Top 10 OLDEST Known OBJECTS Made by Man and his Ancestors

Whenever something incredibly ancient and incredibly cool turns up, there’s always someone on hand to shout that it’s evidence of aliens. Awesome as it would be to know ET was hanging out here in 10,000 B.C. (or whenever), the truth is both much simpler and much more interesting. See, you don’t need aliens to explain away intricate ancient objects. We humans have been capable of creating incredible stuff since before there were even humans.
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10. Ice Age “Batons” (Approx. 28,000 years old)
9. Animal Figurines (30,000-40,000 years old)
8. Neanderthal Cave Art (40,800 years ago)
7. Ancient Flutes (42,000 years old)
6. Aterian Beads (110,000 years old)
5. Bone Awls (200,000-400,000 years old)
4. Projectile Points (200,000-400,000 years old)
3. Hand Axe (1.76m years old)
2. Oldowan Tools (Around 2.5m years ago)
1. Contents of the Lake Turkana Toolbox (3.3m years old)
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[@tubedude54]

Ancient phallus' did not even enter my mind when you showed those objects... I was thinking boomerang of some sort or a club... obvious where your mind is at!

[@patriciablue2739]

I think the explanation is bull****.

[@OnTheRiver66]

The holes were probably used to straighten arrow and spear shafts. Not phallic.

[@tristanbaravraham6349]

That’s what I thought! I don’t feel so bad now. Thank you for sharing that.

[@dalermehndi4663]

@@OnTheRiver66 Nah, they were definitely glory holes.

[@alancollins2516]

Hello

[@castlewhore2007]

“Hey honey I’m home” Wife : “how as your day” Husband : “ oh man it was awesome, punching those woolly mammoth is a great stress reliever.”

[@joshlewis575]

Or " eh not too bad, John got chewed up by a sabertooth, ya know just another days work "

[@NickGervase805]

If cavemen could talk this is probably what they would say

[@castlewhore2007]

@Iconoclast yeah but you know “conversations “

[@calamusgladiofortior2814]

Watching video: "Wow, people are smart and creative." Reads KZbin comments: "People are complete idiots."

[@maggiebastolla5430]

Hahaha! Well said Arthur! But since we KZbin commentators typically don’t represent the best and brightest of our species, there could be hope for humanity yet!

[@MarielynetteJohnson]

"Stop and think about all the things we take for granted." There was a time when humans did not have projectiles, yet he takes for granted that they would hunt the same animals. Don't suppose they would try what they could get? Then after thinking and experimentation they would get a weapon for tougher faster animals?Of course, humans always hunted mastodons. They never ate eggs, adult birds, fish or anything small.

[@Carol-D.1324]

So I wasn’t the only one who thought that?

[@DrewJersey2024]

Arthur Williams 😂😂

[@Dr.Cosmar]

To quote Walter up there "I thought you sounded judgy" Then I read the comments, and you are definitely judgmental as hell. I found the section of this particular video where the neck beards hang out with the plebs and they take turns jerkin each other off.

[@fosta4243]

“Well stacked fleshy women” Next time I about to call myself fat I’m going to say this instead

[@karenmutz1117]

I prefer “Reubenisk”

[@umbra9628]

Making it sound nicer won't make it any less unhealthy or dangerous

[@tristanbaravraham6349]

You should call yourself what makes you happiest. Took me half a century to learn that 🙀

[@joshgarrity4068]

@@umbra9628 nor will all that mountain dew and lack of sunlight, basement dweller. How many people did you tell you were an atheist today, thinking it made you seem intellectually superior?

[@kathylecluyse7820]

Or do as I do: describe yourself as a true Venus - of Willendorf that is!

[@bikernieks]

“Walking on two legs was probably the way to go” best pun I’ve heard in a long while

[@tomnaughadie]

If you heard puns in my shoes, you would know they come and go all the time.

[@jackryan9700]

And the jersey shore comment 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jackryan9700]

Simon Whistler is Anti-Italian

[@blackc1479]

Made me think of Douglas adams. "So amazingly primitive they still thought digital watches were a pretty neat idea"

[@happywarrior7126]

There are caves here in Bulgaria where incredibly intricate pots etc are on display that are 8000 yrs plus and proof of trade with other countries and this is thousands of yrs before the silk road. we know so little about our past. Great video.

[@cascorick8253]

Coldcomb 06 that's pretty cool! sometimes I wonder, what would it be like to live it someplace so old, so much history!

[@benno291980]

Nazdrave

[@DavidVoxDem]

There's 3,000-year-old Chinese carvings in Yellowstone park, America.

[@MarielynetteJohnson]

Yes the dates go back further...and further. Probably why Adam didn't mention spear throwers. I thought he might mention burials - wait a minute. That's not an object. Well, I feel like I've been out of the loop a while as I didn't know that dates have been pushed back so *far*.

[@yes0r787]

wait, who is Adam?

[@marahbaker8615]

Hearing the phrase "well stacked fleshy women" in a British accent made my day lol😆

[@southboundeightyone4958]

Simply reading it made mine!! Lol

[@BlueBirdsProductions]

"British accent"

[@BlueBirdsProductions]

@Tyler Browne don't blame her. It's not her fault that Americans are completely oblivious to anything happening outside of their own country.

[@Glenn-F-Rice]

Sounds kinda fun to me.

[@slayingroosters4355]

1:55 where Simon says. “This ahem toy is older than machu pichu and Stonehenge” the subtitles read”this toy is older than machu pichu Stonehenge and yo momma combined” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

[@Rightwinger1982]

Open your mind and imagine that whatever we live on, we, are a nanosecond of history

[@royeaston6067]

junglist Shawn Time doesn't exist it's just a way we measure entropy.

[@joecrunkleton596]

Dust in the wind.

[@benjammin9471]

Surely a nanosecond of history would be a nanosecond long

[@joelbrown2625]

Imagine knowing when to use commas, and when, not, t,o,,,,,,

[@Rightwinger1982]

@@joelbrown2625 three year's later and I'm still correct!

[@KatiMae]

"A long day's wooly mammoth punching..."

[@castlewhore2007]

Kati Mae lol 😂

[@Battledongus]

Is that what they're calling it now?

[@stefanf922]

@@Battledongus 😂

[@Spills51]

I’ll punch your woolly mammoth 😜 Damn, there goes my toxic masculinity again 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@oltedders]

@@Spills51 I'll stick with the woolly otters.

[@SolarGranulation]

The sheer depth of time given here makes me wonder how much farther we could go.

[@joshmayne2853]

to infinity

[@equalityforallhumans]

Read this book called fingerprints of the gods by graham h.

[@smoothchick53]

Makes me wonder why we haven’t gotten further than this so far…

[@McYeroc]

@@smoothchick53 what have u created that has progressed humanity?

[@douggaudiosi14]

Unfortunately anything made organically has life a span. We are discovering objects at the end if their life span. Imagine leaving a chicken bone outside and how long it would last before disintegrating. We are finding incredibly rare artifacts that where preserved in almost perfect conditions. And even then they are on the verge of disintegration.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

1:15 ... I'm sorry, I didn't even almost see a sex toy or phallus lol. I thought it looked like the top of a crutch or something to tie a rope to lol

[@captainkenzie6873]

Thats what i thought until i saw the long stone shaft

[@kathykaura7219]

Not sure why they think they found a sex toy.... may found some prehistoric jungle juice smeared all over it? They need to quit playing with their finds and start doing their job. 🤣

[@chriskaprys]

What did the cave man say after crafting a sharp tool from bone? "Awl done."

[@kathykaura7219]

🤣

[@ssgyates]

I love how they show the cave paintings and they always forget to mention that the man that discovered them destroyed the ones he didn't want anyone to see. What those were? We will never know.

[@kathykaura7219]

What was the man's name?

[@soulimmortal8487]

@@kathykaura7219 Some Britisher

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

I'm ashamed of my countryman. Nobody has the right to decide that on posterity's behalf.

[@DubzCo]

@@jamiewulfyr4607 yes I am quite pissed at the fellow now

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

You have to think this was a time when the concept of bad did not exist. There was no feeling remorse or guilt these concepts did not exist so understand that and use your imagination and you'll know exactly what was painted on those walls.

[@ghostgal18]

This was one my favorite videos from this channel in a long time. Great work!

[@TX_BigSpit]

I think the bone flute is more likely the first “walkie talkie”. As many cultures used sounds of nature as best as they could replicate them to communicate while hunting, whistling was also used. But an item such as the bone flute would allow much higher pitched “whistle” thus allowing them to communicate from greater distances for activities such as organizing an attack on hearing animals while hunting. So it’s more likely the first phone than the first flute.

[@bluesmurff6163]

why not both ? They might have made items to help hunting, but then discovered they liked the sounds..

[@charlotteferguson5102]

Damn ... I was born 30k years too late for my body type ....

[@xxfrosty609xx3]

Charlotte Ferguson T H I C C

[@rikkiwest8449]

You must remember whatever you say is written in your book of life to be openen when you die the same as everyone they all go before the judge.

[@michaelsands442]

no way missy. marilyn monroe was like a size 12-14 and what was considered "attractive" or "ideal" was women that had substantially more meat than the modern day "sex symbol." embrace it and be proud. someone will cherish your body type and make you feel beautiful. or maybe you could kust be awesome and have that be alluring enough to have someone tell you how beautiful you are to them.

[@jerrypiper3936]

fatty. thats unhealthy...

[@jerrypiper3936]

said by a person who only like unhealthy people i guess

[@tchase4726]

"...if a bird dropped dead of kidney failure right in front of you." That's an oddly, hilariously, specific way to get a meal 😄

[@antfletch31]

Took me way too long to realise who he meant when he said Two tank-a-moon. Never heard anyone pronounce it like that before

[@XcanaryinacoalmineX]

definitely a first for me, hearing his name pronounced that way. different and kind of disturbing.

[@penpad5555]

Is that a U.K. variant? He always says it like that. I can always spot what he means because I watch everything with captions.

[@DidMyGrandfatherMakeThis]

@@penpad5555 it's not a British way of prouncncing the name. Believe me, Simon may have the accent but the way he pronounces words makes me wince.

[@jaspr1999]

Gotta admire the innovation of prehistoric people. I will never forget how excited friends of mine were that the scientific knowledge they'd learned was wrong. They were so happy that they had new ways to study everything they'd learned with new eyes.

[@petuniasevan]

This should be written on the wall of every anthropologist's office: "Primitive doesn't mean stupid."

[@greenanubis]

Exactly! Its one of the great things that make us human. It makes me so sad when i see the possibility of such revelations denied by dogmas.

[@jaspr1999]

One thing about science... You fumble a LOT to get an answer, but when you do, ya break out the champaign! Or, in my case, a bottle of brandy that's been gathering dust for almost 20 years. :-)

[@brownword]

Do you really believe that these are what they say? I mean, the first thing are "claimed" to be dildos... I mean come on, you have to be as stupid as you all think they were. It even has a carving of a horse... Humans cannot be this stupid... And I mean in the current era! SMMFH! 🤦‍♂

[@brownword]

If it matters, I'm not calling you names... I mean, stupid = uneducated, but then that would mean that logic was taught in school, and it's not. "You do this that way and believe this because I say so!" "But I have lateral proof." "I SAID LISTEN TO ME!" 🤷‍♂sorry 🤷‍♂ I mean, I used the word "logic" every word and synonym definitions contain words like, 'reasonable,' 'rules', 'laws', and 'judgment'. Pure idiocy mixed with some lunatism... *sign*

[@natemmerson6849]

I love how aerodynamic Simon is

[@Argonak1]

I love how you described a human as aerodynamic lmfao.

[@supahfly_uk]

Bet he's coefficient if you fire him out of a torpedo tube, a bit of vaseline and pew

[@natemmerson6849]

Tyler Patch it's a joke from fact fiend, a channel they colabbed with :)

[@matthewkeith9889]

what is "colabbed"? are you 4 years old?

[@totallymady42069]

It's called a typing mistake, they can happen to anybody who doesn't proof read what they wrote. Your attitude on the other hand, grow up, there is no excuse for that.

[@katiobrien7854]

The Venus of Hohle Fels was probably more a fertility goddess symbol than 'erotica'.

[@AuraMaster7]

Jim Spencer well given that this was likely a sculpture of a diety they sought out for healthy births and long lives, that’s not really the same thing....

[@michellejewell9859]

Erotica and fertility is about the same. Just our modern culture tend to screw things up.

[@golddragonette7795]

There's a decent argument that the venuses were self portrait sculpture by women. That the proportions fit the perspective of looking down at your own body

[@ChekhovBla]

Absolutely agree. Especially considering how much dedication it would require to make her. Would be wasted as wank tool, especially as there was likely no social awkwardness around naked people

[@eova]

ChekhovBla wank and tool is like a double negative

[@jdubya7]

1:06 I was thinking "foot" but okay

[@TheKkkeeennnnnnyyy]

Don’t bother me when I’m napping my flints

[@toohip]

A tool used for fapping and napping.

[@nobodyreallyknowsreally7771]

Honestly have no idea how the first one resembles a pee pee...

[@yes0r787]

Looks very uncomfortable. I agree with the arrow maker tool side.

[@robertlewis4666]

@@yes0r787 Agreed. Traditional arrow makers today use a very similar tool to straighten found sticks into perfect arrows.

[@angieemm]

It sucks to be hearing impaired but this channel never disappoints with the closed captioning.

[@tiffanymccarty4243]

I'm deaf in my left ear so I often watch with the CC on. They are, indeed, funny AF. Especially when Simon says the word "wangs." 🤣😂

[@passthebutterrobot2600]

Neanderthals were human. They just weren't homo sapien human.

[@klonik79]

And a lot of ppl share neanderthal DNA, especially in Europe

[@joeperez3520]

klonik79 About 3% of European DNA comes from Neanderthals. It's even suspected that our gene that allows blood-clotting came from them. Neanderthals may even have ranged as far as Siberia.

[@KatiMae]

I dated at least 4 of them.

[@davidbartlett7550]

Steve Harris they were a sub species

[@klonik79]

@ Joe Perez > yep, generally 1-4% it varies by ancestry, if i remember correctly more north you go more neanderthal they get :D or something like that :D

[@debbiekerr3989]

Wow this video was amazing! I very much enjoyed watching it. I didn't know about most of the cool finds you mentioned. Thank you for sharing this.

[@michaelmessick1875]

Reminded me of Douglas Addams comment in Hitchhiker's Guide to the effect of..."to all you primitives out there; The secret is banging the rocks together."

[@fishypaw]

“We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.”

[@teemusid]

Beware of the leopard!

[@Damoinion]

Always have your towel

[@chelseaameliore6456]

I love your delivery! Great balance of informational and comical. I appreciate the heck out of you ❤❤❤ much love

[@its6696]

Still one of,if not the best,top 10 video.The info in here can keep you researching for days.Very nice.

[@kreiner1]

I love the fact that I'm not the only one who thinks the advancement of man (and pre man) is very cool. I can just imagine one of them sitting around and discovering a sharp rock can cut. It sounds so simple to us but it is not. These are the things 5hat have led us to 5he moon and the bottom of the ocean

[@loganbrown3565]

Idk man I think monkeys came from something closer to raccoons, using genetic habits to understand more and more with each loss and every spawn. We've come so far in just 100 years, there's no telling what our ancestors knew and did day to day. Imagine how much progression was snuffed out by feline predation. How much evidence was destroyed by prehistoric, ancient, historic and modern warfare?

[@fistoffury6693]

both the moon thing and bottom of ocean really did happen 😅

[@ShadowSumac]

That is amazing to see how humanity went from stone tools to what we have now today. I can't help, but admire persistence and will of humans to survive as well as our ability to adapt.

[@lucasbrandt5501]

It’s also cool how 90% of that progress was made in the past 150 years since the industrial era started

[@andreyserebryakov2231]

Mostly eurasia

[@Loralanthalas]

Hald if wcery Americans taxes go to military contractors (aka gun makers). Literally HALF. --- there's so much money in warmongering.

[@PapaYo4XXX]

Your delivery washin fire in this one Simon! Great vid and job!

[@o.osuq-madiq2008]

One of the best videos you guys gave done. Awesome

[@rwarren58]

Wow! A quick slap to the face of all Ancient Alien fans to start the show. Let's go!

[@mauricehammond2062]

He kind of forgets we are ALIENS to any planet we visit this guy is a shill or a philistine or both

[@OddReview]

The way you say Tutankamun makes me uncomfortable haha

[@stephsmanicshenanigans8017]

OddSockGames I’ve never heard someone actually pronounce the “tank” part as that lol takes two minutes to search for a video on how to say it, even ways that are wrong but still sort of accepted because it is a difficult name to correctly pronounce for many

[@markpaul8178]

OddSockGames using the enigma machine,it translates into 2 tanks coming.

[@lozzylols]

There are some strange pronunciations of Tutankhamun. It annoys me too, I actually said it over and over so I could learn a more exact way of saying it a few years back (sad I know lol)

[@Strype13]

I kinda like it. For all we know, his rendition is far more accurate than the "norm."

[@alfnoakes392]

@lilmothugs Based on his occasional non-English pronunciations on other videos, I suspect that Simon is from the US, but has adopted an English accent for professional reasons.

[@Kiery86]

Fantastic, Simon! Love this kinda stuff!😊

[@davidstewart5811]

As usual a great video. BTW your sense of humor is truly classic.

[@elliottre5019]

You should have known flint knapping . Making stone knives, arrowheads, spear points, etc.

[@edlingja1]

Masau It might be an American word. Not sure if that was the term used when English was formalized.

[@dereknoll1499]

I agree, either he is terrible at making jokes or has little to no knowledge of what he's actually talking about. kind of pathetic really.

[@cyberhawk80]

i assume the latter.. the list that he is going through .. changed the view of history.. yet.. he still goes through the old view of time..

[@98Zai]

I don't think he's interested in actually learning or educating people in history, he's interested in clicks. (this is a clickbait channel) I doubt penises and breasts were sexualized back then, as nakedness was very normal (clothes was something very time consuming to make and therefore only used to combat the weather). Which means the items were probably not dildo's and the lady was not erotica. Actually, experts have labeled them as fertility symbols forever.

[@MrWosull]

I think it was a joke

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Simon, your commentary on this video is even better than usual. And one of the top reasons I watch...only the ability to potentially learn something new tops it.

[@astraeanova4280]

This episode was absolutely fascinating, thank you

[@01mmendolia]

Best video in a long while. Great Job!

[@stevehuffman7453]

Oldest prehistoric artifact I am aware of is a 60,000 year old Ulu made of Jade, or something, found in the permafrost in Alaska. Stone Arrowheads, Spearheads, Axes, and other tools would be next in line.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Finding the Lake Turkana Toolbox must have been one of the great WTF moments of world history. (Smiling).

[@njt88]

I can personally assure you it was.

[@inoue6]

I'm watching this video with subtitles (easier to understand as a non-English speaker) and that yo mama joke at 1:58 that is only in the subtitles is a comedic gold

[@thomasdowns777]

I know I'm a little late posting, but this is one of my favorite videos you have done

[@BarbieSasquatch]

Whistler: Suck it Ancient Greece! Me: drops plate of food, Simon, you dirty boy you! Awkwardly cleans up mess and retreats quietly to finish video. 😂🕶🎇

[@JohnDoe-fo3fn]

"Older than Stonehenge and Machu Picchu." Machu Picchu isn't very old at all relative to Stonehenge. Stonehenge was built ~3000 BC. Machu Picchu was built ~1450 AD.

[@CallanElliott]

A lot of people tend to forget that those Mesoamerican societies are only about as old as current European ones, and some of the latter predate the former.

[@CallanElliott]

@Solon Acousilaos There was a succession of civilisations in that region going back along time. You find much the same idea in many parts of the world, with new settlements being built upon old ones. Whether there was a settlement there before Machu Picchu makes no odds to the age of Machu Picchu. That city was built when it was built.

[@lee-226]

Is macchu picchu the mountain or the city cuz if its the mountain how u build a mountain

[@catsup4me]

i think its for people without a sense of history to simply understand... that shits old. ill bet you didnt know that potatoes were originally from Machu Picchu, the Spaniards brought them back to europe, where they wound up thriving in the hills and became irelands food.

[@Strype13]

That doesn't seem relevant to the statement, though.

[@originalfatlarry]

Simon you are a joy to listen to, with so much mis-information makes me glad that I found your channel

[@michh4807]

"Knapping flint or what ever the heck that is.." Dude this is your job! Flint knapping is an art. It has deep roots in history.

[@lucygray6162]

I thought the same. Has he never watched "Time Team" and our favorite Wiltshire flint-knapper Phil Harding? Phil loved nothing more than finding flint at the sites. One of the best archaeology shows ever.

[@bekluwe]

The Swabian alb (Germany) really is a place which is as important as ancient Egypt or Greece. Also the oldest piece of art (the Lion man) was found in Southern Germany. Also the oldest representation of the night sky (sky disc of Nebra) was found in Germany.

[@bojanbojadzieski3913]

1:59 Stonehenge , Machu Picchu and yo mama combined lmfao

[@sea_triscuit7980]

Bojan Bojadzieski I'm glad I wasn't the only one that noticed hha

[@larryslemp9698]

Awesome man!! Great presentation!! Wonder why when 'showing' the projectile point, there was no ancient point shown, just a replica, with no date found, place found, etc.?

[@heatherk.nickolamstpsych3782]

How utterly cool!!! Lovin' this channel!!

[@jasonrogers1576]

Well, there's: Radiocarbon dating - for dating organic materials Dendrochronology - for dating trees, and objects made from wood, but also very important for calibrating radiocarbon dates Thermoluminescence dating - for dating inorganic material including ceramics Optically stimulated luminescence or optical dating for archaeological applications Potassium-argon dating - for dating fossilized hominid remains Archaeomagnetic dating - Clay lined fire hearths take on a magnetic moment pointing to the North Pole each time they are fired and then cool. The position of the North Pole for the last time the fire hearth was used can be determined and compared to charts of known locations and dates Lead Corrosion Dating. Amino acid dating Obsidian hydration dating - a geochemical method of determining age in either absolute or relative terms of an artifact made of obsidian Rehydroxylation dating - for dating ceramic materials.

[@margaretdavies7732]

Thank you for this info. Wish I could somehow download it.

[@EM-vd1xi]

Jason Rogers - I'm curious as to how scientists are able to date stone artifacts like hand axes and projectile points and how accurate it is? I thought the best they could do was to date the rock not the artifacts themselves. If you know, please post a comment, Thanks.

[@Strype13]

You forgot online dating.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

@@EM-vd1xi Dated by the layer of material they are found in.

[@Brutallav]

Jason Rogers You sir are what KZbin chats needs more of.

[@DDBwest]

flint knapping is the process of breaking stones in a manner to form tools

[@IETCHX69]

Arrowheads and such .

[@nathanbrooks2581]

Specifically its the sharpening technique. And was also used to restore and edge.

[@franl155]

wow, thanks for this! so many new [to me] things to look up and find out about.

[@anthonyciccariello8089]

hell yeah that was way interesting. Keep up the good work man.

[@shmuckling]

Number one looks like arrow shaft straighteners - what else is the tiny hole for? It could likely double as a "bopper" for knapping, really pre-shaping, the stone tips too - ultimately, a useful fletcher's multi-tool. It would also explain the engraving - looks like an ungulate - likely the most common game for primitive bow hunters(rodents are too small - easy to miss and lose/break an arrow on).

[@luisparga7830]

shmuckling

[@jims2960]

Lots of little high schoolers handing out the true facts on what happened.

[@Leroyy536]

My wife said, my socks should be on here.

[@kathykaura7219]

🤣

[@ralphyznaga1761]

Thanks so much for your videos. They are incredibly informative, as well as entertaining, Greetings from Austin ,Texas.

[@tc5290]

Absolutely fascinating. Mind blowingly incomprehensible

[@BrianH1313]

Oh,, so they found a ancient fidget spinner?

[@tacoheadmakenzie9311]

Yes, right next to the wind up chattering teeth.

[@fruckles]

Guess it's time to watch "2001". [Solo]

[@danieljakubik3428]

Excellent. The last and oldest entry is the most interesting.

[@Haroonisty]

WOW. Simply amazing. Most of that information is new for me. I am Amazed how much creative humans and other humanoids of that time were. Whatever time they were living in its quite extraordinary to see all of these inventions. Its just like one morning you wake up and your loved one says to that lets teleport somewhere in the world. I mean its that crazy. Right???

[@deelee1569]

Thanks for goin back millions of years...some people don't do that.

[@markhickman3160]

I wonder how many times stairway to heaven was played on them bone flutes. Derp

[@toohip]

*points to scribbling on cave wall*: no stairway

[@perilousjack1964]

Superb thanks Simon.

[@ianstanford4731]

I think this is the best Top Tenz video I've seen. I would love to see the Top 10 Oldest Human/Human ancestor remains that have been found. Not because I can't go and find it out on my own, but this is a great outlet to spread that information to 731,000 other people. Just a thought.

[@x24agthorn29]

my studies claim 3:02 was a deity figure NOT PORN *sigh*

[@nosuchthing8]

Maybe there was no difference between the two at that time

[@yes0r787]

IKR

[@skullduggery1096]

Simon,kidney failure indeed,had to stop vid can’t help chuckling to myself,love your sense of humour.

[@multiyapples]

Another informative video toptenz.

[@BrianFillups]

awesome video. thanks Simon

[@adamandava6emeryandemery18]

They really played “the bone flute” I feel like that was some kinda joke.

[@Pellefication]

It's real alright.

[@tacoheadmakenzie9311]

Og say him woman play mean bone flute.

[@vulgarobscenity]

Mammoth punching FTW

[@heatherk.nickolamstpsych3782]

LOL Similar to Bronco Bull Rodeos??? LOL

[@alltheanswers3567]

Imagine you and your bro's charging at a woolly rhino with just spears, promptly killing said beat and eating it..... that's living!

[@MadMan-xx8sf]

As a long time "Flint digger" this one is my fav. Keep up the great work Simon.😁

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

Hahaha I lost it at the "How could they? They were little more than apes." Line 😅🤣

[@scottiethegreat74]

Don't let any young earth creationists watch this!! This will totally flip them out!! 😂😂

[@eric777100763]

Dating these things seem problematic.

[@patriciablue2739]

Agreed

[@CLL9262]

I'm a fan; have watched I don't how many of your videos. But this has to be the most compelling and coolest

[@CLL9262]

(and funniest) of all. Un grand merci !!

[@carltonneckbrace4039]

Probably the best content on KZbin. Consistently

[@SwornHeresy]

"Neanderthals weren't human." Yeah they kinda were

[@wordforger]

Not just genus, but species if they were able to successfully interbreed with homo sapiens and have young that could reproduce.

[@richardlinter4111]

Well, maybe. That's the old definition, going back to before Linnaeus; but that's not the only definition of species, these days. For neanderthals in particular the notion of speciation is not particularly helpful, cf. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem - especially given that speciation can be allopatric, parapatric, peripatric, or sympatric. The confirmed sexual encounters between neanderthal and modern humans could have parapatric, ie. suffered from the opposite of hybrid vigour.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

That's why tigers, lions, leopards, and jaguars are all the same species... wait, that's not what species means.

[@richardlinter4111]

Never mind dinosaurs, say, known from a handful of complete fossils, collectively known as one species - but if we had actually seen their diversity, would all be type specimens for different species.

[@Mom0fTheDay]

nah. humans are related to neanderthals, but not the other way around. we just banged them out of existence

[@gamental2843]

Love a bit of mammoth punching

[@rosebryce3939]

Wow! So fascinating! Delightful speaker.

[@Neeyon]

Great video!

[@MartAnimE]

Art major here. Prehistoric Venus Figurines were not erotica. They represent a Fertility Goddess and served a religious purpose. Some recent studies even suggest these were probably made by female artists, so you could say it's actually more in the lines of a self portrait than some horny dude's porn.

[@MartAnimE]

No problem. ^^ I remember studying this particular subject in history of art classes, and some of my teachers were quite vocal about how misinterpreted and miscredited prehistoric art often was for decades (and still is, apparently). Back when prehistoric art started being studied by scientists and scholars it was assessed under a preconceived notion that all the art was obviously made by men, which reflected more the social norms of the time (art was still a field largely dominated by men) than any actual archeological or anthropological evidence. It has since been determined that many, if not most, prehistoric art was actually created by women. This has been determined by analyzing hand prints, the discovery of crafting tools buried along women, and the logical deduction that women, as nurturers and gatherers, didn't stray as far from home and often had more time and energy to dedicate to the craft, while most men were off hunting, sometimes for several days at a time. That really stuck with me because it shattered this image I had that had been portrayed again and again. It's like when we first realized that a lot of dinosaurs had feathers and most pop culture and media portrayals were hugely inaccurate! XD I just thought most people would like to know this. :)

[@MandyJMaddison]

So the idea of having sex with a woman to make her pregnant has nothing to do with a man (or the woman) feeling erotic? Cut this simplistic notion that it is either erotic or religious. Fertility rites, presuming they existed, would have been both.

[@karlpj1]

Mart, I doubt anyone can be sure about that. There are a lot of examples in history that a sculpture has both functions. Do you think representing genitalia only can be read in a religious way?

[@navad5965]

Heh.. Art major :D

[@aleighasox491]

It’s very unlikely that sex and religion differed. I mean the philistines worshiped by having sex.

[@taylorjones2700]

Correction, There never was a saber tooth tiger, however, that was a saber tooth cat. Just saying.

[@vivette8944]

Fantastic guy!! Thanks!!

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

Loved your funny asides, Simon!

[@EgSmith-vm4nx]

“Music is powerful, man. It speaks to a primal pit in our brains” Jake the dog

[@RoxieRoulette]

Rolling my archaeologist eyes back so far I can actually see the past.

[@joelperry]

thumbs up for the chuckle you got out of me at the Hippie Art stuff...

[@razorjake6839]

that so called *sex toy* looked more like a boomerang. The hole being there to maybe let it sore through the sky better... just saying. I don't see it as a sex toy. I see it as some sort of weapon or just REGULAR toy.

[@MandyJMaddison]

Lina Inverse, The object would not work like boomerangs. SOME of the objects, but not all of them, are obviously phallic.

[@ALTP13]

Thanks for your input, random KZbin commenter. Lets leave the interpretation of what ancient artifacts were used for to the actual archaeologists shall we.

[@jerrypiper3936]

lol you know more than people researching the subject? like scholars, and what not?

[@SaucyLiving]

Im sure the archeaoligists tried to find some functional purpose for the object. A sex toy probably wasnt their first guess, and I bet they didnt want it to be their last guess either.

[@jims2960]

Lina Inverse yeah well you aren't even close to being an archeologist or historian so go ahead and leave your thoughts in your tiny brain.

[@danielcesar664]

not that i care but is toptenz a channel by a group of very smart people who want it to make money and share videos or is it a channel made by a corporation? i am going to keep watching no matter the answer

[@Bobdibob]

asombrosas invenciones what's the difference between a group of smart people who want their product to make money, and a corporation?

[@0011peace]

Bobdibob corporations distribute stocks, Group of people take stock

[@marbearcat1749]

Simon Whistler sounds like a name of a Jame's Bond foe. :-D

[@andrathemimi8178]

Informative AND funny!

[@jennymiller1974]

That TopTenz was exceptional!

[@andrewwang2602]

In 1,000 years, will aliens discover waifu figurines and say it's an accurate model of a human?

[@patrick8116]

Andrew wang What will they think of game controllers and exercise devices?

[@gallifreyanrefugee7982]

no ...not if they find our bones. but they might thing they are ideals or goddesses

[@ledaelliott1111]

Wait isn't it... Miku cover your ears

[@jamesworkshop9181]

no, but the sheer mass of them uncovered will demonstrate conclusively that too many waifus, will ruin your laifu