explorist 1 month ago

The Human Species That Built Houses 1,750,000 Years Ago

It may come as a surprise, but the first human species to spread throughout the world is in fact not us, Homo Sapiens, but instead a species of human now known as Homo Erectus. And the crazy thing is, that's only a small list of "firsts" that the Homo Erectus accomplished...


00:00 Intro

02:33 Discovery (Asian Origin Hypothesis)

03:56 Classification & Naming

04:31 Similarities and Differences With Modern Humans

05:32 Range & Habitat

06:02 Evolution

07:10 The First Human Apex Predator

07:36 What Animals It Hunted

08:17 Adaptations For Hunting Giant Animals

09:57 Weapons And Technology

11:33 Could It Throw Straight?

11:50 Intelligence and Cooperation

12:51 Reliance on Megafauna

13:27 Primitive Healthcare

14:22 FIRE

16:04 The First Ever Language

17:21 Buildings From 1.7 Million Years Ago

18:31 Clothing

18:57 Ahoy! The First Sailors

20:10 The Longest Surviving Human Species

21:05 Why Did They Go Extinct?

21:56 Australopithecus