A History of Britain - The Humans Arrive (1 Million BC - 8000 BC)

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In this first episode we go back to the very beginning of human life in Britain.

Note: The exact identity of the human species found at Happisburgh is a little more up in the air than this video makes it sound. Currently academic consensus looks to be moving towards Homo antecessor as the correct identity, however the stone tools found at Pakefield and Boxgrove are almost certainly from Homo heidelbergensis. This was simplified to Homo heidelbergensis in the video for the sake of brevity. Homo heidelbergensis may also have been ambush predators on top of scavengers and fishers.

#History #Britain #StoneAge

[JoeMcKnz]

Imagine somewhere like London as a huge, luscious forest. I'd love to see a movie based on prehistoric Britain. It makes modern day geopolitics seem so tribal.

[brendanm]

This guy has literally worked really hard at gathering research and using it to put together an educational video and on top of that he's clearly doing his absolute best at making it fun and interesting. This is very clearly his passion and that passion comes through in his presentation. So how do his viewers respond? Oh yes, they insult him for the way he speaks and say that they stopped watching soon into the video because of it. See, stuff like this is why we can't have nice things. This awesome guy has earned my sub for sure and I'll be watching more of his videos and to all the people who feel the need to insult how he talks, piss off and make your own educational channel to see how easy it is!

[lunettasuziejewel]

Finding out that people have been ceremonially burying their dogs for 12, 000 years made me unexpectedly emotional 🥺🥺

[richardrochester]

Thank you to the producer/s of this film - it is one of the clearest explanations of early human life in Britain I have come accross - absolutely fascinating.

[intrograted]

To all the uptalk complainers... don't go visit Australia. We'll do your head in.

I love a doco that tells it plain and doesn't rely on cinema volume music and a melodramtic voice over to tell the story. Good job.

[michaelportaloo]

Stonehenge will look good when it's finished.

[Haybear_]

I didn't realise till I read the comments that this wasn't a professional production, its incredible! So well made and such great detail all presented in an accessible way. Can't wait to watch the rest of the videos.
You must be incredibly proud of your work and how it has helped educate so many people.

[johanolsson]

Watching this from Canterbury right now during a trip through Scotland and England. What a gem of a video - educational, fun, visually pleaseing and articulate. Cheers for making my trip even more interesting 👏

[LorePlayingGames]

That's one hell of a Brexit they did a few times during those glacial eras.

[hollyfanatic]

Brilliant!! Great lecturer!! Good to hear a narrative without drowning music in background!!👍once again first class!!

[thestraightroad]

What a great series! I am so excited to have found this and eagerly looking forward to the next chapters—and the other treasures of your channel library. Thanks for the works of love you have made for us!

[ExperTeas]

I found your videos awhile back and am now making the effort to binge-watch all of them. Your work and research into these videos as well as how you present them is staggering, and I thoroughly enjoy both listening and watching these throughout the day. Whereas I normally just turn on the audio and then tune out with these historical videos I now find myself sitting down completely enraptured by it. This isn't background noise. This is art, and you have done excellent work with your presentation!

[dasbouef]

I’ve seen BBC documentaries on this subject that were far less informative than this video at twice the length. Great work!

[DNTMEE]

The humans arrive ... The animals look at each other and think "Well, there goes the neighborhood."

[Aritro]

This is an absolutely magnificent video, the best I've seen during my recent early humans Youtube binge. Appreciably better than even some of the good quality professionally made stuff I've seen from PBS and the like. Research is impeccable, the writing is clear and demonstrates a good understanding of how people absorb chunks of information, and the huge number of images you've assembled made the whole thing more vivid than any other documentary I've seen. Keep it up mate.

[isabellaangeline]

This is the type of history lesson I’ve been looking for!
You’re voice is very calming as well. Thank you so much for putting together all of these videos, my friend! 💃🏼

[terencemagee]

I never expected my small village of Hanningfield to appear on a map of a history of Britain. And the river Thames running through the local town of Chelmsford. That really is something!

[karenu.]

Hello from Panama 🇵🇦 I had to study and summarize this interesting video for my British History and Culture class. Regards.

[lindabennett]

Absolutely fascinating! I wish we had learnt about this at school. It must have taken a lot of research to put this together. Many thanks and I look forward to watching other videos.

[AlexxxxPanda]

This was a great well put together video that kept me hooked. You clearly love what you do. You sir just got a new subscriber