Seven Million Years of Human Evolution #datavisualization

Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are even closer. Where and when did they live? What can we learn about their lives? Why did they go extinct? Scientists look to fossils for clues.

0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - First known hominin
1:29 - Bipedalism
2:32 - In-line toes, Australopithecus
3:27 - Tool use
4:06 - Migration out of Africa
4:44 - Cooking and fire
5:07 - Homo sapiens
5:38 - Family tree of human ancestors

#humanevolution #hominins #paleontology #primates

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[fireandmugs]

I spent half an hour watching this 6 minute video. Lots of pausing; rewinding; googling; reading of wikipedia/scientific journal articles; looking up pictures of facial reconstructions; and saying "wow" many times.
Simply amazing. Whoever made this video should be extremely proud of their work. Such high quality content and delivery.

[cesaralcaraz]

At this point it's not Creationism vs Evolution it's either you understand evolution or you don't

[kevincraig]

This was far and away the best presentation of the evolution of man I've seen. All the other charts have been so complicated, and this one was clear and concise.

[davids.]

This video was a masterpiece, standing ovation to everyone involved in the development.

[thejesuschrist]

Amazing! Science is mankind's best hope for preventing their own extinction. Just saying.

[bashsibda]

Since I was a child I sat int the mosque and heard the Imaams preach. Then one day in my 40’s I saw lemurs for the first time. They were fighting over a small toy. And as I saw the expressions on their faces I realised they ran on the same program as me.
Watching them for those few minutes had a greater impact on me than all the years of sermons.

[kma]

When people say there's no evidence of gradual change, I want to show them things like this. We read about things like this, but the visualization here is spectacular and really does a great job of illustrating the key points. The map on top of it is incredibly helpful as well. Whoever put this together, I hope they got a raise and a promotion for it.

[paulcontursi]

I have been a member of the American Museum of Natural History for most of my life. I am 70 now and I STILL feel the excitement when I walk into that fabulous place. What an incredible resource for NYC, the United States and the world at large!

[sheeshyearsago]

So it took 7 million years for humans to evolve into dank memes totally worth it.

[sidneycastillocardenas]

Been struggling for quite some time to wrap my head around the timelines of each hominin and how they spread throughout different regions. This video just helped me put everything in perspective in 6 minutes! Truly big applause for the team of researchers and animators involved. This is the value of public scholarship.

[ASLUHLUHCE]

If our cousins hadn't died out, we could have had Elder Scrolls level of diversity!

[theoverlords]

2:55 "They may have met."
Kenyanthropus platytops: "Lives for only a second"

[SuperManning]

Absolutely fascinating! I’ve watched a lot of videos on this topic, this is by far the best. Well done!

[jomolololo]

Amazing work, truly value the hours put it to make this, credit to everyone involved

[iwantdie]

Person: I'm American
Other person: im Japanese

Me:im fish

[coolbluelights]

This gave me chills. We literally all came out of Africa. I remember seeing monkeys in Florida for the first time, and the way they move is so much like us. it's clear we're related.

[zlwzoe]

Humans at a zoo: OO-OO AA-aH
Monkey: am i a joke to you?

[laylacooper]

Amazing video! My six year old daughter watched it and she’s now fascinated with human evolution. We’ve added it to our home learning even though it’s not on her curriculum yet

[hippocrates]

0:48 ~ 7 MYA Sahelanthropus tchadensis Tchad smaller canine teeth
1:12 ~ 6 MYA Orrorin tugenensis East Africa thighbone: upright walking
1:28 ~5.5 MYA Ardipithecus kadabba East Africa toe: bipedalism
1:56 ~ 5 MYA --- no hominin fossils
2:22 ~4.5 MYA Ardipithecus ramidus East x2 still tree climber
2:31 ~ 4 MYA Australopithecus anamensis East x2 grasping feet lost
2:43 ~3.5 MYA Australopithecus afarensis East x3
2:44 ~3.5 MYA Australopithecus bahrelgazali Tchad
2:56 ~3.5 MYA Kenyanthropus platyops Kenya
3:03 ~ 3 MYA Australopithecus africanus South Africa
3:27 ~2.5 MYA Paranthropus aethiopicus Ethiopia
3:35 ~2.5 MYA Australopithecus garhi East Africa
3:38 ~2.x MYA Homo habilis East Africa first stone tools
3:42 ~2.x MYA Paranthropus boisei East Africa
3:57 ~1.8 MYA Homo erectus East Africa
4:04 ~ 2 MYA Homo erectus first out of Africa (East of Black Sea), large brain, dexterous fingers, long legs
3:57 ~1.8 MYA Homo ergaster East Africa
3:57 ~1.8 MYA Homo rudolfensis East Africa
4:01 ~1.7 MYA Paranthropus robustus South Africa
4:01 ~1.7 MYA Australopithecus sediba South Africa
4:24 ~1.2 MYA Homo antecessor Spain
4:41 ~0.8 MYA Homo erectus controlled fire: advances in cooking
4:43 ~0.7 MYA Homo heidelbergensis Europe
4:56 ~0.3 MYA Homo neanderthalensis Europe
4:58 ~0.3 MYA Homo naledi South Africa
5:03 ~0.2 MYA Homo sapiens Africa
5:07 ~0.1 MYA Denisovans
5:07 ~0.1 MYA Homo floresiensis

5:36 extinct hominins family tree

[shakibshibly]

This is one of the most detailed graphical representations of human evolution throughout history video I have seen so far. Impressive.