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