Some commenters have pointed out that calling Neanderthals and Denisovans “other hominin species” in this episode breaks the rules of the biological species concept (BSC), which says if two things can interbreed, then they’re the same species. Some paleoanthropologists would agree. They consider both Neanderthals and Denisovans to be subspecies of Homo sapiens, rather than separate species. Other experts would say that Neanderthals have a set of features that make them clearly distinguishable from Homo sapiens, putting them outside the range of variation we include in our species. And we hardly know the Denisovans - like we said in the video, they don’t even have a scientific name yet. The incredible thing about this is that we can even think about applying the BSC to fossils at all. The BSC is a species concept based on living organisms, and it’s only been within the last two decades or so that we’ve had the ancient DNA and the technology to test hypotheses about interbreeding in extinct groups. And it’s not the only way to define a species, either, so it will likely be a while (if ever) before anthropologists decide whether we’re a different species, subspecies, or population from the Neanderthals and Denisovans. (Darcy Shapiro, PhD, script editor)

@abutterfly1351

4 жыл бұрын

:O

@talsola

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. BSC is problematic even when applied on living organisms, let alone fossils.

@runesk8179

4 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly fascinating information, thank you so much for the clarification!

@Ksiezniczkajesttutaj

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen videos suggesting tropical diseases/viruses that we were already immune to before we emigrated north.

@theMosen

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know. The BSC may be problematic (because of things like ring species, etc), but it's a lot more clear cut than any other definition of species that I've come across.

I think dolphins and canines should come clean about seals.

@MerkhVision

4 жыл бұрын

Lmfaooo I think you’re on to something there hmmm

@alecb1304

4 жыл бұрын

Underrated 😂

@jays-move8803

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 😄

@sandradowling

4 жыл бұрын

This should be top comment haha

@hassanmannan8313

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahhhhhah this made my day!

Imagine if other hominids survived with us. Our world would have had elder scrolls style diversity,

@1D991

4 жыл бұрын

You see how bad we are just with different skin tones, it's little wonder only we survived.

@Omgits7ito

4 жыл бұрын

Actually woulda been so cool

@whatsupbudbud

4 жыл бұрын

I think Danz is spot on. Tribalism is still a thing, just look at who we elect and tolerate as leaders of world powers. I think this is where evolution has (for now) got it wrong. It didn't anticipate that we would be able to create a hospitable environment which is suited just for us and where instinctually protective and aggressive behavior, which did work to our advantage in ancient times, actually makes our species more vulnerable to ourselves.

@jerrardtate5112

4 жыл бұрын

whatsupbudbud really good point

@madjames1134

4 жыл бұрын

@@whatsupbudbud Even men of the same people can kill each other because they differ only in what sect of their religion they belong (Catholic and Protestant Irishmen, Sunni and Shia Iraqis).

I have so much respect for all the researchers and scientists who work so passionatley to uncover the mysteries of the past. I find it so hard to imagine how much work it takes to find human remains of so long ago, and all the science that goes into researching the finds.

@grell5108

8 ай бұрын

And on top of that they have to deal with people trying to deny the validity of their entire field. I mean, I only have an interest in it and I get mad when people act like human evolution is bogus. Imagine someone telling you that your entire life's work is worth nothing to them.

@kak8895

10 күн бұрын

​@@grell5108Blame that on trash religions that came to existence 3000-2000 years ago

@Dr.Kay_R

4 күн бұрын

​@@kak8895"religion" was always there in some form of others. Every tribe worships something. Don't worry, only 1% people are responsible for humanity's achievements. Rest just feed those 1% by forming large groups to hunt.

It’s so sweet to think about our ancestors falling in love and being tender with other hominids and feeling all the ways that we feel about other people!! Human beings have such a great capacity for love when we’re put in the right setting.. If I were an ancient human I would find it really exciting to meet and get to know other hominids.

@louisasevier1034

6 ай бұрын

Comments like your's give me so much hope for humanity and our future. Thank you for putting a smile on my face!

@joso7228

6 ай бұрын

A Khal Drogo and Daenerys relationship seems more likely.

@DavidCruickshank

6 ай бұрын

This is cavemen so I'm guessing they were less courted and more forced.

@ClassyName

5 ай бұрын

@@DavidCruickshank Humans and Neanderthals were nomadic, so if groups had hostile enough relationships to motivate one side to take advantage of the other, the weaker group would likely flee than suffer more abuse. So not enough to let a significant amount of interbreeding to occur through it. Thus, I imagine the most interbreeding happened while the groups were mingling which would most easily happen during like trading or socialization or cohabitation. Edit also : most people wouldn’t say Neanderthal females were as attractive to us, so I don’t imagine most people would go out of their way unless they genuinely liked each other for more than just looks

@jones2277

5 ай бұрын

it's more likely that there were raids and rapes of the females of the species as their populations declined.

Meanwhile in an alternate universe, Neanderthals are watching videos about why humans went extinct.

@angelherrera5240

4 жыл бұрын

I hate those Neanderthals man

@CookieCutVids

4 жыл бұрын

Neanderthals were human they are in the genus homo(hehe) they're just not humans like us

@hazard4349

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm, for some reason I think our universe may be like that

@v.e.7236

4 жыл бұрын

You just gave the writers of The Flash an idea for their multi-verse push. Just imagine Flash interacting w/ a Neanderthal Flash. Ha!

@ktg5713

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

you wouldn't know her, she's from a different species

@seraphim108

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@DCampusano1

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@reallyryan_

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@crazyone4u442

Жыл бұрын

I'm right here, carrying the denisovan gene

@Call_Me_The_Storyteller

Жыл бұрын

"So what? She is still prettier tan you..."😆

Just thinking about the interactions of different hominid species (or subspecies) gives me chills. It really highlights that humans are just another species on this planet and like many others that have come before us, we will perish just the same. It’s hard for any human to grasp the concept of geological time.

@Thunderblock7889

10 ай бұрын

Stop lying. Neanderthals are not humans. Neanders are violent and xenophobic and went to war eoth humans. Those hominids are dofferent from us and we dont need them.

@Thunderblock7889

10 ай бұрын

Stop worshipping xenos

@Thunderblock7889

10 ай бұрын

Xenos aint human.

@Thunderblock7889

10 ай бұрын

You are brainwashed

@Thunderblock7889

10 ай бұрын

We dont need anyone

When they said "They live on in our genes reminding us a time when we weren't alone." it kinda made me emotional man...

"if you can't beat them join them" - some random Neanderthal

@futuristicgirl14

3 жыл бұрын

More like “I like blondes”

@OHOE1

3 жыл бұрын

Why can’t we just create a Neanderthal so we can make Neanderthal nation

@thunderlycanthrope7804

3 жыл бұрын

@@futuristicgirl14 that was never the case at all. 👎

@futuristicgirl14

3 жыл бұрын

@@thunderlycanthrope7804 it was a joke

@GadgetMuhsin5000

3 жыл бұрын

@@futuristicgirl14 Blond should be a trait of Neanderthals not modern humans.

There has been a moment in history when there was only one Neanderthal left. Imagine being that one.

@lorenzosantigli9206

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't even know...

@adamdd09

3 жыл бұрын

Sitting in Spain. What's that? ANOTHER Ice Age!? Screw that I'm going extinct!

@dyeus4464

3 жыл бұрын

Lorenzo Santigli your comment sucked up all the emotions haha. But that might be true; all of us without recent African ancestor are all Neanderthals.

@You.Tube.Sucks.

3 жыл бұрын

Unless a whole group was wiped out by one event...

@ryankelly5060

3 жыл бұрын

No, they just went home.

it's mind blowing to think about the fact that in that whole timeline of so many million years you get born into this technological modern world. I know the reason is to answer logical and quite easy but it is just so incredible

It's always so awe inspiring to learn just how many more mysteries our planet holds for us to discover.

@GrandTourHTX

Жыл бұрын

Not if we continue to destroy it with our trash.

_"They controlled fire."_ *Everything changed when the fire nation attacked.*

@Aralyne

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@lilj3467

3 жыл бұрын

😄 that was a quality joke

@kimjong-il6199

3 жыл бұрын

It really was

@abdulazizbature2615

3 жыл бұрын

I'm the 500th like

@abrahmsalazar2239

3 жыл бұрын

Abdulaziz Bature I'm the 501 like

(so this is how it worked in the past) Girl: is sitting Guy: hmmmm Girl: stands up on 2 legs Guy: She's the one

@Ishidalover

4 жыл бұрын

The good old days 😔

@mesajongte

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@jamesmueller8701

3 жыл бұрын

Anthony G. guy: note to self ; don't drag by feet. fills up with sticks and dirt and stuff..,. LOL

@jaxturner7288

3 жыл бұрын

James Mueller what fills up?

@Chillerll

3 жыл бұрын

Bipedal is sexy AF

Imagine seeing a human that looks like you, but is another species, imagine if they existed today, their voices and culture. This is so interesting!

Every time I see videos like this it just makes me realize that we are all a small part of a bigger picture.. that should be some motivation to wanna do something great in this lifetime your currently living in.. with all the Technology and resources are ancestors just didn't have..

“They live on in our genes, reminding us of a time when we weren’t alone.” chillssssss literally chilss

@Mayla41400

3 жыл бұрын

Now we're alone and all we can do is start intercontinental slap fights...ya hate to see it..

@6-98

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mayla41400 yes but you can train the human body to do anything especially with today's technology and work out equipment. I think the best thing a human can do to go back to these times is build a gym inside a jungle and live off plants 😂

@BlindSniper305

2 жыл бұрын

@@6-98 what

@kunuelo5576

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlindSniper305 ?

@TGHQspocky

2 жыл бұрын

it’s really not all that deep at all lmao

When dwarves, elves, hobbits, orcs, and bear folk existed.

@swiati2113

4 жыл бұрын

Or perhaps all those legends are actually based on something real

@silvertheelf

4 жыл бұрын

Neanderthals = bear folk Denisicins = ? Australias little people = hobbit Modern humans to our ancestors = elves Idk = orcs

@vivusbrydyr4039

4 жыл бұрын

@@silvertheelf orks would be homo erectus or homo habilis

@Rut6534

4 жыл бұрын

@@silvertheelf More like neanderthals = dwarves, because they were shorter than modern humans, and they had different bone-structures.

@Rut6534

4 жыл бұрын

@@silvertheelf I think you're wrong there. He says in this video that neanderthals were relatively short. I did some research and they were around 1,50 to 1,60 meters (4,92 to 5,25 feet). Modern humans were indeed shorter back then somewhere around 1,70 m (5,58 feet).

Been binge watching these videos. Very informative stuff! Thanks for putting out content like this!

Discovered this channel today. Loved it!

They looked enough like us that we didn't fear mating with them.

@Corn0nTheCobb

3 жыл бұрын

I know

@WoWGirl6

3 жыл бұрын

haha its more like, "ohhh what can I have sex with next! close enough" LMAO

@egomaniac7230

3 жыл бұрын

Dwarfs are hot.

@charlieross-BRM

3 жыл бұрын

The William Shatner version of Captain Kirk did weirder things, I'm sure.

@goat9295

3 жыл бұрын

Interracial relationships Edit: I'm joking😭😭

I highly suspect that a lot of the interbreeding was by archaeologists. As an archaeologist, I've always heard that archaeologists will date any old thing.

@Dhrazia

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated joke of the year.

@isaiahsnarr4538

3 жыл бұрын

Bigfoot Anthropologist wow genius

@tjsigchi

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment😂

@ceebee4750

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh...hilarious.

@uniikkiz

3 жыл бұрын

dad joke of the year

Fantastic organisation and description to understand such a very complex subject. Not a lot of people achieves this clarity, I have to say, we’ll done! Would you kindly make a program on the Homo Antecessor, from Atapuerca, Burgos (Spain) ? I am extremely interested on their role on modern human ancestry! I love your eloquence ! ❤️❤️❤️Elena

This is why I love science, you learn so much about our species, our world, and universe.

I guess the real journey was all the friends we reproduced with along the way.

@Erica-ye7kp

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ronjayrose9706

4 жыл бұрын

Yep don't forget the animals we killed along the way

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

@@ronjayrose9706 ok

@SS-zi6nf

4 жыл бұрын

Ronjay Rose no let’s forget about that

@Blackkey034

4 жыл бұрын

The real journey? U mean "prize"?

I’m about to have a stroke thinking about how old this planet is.

@edgarrazo9681

3 жыл бұрын

I know. What amazes me the most is that even if we go extinct, there may be a new species in the future capable of doing just the same as us, or even more. Life has evolved so many times already that I know for a fact it won't stop with us. It will continue for as long as this planet exists.

@justanormalguyontheinterne7630

3 жыл бұрын

Only 4.5 Billion years

@Juicersen

3 жыл бұрын

@@justanormalguyontheinterne7630 ONLY??

@justanormalguyontheinterne7630

3 жыл бұрын

I was been sarcastic lol, Yes I know Earth is 4.5 Billion years old and it is a heck of a long time but still not much in reality compared to how old the universe is overall

@justanormalguyontheinterne7630

3 жыл бұрын

@@Juicersen The universe overall is about roughly 13.8 billion years old so yeah there were many other planets ,stars and galaxies that existed way before our Solar system and our sun existed

There are a number of bird species that can interbreed resulting in fertile offerings. Red Siskin and canary, for example, are different species yet they can produce beautiful offsprings.

I feel bad about our ex species, as if, a part of me wants to meet them.

I love the Internet. I love having the possibility to learn information like this very easily.

@aamipankaj

4 жыл бұрын

Internet is great when we use it but it's bad when internet uses us.

@apersonofearth7368

4 жыл бұрын

Not only do you have the ability to learn but the ability to chose what you learn

@malthenielsen1370

4 жыл бұрын

KZread is also the biggest time consuming website, which can easily waste a lot of your time in the long run. Be careful binge-watching

@maciekr4641

4 жыл бұрын

@@malthenielsen1370 dumb people will remain dumb, no matter the media they are using.

@razielthesniper9241

4 жыл бұрын

@@malthenielsen1370 true that! everything is dangerous when it takes all your time

They're called Canadians, and they're people too

@EasternExplorer

4 жыл бұрын

As canuck, can confirm.

@ot23234

4 жыл бұрын

Debatable

@DM-dx3vz

4 жыл бұрын

What’s a Canadian? Lol.

@ot23234

4 жыл бұрын

It's some kind of theme gang, like in a movie called "The Warriors." Instead of baseball uniforms or mime outfits they wear flannel and eat maple syrup.

@ot23234

4 жыл бұрын

Smells like maple syrup. Most nations base their currency on gold, not the Canadians.

Absolutely brilliant ending statement!! I got choked up there for a bit.

Great Video. I was deep in thought about other hominids and why they aren’t here anymore and this video was perfect

"It wasn't a one-time thing." -Homo Sapiens

@shellybee9322

4 жыл бұрын

Homo Sapien Sapien 😊

@jimbodini1969

4 жыл бұрын

Nah.....it’s me and my relatives......!!!

@age-ben4910

4 жыл бұрын

Lol...

@shionkreth7536

4 жыл бұрын

@ArmchairWarrior That's what I tried to tell my ex but she didn't feel the same way.

@jilliansmith7123

4 жыл бұрын

Homo sapiens sapiens are the "new people," the ones who are becoming taller, thinner and so much better at computers and tech...they're the ones who build rocket ships and study DNA in labs and work the Hadron Collider...and then there are those of us who refuse to be reeducated into more sustainable energy work and prefer to dig coal like our great grandpappies did. Homo sapiens only. Guess who shall inherit the wealth of the future?

They drew my boy Denisovan like a Dr. Suess Chewbacca.

@CourtneyCoulson

4 жыл бұрын

R/brandnewsentence

@slashingraven

4 жыл бұрын

Doctorseussovans

@williamoleary4108

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking "Noob Saibot"....

@briantunzi2462

4 жыл бұрын

So a human Did Fu(k & Ape Back when ? Maybe ? More then likely ..

@Kroitk

4 жыл бұрын

That feel when your name is Denis...

I love this channel, thanks!!!

Wow i asked this exact topic/question myself. I find the Idea so fascinating - thank you for this Video

This is honestly kinda crazy to me and I think it says something about humanity's desperation for companionship. People will talk to inanimate objects, we adopt pets, we hang out in areas where over a thousand of us live and we're still not satisfied with having that many companions. So we imagined fairies or dragons or other creatures we could communicate and talk to and as we soon learn they probably don't exist, we look to other places where we might find intelligent life, like the stars, or under the sea or we create it ourselves through robots and Artificial Intelligence. There's ghosts in our blood and we're all so desperate for companionship, it. It gives me chills honestly.

@ariretari2415

2 жыл бұрын

Damn. Such a lonely species

@thefacelessquestion3333

2 жыл бұрын

"Ghosts in our blood"could be a cool name for a band.

@RobMedellin

Жыл бұрын

I love this comment

@destinschnaidt5498

Жыл бұрын

Idk man see some crazy stuff in the woods

@snowyrox3331

Жыл бұрын

That's a bit dismissive to assume that anything outside of our paradigm and level of understanding is to only be considered a figment of our imagination under the assumption that we're lonely. Especially when there are still loads of discoveries that are deliberately being withheld from the general public.

Man. I can imagine the hostility we'd have if any of these species survived along with us. Considering how prevalent racism is even after so long within just one specie.

@thatsinteresting3415

3 жыл бұрын

It would be exactly the same as these "species" are just as human as us. Our need to classify humans that are marginally different than us as another species is a product of our bigotry. Just as race is non existent between humans now, there is nothing meaningful that separates us from other Humans like Neanderthals.

@guidomonto3742

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatsinteresting3415 that’s like saying a horse and donkey are the same. They might be similar, but definitely aren’t the same.

@joshuajackson4742

3 жыл бұрын

@@guidomonto3742 it isn’t like saying that whatsoever. If you can breed with something by definition you are the same species of that thing. That’s the scientific definition of species.

@joshuajackson4742

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatsinteresting3415 noticing biological differences isn’t bigotry. Bigotry is not allowing others to have an opinion. Read a dictionary.

@guidomonto3742

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuajackson4742 I guess lions and tigers are the same species because they can breed. Same goes with whales and dolphins.

I did the national geographic genome project and it came back that I had 3.2% denisovan DNA, which was more than the Neanderthal DNA. I’m from the UK and as far as I’m aware all my family are in the UK. I’d love to find out more about this but I have no clue where to start!

@ferretappreciator

Жыл бұрын

I have to ask: what is like being human mixed with human mixed with human? Possibly even more human in there, too. You're, like, 50 people

@neverrello

Ай бұрын

@@ferretappreciator😂😂😂

Great stuff! Thank you !

After more research, researchers discovered that we're living in a simulation runs by Neanderthals in a quest to find out why human went extinct in their world

@psycheevolved1428

4 жыл бұрын

Well no because neanderthals were not smart enough

@jv-lk7bc

4 жыл бұрын

@@psycheevolved1428 theres no evidence they were less intelligent than we were. They used the same sorts of tools and decorations, and organization.

@daisy3869

4 жыл бұрын

@@psycheevolved1428 that's actually the opposite of what our current evidence shows. We also can't compare our more advanced society to a younger one like theirs; we weren't much different at the time we coexisted

@snape539

3 жыл бұрын

@@psycheevolved1428 Aaand, we have archeologic evidence that shows they were capable of building large structures which required a great lot of team coordination and thought effort to do so, even more incredible If you consider the tools they must've used back then... Now, tell us, can you make a small building If i gave you the materials and the team to do so?

@ryankelly5060

3 жыл бұрын

Did they not adjust the ph on your brain liquids today?

"They're shorter, more musculer, and have longer brains" Me: Real living dwarves!!!

@CiphersVII

4 жыл бұрын

not living....

@baru6891

4 жыл бұрын

extinct dwarves

@dvr2838

4 жыл бұрын

Short compared to nowadays human we got way taller than we used to be

@Sultan-lv8sj

3 жыл бұрын

Their average height was 5'5 so, no.

@HoundOfGod

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sultan-lv8sj average height of a modern human in the civil war was about 5'5", abundance of foot and proper nutrition has greatly increased average human heights, you can tell by lookling at more Asian countries and how since full on interworld trade and connectivity of ww2 era the average hieght of their people has gone up as they've had more variations and plenitudes of food.

Basically “Love” helped us better survive as a species than fear and ignorance.

Here three years after this was posted and super glad they changed presenters.

imagine there's an island somewhere with somewhat pure neanderthal descent peoples living there

@argenisjimenez8118

4 жыл бұрын

More kind off an isolated part of Siberia I would imagine

@kwek2798

4 жыл бұрын

@@argenisjimenez8118 i guess so

@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN

4 жыл бұрын

Africa

@prismanta4872

4 жыл бұрын

Casey the Neanderthals left Africa really soon which is why people in Africa have 0% Neanderthal DNA but Europeans have 1-2%, so it’s unlikely that some tribe in Africa has its own population of Neanderthals still living, or they would have reproduced with humans at some point in the last 30,000 years

@noelpathiyil3815

4 жыл бұрын

There is a Island near India where there are some people living still in pre fire era. They are very hostile and probably don't have any langauge.

Everybody: Talking about how Neanderthals are extinct Me: 4% Neanderthal

@bobaldo2339

3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@heygod5444

3 жыл бұрын

You are 4% dwarf lol

@abrums2284

3 жыл бұрын

well off with your brothern you go then

@eksdi4605

3 жыл бұрын

@@heygod5444 nah at first i thought like that as well. However, genetic diversity is always superior. Neanderthal genes today affects height in a positive way.

@heygod5444

3 жыл бұрын

X D what about gingers are they part Neanderthal?

I constantly think about how disappointed I am that the neanderthals proper died out. It would’ve been so interesting to see what the world would look like had TWO groups of sentient species developed here. Wouldn’t make the universe feel so lonely.

@ProximaCentauri5.5

Жыл бұрын

Racism would be greater than ever,it still exists even with just ONE species living,imagine if it was two or more...

I love finding Hank in weird places! ❤️

Gonna be honest, I thought that neanderthals were just part of the evolution of humans. I literally had no idea that there were ever multiple species of humans living at the same time. This video was super informative and introduced my nerdy ass to a really cool new topic for me to aggressively research. Thanks!

@hoseoulks

4 жыл бұрын

Parker Bailey same though, I'm such a nerdy geek for these types of things

@NIGHTMARENAVIGATORZ

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love science!

@camelkilla

4 жыл бұрын

Still is

@houseofzuma1033

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair Neanderthals are still in debate ....only a handful exist with successful dna extraction....also idk why anthropologist are so perverted...no other animals mate outside of there species...but apparently we i.e homo sapien sapiens are hentai level pervy to sleep with any creature...lol....

@houseofzuma1033

4 жыл бұрын

Neanderthals are homo sapiens like denisovin ...it will be uncovered sometime.

I can’t lie I wish time travel was real so I could go back in time and see the first humans

@gummygwyn

4 жыл бұрын

Just don't sneeze nor cough anywhere near them

@audreymuzingo933

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to go ahead and see the future ones.

@hectorcorona8071

4 жыл бұрын

Joe mama same

@sagebyrn3684

4 жыл бұрын

userdetails1 as stated in the video, if u even watched it or came to the comment section to insult Africans, they never encountered Neanderthals, so why don’t u go ask ur parents how the Neanderthals looked like and how they had more brain cells than u

@skyluke9476

4 жыл бұрын

@@audreymuzingo933 yeah I never understand why go back. The biggest and only regret about death is we cannot ever experience what we as humans achieve.

Last human: dies His dog: Aight bipedal time

I just love this channel so awesome 😁👏❤️🎉

Humans: “Hey can I copy your homework?” Neanderthals, etc: “sure, just make sure to change it a little bit so it’s not obvious”

@KyrstOak

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@raisinsun4328

4 жыл бұрын

I think it would be more like comparing answers.

@rbrannon

4 жыл бұрын

@qwert y Incorrect Homework is like practice. When done correctly, it is how you get better. Proctored Exams are like refereed matches. I'd agree that they are true test of knowledge, but knowledge by itself is useless. It has to be applied correctly.

@1.4142

4 жыл бұрын

*sapiens

@nafeezofficial

4 жыл бұрын

@@rbrannon Okay, professor.

_"It's dark out here, and we're the last humans left."_

@henkprojm

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that from "it's okay to be smart" ?

@sogeking878

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Maskell it’s from exurb1a

@shipwreck9146

4 жыл бұрын

exurb1a is my existential hero.

@Sammy_82

4 жыл бұрын

How many people here watch exurb1a?

@shipwreck9146

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sammy_82 at least 209

Love it when Hank Green hosts these videos.

Wow, this was great, thanks!

I love learning about humans.

@user-tr8sb1ju5q

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@MrAcerulez

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. They are so interesting.

@jumpman3272

4 жыл бұрын

MrAcerulez humans are cool for sure

@Aconitum_napellus

4 жыл бұрын

I love learning about humans so much, I plan to do it as a career.

@INTERNERT

4 жыл бұрын

HUUU MONN

"They live in our own genes, reminding us of a time when we weren't alone." Right in the feelings D:

@sugarcandy654

2 жыл бұрын

I almost cried😮‍💨 it was really touching

@TheRealFocalors

2 жыл бұрын

that damn piano

great video Really well graphed info.

And so as they contributed to our survival we contributed to their legacy. They live on through us.

Could you do a video on when true crocodiles, gharials and alligators diverged? There’s some interesting thoughts on why true crocs (even fresh water species) are salt tolerant where gators and caimans are not

@chelsey8737

4 жыл бұрын

Oooh yeah that would be cool

@dimitrisbam1132

4 жыл бұрын

why are crocs tolerant could you please elaborate

@mamaslist5682

4 жыл бұрын

I want to see this

@ariochiv

4 жыл бұрын

@dimitris: Alligators can't tolerate salt water, while crocodiles can.

@altareggo

4 жыл бұрын

@@dimitrisbam1132 Most croc species have glands underneath their tongues ("salt glands") that permit them to excrete excess salt from their blood.... so they are "salt tolerant" - they can live in salty water like brackish-water coastal areas. Nobody really knows why they have salt glands but perhaps they evolved in brackish water habitats, and have just never given up the adaptations which made it possible for them to live in salty waters. Its certainly something SciShow could tackle!!

Is it possible that they didn't really go extinct, but more so they were a much smaller population and they completely bred into our species over time?

@zzzarkka

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Cooney That still means they’re extinct lol.

@briancooney9952

4 жыл бұрын

@@zzzarkka it does not, actually, dince the subspecies still exists within another

@cqproton

4 жыл бұрын

@@briancooney9952 wouldn't we distinguish more of their genome in ours though?

@akaakaakaak5779

4 жыл бұрын

technically this did happen... only the ones that interbred with us have living decedents now

@briancooney9952

4 жыл бұрын

@@akaakaakaak5779 technically called "pseudoextinction" Not killed off, but bred away.

Such a great episode

The whole time all I could think of was the John Mulany skit about DNA "Sir, we found a pool of the killer's blood in the hallway!" "Gross. Clean it up! Now, back to my hunch"

So basically, our species survived because we swiped right on everyone we came across.

@tagehana4734

4 жыл бұрын

No, because we are the most fittest.

@steadfastcoward

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of them LIED.

@HulkSmashB

4 жыл бұрын

Survival of the fittest, if we wouldn't have wiped them they would have wiped us of the face of earth.

@darkstar2874

4 жыл бұрын

That’s called the “Kirk method” and it’s gonna be our #1 form of diplomacy if we ever meet other intelligent species I’m calling it now.

@silverforrest6886

3 жыл бұрын

Nikki Berry XD

Very nice report. Thank you.

you're such a good presenter. heading over to scishow now lol

If only my ancestors picked up some genes to better process fried food and donuts.

@jamesruddy9264

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, ain't that the truth!

@fatima_amber

4 жыл бұрын

cheer up at least your blood clots

@christianmartinez505

4 жыл бұрын

You'd have to have bald eagle in your dna

@killdalamb3357

4 жыл бұрын

If they had Genes that could process those CHEMICALS you wouldn't be human. But nice joke!

@carlosb5523

4 жыл бұрын

@@christianmartinez505 Time to get busy. Lol

"Reminds us of a time when we weren't alone" For some reason this hit harder than it should have...

@Swarm509

4 жыл бұрын

It is interesting that we could of had two similar yet distinct species living together and what we could of done. I imagine there would of been a ton of slavery/violence seeing as we do that just with other humans for having different skin color/living in a different location/a shiny widget. Maybe we would of killed each other off after a while though.

@davidm5707

4 жыл бұрын

We do already have a history of that. It could only have been worse if they were different.

@alexisbudzisz

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Was looking for a comment like this.

@nazamroth8427

4 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Supertramp We cant even handle different skin shades. Can you imagine what we would do to demihumans, for lack of a better word?

@kiranmuraleekrishnan

4 жыл бұрын

honestly that last sentence hit me too..

It took "Vintage" category from hub to a whole new level.

I think one thing that isn't brought up often when trying to think about why neanderthals and other hominins went extinct while sapiens didn't, is the fact that we almost went extinct too. It makes much more sense once you realize this. I think we often imagine it as if the other species went extinct because they all had some fatal flaw, and we were simply so much superior, whereas the reality is that our entire genus, including our own species, was on the verge of extinction, and we only barely made it. This video does address some of the potential reasons why we survived. Ultimately, however, it's an amazing lucky fluke of evolution that we did survive. It makes one wonder how many planets out there went through billions of years of evolution to finally produce a species intelligent enough to be capable of a technological civilization, only to end up going extinct before they had a chance to develop that far.

"We are the Humans. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile."

@HankyNoodle

4 жыл бұрын

Make it so.

@artemkras

4 жыл бұрын

All yor base are belong to us

@illerac84

4 жыл бұрын

"We are the Sapiens." They would be human as well.

@beberivera7011

4 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

Back in 2008, National Geographic thought it was quite hard and impossible to trace and evidence that Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens interbred, now 11 years later we have this explanation here. Nice

@scooterbrb5962

4 жыл бұрын

The problem is that it is media. Just because they cannot see it does not meant they are not there.

@Mayhzon

4 жыл бұрын

They change their narrative every other decade. Watch them claim something else in the next 20 years.

@kathryngeeslin9509

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mayhzon Maybe sooner. We keep going from "unknown" to "clearly known", from "hard or impossible" to "several universities in several countries" have shown, more and more rapidly. From finding more materials to study to discovering more ways to study them science is moving faster and faster. I remember "future shock". It was once a real thing, but not anymore.

@quelorepario

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mayhzon I don't know what you are complaining, that is science at work. When a new evidence brings light to a more complete picture, what's the problem with updating our outdated knowledge? In the face of contradictory evidence, science rejects it's beliefs, while religion rejects the evidence. There is only one option to grow, if you are smart, you'll know what's the right state of mind.

@crazykirsch

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mayhzon "narrative"? You mean scientific advancement? How about you take a second to think about how you're able to view this video or leave a comment, all thanks to electric signals of 1 and 0. Guess that's just more "narrative" since 200 years ago such a thing was thought impossible too, right? SMH

i love watching this episode

love this channel

"Denisovans" sounds like the anthropologist let his son name them, and he named them after himself.

@iainmawhinney8867

3 жыл бұрын

they’re named after denisova cave, suggesting there was a denisova whose dad let him name a cave

@georgeuferov1497

3 жыл бұрын

@Testicle Thief in nonsovietanymore Russia "Denis" is actual name, so...

@redcoat4348

3 жыл бұрын

It is in the Anglophone world too.

@birgbirg111

3 жыл бұрын

The cave was named after Denisov, that's a russian last name. Denisova Cave is Denisov's Cave in russian (Peschera Denisova). So the people are called Denisov's Cave People

@hatsuharuboi

2 жыл бұрын

@@birgbirg111 And Denisov means son of denis, no?

"Several times in different places" What a stud!

Fantastic video this was !

Our ancestors forgot to delete there Browser History ☠️

Just imagine the racism today if all human species survived........

@richminion834

3 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting

@DaAngryBlonde

3 жыл бұрын

that would be specism.

@user-gz7ix3uy7b

3 жыл бұрын

Man not everything is about racism

@denshifaye8178

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-gz7ix3uy7b Nobody said it was. They just proposed an interesting question.

@grimsobad8545

3 жыл бұрын

Akira Yoshi OMG!!!! that’s racist

Shout out to my ancestor who bred with some freaky humanoid. You're a real one!

@johnnyburnem9809

4 жыл бұрын

Im weak af🤣😭

@neutronshiva2498

4 жыл бұрын

A hole is a hole. If you put out the light, all girls are pretty :P

@hatguy8225

3 жыл бұрын

@@neutronshiva2498 oh...

@hatsuharuboi

2 жыл бұрын

both are your ancestors...

@aarondodo4076

2 жыл бұрын

Why are you calling your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother a freaky humanoid?! Such disrespect! Besides, back then all your ancestors had mud on their faces and lice in their hairs. It's hard to say who is less appealing...

Boy that one game looks like how you feel after a New Year's Eve party

This make me wanna watch a netflix movie where a homo sapien girl falls in love with homo neanderthal man and they run far away from their families who are victim of severe intertribal rivalry....

@chickenfist1554

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Game of Thrones

"We are the Borg. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own."

@wisdomfruit7162

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds kool

@wisdomfruit7162

4 жыл бұрын

May I join?

@ariochiv

4 жыл бұрын

You're already a member of the collective.

@MarkGast

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds Swedish.

@XoArK

4 жыл бұрын

Resistance is futile.

“Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy We’re different species, let’s get freaky”

@CCRLH85

4 жыл бұрын

If you consider the fact that there are humans who attempt to "breed" with other animals now, the thought that two thinking beings of different species (with compatible parts) may decide to do so becomes less strange.

@Bothandle70

4 жыл бұрын

that's speciest.

@altrag

4 жыл бұрын

@@CCRLH85 Not to mention the significant lack of genome sequencing 150,000 years ago. It wouldn't have been so much "hey we're different species" as "hey you have some funky eyebrows."

@KlavierMenn

4 жыл бұрын

@@altrag Yes! And then : 'Hey, lets fucc'

@Tosti_Tory

4 жыл бұрын

I dont understand how interbreeding is possible though. I thought different species were defined by the fact that they can't interbreed and have children?

I'm proud of my ancestors! When they met other kinds of humans, instead of only fighting them, they banged them! Now that's how you do it!

Fascinating stuff...

"we met neandertals, but there is no evidence of violence between the species" Does it need to be? We are talking about tribes of humans living next to each other for thousands of years. Of course there was violence

@starryk79

3 жыл бұрын

I agree considering we are able to convince ourselves that we need kill all members of another tribe of homo sapiens because they are not like us how easy must it have been to do that with neanderthals who actually didn't look like us. I believe that there was interbreeding but there also must have been fighting between the species. It makes no sense to assume otherwise considering what we know about our species even without physical proof of these fights.

@hughjanus2469

3 жыл бұрын

@@starryk79 yes exactly Violence must’ve been a thing back then probably even more violence because the lack of a societal structure, intelligence, lack of food etc

@chrissiek8706

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, "no evidence of violence", but somehow just the one of the species survived....

@arnaldo8681

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrissiek8706 well, to be fair we could have outcompeted them at food gathering

@scyobiempire4450

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrissiek8706 We outbred them, we are less strong then our old brethren. We had a higher population and more fertility. What we call war and violence cannot be used when talking about those times, its like saying apes are murderers. And rewatch 12:00

Human: I have a round skull Neanderthal: *B I G B R A I N*

it seems we are very lucky to be the sole survivor from the human family tree as many of our competitors seemed to be bigger faster stronger with bigger brains than us

Fascinating! I'm Melanesian Pacific Islander, so may have Denisovan DNA. Wow.

This channel is incredible, I have learned more here about this type of stuff than I have at school which is crazy.

@user-rc2gy5ik5n

3 жыл бұрын

Not crazy at all... Schools purpose is not to educate you...

@hi-yo2hi

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-rc2gy5ik5n exactly

@radschele1815

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-rc2gy5ik5n US schools may not be for that case.

@chelseablooze4923

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I was more interested in these subjects at school.

@zairnermuller4960

3 жыл бұрын

Then you learn better by visual and audio material. Sadly schools are so outdated that the work of physiologists won't convince them that the archaic methods of teaching don't work anymore, if they ever worked

"Made jewelry" Me: eh thats cool "From eagle talons" Me: Dude, thats boss

@davidm5707

4 жыл бұрын

And they wrote English on their jewelry! 🤓

@LetsGoGetThem

4 жыл бұрын

It's "that's a boss", not boss. Like amore.

@FlyingDwarfman

4 жыл бұрын

​@@LetsGoGetThem Nope. "Boss" has six different accepted definitions in English: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boss While three of those definitions are noun, there are two verb usages for "boss" and one adjective use that +Serpentmaster 13 exemplified above: boss adjective \ˈbȯs\ Definition of boss (Entry 4 of 6) slang : EXCELLENT, FIRST-RATE a boss new rock band

@aaronmartinez6621

4 жыл бұрын

FlyingDwarfman man you sure told him didn't you

@TheOrganicartist

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingDwarfman Well Done. I salute you.

I do appreciate your You tube-channel. And I find it highly informative and educational. Of particular interest for me is the other hominids that homo sapiens encountered on their way through history, and how they were influenced by them, and maybe to a certain extent how those other were influenced by us. Personally I would think that when homo sapiens met up with homo neanderthal, I do not think any idea of them being different species ever crossed the mind of either the sapiens or the neanderthal. It was the same people that met, with different cultures and different ways of living. And the difference in looks was probably negligible. They probably met and when they moved apart, I would say that it was highly likely that the two groups had changed members so that some of the sapiens moved on with the neanderthals and some of the neanderthals were incoroporated into the sapiens group. Which implies that interbreeding between the two species was not so uncommon, even if the neanderthals were so few. However, my main concern is a different topic altogether. For example Jane Goodall, the british primatologist, claims that the chimpanzee shares more than 99% of its DNA with humans (homo sapiens). As a result that claim has been established as a fact and you will find frequent references to that "fact" if you search on internet. You (and professor Svante Pääbo) say that homo sapiens shares about 3-4% of its DNA with homo neanderthal. If I should believe both statement at the same time, the conclusion is that the chimpanzee is a closer relative of man than the neanderthal!?? Well, everybody should speak for themselves. My convition is that I am closer related to the neanderthal. What do you people say? Is this topic worthwhile to say something sensible about?

That last sentence gives me chill

And now, we still can’t get along with each other

@hippieduck

3 жыл бұрын

And we still keep making up foolish reasons as to why we shouldn't.

@supplyanddistributions6418

3 жыл бұрын

and we divide each other by "race" or better known as skin color. We're pathetic!!

@why7387

3 жыл бұрын

@@supplyanddistributions6418 ya race, religion, culture.

@fernie6299

3 жыл бұрын

@@supplyanddistributions6418 yep. truly pathetic.

@cczsus6513

3 жыл бұрын

@@fernie6299 Yep I feel like even if everyone is mixed of every race people still won't ever get along

It's neat that man buns were a thing even back then.

@Roboprogs

3 жыл бұрын

Then the fire nation attacked. Well, they look like water benders to me 🤡

@JH-zs3bs

3 жыл бұрын

Well, haircuters surely weren't a thing back then^^ So its eitehr man buns or sharp rocks on your skull.

@alwayshangrygirl463

2 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the most ancient hairstyle since humans learnt to brush their hair with fish bones?

@cgpcgp3239

2 жыл бұрын

If Neanderthals had had man buns their fate may have been different.

@alwayshangrygirl463

2 жыл бұрын

@@cgpcgp3239 at least learn to spell the country

Jeez, the end of this is so sad. What could have been... 😭😭

When you roll up to record Sci show but enter the wrong studio but just roll with it