Scientists Make BOMBSHELL Discovery About Last Common Ancestor!

In this video, scientists make a bombshell discovery about the last common ancestor of all humans (Petralona Man) ! This discovery could change the way we view human evolution, and could even lead to new insights into the genetics of diseases. Watch this video to find out more about this exciting discovery, and to find out how you can learn more about it!

Homo sapiens share a common ancestor with Neanderthals, yet little is known about this ancient population. For the first time, researchers have utilized innovative digital tools to reproduce the cranium of Homo sapiens' and Neanderthals' last common ancestor.
According to the findings, we split the human-Neanderthal lineage roughly 300,000 years earlier than previously assumed. We know humans have a shared ancestor with the extinct Neanderthals, our closest prehistoric relatives.

However, the identity of this old ancestor population is unknown because fossils from the Middle Pleistocene epoch, when the lineage split, are extremely sparse and fragmented.
Researchers have now used digital morphometrics and statistical algorithms on cranial fossils from both species' evolutionary histories to rebuild in 3D the skull of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals for the first time.

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[savoirfaire]

4:38 - We just gonna ignore that spectacular motorcycle stunt?

[DrStevenz]

I've been following this subject since 1972. They are no closer to truth and contradict one another..

[mrwashy]

I think I'd have more faith in the tool if they used samples from species with more complete fossil records as a control to see if this speculative tool reproduces the earlier examples accurately.

[billieforeman]

I think we need a lot more data than we have at present before we can reach absolute conclusions. More possible early human species are being discovered. We just don't have enough information.Personally I believe that the possibilities are that the human species sprang up in different places across the globe and ended up mixing together. Perhaps even earlier than we thought

[mitch_the_-itch]

In anthropology a "BOMBSHELL" always turns out to be Pop-Rocks.

[tracyventer]

That looks really good going to make now😊

[Leonidas_Papadakis]

Thank you so much for creating this incredibly educational and informative video about homosapien and neanderthal evolution. Your content is truly unique and has helped me to better understand the complexities of our shared human history. I'm left wondering, do you think we will ever be able to clone a Neanderthal? It's a fascinating topic and I would love to hear your thoughts. Keep up the fantastic work.

[illmerica]

Those skulls are in good shape considering what I've seen until now

[jasonborn]

Thank you for another excellent video. I've heard reports there are anomalous cases of occipital buns in modern humans, but to my knowledge this morphology is not widespread or specific to certain ethnicities. What's most fascinating is the occipital bun is a common feature for Neanderthals and other archaics, but Africans were first to exhibit the defining globular cranium specific only to Homo sapiens. Intriguing content as always, sir.

[markgarin]

Ah....what a stretch, but maybe viable.

[mrbaab]

Bow and arrow plus hunting dogs were so of the key advancements around 50, 000 years ago.

[OublietteTight]

What is accepted as a standardized homo sapien skull? Our species' features vary widely. What would science think of evolutionary potential if a "Hapsberg jaw" was exhumed as a lonely fossil? Children who collect water in Africa have dents across their heads from the strap pressure and water weight. . Peruvian's had elongated skulls. Obviously, these are extreme skull alterations, but without a large sample for comparison, how would we know?

[kathleengenieve]

The model looks like Sasquatch in the face. Maybe Sasquatch is the missing link. Neanderthals were shorter but maybe when they combined human DNA with the Neanderthals they got big like Sasquatch who the heck knows

[lovesees]

How do you get to the human scull shape from iether the neanderthal or the modelled common ancestor!
How did we become so much finer & smaller...
Its too big a jump, imho🕊

[NeuroD]

You had me until you said “our ancestors, Homosapien sapiens“. Those aren’t our ancestors… That’s us! 🙄
Almost had me if I didn’t consider that these theories were making guesses and then comparatively measuring against other samples. That’s not how it works lol

[russelsellick]

When I consider the shape of my late father's skull his was very long and he had what I suspect was an occipital bun. I don't.

[ESL-O.G.]

Yeah, the whole measurement and evaluation of broken skull pieces is not to be trusted as fact. We know that the theories and evidence is all over the place. It's still kind of wide-open what really happened at this point although some basic things have been established. I'm not an expert in this I just watch these kind of channels a lot. Thanks for another good one

[davidbensamuel]

Makes no sense …if we came from Africa but evolved from Neanderthal (the older human species) then it would seem we actually came from Europe. I think there is a lot of social and political reasoning behind the currently excepted THEORY

[bernardedwards]

The population of Mars will never exceed a few hundred, it is not the sort of place where normal people would wish to spend a lifetime, same goes for the Moon. Other possible abodes in the solar system are even more forbidding.

[barrybarlowe]

Very speculative. Not science.

We aren't certain that Homo erectus is in the lineage that comes to us. Too little data.