you need to believe!!!

[@T.J-and-Soul]

I think that art is the lungs not the heart. All hunters go for the lungs.

[@ElkinsEric]

Exactly. You wanna eat the heart. A shoulder shot severely decreases the animal’s mobility and would allow your whole clan to catch up and finish off the job.

[@pedrocampos691]

Okkk.

[@pedrocampos691]

Ooook.

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

Always excited to see you upload

[@arthurmorgan1698]

I love your videos I want to be an anthropologist someday

[@asprywrites]

Thorough as hell. Fantastic channel.

[@justsomeguywithlonghair6595]

2022 let’s go!!

[@scottowens940]

Good stuff. As a hunter I would agree on the conclusion that they were shooting for vitals and scapula evidence actually supports that. Also there must have been many more idols carved but fewer wood one's would last long after disuse. Reading between the lines is important given the fact that few articles survive and all indications seem to point towards a much higher level of thought and actions. Makes sense they only did it for a couple hundred thousand years.

[@connordavis7651]

Love the random Skyrim mammoths

[@swayback7375]

I’ve spent a lot of time looking at points and thinking how the different sizes and styles could have been useful. I think the small “bird points” are often meant for use on other humans. Bear in mind that these points would probably not be meant to be retrieved, many of these points are just a small worked flake, around the size of my thumbnail. You’d almost certainly want the smallest, THINNEST point possible. You’d want it break off or become unseated from the shaft. A small thin point of a certain shape would be nearly impossible to extract, while a larger point would be sturdier and easier to grip and remove whole. I would think for a mammoth you would actually want one a little bigger for durability, mammoth hide is tough, I’m sure thin or long points have broken on tough hide. Clovis points never looked like a projectile to me, but we aren’t sure how it was mounted, I’m guessing most of the body of the point would be joined to the shaft. Meaning it’s not a big long point on the end of a stick, but rather a sharp point and 2 long blades. Or they aren’t thrown, but even then they didn’t mount them with a big goofy rock hanging off the end of a stick.

[@thomaszaccone3960]

The idea of this is really horrifying. Mammoths, like elephants, were highly sentient creatures. Killing them was not only highly dangerous, but the screaming and shrieking of the poor creatures must have been mind numbing. Really a shame they were all killed off.

[@tobilikebacon]

climate change was probably the reason they went extinct nutrient rich plants their main food source was replaced with grasses and bushes and therefore they went extinct (it was likely a combination of factors that lead to their extinction this is just the currently accepted idea proposed by eske willerslev)

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

@@tobilikebacon There were mammoths walking around when the pyramids were built. Granted, an animal that was so well suited to cold weather wouldn't be so great at adapting and would be feeling the pressure. But they made it pretty far past the last retreat of the glaciers.

[@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial]

@@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 In North Siberia, right? I think Mammoths lived in North Siberia until 1500 BC. I may be wrong but that's the date Mammoths went extinct.

[@ElkinsEric]

If you and your whole clan were starving you’d be happy to hear those death screams of a mammoth. Don’t forget that we humans and definitely our ancestors are THE apex predators of earth.

[@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial]

@@ElkinsEric Until our Crab overlords take over the Earth and enslave us.

[@linag7308]

Best New Years Present Ever!

[@shanevonharten3100]

As a modern day hunter, the size of the animals taken most often is in line with modern food hunting practices. Small animals provide little meat, let them grow. Old animals are tuff and smart, too hard basket. Adolescents provide a good amount of meat and product like skin and bone without the difficulties of on older smarter animal

[@alexbowman7582]

It’s usually thought that hunting mammoths would be difficult but although it would be hard and dangerous cutting or wounding of a leg, leg muscles, cartilage or stomach muscle would mean the mammoth would be severely compromised and would be separated from the herd.

[@zenolachance1181]

The woolly mammoth, as opposed to the Corduroy mammoth, which went extinct quite early, because the hunters could hear it coming! hahaha

[@justadildeau]

Deafening run

[@zenolachance1181]

@@justadildeau that's one of my favorite jokes, but it's very hard to find an opportunity to make a mammoth joke! I'm glad you got the joke! It's amazing how many people have no idea what corduroy is!!!!! hahaha

[@justadildeau]

@@zenolachance1181 haha! It's been years since I heard that joke about corduroy, usually relating to the obese

[@juneroberts5305]

@Zeno Lachance Your comment made my day! 😅😅😅

[@grantandrew619]

3:33 I think these hunters would have looked out for the safety of their toddlers. the drawing with a child so close to a mammoth is huge ms.

[@johnhardy2046]

Our ancestors were badasses

[@seanwhelan879]

Really enjoy your content and you're narration is excellent great work and superb research. Thank you and keep up this work ,fantastic. Peace 🇮🇪 ,Happy New year to you and your care.

[@raphlvlogs271]

if they were domesticated in the neolithic era, the world would have been a very different place.

[@LoisoPondohva]

There's a good chance that wasn't possible. African elephants are not tameable, mammoths could've been no less intelligent and aggressive.

[@NORTH02]

@@LoisoPondohva African elephants have still been used many times in war. Mammoths may have had a fairly large effect on warfare in northern and Central Europe. However, the elephant was always a niche role terror weapon so who knows?

[@brq267]

@@LoisoPondohva But Indians and Southeast Asians manage to tame Asian elephants

[@stephenolson532]

Psssst hey fellas there's a mammoth right behind you on the thumbnail

[@yarrowwitch]

I'm not convinced people hunted mammoths as much as gathered resources from mammoth corpses fresh and otherwise. Mammoth bodies in quantity remind me more of the so-called 'elephant graveyards'.

[@ElkinsEric]

Then how should you explain the stone broadheads stuck in mammoth shoulder blades at the beginning of this great video?

[@ElkinsEric]

@Leo the British-Filipino ok. Then how do you explain the part of the video where most all the bones were from adolescent mammoths. Those should have been the healthiest mammoths on the steps… And also I’m not trying to insult you or call ya out or anything like that. I hope I’m not coming across that way.

[@reecetaylor2626]

With the shear number some of these mammoth remains occur in, hunting would have been a major factor

[@21LAZgoo]

they definitely hunted mammoths, although i dont humans had anything to do with their extinction if mammoths managed to live until 3900 years ago on mainland siberia, and also if their populations collapsed at the same time 13000 years ago in europe and in north america

[@Swivel360]

Their extinction was probably a combination of factors like climate change that changed their environment to more forested areas and less grassland a warmer climate and human population expansion

[@stephanmenzel9457]

Absolutely fascinating....

[@andrewbrown6522]

The problem with harvesting a mammoth is preserving the meat. If your tribe isn't big enough, it wouldn't have been beneficial imo, unless you go after calves. The small broadhead could have been an opportunity kill. Hunter was after small game and decided to try a bird head on the beast. The fact it was found kinda backs the idea up as well. Any hunter will tell you that a bad shot often results in a lost animal.

[@zeldapinwheel7043]

People have known how to dry and smoke meat for preservation for a long time.

[@andrewbrown6522]

@@zeldapinwheel7043 umm ya. .... so. Almost uniformly across prehistoric times, meat was air dried. (Note the mentioned lack of wood) When you air dry, you need a way to keep bugs off. Usually children. So it was not as easy as the shows have you believe.

[@libertas5552]

The Croats living in the Dinaric Alps as a group are the tallest people in Europe. Some believe they are descended from the Paleolithic Gravettian culture. Men average 6'2"

[@gobbism]

I love your work! I have become very interested in mastodons, the cousin of the mammoth because of its role in the spread of pawpaw trees which is the host plant of the zebra swallowtail. I am working on restoring the zebra swallowtail to Pittsburgh and made a video about it, but it’s not anywhere close to the quality of yours! Thank you for making these videos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-wiqWfiLNmhdk

[@Mr_CGS]

I really enjoy your channel, great work

[@tyrannotherium7873]

I wonder if the people respected the mammoth’s just like Native Americans respected the bison

[@ElkinsEric]

Probably. Mammoths gave them everything; food, clothes, shelter and bones and sinew for crafting/making. I would have praised them, wouldn’t you?

[@LoisoPondohva]

@@ElkinsEric plus they were quite obviously smart and dangerous. Most hunters and hunter cultures have very deep respect/worship rituals around their prey, don't see why neolithic people wouldn't have even more.

[@ElkinsEric]

@@LoisoPondohva agreed.

[@21LAZgoo]

for sure

[@AbbyyLabbyy]

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[@michaelcarley9866]

A foot trap That maims or holds would be easy then the kill.

[@ElkinsEric]

It’d take a lot to hold an animal that large. Not that it couldn’t be done though.

[@flamencoprof]

12:25 Preservation Bias. A great concept and well-observed here.

[@amospanface9356]

Just read a fascinating book about Neanderthal. Them and Us, by Danny Vendramini. It will give a totally new perspective on Neanderthal and their relationship with modern humans. Worth a read for all open minded folks out there, including 'North 02'

[@Popebug]

That book is absolute pseudoscience garbage, with no connection to reality. The fact that you said "open minded" gives away that even you know this. I'd love to see him tear it apart, though. It's "Too big to walk" or creationism levels of terrible "open minded" paleontology. Those cartoonishly evil-looking bogeyman Neanderthals belong in the sex lakes with a fire breathing parasaurolophus.

[@amospanface9356]

@@Popebug Well it's obvious you didn't read it. The conclusions he draws are based on facts, you are part of the 'settled science' groupies...sad but stay in your comfortable little box where you feel safe.

[@minutemansam1214]

@@amospanface9356 Yeah, that book doesn't actually provide actual evidence. It really is pseudoscience. I'm sorry, lad. But it's clear you have no independent knowledge of anthropology. So you lack the knowledge to understand why the book is, to put it lightly, a steaming hot pile of festering dogshit.

[@amospanface9356]

@@minutemansam1214 Another child replies, please stay in mamas basement and bang away on your keyboard. We adults are LOAO......

[@labangrankvist2993]

@@amospanface9356 you realize which channel you're on.. right? The book art is insane enough even without the claims of the author. Neanderthals weren't inhuman chimp-men.

[@veronicanow5360]

I love the skyrim pics in between paleoart!

[@Snorky_88]

I wonder how many feminists existed in these days. 🤔🤔

[@Snorky_88]

Of course not. Feminism is a very new thing. Before the Industrial Revolution, there were no feminists. Feminism only exists in a cozy, comfy, soft society. When people had to struggle to survive, grow their own food, and the men were conscripted into military service. This was the way of life for people for thousands of years. Women were not raising their hands nore expected to raise their hands for the masculine hardships of the world up until very recently. Even with the severe feminist brainwashing this way of thinking and lifestyle is still embedded into our DNA. And there is nothing the liberal agenda hates more than biology because it is fixed you cannot change it. And still even today women only preach feminism when it benefits them. They are all for equity and inclusion when it's for the big CEO position in a nice air conditioned office but go to a construction site and count how many women are there. I've worked construction my entire life. I can count on my hands the amount of women I seen in the crappy jobs that are still dominated by men that keep this country running. Why are feminists raising there hands for these jobs? Isn't it supposed to be 50/50? So this is exactly why there were no feminists back then and today in terms of crappy jobs or things only men have to put up with. Men make up a huge portion of suicide, divorce loses and losing half their money, 99% of work and combat related accidents. The list goes on and on. This is why you see 0 feminists in signing up to go fight in Ukraine. While all the men have to stay back and fight. This is exactly why it's such a joke and should not be taken seriously. Men can end feminism immediately if we wanted.

[@kimbeaux75]

Another fabulously interesting video

[@joshstephens1527]

Plot twist, the heart symbol originally depicted lungs 🫁

[@SteveC38]

Great Job, My Friend!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I must say this video was really awesome and I love it

[@HumanBeing1974]

At the Texas Powwow in Arlington University they Still Sing the traditional old Hunting Songs about their Hunts from the Mastodon Days! It's Awesome!

[@dannybrown5744]

Another well done. LOVE

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

What beautiful and informative vids you make! Thank you very much! Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

[@kaiabea280]

This was so fascinating, thanks so much ☺️