The Truth of Horse Evolution - Part 1

[@fredorman2429]

I’m 82. When I was young even the NY public library didn’t have the wealth of instruction available in these videos. To think that this can be had by anyone with even a basic computer or pad.

[@mrvn000]

❤️❤️❤️ same here. I was born in Uruguay.

[@biponacci]

Hi 82, I’m dad. I’m so, so very sorry

[@thenerdbeast7375]

This is why there is a big push to make access to the internet a necessity like water or electricity. Everyone should have the right to information, especially in this day and age.

[@RC.-]

@@thenerdbeast7375 people already have access to the internet. the bigger problem is censorship, free speech & privacy. countries like China can block sites & track down anyone who speaks negatively about them. they’re also considering laws to have an id to make a social media post. the golden age of the internet is over. It’s been turned corporate

[@thenerdbeast7375]

@@RC.- That is completely unrelated to what I am saying. Yes that is a valid issue but not at all what I am talking about. Just because someone else is suffering doesn't detract from issues here in the US. What I am referring to is how in poorer and more rural parts of the country some people don't have access to reliable internet and because internet is still considered a luxury companies can have full exploitative right to price hike if they see fit. When the pandemic started in particular there was a big problem with learning at home for children because the sad truth was some kids didn't have internet and were at risk of falling behind. Like how owning a cellphone has become a requirement to applying for a job now it is starting to be the case for internet as well especially with more folks working from home. The internet should be a right in this day and age, not a luxury.

[@CMDPromptify]

Appreciating that these young people who look like my students are making deadly serious, open-access educational content that everyone can enjoy. Exceptional talent in conveying knowledge on a public platform. Thank you!!! This is the future!

[@boogityhoo7452]

Im 31 and this dude just made me feel inferior cause he just gave so much knowledge and still have videos about other origins and what not. I commend this dude.

[@Omachronic8326]

Free learning should be accessible and we intend to make it so

[@joshuajackson4742]

@@Omachronic8326 you could always just get a library card and now you have the entire internet at your fingertips. What you people want is for professionals to work for pennies to give you free university level qualifications. Not the same thing.

[@evanbecraft8201]

I’ve been planning on making a video about ancient Sardinia, with its insane architecture

[@TiffanyFinatic1]

This is what the internet should be not all this entertainment bs

[@silveryuno]

Horse: I am the last of my genus. Human: I am the last of mine. Horse&Human: BEST FRIENDS!

[@greenkoopa]

💚

[@andreassjoberg3145]

Rather Horse: I am the last of my line, I don't wanna end! Human: mmmmmmm! Horsies are yummy to eat! Horse: I'll do anything! I'll carry you around so you can hunt and eat everyone else, just eat me last!!! Human: Deal!

[@coagulatedsalts4711]

@@andreassjoberg3145 we were best friends 🤪😌

[@RobinTheBot]

@@vids595 so you learned about horse husbandry from Red Dead Redemption? Some horses grow up with people, and love them like any family animal. Some are treated far better than any humans.

[@maralonent6257]

@@RobinTheBot watch Think Like a Horse. You might learn some things about horses

[@breaden4381]

I'm not particularly interested in horses, and yet here I am anticipating part 2.

[@beneficent2557]

More horse of course.

[@TheMonkeykrunk32]

Equines be like: Imma tiptoe super fast.

[@adreabrooks11]

Highly underrated comment! XD

[@ajzorger93]

Tiptoeing in my Jordans

[@GustavSvard]

If part one is 44 minutes, that implies the existence of at least one more part that is 40-50 minutes long. My dudes, 1½ hours about the evolution of horses? This is the content I crave! Please do ratites next!

[@jav8094]

Bruh this ain’t ign why would he talk about Pokémon 🤔

[@Ragatokk]

No, 2nd part could be shorter and the last part. for example 30 min.

[@leonardogurney5488]

Frick YEA!

[@adamclark1972uk]

Part two is going to be 3 minutes long.

[@felafnirelek8987]

@@adamclark1972uk part 2 is going to be a segment on 7dos

[@Fede_99]

No one: Ben: I'm gonna explain this animal's whole career

[@Rain_7654]

LOL

[@anthrosapien3784]

Sounderrated

[@LOUDMOUTHTYRONE]

I wonder if he done weasels?

[@kathrynmacrae1470]

@@LOUDMOUTHTYRONE I'd like to see a weasels video too. Good call!

[@RecoveringChristian]

OMG HES SOO CUTE

[@dinobarb3452]

Yes! Horses are some of the most important yet overlooked Cenozoic animals, thank you for going in depth of them.

[@ERB]

Love your videos.

[@absoluteschmuck]

Huh, what a surprise to see you guys here

[@Michallote]

@@absoluteschmuck I love how KZbin subtly serves the purpose of sharing interests

[@juanjoyaborja.3054]

I would have never expected to find you here lol

[@IAmTerrestrial]

Duuuudee how has this comment not blown up?

[@bobibg4ever]

Loool

[@nacho2000]

I really like how every now and again you cut to camera footage to explain a point in these videos, it really helps the flow and helps people like me to visualize the info better (like in the sauropod feet video)

[@SpinosaurFacemask]

Further points for the background curtain on the door, the light switch and whatever the brown dot on the the left side zoomed out shot, so that those of us who are easily distracted by faces have still something to focus on in the camera shots :)

[@ZentaBon]

When the lack of horse evolution videos showed, you said NEIGH!

[@sealofapoorval7437]

YEEEEESS HAHA!

[@ZentaBon]

@@sealofapoorval7437 I had to!

[@Rain_7654]

Neigh

[@vershawnsea9219]

Lol. Nice bro. That's the best shit I've seen all week

[@Fede_99]

I'm gonna need a big bag of popcorn while watching this

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

I gonna need a big black co- -fee

[@alcyonecrucis]

Pig bag o’bopgorn

[@lando8913]

Maybe a.. feed bag?

[@leoornstein3963]

I need a full dinner and some coke while watching this.

[@90texas]

I’m just gunna eat 6 hotdogs

[@jeffreyschweitzer8289]

This is just amazing work. I have been an amateur paleontologist to one degree or another all my life, and have never seen so clear and thorough an explanation of a major clade of animals. Details, trends, principles and conclusions all thoroughly presented and correlated. Bravo! Well done!

[@hippothehippo]

Are you telling me that one of the most important questions in building a complete picture of horse evolution besides their legs and size is: "Why the long face?"

[@nobodyknows3180]

I get that all the time, lol!

[@Luis.344-r8k]

The problem is those fossils are not from horses, these are complete lies.

[@notoriousbig3k]

@@Luis.344-r8k evolution and natural selection are BS

[@Bsknten]

@@notoriousbig3k no they aren’t, its a fact and theres no other theory of how life originated and developed with evidence that supports it.

[@boogityhoo7452]

@@Luis.344-r8k oh really? So all these professors , paleontologists, researchers and countless others are all wrong and just making this up yet some random guy on youtube comments just happens to know the truth of it all. We all should be blindly listening to you!!

[@peanutbuttertoast7742]

I find it really cute to imagine big horses roaming around with tiny versions of thier species lol

[@raphmaster23]

Kinda reminds me of lions along side their little Black footed cat cousins lol

[@billybabc]

Thats what i was going to say. Big cats and small cats tend to get along​@raphmaster23

[@craniifer]

My eyes are going cross trying to follow horse evolution. Toes coming and going, size changing left and right. I'll probably give this a re-watch in the future.

[@TaterChip91]

"This is a world where birds...eat horses."

[@tompotter8703]

While that certainly might of occurred with phorusrachids, the order Gastornithiformes (consisting of Gastornis, Brontornis and Dromornithidae) were actually herbivores, due to the non hooked beaks, footprints indicating a lack of sharp claws and a study of calcium isotopes in the fossil bones.

[@TaterChip91]

Its a quote from Walking With Beasts. In 1 episode they show a Gastornis kill a Propalaeotherium. And the narration gives the technically true statement a world where birds eat horses.

[@tompotter8703]

@@TaterChip91Oh I am very much aware. I remember watching it when it first aired in 2001. Back then, it’s diet was still in question, so they went with the more spectacular option.

[@u.v.s.5583]

They still do.

[@bc7138]

Very weird, I always thought he said 'This is a world where whales hunt horses' for some reason. I'm pretty sure you are right and it's just my faulty memory.

[@tyrellthiel2201]

There is an equine trueism in veterinary medicine: horses are born and then spend their entire life searching for the most creative way to die (Edit) anyone else absolutely love that porpoise are carnivorous artiodactyla?

[@memomorph5375]

Horses are only interested in homicide and suicide!

[@georgeparkins777]

I believe all whales are obligate carnivores. It just seems more... herbivorous in the case of the filter-feeding krill predators.

[@outinthesticks1035]

My dad used to buy horses from natives , they were tougher than heck , just run loose all winter , no feed . Get into farmers grain piles , never founder , work them hard and turn them loose . After I married my wife got performance horses , I couldn't believe how much care they needed , special diet , dental work, pedicures, urologist's , what ever happened to the tough old hammerheaded mustangs ?

[@notoriousbig3k]

@@outinthesticks1035 got replaced by the performance breed

[@notoriousbig3k]

@@outinthesticks1035 they killed them ....

[@suecastillo4056]

I’m an avid horsewoman and found this most interesting!!!You did a brilliant job and certainly enhanced my knowledge of these wonderful animals♥️🙋‍♀️Thank you so much! You outdid yourself!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰❣️

[@squoosetiel]

I remember reading about horse evolution in elementary school and being so excited by what I learned that I decided to share it with the entire school on the morning announcements, and now I'm a high school senior and horse evolution still blows my fucking mind

[@Leon-on7sd]

Nice, we need more of those type of videos

[@Sarafimm2]

Looking forward to Part 2: Domestication!!

[@beneficent2557]

@PoikaScythians?

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

I myself see me as a horse-sceptic. Iam not convinced that these animals ever existed. Big hornless deer which are used to carry man and crate ? In Huitzilopochtli's name, call me Montezuma and let my empire be conquered by weird pale people if Iam wrong.

[@cubanminions]

You aren’t very smart... Edit: I understand that it is a joke now. I’m not going to defend myself anymore because I came off as very ignorant and rude. Please do not send me hate though, I do not want to get into any more arguments. Hope you have a good day

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

@CyberDeath1337 Died of smalpox, still didn't care.

[@gortalla5474]

@@cubanminions pretty sure this comment was a joke

[@korrafey1044]

Giratina could pass for a mayan or aztec god pretty well

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

@@cubanminions says the one who believes the silly theory of evolution! Everyone knows Viracocha created everything!

[@jurassicmark9368]

My favourite thing about this is how you said "dinky donkey" with a straight face and a serious voice

[@caesertullo1824]

Horses actually developed one toe because they are really just angry creatures who wanted to give the middle finger to life 24/7 but also their mom's were around so they had to be polite.

[@noegodinez1777]

I hope to find out how horse trim their own nails

[@ihavenoideawhatimdoingwith4240]

@@noegodinez1777 Wild, or rather, feral, horses wear their hooves down by moving across great distances and rocks along those distances. Domestic horses have farriers (basically horse nail salons that travel?) that wear it down with tools.

[@Jackie-hw1wn]

Actually they walk on their toe nail but I get what you saying

[@sidilicious11]

@@noegodinez1777 in the wild they wear down their hooves like all hooves animals do

[@The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth]

*Evolution has no direction or progress.* Horses could just as easily evolve back into small creatures, given the right selective pressures.

[@juliusfucik4011]

Yeah but now humans select them for breeding...

[@justarandomperson6401]

its about if you're lineage can survive or not.

[@GreenGrasshoppa]

Adapt or die.

[@The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth]

@@justarandomperson6401 Exactly. It's purely survival.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth "It's purely survival." not exactly. it's pure FITNESS. it's whoever can leave the most offspring, that then go on to leave offspring of their own. that doesn't always even equate to long term survival. sometimes it's better to breed fast and leave a good looking corpse.

[@hunterG60k]

Fantastic video! As someone who's been involved with horses my whole life I had no idea about most of this stuff, thank you for telling more of the story. Can't wait for part 2 👍🙏

[@maximaldinotrap]

Still waiting for part 2

[@onuregetunccan2249]

Part 1 and it is 44 minutes already? Oh boy it is finally happening!!

[@minecraftstation6422]

Yes!

[@leonardogurney5488]

Finally, he's back on track!.......I. Hope. So. 😅

[@LiSa.N.J]

As someone who learned how to ride a horse before she could ride a bike this was an excellent video. I've loved horses all my life..53 yrs. Rode, shown, trained and bred several breeds in my years. I can not wait until part 2 comes out. .Well done and easy to follow. Thanks for doing such a great research. Great work.

[@foca7550]

Wow you have had a KZbin channel since 2006. That is amazing.

[@LiSa.N.J]

@@foca7550 Oh wow...Even I forgot how long I have been on YT. lol

[@sampagano205]

I really like this video, it's always nice when paleo youtubers give focus to the evolution of mammals given how it can feel underfocused on compared to archosaurs who kind of absorb all the focus. One thing I'd be interested in is if you have any plans to talk about the paleontology and evolution of squamate lineages, because as a herpetology student now, I feel like it's my duty to point out that they don't get nearly enough love.

[@InsaneGold]

Horse girls in school cliques will go WILD over this! Jokes aside, great video! I had learned more about equine evolution from this, I'm excited to see part 2!

[@kitkatboard]

I feel like all my horse textbooks from my childhood lied to me :(

[@jasonpiehler1006]

This is what should be going viral, instead we get glue being used as hair products.

[@PersonOfRandomnesss]

I think I get what you're saying... But I'm not responsible for getting the horse to the vet after putting the glue in its mane.

[@shanecarubbi7864]

@@PersonOfRandomnesss 🤦🏻‍♂️ lol

[@Andrew-ly6yf]

Glue is the final evolution for some horses..

[@yomomz3921]

Be careful what you wish for. I'd wager you wouldn't actually enjoy having a bunch of hair-gluers hanging around. They wouldn't be soaking in the knowledge... they'd be arguing over grooming tips and attempting to sue people.

[@nobodyknows3180]

I think that's covered under Gorillas?

[@pelewads]

LOVE the longer vids. I grew up with horses. This was fascinating. Very much looking forward to part 2.

[@FirstmaninRome]

This was an adventure inknowledge this was better than anything ive ever seen on horses, and i watched a five part documentary on them once,

[@gotentrunksfusion]

Love all the illustrations and how clearly and informative everything is

[@badasst-rex8626]

After 20 minutes of this video my little niece is upset because u didn't mention Unicorn

[@AvadGroup]

Good old niece excuse aka me my self and I

[@barriewright2857]

😂🤣😂🤣😂.

[@jaggidfire]

tell your niece that though the Unicorn was a perissodactyl, it's actually closer related to the rhinoceros

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

he also left out Pagasus

[@jaggidfire]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 complete fantasy

[@technologic21]

A 45 min video about the evolution of our beloved equestrian companions? I'm all in!

[@howardshooter3246]

Loving the deep dive pieces. Obviously a lot of time and effort to make. Keep up the excellent work.

[@bugmachine777]

realizing the length of this video: "oh sick" realizing this is part one: *"oh sick"*

[@KooblyK]

Me, a scientist: “Ooh, neat, this is so thorough and well presented!” Also me, a horse girl forever: “HORSEY HORSEY HORSEYYYYY 😍😍😍”

[@Albertonification]

Finally a detailed report about the evolution of horses , one of the most obvious examples and evidences of this all-inclusive process.If i had to choose superpowers i I'd choose to remember all the proto (eo)(mezo)(merric) hippus species just like Ben G Thomas.

[@ctabacco]

Thank you for sharing this incredible information. As a life long horse person, it is exciting to learn about the history of evolution of horses, much of which I did not know. Looking forward to Part 2 eagerly!

[@Dave-qy1yl]

Can i bum a cig from you?

[@FRMJD1996]

Absolutely loved the video, it really did justice to the complex evolutionary history of Horses, well done. I can’t wait for Part 2 and personally, I’m really looking forward to seeing your in-depth look at the controversies surrounding the Evolution & History of Przewalski’s Wild Horses😁

[@NikoKourouklis]

It’s all the Terror Birds’ fault. If they didn’t exist, horses wouldn’t exist, therefore our society wouldn’t exist. People keep forgetting how important horses were to the history of humans.

[@Brakvash]

Impotant to Eurasia* no other continent used them as far as I can tell.

[@DraconianMithril]

Most humans didnt use the Horse. ALL HUMANS had dogs. Check ✔️ urself before u wreck yo self

[@KateeAngel]

@@DraconianMithril I for once am totally convinced that the most important animal in history was a little humble 🦟

[@NikoKourouklis]

@@DraconianMithril Horses were really important to European societies, which influenced other cultures around the world.

[@DraconianMithril]

@@NikoKourouklis After nearly 200,000yrs of Homo Sapien culture, the horse only made an impact for what? 10-8000yrs for Eurasians and only 500yrs for everyone else? And even so modern Africans and a few other modern societies still never really used them.

[@sunnysideup8980]

this has been one of the most interesting videos i've ever seen on the topic, thanks for making this!

[@flygawnebardoflight]

I have learned literally nothing about Horse Evolution in American (state of wisconsin) Public Schools. Really wish I did!

[@JoJoZaka]

because it doesn't matter

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

Public schools are only meant to teach you the surface stuff (eg. Evolution), not necessarily going too in-depth on certain animals (eg. the entire evolution of horses)

[@christosvoskresye]

@@SammyxSweetheart.02 Given the number of university students I've seen who cannot add or subtract fractions, you paint too rosy a picture.

[@gortalla5474]

Bruh why tf would schools teach specifically horse evolution? That would be pointless. They just teach evolution in general

[@soybasedjeremy3653]

@@gortalla5474 Evolution as a whole too, this guy definitely didn't pay attention.

[@justjordan3563]

i can't force myself to watch my online lectures but i pulled out a notepad to take notes during this 😅

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Huxley: "Shall I read my paper on horse evolution unedited?" Marsh: "Neigh!"

[@thathobbitlife]

This was a spectacularly fantastic wealth of knowledge here. Watching this 1 video was like reading a dozen books. Honestly, so good.

[@ogieogie]

I want to hear more about the evolution of the "dinky donkey."

[@joesalvator5878]

Great video! I live in a flat on my sister's farm. And she has horses. I' m not around them much because she takes care of her own animals. But I think I'll go outside and pet them now, and reflect on this video.

[@michaellevesley3578]

Just leaving an obligatory comment to boost the engagement on this wonderful video.

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

Doesn't actually do anything comments and likes also dislikes don't help or hinder videos in the algorithm KZbin said this awhile ago in a science paper about their algorithm game theory did a video on it

[@restinwalken]

@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal thats cause youtube keeps changing how its algorithm works.

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

@@restinwalken no it isn't they have never helped

[@restinwalken]

@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal youtube once said it did help. So why are we to believe them now and not then?

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

@@restinwalken they actually didn't they said the exact opposite

[@dynamosaurusimperious6341]

Didn't know 44 minutes of the history of Horses was so great,oh wait it's the Ben G. Thomas channel,so it's always great.

[@paladingeorge6098]

Listening to these types of videos almost makes me amazed how much humans have changed the course of natural history, even well before we realized we were doing it. The fact that prehistoric humans made some species extinct and saved others is just wild.

[@cybrhunk333]

Masterful! Looking forward to Part 2!

[@sweetcaroline7Ö]

I remember learning in gradeschool about the evolution of horses - my young mind was blown 🤯

[@Ahahashir]

You got to learn about horse evolution in grade school? Lucky...

[@GreenGrasshoppa]

Us too, grade 10 Biology though. We were learning about evolution with the horse used as an example because of the wealth of fossilized evidence.

[@AidanMartin]

I honestly after watching this saw the similarities between Horse and Human Evolution.They both started off going back during eocene as living in forested environments.When the Rainforests they once thrived in started to disappeared or recede away, they both became more well adapted to living in an open plain environment.There was both at one point many different species of horses existing at the same time and place as well was the case with humans.

[@juanjoyaborja.3054]

Hello

[@KSWfarms]

I see anything about horses, I click! I love studying the evolution of horses.

[@sarahb2623]

What a remarkable, well researched video! Thanks so much for making this available on YT!

[@upandready4u]

Amazing content! Painful reminder of how time has changed things. I'm talking about the fact that this young man could be my grandchild yet these videos are so thorough and informative

[@riskybusiness5047]

This is actually really useful for me because it’s a case study for my biology class, thank you!

[@peppermintmiso4341]

The passion for evolution displayed in this video is just so good! I didn't expect it to be a 40-min video and just clicked it because I haven't watched this channel in a while. I'm glad I did~ But what's the difference between premolars that look like molars, to actual additional molars? I really got intrigued. A lot of new tabs to look things up were done~ Great content right here!

[@TheWooblet]

There's also still rare occurrence of polydactyly horses, they're quite impressive things to behold!

[@nomandad2000]

Mind blown

[@Weatherman_Ace]

This video made me smile because of my family history with horses. My great great grandfather served in ww1 on horseback and saved his life. She and him delivered important information and supplies on the front lines while cheating death many times.

[@le09das]

I have to thank you brother for putting this together. Really brings me back to when I was a kid and watching a number of post dinosaur times.

[@PersonOfRandomnesss]

So... is a horse a horse, of course of course?

[@erstwhilegrubstake]

You stole my joke!

[@PersonOfRandomnesss]

@@erstwhilegrubstake Glad to meet someone else who goes for the easy low hanging fruit!

[@erstwhilegrubstake]

@@PersonOfRandomnesss The lower, the better! :)

[@PhantomCatMusic]

Unless that horse is a unicorn

[@robertgotschall1246]

So why was The Famous Mr. Ed, famous anyway?

[@disontago5729]

Ben G here has a dialogue pose like he’s about to do a UFC prefight faceoff

[@AntoniusTyas]

"Time to explore this bush" That tone sounds different to my ears, dangit.

[@glarnboudin4462]

Reminds me of the Rifftrax short of that Tasmanian/Australia PSA about safely surviving and exploring 'the bush'.

[@horsetuna]

I just watched this video and I don't remember this being spoken

[@tessie7e777]

@@horsetuna I suggest you rewatch. He said it in reference to the horse evolutionary tree being more of a bush. And then he said…

[@katenc.3112]

Realised KZbin had unsubscribed me after I found your channel again looking for this sort of great deep paleo content! Thanks for being such a great channel, I'm glad to be re-subscribed!

[@Redneckkratos]

To the Ben G Thomas crew, I’ve been watching your vids for about 2 years and I’m so thankful for these longer vids as they help work go by better

[@Leftatalbuquerque]

What I have just realized is that most herbivores of the modern era have hooves while most predators have paws. Elephants and rodents notwithstanding...

[@ZombieBarioth]

Seems like more than just survivor bias, paws being more versatile and useful for things like grasping or digging made carnivorans better suited to a wider variety of lifestyles and therefore gave them an evolutionary advantage. That idea also extends to rodents, primates, reptiles, and amphibians.

[@andrewfriday2521]

I love these in depth looks at things no one else thinks about. Fascinating stuff!

[@andrewfriday2521]

In hindsight, I realize that sounds sarcastic, but it wasn't meant to be. It really is fascinating stuff! Lol

[@Shoebill1447]

Try timestampping when Ben says "hippus".

[@gingercox6468]

This information makes the preservation of the wild horse so much more important.

[@Iker888]

This is so cool! The sheer diversity and scale of the equine lineage is fascinating.

[@Hidemyname78]

"a dinky donkey" made me spit out my tea 😂

[@jumbomacaroni]

I like how his eye brows “ pop up” every time he pauses in between sentences. I counted 683 times he did that in this video.

[@petebyrdie4799]

If it were a drinking game, we'd be wasted after twenty minutes.

[@DeedeedollieF]

Oh yeeeeeeeah he is doing that with his eyebrows 🤭

[@marycraig2315]

@@DeedeedollieF evolution has not been proven. Just because one man started the talk on it. Remember Darwin was just man who needed money so he could travel to prove his thoughts. Like I said before it has not been proven.

[@weaponizedlizardmen360]

@@marycraig2315 it has essiantially bern proven. We have plenty of evidence and we can even see modern day cases of evolution occuring through random mutations. Although yes it is still a "theory", its one of the closes "theorys" to become science fact. Gravity is still technically a "theory" but there is so much evidence for it that you would be a fool to try and argue agasint it. Also it wasnt just one guy. It was two. Im blanking on the name (which is a shame because he has kind of been lost to time) but both darwin (and this other guy) were both coming to the same conclusion of eveoluation at the same time. It took darwin years to actually organise and analyse his thoughts and write his book. The only reason why we know about darwin other than the other gentlemen is because he published his work first. So no, it wasn't just about money.

[@marycraig2315]

@@weaponizedlizardmen360 I believe in God and your saying he was a monkey?

[@blondbraid7986]

Great video! I remember being immensely disappointed eohippus was extinct when learning about them as a kid. I can't imagine any little girl alive that wouldn't love being able to have a horsie the size of a cat! I guess the closest thing alive are capybaras, but they're not quite the same.

[@suelane3628]

Try Fallabellas!

[@Rattafix]

Absolutely love the direction this channel is going in, keep it up guys 😄

[@watchermagic5325]

This is literally the most interesting thing I've had the privilege of discovering... looking forward to part 2!

[@rubenskiii]

Evolution: *does it's thing* Humans: _"I WANT TO CATEGORIZE YOUR CREATIONS IN MY OWN NEAT SYSTEM, Y U MAKING THINGS SO COMPLICATED!?"_ Evplution: *doesn't even notice, nor would it care if it did.*

[@Deeplycloseted435]

Bro, you are like the authority on horse taxonomy and evolution.

[@thomasneal9291]

nah. he's still just a student. he's just relating the information of the people who actually did the work.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

@@thomasneal9291 as a professional student until I was 30, trust me when I say, that the student immersed in the literature, is often the most knowledgeable. What they lack in field and research experience, they make up for by having a voracious appetite for reading and adding to their knowledge. No one can truly keep up with the amount of science happening everywhere and being published constantly. Its just too much.

[@Stephano217]

So if this is anything like your walking with dinosaurs and other projects I expect part 2 sometime in 2027. Regardless an amazing video

[@DanCooper404]

Ha! Only one year!

[@phatshah7377]

Wow i love this. I have actually always wanted something like this and to date this has been the best. Tracking the evolutionary history of an animal in depth is so fascinating to me. More like this please!

[@eszterhorvath2599]

Hello Ben, you are so good. I am a teacher and admire the way you explain the subjects. Without reading and speaking fluent without a fault. Congretulation. From Germany...helps learning englische too. Best regards Eszter

[@tommyblansett9254]

Interesting looking forward to part 2. If where to have a series covering animals of South America before the Great American Exchange especially those that resembled the Horses, Camels and Hippos should also be interesting. Developing and selling books on these animals should be a great source of income for your channel.

[@medikos]

Hippo means horse in Greek. Potamus means river in Greek. Hippopotamus means the horse of the river. So ancient Greeks knew the relation between the 2 and like so many things people did not have to wait till 1800s and 1900s to discover.

[@octoriagaming1277]

28 likes and 28 views. KZbin has nailed it!

[@RyanPHill77]

Fantastic! This is excellent. The amount of research needed to put this together is an accomplishment in itself, but it was also clearly communicated.

[@C4Vendetta]

Amazing video, the time and effort put into it really shows. The only critique I have is to perhaps film the in-person B roll at different locations, it would add a bit more of a dynamic feel to the video. Love your content dude!

[@HueghMungus]

Hell yeah I'm early 🤣 clicked as fast as I saw notification popped into the bell. Literally!

[@Robert399]

You need to make this more clickbaity: "The TRUTH of Horse EVOLUTION - You Have Been LIED To - MUST SEE!!1"

[@evilershark_2043]

You forgot the "ALMOST DIED - COPS CALLED - GONE SEXUAL!1!

[@caviramus0993]

Additionally the preview should be filled with arrows, emojis and Doug next to photoshoped pile of cash.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

A big peeve of mine is content that’s good enough on its own or people that already have millions of subscribers using clickbaity titles. It’s unnecessary and annoying.

[@peanutbuttertoast7742]

It would be helpful during a long video like this, a short review over what you've talked about. It's very confusing lol and hard to keep track

[@rocketshipize]

I have been interested in horses since I was able to form memories. I learned at least 14 things I was completely ignorant of prior to this video. Well done!

[@shaylam6344]

i’ve never looked up anything related to horses or anything but this showed up on my recommendations and i have to say i’m pretty fascinated

[@joshadams8761]

This video makes me regret not having stuck with paleontology. 😢

[@elchinotapia933]

Same. Third world didn't give me a lot of choice tho u.u

[@amishandy]

Horses are really one of the most beautiful creatures on this planet

[@alexmijo]

horses evolved from lobsters

[@Shoebill1447]

No they evolved from a chair

[@Paulito-ym4qc]

this is obviously someone experiencing time reverse, who is trying to tell us that horses too will evolve into crabs, like we're all domed to do.

[@alexmijo]

@@Paulito-ym4qc horses are a brief stop on the path from lobsters to crabs

[@isaiahwolftail867]

There end evolution will be s crab

[@Shoebill1447]

@@isaiahwolftail867 *a crab

[@maureensurdez7841]

Nice job, our darling scientist man Ben. Very detailed and enjoyable.

[@Pangolin-Mandolin]

Love your channel so much, dude! Can't wait for part 2!!!