The Truth of Horse Evolution - Part 1

The evolution of the horse is often portrayed as a simple progression from small, 4 and 5-toed browsers to the large, one-toed grazers of the modern-day - but the truth is so much more complex than this.
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  • @fredorman2429
    @fredorman24293 жыл бұрын

    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

    @mrvn000

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @biponacci

    @biponacci

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi 82, I’m dad. I’m so, so very sorry

  • @thenerdbeast7375

    @thenerdbeast7375

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.-

    @RC.-

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @thenerdbeast7375

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @silveryuno
    @silveryuno3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @greenkoopa

    @greenkoopa

    3 жыл бұрын

    💚

  • @andreassjoberg3145

    @andreassjoberg3145

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @coagulatedsalts4711

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andreassjoberg3145 we were best friends 🤪😌

  • @RobinTheBot

    @RobinTheBot

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @maralonent6257

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CMDPromptify
    @CMDPromptify3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @boogityhoo7452

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Omachronic8326

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @joshuajackson4742

    @joshuajackson4742

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @evanbecraft8201

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TiffanyFinatic1

    @TiffanyFinatic1

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheMonkeykrunk32
    @TheMonkeykrunk323 жыл бұрын

    Equines be like: Imma tiptoe super fast.

  • @adreabrooks11

    @adreabrooks11

    3 жыл бұрын

    Highly underrated comment! XD

  • @Fede_99
    @Fede_993 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Rain_7654

    @Rain_7654

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @anthrosapien3784

    @anthrosapien3784

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounderrated

  • @LOUDMOUTHTYRONE

    @LOUDMOUTHTYRONE

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if he done weasels?

  • @kathrynmacrae1470

    @kathrynmacrae1470

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @RecoveringChristian

    @RecoveringChristian

    3 жыл бұрын

    OMG HES SOO CUTE

  • @GustavSvard
    @GustavSvard3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @jav8094

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Ragatokk

    @Ragatokk

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @leonardogurney5488

    @leonardogurney5488

    3 жыл бұрын

    Frick YEA!

  • @adamclark1972uk

    @adamclark1972uk

    3 жыл бұрын

    Part two is going to be 3 minutes long.

  • @felafnirelek8987

    @felafnirelek8987

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @breaden4381
    @breaden43813 жыл бұрын

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

  • @beneficent2557

    @beneficent2557

    3 жыл бұрын

    More horse of course.

  • @hippothehippo
    @hippothehippo3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @nobodyknows3180

    3 жыл бұрын

    I get that all the time, lol!

  • @JorgeLopez.888.

    @JorgeLopez.888.

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @notoriousbig3k

    @notoriousbig3k

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JorgeLopez.888. evolution and natural selection are BS

  • @Bsknten

    @Bsknten

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @boogityhoo7452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JorgeLopez.888. 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!!

  • @ZentaBon
    @ZentaBon3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sealofapoorval7437

    @sealofapoorval7437

    3 жыл бұрын

    YEEEEESS HAHA!

  • @ZentaBon

    @ZentaBon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sealofapoorval7437 I had to!

  • @Rain_7654

    @Rain_7654

    3 жыл бұрын

    Neigh

  • @vershawnsea9219

    @vershawnsea9219

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Fede_99
    @Fede_993 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mastercharlesdiltardino8058

    @mastercharlesdiltardino8058

    3 жыл бұрын

    I gonna need a big black co- -fee

  • @alcyonecrucis

    @alcyonecrucis

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pig bag o’bopgorn

  • @lando8913

    @lando8913

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe a.. feed bag?

  • @leoornstein3963

    @leoornstein3963

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @90texas

    @90texas

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m just gunna eat 6 hotdogs

  • @tyrellthiel2201
    @tyrellthiel22013 жыл бұрын

    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

    @memomorph5375

    3 жыл бұрын

    Horses are only interested in homicide and suicide!

  • @georgeparkins777

    @georgeparkins777

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @outinthesticks1035

    @outinthesticks1035

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @notoriousbig3k

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@outinthesticks1035 got replaced by the performance breed

  • @notoriousbig3k

    @notoriousbig3k

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@outinthesticks1035 they killed them ....

  • @peanutbuttertoast7742
    @peanutbuttertoast77423 жыл бұрын

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

  • @raphmaster23

    @raphmaster23

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @billybabc

    @billybabc

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip913 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tompotter8703

    @tompotter8703

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @TaterChip91

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @tompotter8703

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @u.v.s.5583

    3 жыл бұрын

    They still do.

  • @bc7138

    @bc7138

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @craniifer
    @craniifer3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dinobarb3452
    @dinobarb34523 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ERB
    @ERB2 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos.

  • @absoluteschmuck

    @absoluteschmuck

    2 жыл бұрын

    Huh, what a surprise to see you guys here

  • @Michallote

    @Michallote

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @juanjoyaborja.3054

    @juanjoyaborja.3054

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would have never expected to find you here lol

  • @zeonaashwell5967

    @zeonaashwell5967

    2 жыл бұрын

    Duuuudee how has this comment not blown up?

  • @bobibg4ever

    @bobibg4ever

    Жыл бұрын

    Loool

  • @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth
    @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @juliusfucik4011

    @juliusfucik4011

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but now humans select them for breeding...

  • @justarandomperson6401

    @justarandomperson6401

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GreenGrasshoppa

    @GreenGrasshoppa

    2 жыл бұрын

    Adapt or die.

  • @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth

    @The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@justarandomperson6401 Exactly. It's purely survival.

  • @thomasneal9291

    @thomasneal9291

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @caesertullo1824
    @caesertullo18243 жыл бұрын

    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

    @noegodinez1777

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope to find out how horse trim their own nails

  • @ihavenoideawhatimdoingwith4240

    @ihavenoideawhatimdoingwith4240

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @Jackie-hw1wn

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sidilicious11

    @sidilicious11

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jurassicmark9368
    @jurassicmark93683 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nacho2000
    @nacho20003 жыл бұрын

    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

    @SpinosaurFacemask

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 :)

  • @Sarafimm2
    @Sarafimm23 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to Part 2: Domestication!!

  • @beneficent2557

    @beneficent2557

    2 жыл бұрын

    @PoikaScythians?

  • @flygawnebardoflight
    @flygawnebardoflight3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JoJoZaka

    @JoJoZaka

    3 жыл бұрын

    because it doesn't matter

  • @SammyxSweetheart.02

    @SammyxSweetheart.02

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @christosvoskresye

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gortalla5474

    @gortalla5474

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @soybasedjeremy3653

    @soybasedjeremy3653

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @squoosetiel
    @squoosetiel2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @NikoKourouklis
    @NikoKourouklis3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Brakvash

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DraconianMithril

    @DraconianMithril

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @KateeAngel

    @KateeAngel

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @NikoKourouklis

    @NikoKourouklis

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DraconianMithril

    @DraconianMithril

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @onuregetunccan2249
    @onuregetunccan22493 жыл бұрын

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

  • @minecraftstation6422

    @minecraftstation6422

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes!

  • @leonardogurney5488

    @leonardogurney5488

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jeffreyschweitzer8289
    @jeffreyschweitzer82893 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @KooblyK
    @KooblyK3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AntoniusTyas
    @AntoniusTyas3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @glarnboudin4462

    @glarnboudin4462

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @horsetuna

    @horsetuna

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tessie7e777

    @tessie7e777

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @InsaneGold
    @InsaneGold3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @kitkatboard

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
    @hailgiratinathetruegod75643 жыл бұрын

    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

    @cubanminions

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @hailgiratinathetruegod7564

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gortalla5474

    @gortalla5474

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cubanminions pretty sure this comment was a joke

  • @korrafey1044

    @korrafey1044

    3 жыл бұрын

    Giratina could pass for a mayan or aztec god pretty well

  • @EternalEmperorofZakuul

    @EternalEmperorofZakuul

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tyranitararmaldo
    @tyranitararmaldo3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @justjordan3563
    @justjordan35633 жыл бұрын

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

  • @badasst-rex8626
    @badasst-rex86263 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AvadGroup

    @AvadGroup

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good old niece excuse aka me my self and I

  • @barriewright2857

    @barriewright2857

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂🤣😂🤣😂.

  • @jaggidfire

    @jaggidfire

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647

    @cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647

    3 жыл бұрын

    he also left out Pagasus

  • @jaggidfire

    @jaggidfire

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 complete fantasy

  • @Leon-on7sd
    @Leon-on7sd3 жыл бұрын

    Nice, we need more of those type of videos

  • @TheWooblet
    @TheWooblet3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nomandad2000

    @nomandad2000

    Жыл бұрын

    Mind blown

  • @sweetcaroline3886
    @sweetcaroline38863 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Ahahashir

    @Ahahashir

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GreenGrasshoppa

    @GreenGrasshoppa

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jasonpiehler1006
    @jasonpiehler10063 жыл бұрын

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

  • @PersonOfRandomnesss

    @PersonOfRandomnesss

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @shanecarubbi7864

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PersonOfRandomnesss 🤦🏻‍♂️ lol

  • @Andrew-ly6yf

    @Andrew-ly6yf

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glue is the final evolution for some horses..

  • @yomomz3921

    @yomomz3921

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @nobodyknows3180

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think that's covered under Gorillas?

  • @suecastillo4056
    @suecastillo40563 жыл бұрын

    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!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰❣️

  • @bugmachine777
    @bugmachine7773 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ogieogie
    @ogieogie3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Shoebill1447
    @Shoebill14473 жыл бұрын

    Try timestampping when Ben says "hippus".

  • @disontago5729
    @disontago57293 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FirstmaninRome
    @FirstmaninRome3 жыл бұрын

    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,

  • @mikepierson7447
    @mikepierson74473 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jumbomacaroni
    @jumbomacaroni3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @petebyrdie4799

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DeedeedollieF

    @DeedeedollieF

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeeeeeeeah he is doing that with his eyebrows 🤭

  • @marycraig2315

    @marycraig2315

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @weaponizedlizardmen360

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @marycraig2315

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AidanMartin
    @AidanMartin3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @juanjoyaborja.3054

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello

  • @beastmaster0934
    @beastmaster0934 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine if Anchitheriines never went extinct. Imagine how cool it would be to have forest horses be a thing, just roaming the forests of North America and Eurasia, along with deer and other forest animals.

  • @Leftatalbuquerque
    @Leftatalbuquerque3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @ZombieBarioth

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @PersonOfRandomnesss
    @PersonOfRandomnesss3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @erstwhilegrubstake

    @erstwhilegrubstake

    3 жыл бұрын

    You stole my joke!

  • @PersonOfRandomnesss

    @PersonOfRandomnesss

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @erstwhilegrubstake

    @erstwhilegrubstake

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PersonOfRandomnesss The lower, the better! :)

  • @PhantomCatMusic

    @PhantomCatMusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unless that horse is a unicorn

  • @robertgotschall1246

    @robertgotschall1246

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @technologic21
    @technologic213 жыл бұрын

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

  • @medikos
    @medikos2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @spambaconeggspamspam
    @spambaconeggspamspam3 жыл бұрын

    "What are you having for dinner?" "Linguini" "Equini?" "What?" "What?"

  • @timtrainor9720

    @timtrainor9720

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'll have the "Equid Hippus", well done thank you.

  • @thomasneal9291

    @thomasneal9291

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@timtrainor9720 meat well done is meat ruined.

  • @Albertonification
    @Albertonification3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rubenskiii
    @rubenskiii2 жыл бұрын

    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.*

  • @peanutbuttertoast7742
    @peanutbuttertoast77423 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @blondbraid7986
    @blondbraid79863 жыл бұрын

    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

    @suelane3628

    2 жыл бұрын

    Try Fallabellas!

  • @pelewads
    @pelewads3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @michaellevesley3578
    @michaellevesley35783 жыл бұрын

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

  • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal

    @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @restinwalken

    @restinwalken

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal

    @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @restinwalken

    @restinwalken

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal

    @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Redneckkratos
    @Redneckkratos3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @gotentrunksfusion
    @gotentrunksfusion3 жыл бұрын

    Love all the illustrations and how clearly and informative everything is

  • @dynamosaurusimperious6341
    @dynamosaurusimperious63413 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @hunterG60k
    @hunterG60k3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @maximaldinotrap

    2 жыл бұрын

    Still waiting for part 2

  • @sampagano205
    @sampagano2053 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sunnysideup8980
    @sunnysideup89803 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Stephano217
    @Stephano2173 жыл бұрын

    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

    @DanCooper404

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ha! Only one year!

  • @joesalvator5878
    @joesalvator58783 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Pangolin-Mandolin
    @Pangolin-Mandolin3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sarahb2623
    @sarahb2623 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @howardshooter3246
    @howardshooter32463 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FRMJD1996
    @FRMJD19963 жыл бұрын

    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😁

  • @paladingeorge6098
    @paladingeorge60982 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @phatshah7377
    @phatshah73773 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @octoriagaming1277
    @octoriagaming12773 жыл бұрын

    28 likes and 28 views. KZread has nailed it!

  • @peppermintmiso4341
    @peppermintmiso43413 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Rattafix
    @Rattafix3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dianesmigelski5804
    @dianesmigelski58042 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this wonderful video. I paused, backed up and went back over the information. There was a great amount of detail work that went into this video. I appreciate the effort and I really enjoyed all the information.

  • @cybrhunk333
    @cybrhunk3333 жыл бұрын

    Masterful! Looking forward to Part 2!

  • @Deeplycloseted435
    @Deeplycloseted4353 жыл бұрын

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

  • @thomasneal9291

    @thomasneal9291

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Deeplycloseted435

    @Deeplycloseted435

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @n00n87
    @n00n873 жыл бұрын

    Great, detailed video as always. Looking forward to Part 2!

  • @RyanPHill77
    @RyanPHill773 жыл бұрын

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

  • @KSWfarms
    @KSWfarms3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @thathobbitlife
    @thathobbitlife Жыл бұрын

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

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks93663 жыл бұрын

    This was fantastically done 👏 Another excellent video guys, looking forward to Part 2!

  • @fizzplease6742
    @fizzplease67423 жыл бұрын

    Yesss I was thrilled to see the video length on this. Time for some lernin'

  • @riskybusiness5047
    @riskybusiness50473 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ctabacco
    @ctabacco3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Dave-qy1yl

    Жыл бұрын

    Can i bum a cig from you?

  • @jcancer147
    @jcancer1473 жыл бұрын

    This was great! Thank you for putting this together ❤️

  • @nadezdawolfgang6779
    @nadezdawolfgang67792 жыл бұрын

    I go to sleep often to this channel, your content is amazing and your voices are calming 💜

  • @andrewfriday2521
    @andrewfriday25212 жыл бұрын

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

  • @andrewfriday2521

    @andrewfriday2521

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tommyblansett9254
    @tommyblansett92543 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @C4Vendetta
    @C4Vendetta3 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @katenc.3112
    @katenc.31123 жыл бұрын

    Realised KZread 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!

  • @GiffysChannel
    @GiffysChannel3 жыл бұрын

    Hell ya, This is a full feature length film

  • @christosvoskresye

    @christosvoskresye

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'd love for this to make $300 million in the box office.

  • @HueghMungus
    @HueghMungus3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gingercox6468
    @gingercox64683 жыл бұрын

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

  • @diegorodriguesdesouza7389
    @diegorodriguesdesouza73893 жыл бұрын

    Real quality content there. I hope you make more videos like this.

  • @joshadams8761
    @joshadams87613 жыл бұрын

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

  • @elchinotapia933

    @elchinotapia933

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrLolguy93
    @MrLolguy933 жыл бұрын

    LOOK AT MY HORSE MY HORSE IS AMAZING

  • @brassteeth3355
    @brassteeth33555 ай бұрын

    Its a real blessing to have interesting, educational content to watch. Thanks for this.

  • @shaylam6344
    @shaylam63442 жыл бұрын

    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