The History and Evolution of Citrus (Documentary)

[@timomonochrom115]

Bro dropped a video 7 years ago, 3 years ago, refused to elaborate, left

[@Iamthatiis]

Awesome takeaway from the video, sounds as if what you learned, was to be a fly on the wall. Good job 👏

[@potato2248]

@@Iamthatiis What is your problem?

[@djblackprincecdn]

When will his next masterpiece drop, two years, three years? Who knows.

[@vinniepeterss]

😂😂

[@teenietoad]

I feel like these have to be videos made for class assignments

[@PuffyCataphract]

You deserve more mate, best wishes to you and hope to see you in the future!

[@hussain6469]

You didn’t have to go this hard on a documentary about citrus but you did, and for that I appreciate you

[@anthroman7963]

A fit of passion can make you do crazy things

[@hussain6469]

@@anthroman7963 yeah. I want more videos like this

[@jebsmoak7505]

Yass❤

[@Officiallyferalaero]

Frz...

[@maxsonthonax1020]

... queen.

[@k2343ksks3]

So, it takes 3 years for youtube to recommend me this video? This is an amazing content, hats off to the creators! shame on you youtube...

[@betonkemalist5331]

I’m a citrus grower in Turkey. We only have lemon, mandarin, and orange growing in our region. I didn’t know there were so many other citrus species. I’m very excited to grow different varieties of citrus. This was a very informative and amazing video!

[@tugayturkylmaz2200]

I hope we can see different citrus species here in near future!

[@shnooble100]

You should look at some fruit and garden forums online! Maybe someone can gift you some seeds or cuttings? Hope you get whatever citrus you want!

[@werpu12]

3000 species and counting, we have an influx of species here in the EU for gardening and collecting, not in supermarkets though. I expect that the number of cultivated ones will rise from the usual mix of lemon mandarin and orange, already pomelos are pretty often to be found in supermarkets.

[@90skid97]

That sounds great. There a many nice hybrids too. I like that you consider new species for the market. Let me know if you succeded finding any. I love Yuzu myself. Different use than a lemon but so flavourful you can't even imagine

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

I would think if you introduced these foreign species to the market you would make a good profit. Hope it's going well :)

[@Navak_]

Thanks for going hard when you didn't need to. It's people like you who make the world a better place.

[@Esrom_music]

I can not believe how few people have seen this. Sooo much research and effort. My hats off to you dude.

[@anthroman7963]

Thanks man, really means a lot to see a comment like this. I have another video in the works

[@Esrom_music]

@@anthroman7963 looking forward to it

[@anthroman7963]

It will be glacial pace but it will get done. Been working 60 to 70 hours a week at my job so it's hard to find time. The research has mostly been done though. Comments like yours are super encouraging. Again I deeply appreciate it!

[@Esrom_music]

@@anthroman7963 Guess i didn't mention before but I'm a musician, if you ever need some royalty free music for a project I'd be happy to donate/contribute.

[@amills3271]

Their distracted by cat videos lol

[@onethousandmilliondollar]

This is the best youtube video about citrus taxonomy I've ever seen.

[@anthroman7963]

A random fit of passion

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

​@anthroman7963 and for that, I say thank you.

[@jasonjayalap]

I searched for this video because two workers in a nursey were arguing about the kumquat I was buying. One said it was an orange, the other a mandarin. I can now say: Neither!

[@anthroman7963]

I am happy to be part of that moment haha

[@shenghan9385]

You win.

[@ethanolarano4341]

Botanical Victor 😂

[@careypatmore2576]

​@@anthroman7963make more 😂

[@revansland]

Didn't he say they (kumquat) have a common ancestor with Mandarin's

[@Nero_Karel]

Only really expected this to be a rough overview of cultivation history for the most part but was actually blown away by how much more we can even know about the prehistoric roots of this genus than I'd thought up until now - great work compiling and presenting all that research!

[@chandraravikumar]

We have here in our tropical monsoon forests of India the original wild Citron. It is treasured for its medicinal use. The peel and pith are extremely bitter, and pulp and juice extremely sour. We make pickles, esp. salted and sundried whorls of fruit, that are chewed during and after severe fevers, illness, etc. These citron fruit can be anywhere between a small apple sized fruit to very large melon sized fruit sometimes weighing over a kilogram each.

[@shannonrobinson262]

I’m fascinated by citrus. I have a finger lime, Mayer lemon, variegated pink lemon, key lime, navel orange and grapefruit, yuzu and a commercial variety of mandarin orange. I hope to add calamondin and kumquat soon which I lost during a hard freeze several years ago. Citrus adds so much zing to foods. I also have apricot, pomegranate, fig, avacado, and persimmon trees. There used to be just something about growing fruit trees that is very appealing to me. Thank you so much for this video.

[@antoniohorta5656]

As a collector, farmer, and fruitivour, I thank you

[@franciscusdondy5161]

My hobby in cocktails and bartending made me learn syrup making and it has also led me to citrus varieties and I finally found your amazing video. I never knew how far the citrus' journey has come. Thank you very much for the lesson!

[@anthroman7963]

No problem (: glad you enjoyed it! A citrus cocktail sounds amazing right now

[@vnxettitw4879]

I watched the whole thing!! Was very interesting. I became obsessed with citrus bc my gateway kumquat produced so much. I've now added meyer lemon, keffir lime, pomelo, calamondin & yuzu lol. All in pots and they produce pretty well! Thanks for sharing your hard work with us.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Monalisaclaire]

This was so good. My teen son and I really enjoyed it! Your voice and knowledge level are wonderful

[@memegamermike4131]

4:38 Thought it would be an ad read but he just keeps talking about citrus, legendary

[@folkingadams]

I am stunned at the quality of this video! Hugely underrated as with your other videos too. Thankyou

[@SK-zi3sr]

As an Australian I didn’t know we had native citrus species, then again they never farm our native fruits for some silly reason, I wish they did

[@Redtoad1234]

Not too surprising. Australian food is like its culture. Not very appealing.

[@Free_Falastin2024]

I'm a citrus fanatic. I love growing these trees from seed and I've watched this particular video of yours more times than I can remember because it focuses on evidence and takes the time to go through the evolutionary path of most citrus species. Thank you once more.

[@danieldale7320]

Just realized I'm not the only "Citrus Enthusiast".

[@insomniaaaaa4813]

thank you for this incredibly detailed and fascinating video ! ☆

[@bonkerbanker]

Videos like this is what makes youtube great. Thank you! 😀

[@mortonbaychestnut4072]

Wow! Great documentary!! Thanks so much for making

[@ElizabethAnderson-t8p]

Excellent coverage. Not that I will remember most of it but I had no idea how these “common” fruits had evolved or been purposefully crossed to create what we enjoy today. Thank you for your scholarly dive into this little known topic.

[@beabarber4300]

One of the best videos I've seen on youtube. Please make more.

[@gp1567]

Superb job! His calming, pleasant and gentle way of speaking makes this documentary even more worthwhile watching.

[@anthroman7963]

Yes at some point there will be more, life just gets in the way for now haha

[@thomascoleman594]

Looking forward to that next video, this one was highly informative and well reseached. Hats off to you sir.

[@sitarsrini]

Fantastic! Excellent, clear presentation with nice graphics and well-organized material. Loved it!

[@luisaug9628]

wow that was the best 50 minutes spent in the last few years i feel so well informed that i feel like i owe you a thank you very much.

[@houstonharwood7197]

I grew up in East Central Florida. Obviously lots of citrus plants. We had orange, lemon and grapefruit trees on my yard. But my neighbor had a “kumquat” tree. We ate them like no other but I had no idea where they were from until now. Thank you.

[@eltonrobb6208]

This was better than I expected. Although I was more interested in the history of the lemon, this showed possible origins of the citrus.

[@almightyyt2101]

Righteous selection my dude! Sometimes I lay awake at night thinking about where do citrus fruits originate

[@1cleandude]

Awesome work young man thank you for your time and expertise!🙏🙏🙏

[@dixiedavis615]

This is an epic documentary of citrus that certainly has given me pause for thought. Well done!

[@djblackprincecdn]

I never thought I would be enthralled by 52 minutes of citrus taxonomy but here I am. Well done sir.

[@Robertreus92]

Amazing work man! Looking foward to the next one

[@biancamaego]

I love this!! I love citrus even more now!

[@smoketears6874]

Damn I was super late to this, such a good vid

[@jamestregler1584]

As a child growing up in citrus central Florida and introduced to many custom one of a kind oranges and other citrus trees and fruits I have now come full circle! Thanks 👍

[@veebee3837]

This video is amazing. I've watched this a few times now. I also play to fall asleep to, because the narrator has such a soothing voice.

[@PeterEntwistle]

This video was so fascinating, and so well-researched, thanks for making it. I really hope you make more videos like this in the future, I find the evolution of different fruits so interesting.

[@anthroman7963]

There will be more but I cannot guarentee when!

[@pitzpitz]

Love this video. You explained everything from scratch but also took a deep dive into different aspects. Thank you :)

[@anthroman7963]

I am happy you enjoyed it! As someone with Adhd I try to make things easier to digest

[@tugayturkylmaz2200]

I hope you will continue making videos. I loved this one!

[@njkauto2394]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with such a serene and beautiful manner. I was absolutely captivated and blown away at the same time. AMAZING.

[@charmaduplessis6854]

You just became one of my favorite channels to listen to while I work, and also provide so much beautiful information that I can use for my novels' worldbuilding, so thank you truly and never stop.

[@jackyex]

What a underrated channel, very informative and interesting video. this is amazing, great work!

[@anthroman7963]

Thank you I really appreciate it! I really wish I could produce content faster. I've been working out of town and 60 plus hours a week for my job. I am working on other videos though (:

[@johnlonie7899]

Finger limes are farmed and easy to grow in coastal Queensland. We used to make marmalade from them.

[@lydiaanello6208]

most excellent excellent narrator , was never boring well done.

[@johncurtis4681]

Fantastic and fascinating. This is exactly how I wanted my Google search answered.

[@BlakeMiller-b7q]

I’m glad I searched up this video , great content. +1 sub.

[@dopeymark]

Really good job my friend. I had this tree in my backyard for years that had these terrifying giant thorns. This is in the state of Virginia. It took me years to figure out that it was some kind of obscure lime. It didn't produce all that much fruit and they were super sour and bitter, but definitely edible.

[@neilsmall6518]

I love watching this video I may have watch it a hundred times. Looking forward to an update date. You can look into the natural history of Barbados 1760 you may find something there you can use

[@mixkula]

Really an amazing piece of work! And how unfortunate that there’s no videos after this 😢 all the best and thanks!

[@ravenwolf7128]

Ah yes, the citrus rabbit hole.....great vid by the way.

[@verbalkint1770]

Excellent documentary. I love citrus, I want to try them all before I die.

[@anthroman7963]

Do it!!!!

[@naturbursche6878]

This is absolutely what I was searching for. Thank you very much for your great work!!!

[@infectedmonkey4827]

Thanks for the video bro! Pure awesomeness!

[@ImQuackSnap]

You can’t just drop this banger and disappear!

[@SmashhoofTheOriginal]

This is just what I needed. I've been really interested in Citrus fruits for the past few weeks.

[@bobwarren7608]

That was absolutely fantastic! I'd be really interested to hear more about the complexities and difficulties of citrus hybridisation. Can't believe how much effort went into this, love your work.

[@fetijajasari9522]

Thank you for this very well made documentary!

[@user-qs1xz2mx6f]

Thanks for this very informative video!

[@vicpon3014]

I got this video recommended after watching a couple of long food history videos and I would like to thank you for the work you put into all of this and the algorithm to show me this amazing video. I hope you’re doing well and I’m looking forward to whatever might come next.

[@21simper]

Fascinating..incredible depth.... I live in Australia and have always wondered how we ended up with Citrus here... Thank you

[@flyingzone356]

Very educational and informative. Thank you very much for your effort.

[@Officiallyferalaero]

Perfect random background to getvmy day started too ❤😊

[@hamishjohnappleby3825]

A zesty and informative video - much appreciated.

[@anthroman7963]

Gotta have the zest

[@themayflowermarket]

This was so well put together! Thanks so much! I would love to see, in history, the first uses of citrus as well.

[@hamdy-man2237]

This is really calming to watch. Thx man

[@jackxu6523]

You really answered a lot of my questions! This is so useful and what a great video it is!

[@Luca.Bruschetta]

"We got scurvy we need some victim C. We got scurvy can someone help us please!" P¡nk from some SpongeBob episode thats living rent free in my brain.

[@Respectmyprivacy1212]

BEST Video on this channel! Thank you so much! For such long time I was surching for this information. Very compact. Big thanks

[@rangerg7278]

I am trained in evolutionary biology, and I have often wondered where modern varieties of citrus fruits come from without looking much further than India, China, and Indonesia. I am now aware of much that I did not know. I appreciate the repitition of names and radiations in your video as these things tend to lock in information for me. I would love a video on any evidence, biographical or physical ( as in coprolites, eg. ) on who ate these fruits before humans. For example, could elephants, mastodons, and early great apes have influenced adaptations of these fruits as well as climate change? One can always speculate, but has anyone done any peer reviewed studies on this? Just curious. And thank you. Ranger G.

[@ThenamesBoosh]

Fantastic stuff. Very thorough research you’ve conducted. It is easy to absorb information from your videos. Thank you

[@nanais007]

Had to calm my mind after a day of schooling grandtwins and this came up. This was an amazing video. Who new citrus was so deep! Thanks.

[@jimconrad1519]

I really appreciate this. It’s fascinating. Nice work. I’ll be checking out all of your work. I love knowing about the “source”.

[@MrClean-uf5rp]

This is so interesting and very well done! Even with all this information it makes me want to know even more. I really hope you do the citrus hybrids doc.

[@robertcong-leton3275]

This video is nothing short of fantastic: so much work in research, photography and samples make it both enjoyable and educational. Thank you so much for this presentation and the education. I have ADD but you maintained my complete attention from the beginning until the very end. Cheers, mate. Bravo!!

[@agaveagave1234]

Very very very nice greatings from a citrus maniac from thenetherlands

[@vasilijeglusica7472]

This deserves a lot more views keep up the good work.

[@anthroman7963]

Much appreciated!

[@Cesc8170]

Thank you for the effort you put into the making of this documentary.

[@colinstreeter426]

Clarity. And a beautiful presentation.

[@awesomepossum449]

This is the most hype video I've ever seen

[@adjiebond]

appreciated of your huge effort doing this research and documentary the video. this is awesome !!

[@anthroman7963]

Thanks! Yes it did take a lot of effort, I wanna do many more videos similar to this

[@kathleenebsen2659]

This is my third time watching this amazing documentary. So valuable!

[@PowerTom286]

Great documentary. I thought I knew most of the citrus history, but though knowing more than average I knew quite nothing. So now I know a lot more, TY for it.

[@randomness3235]

This was a great documentary, very well done! I thoroughly enjoyed learning from this.

[@randomness3235]

I'm blown away by the lack of likes. This should go viral.

[@aleepepe4169]

Crazy how much you had to research to make this video! Thank you for your work❤.

[@sushantmeshram5172]

An excellent video. There is so much research that was put in it. Such a nice way of presentation. Hats off brother. I wish to withness a similar video about the history and evolution of Mangoes!!

[@Lucas-yc9wb]

Amazing! Really enjoyed the evolution of citrus! Keep doing this marvellous job dude, thank you very much.

[@adamleis83]

You know you've achieved documentary greatness when you can finally justify the use of "furthermore". Well done.

[@paulban889]

Delightful documentary, old chap. I love citrus and now I know a bit more about these magical fruit.

[@sandwichgroper]

Thanks for this documentary. I didn’t have any idea that my country Australia was so important to citrus history Thanks

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

Excellent documentary! Citrus is one of my favorite fruit genuses and it was nice to learn more. I want to add one correction. The citron (at least the etrog variety) would have had to have been present in the Mediterranean (Afro-Asiatic Med.) long before Alexander the Great. Moses wrote that etrogs were to be used during Sukkot back in 1500 BCE. He grew up in Egypt, wandered in Arabia and what is now Jordan until he stopped short of crossing into Israel with the Jordanian mountains eclipsing what was then Canaan. Moses never left the Mediterranean/Near East so there must have been a presence of etrog citrons as early as 1500 BCE.

[@raystephens9550]

Very interesting to see the link between citrus in Australia to SE Asia and Southern China, which parallels (perhaps not in time) the Denisovan gene present in Indigenous Australian, jn Papua, and parts of SE Asia. I thought cumquat was Asian in origin (but not sure why) and whilst I suspect mine a graft, gojng by the thorny tree grown frim seed, it is prolific with fruit. Seems to flower by the moon rather than season and rarely stops. Got so much marmalade and rum pickled fruit, there will be some left after I've gone. Transferred the tree frkm its pot at my childhood home to the ground here where i live below Mt Dandenong east of Melbourne, and the tree must be about 60 years old. Bees love it. Cockatoo dont like citrus, unlike chestnuts and walnuts, and Im okay with that.

[@lazaruslazuli6130]

Wonderful narrator. Good voice, without an unintelligible accent. Pleasant to listen to.

[@blaze4096]

I love videos like this, going over the history of things people don't necessarily think about but are super interesting!!! I really hope you make more videos in the future

[@anthroman7963]

My brain will get there and when it does, it will be relentless. Then prolly burn out but it will always be back.

[@guilhermeleite3470]

Fascinating theme and well done documentary! I can’t wait to watch the next ones!!

[@anthroman7963]

Thanks appreciate! One is definitely in the works (:

[@fischerbradford5837]

Your delivery of the research that you've done is truly delightful, well spoken, and concise. This was a wonderful video please keep creating content like this. Your channel will blow up in no time 😀👍