kjxNdBI2SFg nova-decoding-neanderthals NOVA | Decoding Neanderthals Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age. aPCqzrscY4w ai-model-simulates-500-million-years-of-evolution AI Model Simulates 500 Million Years of Evolution Wes doesn’t disappoint when it comes to biggest and latest news. ESM3 is a LLM for Biology! DT0TP_Ng4gA variable-minds-science-is-reconsidering-evolution Variable Minds | Science Is Reconsidering Evolution Richard Dawkins' Selfish Gene faces a formidable challenge as biophysicist Denis Noble makes a case for an evolution driven by purpose, intention and a collective intelligence of organisms. 3dmaZ2aGDYI this-killed-all-but-1000-humans-900000-years-ago This Killed All But 1,000 Humans 900,000 Years Ago Our ancestors had it ROUGH. On the bright side, there was a good chance you would've been the world's best at something... K-qUKsr_3bg spark-what-caused-the-extinction-of-the-neanderthals Spark | What Caused The Extinction of The Neanderthals? The Neanderthals are the only other species of human to have inhabited planet earth. They went extinct around 40,000 years ago and the oldest Neanderthal bones found date back 430,000 years ago. Vq7pU3xue1w koranos-what-was-earth-like-in-the-age-of-giant-insects Koranos | What Was Earth Like in The Age of Giant Insects? Many fans of paleontology have wondered what Earth was like during the age of giant insects. Before the dinosaurs, a period of gigantism helped massive insects dominate their ecosystems, leading to one of the most fascinating periods in our planet’s history. kR7--yt3PRo your-understanding-of-evolution-is-incomplete-heres-why Your Understanding of Evolution is Incomplete. Here's Why For anyone interested in this look up: Michael Levin, he is the front runner in research in morphology (afaik) and gives a lot of talks on this topic. WqcoMOxGWfs pbs-eons-theres-no-single-cradle-of-humankind PBS Eons | There's No Single Cradle of Humankind It would take decades for paleontologists to realize that maybe there wasn’t just one so-called "cradle of humankind," and realize that maybe they’d been asking the wrong question all along. JpNhGd8vgOs the-evolution-of-the-iron-age-a-timeline-1200-to-500-bc The Evolution of the Iron Age: A Timeline 1200 to 500 B.C. As the world left the Bronze Age and developed a wider understanding of the intricacies and benefits of metal, more and more materials were harnessed. This led to bursts of technological advancement across the world, of which one metal in particular - iron - played a huge part. 9JkypvA1LxQ why-didnt-we-go-extinct-10-million-years-ago Why Didn't We Go Extinct 10 Million Years Ago? Written by Carys Phillips, Art by the legendary Ettore Mazza, Title editing by Manuel Rubio, Fact checking by Amanda Rossillo qn_XKwP6kME the-copper-age-when-humans-first-discovered-metal The Copper Age: When Humans First Discovered Metal During the copper age, human creativity and spirituality became more intricate, with painted pottery and ritualistic burials taking place in some communities. uMItdDUYAeA pbs-eons-animals-might-be-much-older-than-we-thought PBS Eons | Animals Might Be Much Older Than We Thought What are animal-like fossils doing in rocks a billion years old, and what does that mean for our understanding of their evolution and geologic time itself? kjxNdBI2SFg nova-decoding-neanderthals NOVA | Decoding Neanderthals Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age. HE2MmAGUgnw pbs-eons-our-most-mysterious-extinct-cousins PBS Eons | Our Most Mysterious Extinct Cousins There was a group of hominins, those creatures more closely related to us than to chimpanzees, that did take a different, parallel journey from our ancestors. 6l53l7FPOsE what-if-everything-you-need-to-know-about-evolution What If | Everything You Need to Know About Evolution If only that one fatal asteroid never hit Earth. Would dinosaurs still be alive today? kO2hSKLuFNs history-of-the-earth-what-caused-the-cambrian-explosion History of the Earth | What Caused The Cambrian Explosion? Written & researched by Leila Battison | Video & script edited by Pete Kelly | Narration by David Kelly. pp30Oyfrc5A history-of-humankind-do-we-still-have-ape-brains History of Humankind | Do We Still Have Ape Brains? Music from Silver Maple, Epidemic Sound and Artlist. Stock footage from Storyblocks, Artgrid and Shutterstock. 3bzwZHt_6dI north-02-what-were-humans-doing-100000-years-ago NORTH 02 | What Were Humans doing 100,000 Years Ago? The recently discovered Burckler Crater would have had a significant effect of early humans especially since it occurred only 5000 years ago. NNVA6tl4Im4 north-02-a-neanderthal-odyssey NORTH 02 | A Neanderthal Odyssey In this documentary, we discuss everything we know about the enigmatic Neanderthals. 4XmFUWdgKWk pbs-eons-how-some-plants-survived-the-k-pg-extinction PBS Eons | How Some Plants Survived The K-Pg Extinction Perhaps for plants in times of great stress and ecological upheaval, the more DNA the better. dubeUQzk7D0 what-will-humans-look-like-in-1000-years-it-gets-weird What Will Humans Look Like in 1000 Years? It's Getting Weird! Evolution is slow. What if we get the power to take matters into our own hands? zLTAKMOBJ3A homo-neanderthalensis-the-neanderthal-man Homo Neanderthalensis | The Neanderthal Man What comes to mind when you think of a neanderthal? Even though perceptions of these ancient humans have changed drastically over the past few decades, it's still likely that the word is synonymous with brutish, primitive, knuckle-dragging apes. H51uUUoXOI0 skeleton-reveals-early-humans-had-sex-with-neanderthals Skeleton Reveals Early Humans had Sex with Neanderthals In 1998, the skeleton of a 29,000-year-old child was unearthed in Portugal’s Lapedo valley. dVcneOQirfA pbs-eons-the-search-for-the-genes-that-make-us-human PBS Eons | The Search for The Genes that Make Us Human In the search for the genes that make us human, some of the most important answers were hiding not in the genes themselves, but in what was once considered genomic junk. V62l2wzpuAQ ben-g-thomas-why-was-the-great-dying-so-bad Ben G Thomas | Why Was the Great Dying So Bad? The ending of the Permian Period marks the worst mass extinction event in the history of life - the Great Dying. But what made this extinction so severe? u9khcxin8Xs are-big-brains-the-key-to-our-species-dominance Are Big Brains the Key to Our Species' Dominance? In this video, we'll take a look at the development of the human brain from Homo erectus to modern humans. We'll explore the changes that have occurred over time, and the reasons for them. UnGe_Gx0WB8 scientists-cannot-explain-this-new-scientific-discovery-in-africa Scientists Cannot Explain this Scientific Discovery in Africa In studies that embrace the increasingly controversial Out of Africa Hypothesis, the Yoruba are frequently assumed to be the African ancestor of non-African groups. This includes all people of Eurasian, Native American and Aboriginal Australian ancestry. CFuTHEgodsY mysteries-of-human-evolution-the-extinction-of-homo-erectus Mysteries of Human Evolution | The Extinction of Homo Erectus In this video, we'll take a look at one of the greatest mysteries of human evolution: the extinction of Homo Erectus. urlnWsUczd4 stefan-milo-the-life-and-death-of-a-neanderthal Stefan Milo | The Life and Death of a Neanderthal Roughly 50,000 years ago, Shanidar 1 aka Nandy walked the earth. What can we say about the life and death of this Neanderthal? dhCENZnh7n8 the-dark-origins-of-the-most-successful-ancient-human-homo-erectus Dark Origins of The Most Successful Ancient Human In this video, we'll explore the mysterious origins of the most successful ancient human: Homo erectus. Was he born in the cradle of humanity? 1k-NbUXUTsY north-02-the-fascinating-origins-of-hominins NORTH 02 | The Fascinating Origins of Hominins The Hominini form a taxonomic tribe of the subfamily Homininae ("hominines"). Hominini includes the extant genera Homo (humans) and Pan (chimpanzees and bonobos) and in standard usage excludes the genus Gorilla (gorillas).