The prehistoric origins of the Silk Road – BBC REEL

In an expedition through the Central Asian steppe, a group of Kazakh and European archaeologists search for clues left by early Humans and Neanderthals - they are investigating the prehistoric origins of the legendary Silk Road.

Far before its emergence in the 2nd Century BC, and well before the silk trade, this expansive network of routes had already been 50,000 years in the making. Traversing over 2,500 km from the Uzbek to the Russian border, scientists search for traces that may hold the missing key to how extreme climatic events spurred prehistoric mass migrations, bringing an unprecedented encounter between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

These discoveries will help explain how climate change and geography fueled key genetic exchanges in human evolution, helped shape the structure of modern Asian populations, and later enabled the explosion of culture and trade along these routes. Their findings show how humans coped with inhospitable environments and cemented the nomadic cultures still present in modern-day Kazakhstan.

A short doc by Alba Jaramillo
Produced by Anna Bressanin

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[fortuitousthings]

Just when id nearly given up on the BBCs capacity for reality they produce something informative and wonderful.

[mtn]

This can definitely be a feature length film! Including the DNA trail, the artifact history and what it’s become. It’s the cradle of all the great migrations!

[karphin]

Fascinating stuff, so appreciate seeing this!

[jenhofmann]

These videos are interesting, but infuriating to the visually impaired. When half the text on the screen isn't narrated, we miss out! Please narrate your videos and show respect for the blind and visually impaired.

[sarahferguson]

I have a love hate relationship with your channel. While i enjoy your content i often have a hard time reading the subtitles when you interview people who speak a foreign language. It would be helpful to have a voice over, vs just subtitles, for us senior citizens who have a hard time getting our old eyes to read the tiny subtitles 🙂. Just a thought.

[classiclife]

Looking forward to all the intelligent, enlightened remarks from the YouTube commentators

[KootFloris]

Also search in river valleys, where people would camp, rest and get robbed, leaving stuff behind and or nearby caves where they could live and or bury family.

[amrtadas]

its absurd how british propraganda channel excludes India of the silk road trade maps, as if it had no importance on it. uttara patha connected Bengal with Peshwar and all way to Bactria since Indus Valley civilization era where commerce was already spread from India to Oman and Central Asia

[jhake]

denisovans eventually ended up in the island of luzon in the philippines

[winterlighthome]

This is wonderful advancement in learning and exploration to watch a report on after reading Alice Roberts's 2009 book The Incredible Human Journey.

[SarahAndrews]

NHK documentary series on the silk road is phenominal.!

[DemonetisedZone]

How I wish I had a time machine, I would go back in time and meet Denisovans, Neanderthals and those hobbit like humans and maybe say hello to a cave bear, marsupial lion, giant wombat, gigantapithecus and perhaps make the acquaintance of a giant ground sloth

Obviously my expedition would therefore be global in scale

Anyone else want to come?🙂

[warrenwills]

Put your text under subtitles so we can TURN IT OFF

[FreelanceBibliography]

Price tags in baking

Betty Crocker is best

[marysylvie]

I am not sure, given mummies found in Asia and in Scandinavia dating from more than 1500 years that modern humans came from Africa.

[Mikeztarp]

BBC, these fragmented...



bits of narration on screen...



are very frustrating...



to read, so you...



should add voiceover.

[cavemancaveman]

Marco Polo was a recent traveler and an interesting item he noted has huge implications.
May I share? The entire length of the silk road had road houses every ten gets this ten miles. Stocked and open for business 24 7. Not very hard to believe in my humble opinion

[radame]

Hilarious video. A bunch of archeology students telling us the bleeding obvious about archeology. Almost nothing on the silk road. Please watch this if you have 7 mins of your life to waste.

[FreelanceBibliography]

Head of household

Varies year to year

Always make

Missing

[SarahAndrews]

In a 7 minute documentary there are 10 talking heads, would have loved to see more content than see these people talk.