What is the most successful human species? #shorts

Does Homo erectus beat out Homo sapiens?

Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios

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[princessq]

Any human relative that didn’t have to calculate taxes is more successful than us

[blackwolf]

"You think we'll make it?"
*looks outside*
No no I do not

[Gay_Priest]

They may have survived for 2 million years but we invented cat memes so checkmate

[elizabethsmith]

"do you think we'll make it?"
* laughs * "no."

[MrFalcon]

you can count on PBS Eons to fill me with existential dread on a tuesday afternoon

[vituperation]

Yeah, well, what did they do with those two millions years, huh? If _homo erectus_ is so cool, where's THEIR PBS Eons show?

[stars-and-clouds]

Who else thought "no, " immediately when she asked "you think we'll make it?"

[fortsmostwanted]

Psa: If your homo erectus lasts more than 2 million years, you need to go to the doctor

[lia-chan]

Imagine in a few million of years, another human species develops and it's like: "Ye, homo sapiens were technically advanced and shiet, but once they got advanced, they didn't survive for long. Plus, they had a few screws loose, just look at this guy's search history."

[scottpope]

Just hoping to make it to the weekend.

[AnMComm]

"Your father ruled this land for seventy years, and you've ground it to dust in a matter of days."

[the-birbo]

It blows my mind just how much time I wasn't and will not be present for. I guess it's just the same as me not being able to go to every place in the universe ~ both are strange ideas to think about.

[johncoviello]

We’ll be lucky if we survive another hundred years.

[kevinrunnion]

*Ah Existential Dread; it’s been a while*

[Iwill_beback]

Honestly, I'd be more than surprised if I make it through my exams

[JenstaJP]

Why I love this channel... spitting facts I've never heard about, isn't really discussed very often and is real history.

Awesome.

[Alyss]

Kudos to that strategically placed antelope

[bakakubi]

"You think we'll make it?"

I really hope we do, but there are so many of us who are actively behaving in a way would harm our species as a whole, I have my doubts.

[sedzanithilivhali]

2 million years in existence and none of them thought to invent wifi. Yeah, I think we're more successful.

[leylacones]

“So… think we’ll make it?”
Girl be for real.