The Predators of Prehistory

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Taung Child
Berger, L.R., and R.J. Clarke. “Eagle Involvement in Accumulation of the Taung Child Fauna.” Journal of Human Evolution, Academic Press, 25 May 2002, www.sciencedirect.com/science....
Paranthropus
Brain. C. K. 1970. New finds at the Swartkrans Australopithecine site. Nature. (London). 225(5238): 1112-1119.
Brain. C. K. 1981. The hunters or the hunted. An introduction to African cave taphonomy. The University of Chicago Press.
OH hominins
Njau, Jackson K., and Robert J. Blumenschine. “Crocodylian and Mammalian Carnivore Feeding Traces on Hominid Fossils from Flk 22 and Flk NN 3, Plio-Pleistocene, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.” Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 63, no. 2, 2012, pp. 408-417., doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2011....
Erectus
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Moroccan middle pleistocene cave
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Cova Negra
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Cinema cave
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Guattari Cave
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Le moustier teeth digested by hyena
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Neanderthal interaction with predators
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Sapiens ate neanderthals?
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The Florisbad skull
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[@NORTH02]

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[@FacesintheStone]

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[@liennitram9291]

This was one of my favorite videos of yours North02. So many things to ponder...... I can't imagine the terror some of these "people" experienced.

[@derricklemon956]

Ancient humans really went so hard just so I can lay in the bed and watch this video

[@erick6102]

I really feel sorry for the prehistoric hominids that didn’t even have fire. Must have been a shitty way to get by- always looking for food and becoming prey at any instance.

[@furious_gorilla2998]

And the fact that the generation Z has went to shit, they gave it all just for our future.... and now I feel like they did it all for nothin.

[@nomandad2000]

Viewer a million years from now: “the next hominid became extremely sedentary and sought comfort at every opportunity. It could often be found laying in a horizontal position, feeding on Pizza and watching KZbin videos”…😅

[@scitris6474]

@@furious_gorilla2998 yeah

[@cynthia9235]

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[@apeprick5530]

Really makes you think about where your instincts come from. I wonder if the feeling of paranoia we get after turning off the lights comes from our days as prey. Constantly, autonomously looking behind our backs for what could be our end. Mind blowing videos

[@matejajanic6932]

Fear of the dark actually turns out to be evolutionary fear because back then there really were things that went bump in the night

[@josephjohnson6849]

@@matejajanic6932 makes perfect sense....wonder if nocturnal animals have the same fear we do of the daylight

[@bertovicuna9995]

@@josephjohnson6849 they actually do feel the opposite, that's why they hide/rest during the day. They feel in dangerwhen exposed to light

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[@pookiewookie1837]

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[@benjamindover2601]

They all thought they were the top of the food chain until humans invented THE POINTY STICK!

[@theyeastwiththeleast4718]

I’m writing a prehistoric adventure fantasy novel and these videos give me such incredible inspiration

[@3PercentNeanderhal]

Im interested…naturally. I’m a big fan of fantastical prehistory tales like Howard’s Kull the Conqueror and the Hyborian Age tales of Coman and his successors like Sprauge de Camp. It’s been a while since I’ve read them but I certainly enjoyed the Clan of the Cave Bear as well and it’s related novels. Will your story/stories follow characters in a truly primitive setting or an advanced atlantis like ice age culture exploring and experiencing that world? Seriously, keep me posted.

[@theyeastwiththeleast4718]

@@3PercentNeanderhal I too love prehistoric fiction, especially clan of the cave bear and it’s subsequent books, I’m hoping to make my books at least somewhat more realistic than not, with some light fantasy elements included. I’m wanting to explore a early homo sapien/ Neanderthal conflict from both sides, I’m still in the early planning stages but I don’t have any plans for a high tech Atlantean civilization as of yet.

[@brandonguthrie2151]

@@theyeastwiththeleast4718 I would be very interested to read your novels when it’s ready. I understand it takes years to write a book sometimes, just letting you know that there is probably a pretty good audience for a novel of that gene.

[@thefreemonk6938]

Update?

[@LouisDewie]

Thats so cool you’re doing it. Any other recommendations on good prehistory fiction ?

[@_robustus_]

I was shown an old ethnographic film of highland New Guinea warfare. It was old enough to feature people who still used stone age weapons tech. From it anthropologists concluded it was probably accurately representative of stone age warfare. Each side had about 20 combatants and the whole thing lasted for just a few hours, yielding a bodycount of 2 individuals. In it the aim was not carnage but was highly ritualized and expressed the combatants spiritual power. Several months later tensions flared up again and died down as quickly as before. Their warfare had more in common with that of rival troops of chimps than our own.

[@horsebattery]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Birds_(1963_film)

[@anonymousthesneaky220]

I think that chimpanzee warfare is closer to our modern day warfare than the ritualized stone age warfare. In your story, it was very controlled, and had few deaths. Chimpanzees often travel in groups, ambushing solo foragers in other troups until they have so few chimps left that the entire troup can be wiped out in one fell swoop. In nearly every conflict, entire troups are killed or kidnapped.

[@_robustus_]

@@anonymousthesneaky220 In the Gombe Chimpanzee War, it took four years for all males to be killed. That is a similar pace to the stone age human example.

[@anonymousthesneaky220]

@@_robustus_ Yes, but the aim in the chimpanzee war was very much a genocide. In your original story, tensions flared and died frequently, but neither side was scattered and wiped out.

[@anonymousthesneaky220]

The pace of a war does not define the damage of a war. WW1 was a far slower paced war then, say, the Great Northern War, or the Napoleonic wars, but the damage was far more extensive.

[@miguelochoa4397]

Idk your background, but as a paleoanthropologist I wanna say you did a fantastic job at explaining things and giving facts without bias. Even the detail of “depending how you want to classify heidelbergensis”. I specially liked that you cautioned away from Neanderthal-sapiens war or conflict!

[@NORTH02]

Thank you very much! I am not formally educated in the field, I am a marketing major. I do however try my best to make my content as accurate as possible and use reliable sources.

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To go from a marketing major to become a paleoanthropological hero and be praised by an actual paleoanthropologist is a non-trivial accomplishment. Your followers thank you for your dedication and hard work. Your analytical skills, attention to detail and ability to summarize your research in a clear but accurate way is very, very impressive Thank you, Michael Ingertson, PhD

[@seekingsomethingshamanic]

"disconnected from the world that nurtured us" sums up the 21st century so very well. I love the poetry in sentences like that, and the implications the words carry. We (those 3rd or 4th generation immagrants to the country of america) truthfully do live in a world neglecting the very aspects of human existance that ,just as north said, nurtured us. And still can. Love your videos my man, thank you.

[@seekingsomethingshamanic]

also yes, in my home state of montana we are still prey

[@MisterNineEleven]

What do you mean by "we, the immigrants" The only people who arent disconneted to the world are 3rd worlders who eat mud cakes...

[@godless-clump-of-cells]

Humans are the only known species in Earth's evolutionary history to have developed the technological means to escape Earth's gravitational influence. The only known species to possess the capacity to either threaten life on Earth or divert its imminent extinction. Nature is no nurturer. The only way we could ever hope to ensure our long-term survival is by achieving the level of technological sophistication necessary to free ourselves from its unguided wrath.

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@@seekingsomethingshamanic nah we ain't

[@seekingsomethingshamanic]

@@rjayyythagod3606 lmao yes homeboy tell me you aint pray when you run out of ammo in the cabinets. Stfu🤣 never heard a more city boy comment

[@NORTH02]

At 1:14 I say species instead of genus. My bad, the script was right but I guess randomly said it wrong. No worries, thanks to all for watching!

[@rice-and-despairagus]

You are forgiven... This time

[@BriannaEnright]

Hey no problem! Everybody misspeaks from time to time

[@rice-and-despairagus]

It’s so mind-boggling to think that our world is billions of years old. I love it, but it also causes intense, existential thoughts. 😵‍💫 Another great vid, North. I recently discovered your channel, and I’m grateful for that. The amount of work you put into these videos is impressive. Keep up the great work

[@WORLDCRUSHER9000]

Just imagine all of the amazing things we don't even know that we don't know.

[@ozgurmithri]

@@WORLDCRUSHER9000 And we will never know

[@E-E.ADVENTUREGEARS]

ACCORDING TO BIBLE 5000 YEARS OLD WHICH IS NOTHING BUT LIES AND DECEPTION

[@rice-and-despairagus]

@@WORLDCRUSHER9000 It's terrifying to think about, yet so intriguing lol

[@gilbertsantacruz1397]

Now here we are laying in bed safe from predators plus pizza 🍕

[@daniell1483]

It is strange to think that we evolved from a group that was fairly low on the totem pole so to speak. Far from apex predators, our ancestors were meek and for ages struggled just to keep their heads above water.

[@morningstar9233]

And we've them to thank. Surrounded by these apex predators we had to develop brains to survive. (Not the first to make this observation and it's no revelation to you I'm sure - still it's striking how our physical vulnerability led to the development of the greatest tool of all )

[@domino-86]

ye, its pretty interesting that we poked our way to the top of the food chain

[@donicewilliams6407]

I don't believe this for a second. Where are the monkeys turning into humans right now today. This was the false narrative of the west to justify slavery.

[@aimeegrayson9051]

TLDR: HYENAS Joking aside, it's so good to hear North02's voice again. i love how in depth and easy to understand his videos are, particularly those exploring our species' history. This video's no exception, best content out there for learning about the prehistoric natural world. Keep up the stellar work, North.

[@canchero724]

And not to forget the even scarier cave lion and the giant bears of the time. Absolutely terrifying world for a human without modern weaponry to inhabit

[@azeriablack797]

@@canchero724 Don't forget Sea bears.

[@azeriablack797]

was out in the fields with my man rudy when a pack of hyenas diverged and them assimilated around us. I did pee a wee bit. I hear a crack of gunfire, Rudy popped his brown bess in the air. One Hyena, most courageous of the pack crawled towards me, disaffected by the clap of gunfire. I used a can of cheeze whiz to blind him. Began wrestling the blinded beast. Elephant brapped really loudly only a half a click away and saved us.

[@jasonhare8540]

You know the Neanderthal bone . The one that show signs of being butchered . Anytime I hear about something like that I always remember the people at Donner pass . Just because something was done doesn't mean the people doing it wanted to . Survival isn't often pretty and in a prehistoric world I'm sure it was even less so . That being said if we are all ever in a survival situation and I die I fully expect the survivors to eat me or die of stupidity . Plus we need to consider that without religion telling you humans are sacred you would probably just see other humans or other species of human as animals . *Also , when going into the woods where there might be predators you should always take at least a high caliber handgun . We only think we're at the top of the food chain . We're at the top of the technology chain. Bring the damn gun

[@lainiwakura1776]

Or bear mace.

[@anonymousthesneaky220]

Hiking or backpacking in a group is often a better defense, as if you are ambushed, you probably aren't getting that handgun out in time. You would think you would see/hear a bear, but those damn things are good. When I was backcountry in northern Minnesota, I was picking blueberries, and came into a clearing not 20 meters away from a bear. Where we were they only have black bears, and being backcountry, no one was feeding them, so I was safe, but the encounter scared the living daylights out of me. If a grizzly stalks you, you have to be pretty luck to escape. However, solitary predators(excluding animals like alligators) only attack groups of animals if they get very desperate. Nearly all hiking/camping deaths due to predation happen to solo hikers.

[@characterblub]

A big brained primate with a tool is unmatched 😤 (Supporting the "bring a gun")

[@riks081]

On The Budget Museum channel, on one of his bear videos, he shows a Grizzly eat a shotgun blast at close range and it knocks it down and hurts it but it's up and straight after the guy in seconds. I don't know if the handgun would help as much as you think. I have also seen a video of a bear copping a close range skunk blast and that really did the trick, that bear was gone so fast. So maybe bear mace (if you can't get a skunk ;D ) AND the gun, just in case?

[@loserinasuit7880]

Lol you don't know shit about humanity. We are hard wired against eating human meat as it causes neurological disorders.

[@MammothChats]

Interesting to think many megafauna in Africa have survived to this day, there’s a theory that since we evolved alongside them they were more adapted to be able to cope with our expanding population.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

Hence the dearth of anything like megafauna today in the Americas or Australia. Do you have anything to do with "The Mammoth Trumpet"?

[@MammothChats]

@@NorthForkFisherman unfortunately no I do not lol

[@NorthForkFisherman]

@@MammothChats A shame. I'd love to be part of their team. Or at least sit in on a few editorial meetings. Hearing all the new information.

[@italic_7820]

It still blows my mind that there were people almost just like us that long ago with these beasts

[@nothingnobody1454]

"Crocodile attacks are still common THROUGHOUT THE WORLD" Nervously looking around my Idaho apartment

[@skeletonwithagun4267]

got covid and didnt even realise the videos i’ve watched were all from you. best ancient humanity content on youtube fr

[@FcItsSpartan]

Bro that thumbnail sent me through a rollercoaster of emotions

[@tablestirne9879]

History and prehistory is amazing. We hominids went from being prey hundred thousand years ago to being predators - sometimes, I think we humans even when facing against all odds show - We cannot give up we cannot lose faith. Its like yesterday, our ancestral hominids were food to hyenas and lions - then One Day - we stood tall with spears and stone axes in hand. Fought, killed, and said - Now We Are Gonna Devour As Predators. - amazing how far we came.

[@MrCmon113]

Who tf is "we"? A population changes by the differential success of individuals. It's not a group of hominins vs a group of big cats. It's one hominin vs his brother and one leopard vs his brother.

[@kaijingarou6526]

14:00 I don't know the specifics about the proofs discovered, so this might have been considered and discarded already, but I'm surprised that the only option for the Neanderthal to die was to be killed by other humans and treated as a trophy, specifically when a little few cases of this seem to be found. What if he just died for another reason and they made a necklace with him because they actually loved him and wanted to remember him. Of course, that would be a disturbing thing to do nowadays, but maybe not at that times.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Dunno how I missed this one, but I'm watching, now. Yet another top-notch video, as always, North! I really love the many layers, from the voice so easy on the ear, to the fantastic writing, to the quality of the images, and the professional look! You deserve to be working for one of the big history channels, with a paycheck big enough to make you set for life. 🙂 Very well done! ❤️❤️

[@mrdogscratch]

I wonder if the high rate of hyena predation would explain why we rarely see them in cave art? But then why would cave lions be so prominent?

[@samrizzardi2213]

If modern day examples apply, hyenas would have been comfortable entering human settlements (see the city of Harar in Ethiopia), whereas lions would have avoided them or only entered them individually or in small numbers. Lions therefore would have been something seen at a distance and an occasional danger, while the comfort of your home wouldn't have been a defence against hyenas.

[@An-kw3ec]

If you pay attention most domestic animals tend to be highly intelligent (at least compared with their own group) or favor from human waste and buildings, so they can adapt to human "ecosystems", so a lot of predators know how revengeful and dangerous humans can be in groups. Dogs,cats, rats, mice,cockroaches, ants, pigeons, geckos,etc.....

[@michaelingertson337]

@@An-kw3ec I think you're mistaken; domestic animals become less intelligent because they don't have to keep the cognitive abilities to obtain food and escape from predators, Humans do this for them. Hence no need to maintain calorie intensive brain functions. Cheers P.S Mice, rats, pigeons (now feral), crows, cockroaches, ants, etc., are NOT domesticated. More Cheers

[@An-kw3ec]

An exception for dogs, since someone who deleted their comment said that domestic animals are less intelligent, dogs have better emotional intelligence but poorer logical skills than Wolves, cats might be smarter than the rest of felines, but pigeons, parrots, crows, rats, ants, bees are definitely the smartest in their groups.

[@therealdarklizzy]

I don't know about that, but it might explain why we find creepy laughs creepy. Maybe we are adapted to associating an out of place laugh with hyenas. That is why if you are alone in the dark and hear a laugh, it gives you goosebumps.

[@jaxellis3008]

Your channel is a treasure. It's wonderful that you are able to entertain and enlighten equally well. Thank you so much.

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

Great content, as always! You have a great talent for bringing the past alive and connecting us to our ancestors.

[@michaelingertson337]

Great program. I really appreciate your evidence-based presentation that, while providing the basis for speculation, is grounded in the available facts. Thank you.

[@lmatt88]

I love your channel! lots of diverse material and a very clear accent and narration for us non native English speakers nor experts in the field. Keep it up!

[@keithwald5349]

Like everyone, I've got my problems, but up until very recently, life was _truly_ tough for humans and human ancestors.

[@achimpanzee9210]

I kinda have to thank these animals for shaping what we are today. We evolved alongside them and gained certain traits because of these predators.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Ultra violence. Great trait.

[@mapache-ehcapam]

@@julianshepherd2038 Stop being so pessimistic

[@tilapiadave3234]

@@julianshepherd2038 You can be a SHEEP if you want. Watch out food scarcity coming and you will be potential food

[@akiraasmr3002]

I want to thank the predators of the past for my anxiety today I am forever grateful.

[@Wadiyatalkinabeet_]

These comment are cringe. We shaped our own selves, not these predators. We triumphed besides them.

[@frogglen6350]

I'm so happy this channel has grown successful

[@NORTH02]

much more to go brother, we just starting

[@loke6664]

Where I live in Sweden, a lot of people are scared of wolves but we don't have a single case the last 250 years and back then a kid was supposedly killed by a wolf during the winter but the evidence for that is pretty weak, it might have happened. Bears kill people though, 1-2 every year (further up from where I live, here we have some bobcats, eagles and an occasional wolf but the only animals that can kill you here is boars and elks, and mainly in traffic accidents). And yet, people thinks bears are cute and fears wolves. Makes no sense. Predators have killed humans since the beginning (and some large herbivores too). You really don't want to run into a tiger in the wild after all, and when you only had a flint tipped spear as your state of the art weapon things were even worse. Still, the animal killing most homo sapiens is the mosquito but I don't think Malaria and similar diseases leaves marks on the bones so it is hard to guess if older human races died of it too and how often it happened if it did.

[@ginam830]

Another great video! Thank you so much for doing what you do.

[@boyinblue.]

I enjoyed this one, the pleistocene is my favorite time to learn about. It's great to see how predators tie into our natural environment during that time.

[@InfiDale3476]

You really are getting better and better. You’re one of the very few KZbinrs where I look forward to every release.

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My day is, again, complete with this new video. Thank you again man! This is gold for aficionados like me. Cheers

[@DOER86]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for speaking at a measured pace and showing a true respect for our ancestors.

[@JD-np9ii]

Your content and narrative is amazing bro. A peek into the human experience in the form of informative art. Thank you

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Great video love it keep up the great work on prehistory and ancient people. Cant wait for the next one

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Great video informative and well presented. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

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Another great video! Thank you for the insight and hard work. Cheers! Jeff

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absolutely love your videos!! Would love to see an update to this video including venomous snakes and insects and how humans dealt with those predators! keep making great content!!❤️❤️

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Always beautiful and sometimes scary! Love your voice and thanks for sharing your hard work!

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Wow, I know it is totally a coincidence, but this is exactly the video idea I had requested explored from this channel just last week. It did not only not disappoint, it exceeded my expectations!

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I love when that happens !!

[@o.osuq-madiq2008]

Been rewatching your stuff for a while. This is your best yet

[@MisterCynic18]

All the long running human-hyena interaction gives some insight into the African myths where hyenas play a major role as antagonistic shapechangers living alongside mankind.

[@Bigjuicydumbdumb]

Even more terrifying then Hyenas is the Hyena residing inside humanity.

[@YoAMAX]

In Somali Myths there is a old woman that turns into a hyena in the night and kidnaps kids.

[@MrCmon113]

@@YoAMAX Would make more sense for a hyeana to turn into an old woman to kidnap kids. Who would you be more wary of? An old woman or a hyena?

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This channel Is pure gold. Thank you for your effort

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Love this channel. Thanks for the vid!

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I enjoy your investigation into our history and like the music you choose for the back round.

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North02 video? Yes please. Love this one man. You're killing it on here. Also... I love the shirt graphic. I'm gonna order one of them in a few minutes.

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Excellent narration and presentation as always. You never disappoint.

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I really love this channel. Thank so much

[@thebigjohn8239]

Love your stuff bro. Always look forward to your videos.

[@DarthInsomnis]

Another fantastic video as always North. Fascinating to know that despite our advancements as a species, we are still very much vulnerable to predation.

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Your content is unbelievable, great job!

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Your videos are top notch and your voice is as good as any other doing KZbin voice over work. You have a great future ahead of you young man. I'm going to be a little selfish and hope that I hear more of you and your excellent commentary in the upcoming months and years.

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This video was absolutely amazing and I really adore it so much, and I would watch it again Just glad to learn something new again, from this amazing channel

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Great solid work, as usual. Keep up the good work!

[@kaocean]

Great information, as always. Thank you!

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I love your videos, they are fascinating, informative and relaxing. Being Italian, I appreciated your 'arrivederci' at the end 😊

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Great video man! This was so easy to listen to and still very interesting

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This channel is awesome. Really interesting topics. And I love the artwork !

[@laza6141]

Another amazing video , thank you so much !

[@goognamgoognw6637]

Several of the most realistic artistic illustration depicting early humans drawn before the computer era that you show i remember seeing in my first book on prehistory in 1982 !! These drawings are so rich in details in the landscape and in the expressions, i remember how it fascinated me i watched them for quarter of an hour just one picture. Incredibly they're still the most thought provoking and fascinating pictures on prehistoric humans i have seen. Even just the landscape makes you feel the atmosphere. All the computer aided pictures created since never have the richness in realism. I believe they all came from French artists. They look like the artist had a time machine and went to prehistory to draw them so realistically. There's an ambiance in the pictures and you can feel some strange tie to the individuals.

[@kyleward3914]

"Seid ihr das Essen?" "Nein, wir sind die Jäger."

[@kyleburt2336]

So well researched and presented, thank you. Your work is important because it provides a potent dose of humility by allowing us to ponder our place in the history of our species and this planet. As you stated at the beginning of this video, we’ve become disconnected from nature and by extent we’ve lost touch with where we came from and who we really are, making content like this even more necessary. Keep it up!

[@purplehaze2358]

9:35 That animation is just..so good.

[@russelljohnson2148]

I enjoyed this video, I love the piano music. It’s very soothing while watching and listening to you. A surreal story about your trip in Montana, too. I bet you’re glad you decided to turn back, at the point you did, on that trail😅🐻

[@la_belle_heaulmiere]

That personal story was wild, pun absolutely intended. So very sad, but I’m glad you and your friends are safe.

[@gilbertsantacruz1397]

This channel is like discovering a gem 💎 Subscribed!

[@ancientyoke]

I was legit making a video on this XD. I have to say yours is much more in depth. Great vid!

[@raddamusray1387]

Very interesting topic, made even better by your level delivery.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

It’s possible that the Neanderthal child may have died of starvation disease or etc. and then the bird of prey would’ve scavenged it

[@tyrannotherium7873]

He said it

[@chrisjohnstone7792]

A surprisingly well presented and articulate presentation

[@stephenjohn2131]

My first video of yours and i loved it, you earned my like and i subscribed. Will watch older videos and shall look forward to your next uploads. Cheers! 🥂

[@NORTH02]

Cheers!

[@skiptrace1888]

Great job! Info was supported by science, and the visuals were superb! Also the voice is very clear and unhurried, which allows for enhanced comprehension! Thank you! I liked and subed! 😀😀😀😀

[@nicholaspowroznick4322]

great video bud one of the better ones for sure

[@Deoxxxys666]

keep it up w these awesome videos man :)

[@daniiiakasha4711]

This is why we have anxiety 😬

[@bigrich6075]

It's the reason we have survived for so long.

[@joeshmoe8345]

Frickin sick post dug. Thanky

[@nalagnathus7190]

This was an amazing video I normally do not enjoy videos including humans but this was done so well and it wasn’t so human centred thank you

[@rusty_shacklford]

Always a pleasure to see a new upload. Look forward to each one. Thank you.

[@vinces7001]

Outstanding as Always! Cheers

[@buchan448]

This randomly came up on my recommended interested in this kind of stuff, so I watched it then checked yer channel have subbed and pressed the bell hello from Scotland

[@adamsmithsghost3150]

Seconded

[@BriannaEnright]

*sees north02 vid* *clicks like before watching* I love your content so much dude

[@evanhoback9338]

Love your stuff always

[@alaskapuss]

I just adore these videos, particularly the the series covering individual species of homonins. Can anyone recommend a good podcast with similar themes?

[@Dankpuffin]

That thumbnail is hauntingly magnificent. The artist is so amazing.

[@BananaCake26]

That poor kid that got taken by an eagle. Humans used to be smaller and eagles bigger. I imagine that is where the stories of dragons come from.

[@MrCmon113]

Why tf would you imagine that? Dragons in different stories are very different animals, but almost never look like eagles. To suppose a continuity of the stories from some time at with a larger eagle exited is incredibly far fetched. And dragons aren't hyper complicated, they don't need an explanation.

[@josephjohnson6849]

It could be why baby mobiles work

[@wrenlittle8826]

You did it again, young man. Excellent.

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Hominids: (Evolve) Hyenas: *YOU INVOQUED ME*

[@akiraasmr3002]

Im just glad we didn't live with and still dont live with hyaenodonts like megistotherium or simbakubwa

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

Have to be honest. These videos are class. Your wide extent of knowledge on different topics in the current natural world and natural history is fascinating. I am a Hunter (food and invasive control only), Angler and a Conservationist. And I 100% agree with we are prey. Yes we are a dominant predator but we are definitely prey. I'm binging these videos tbh. Keep up the great work 👍💪

[@MrCmon113]

Lol, maybe you. I'm more worried about what my cat does to the furniture than what any animal could do to me. And even if I was lost in the wild, predators wouldn't make the top 10 of my concerns.

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

@@MrCmon113 I know what you mean but a pack of wolves would not be fun to meet in the wilds of Europe or a bear in the middle of the Canadian forests. Would not be fun

[@ethanbrock5453]

@@MrCmon113 You never know when the situation may change and you could be thrust into a world of survival and death, be thankful for every day in this highly advanced world we live in.

[@jaclynsmith4323]

The research you put into your videos is incredible. ❤

[@Gabberag]

this is my new favourite video

[@Gabberag]

is it so difficult to understand that we eventually took over the hyenas' niche? I mean, hunters AND gatherers must have competed & taken over niches.

[@Gabberag]

imagine how bloody social struggles woulve been. 4 example: what now is (was) called "adultery". A bunch of brutes? she wouldve been killed. Tough but we see it happen even in other species. Just imagine a closed familiar group with multiple "alphas" and some monkey getting jiggy... Just like school haha but worse

[@tristanburgos1]

Great video! Would love to see some more about dinosaurs too, it’s been awhile :)

[@svenandersen1459]

I love these videos mate do more please.

[@purplehaze2358]

God, being killed by a giant bird of prey must have been such a horrible way to die.

[@novaenricarter705]

You make amazing content! It gives me hope for KZbin's future (Kinda)

[@karate4348]

brilliant and showing us so much Thank-you

[@scottbatey3130]

By the way, I actually did find some pictures of the giant skeletons in that old museum, they are kind of crappy, taken around 1966, they are pictures of the museum, not the skeletons specifically, but the skeletons can be seen in the background, I believe it was shortly before they were removed, because there is glass around the display, that was not there until shortly before they were closed. Of course at the time, we made no attempt to document anything. Why would we? After all, it was in a museum!!! When as kids, we rode there on our ponies, and paid our quarter to get it, we had no idea that 50 years later, people would call us liars, for what we saw with our eyes and touched with our hands

[@bianjuve]

Hey man, love your videos! Very educational and interesting. But I can't help and feel like the sound quality is not the best, compared to the quality of your videos? Anyway keep up the good work!