The Earth 200,000 Years Ago | 200,000 Subscribers Special

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @lemmingscanfly5
    @lemmingscanfly5 4 года назад +194

    I love it when cave paintings can literally be used as ancient taxonomy documents.

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 4 года назад +27

      I want to take a hammer and chisel with me camping and carve a relief of myself carving a relief of myself.
      Just to hopefully mess with future archaeologists.

    • @Nomammosway
      @Nomammosway 4 года назад +8

      @@scottyj6226 there is a whole science behind it. The data from cave paintings bears fruit at times.

    • @kingpest13
      @kingpest13 3 года назад +5

      One day anthropologists will see our graffiti and think we were WILD...oh wait

    • @kingpest13
      @kingpest13 3 года назад +3

      @@scottyj6226 there is a jetty in panama city that has a strangely white rock amongst the grey ones. Someone sculpted a mermaid into it. It's fully 3-d and was done by someone who had talent but not time.

  • @okokisafuckingloser6298
    @okokisafuckingloser6298 4 года назад +1761

    Let’s get Ben to 13 billions subs so he can tell us how the Big Bang happened.

    • @2canines
      @2canines 4 года назад +146

      Hmm. We need more babies to make it a reality.
      With the combined effort of Everyone, we can do this.
      Everyone! Ready your bedrooms!
      FOR Ben G Thomas!! ENGAGE!!!

    • @kellywolstenholme8134
      @kellywolstenholme8134 4 года назад +64

      Karla Kirkpatrick A scientific theory is different than a layman's theory. A scientific theory is, essentially, "There is no way to observe this and thus definitively prove this, but all evidence points to this as the reality." Gravity is a theory. We can see stuff falling and observe that we don't float away until we enter space, but we technically can't see gravity, only the effects. But gravity is what makes sense, so it's a theory. The same is true of the Big Bang. I think that what you consider a theory, is actually a hypothesis.

    • @beateberg5535
      @beateberg5535 4 года назад +16

      big bang is a lie a fairy tail

    • @okokisafuckingloser6298
      @okokisafuckingloser6298 4 года назад +14

      2canines we could just make a bunch of alt accounts

    • @okokisafuckingloser6298
      @okokisafuckingloser6298 4 года назад +3

      Rahel Panse It was a joke

  • @kiarash608
    @kiarash608 4 года назад +2243

    Eventually we'll get to a "The Earth 65 million years ago" video.
    Come on guys, let's make it happen!

    • @alexandracorrea803
      @alexandracorrea803 4 года назад +40

      i think we should point t o the eocene, not only is it closer but we get to see terror birds, descendants of dinosaurs, not as large (but still big) and have dangerous beaks, dinosaurs should be after, not before.

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 4 года назад +53

      But what will they do if they get over 4 billion subscribes and they can't make videos about what the earth was like back then since the world did not exist yet or even worse what if they get 13.7 billion subs and have to make a video about the big bang.

    • @exploatores
      @exploatores 4 года назад +26

      @@belstar1128 I like the way you are thinking. I kind of think youtub are going to be suspicios. when their is more supscribers to this chanel then their is pepole on earth.

    • @alexandercolefield9523
      @alexandercolefield9523 4 года назад +16

      the last section of "Humans 65 million years ago" is going to be very meta

    • @Newbmann
      @Newbmann 4 года назад +4

      Let's go even further beyond
      How long before we reach earth 500 million years ago?
      Explosion time.

  • @daleowens7695
    @daleowens7695 4 года назад +170

    A 650 Kg giant bird?! Who cares if it's herbivorous? That would be absolutely terrifying to encounter, the damage that thing could do with a single kick is hard to imagine.

    • @AngryCarMechanic
      @AngryCarMechanic 3 года назад +28

      A kick from something like that (especially if it defended itself similarly to Emu's and Cassowary's) would probably dent/slice open a car, if not total it beyond repair.

    • @amandastakeonit7402
      @amandastakeonit7402 3 года назад

      Right? Ostriches and Cassowaries are primarily herbivores if not entirely (other than accidentally consumed animals), that doesn't mean they are sweethearts, because they aren't cassowaries have killed and both can kill! They are both aggressive, and I know a lot of HANGRY vegans!

    • @rupertholborn9258
      @rupertholborn9258 2 года назад +6

      If anybody has been on the receiving end of a 800g pissed off chicken while holding it. 650kg version scares the hell put of me

    • @alanfinch8763
      @alanfinch8763 2 года назад +2

      massive christmas dinner anyone lol

    • @kylecheng3710
      @kylecheng3710 Год назад

      Phorusrhacos was an apex predator and almost as large
      About 8 ft those fuckers were kaiju

  • @OnlySamCan
    @OnlySamCan 4 года назад +121

    Y’all are the best science channel I’ve found. Educated, professional, doesn’t needlessly throw quality out the window in favor of presenting as if you are a 4th grade teacher.

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly 3 года назад +4

      Even as a fourth grader I still loved regular documentaries.

    • @ginkamikaze2
      @ginkamikaze2 2 года назад

      kinda hard to take seriously when they can't be bothered to edit the audio of the clip and instead displaying "interglacial text on screen XD ... that dude must have evolved from erectus =))

    • @mithmethsc
      @mithmethsc Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/QJ65m3g1cnM/видео.htmlsi=diJRIs032k577jPr

  • @tardarsauce3355
    @tardarsauce3355 3 года назад +14

    This channel and Mothlight Media, have become my favourite go-to's for paleontology since the pandemic started. You guys put so much talent and research into these videos. If you guys did a collaboration, I would be super excited

  • @johnsinth8261
    @johnsinth8261 4 года назад +227

    The Shelk is So incredibly majestic

    • @needfoolthings
      @needfoolthings 4 года назад +22

      Nothing's more majestic than a giant beaver.

    • @breadeater7192
      @breadeater7192 4 года назад +2

      *Shrek

    • @onyxsky2304
      @onyxsky2304 4 года назад +7

      Idk why people dont just call it megalocerus

    • @trulyidkman
      @trulyidkman 4 года назад +1

      I thought this man said shrek.

    • @Ukitsu2
      @Ukitsu2 4 года назад

      Megalocerus was always called megalocerus... why change it's name just because?

  • @uhadonejob
    @uhadonejob 4 года назад +158

    The laziness argument gets me every time I hear it. Surviving back then was a lot of work. I could see them not understanding the benefits of the better materials or not knowing about them or not actively experimenting or not being able to work the better materials or not having the pre-planning ability. Lots of possibilities but not too many creatures are lazy when their survival is at stake.

    • @honeybadgerisme
      @honeybadgerisme 4 года назад +9

      maybe it's based on the muscle & tendon attachement sites? idk...don't have time to look it up---if so, it would make them more clever bc-"working smarter, not harder" is a thing ppl say

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 4 года назад +29

      @@honeybadgerisme In most wild situations, it's work harder AND smarter. You can't afford to skimp on either.

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 4 года назад +11

      Lazy is buying pre-made food when you could make your own and just don't want to. It's not going without food entirely, because making it is "hard".

    • @kellywolstenholme8134
      @kellywolstenholme8134 4 года назад +7

      Patrick McCurry Nah. The most successful life forms on earth don't have brains. Sea sponges are the longest-lasting species of anything EVER.

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 4 года назад +31

      Lazy sharks not learning how to fly in order to eat gazelle

  • @Boom12
    @Boom12 4 года назад +471

    200k and rising! Onwards guys, and now we will make the day when we see a special on what life was like 300,000 years ago, and many more!

    • @edmind47
      @edmind47 4 года назад +8

      1 million!

    • @biteszadusto8854
      @biteszadusto8854 4 года назад +5

      65 Million!!

    • @maxim6088
      @maxim6088 4 года назад +5

      Well get to 1mil within 1-2years,for sure

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 года назад +1

      Feels like yesterday when Ben G Thomas posted the 10,000 years ago video.

    • @jimcole7800
      @jimcole7800 4 года назад +1

      00

  • @HenrythePaleoGuy
    @HenrythePaleoGuy 4 года назад +48

    Great to see that the channel is taking off! I hope to reach the same levels of success so that we can all share our passion with the natural world. :)

    • @theharris7207
      @theharris7207 4 года назад +2

      Hey now, no one covers NZ birds quite like you do

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 года назад +2

      Keep it up!👍

  • @istvansipos9940
    @istvansipos9940 4 года назад +74

    03:53 Mortal Wombat

  • @BaneRain
    @BaneRain 4 года назад +15

    Hey Ben, you're my go-to for prehistory along with PBS Eons. Just thought you should know that I introduced my sister to your content (she's a teacher), and she's started integrating some of the stuff into your videos into her lesson plans for her grade 6 class. Just thought you should know. keep it up mate. Cheers.

  • @marshfellowman
    @marshfellowman 4 года назад +207

    man I can't wait for "The Earth 500 Million Years Ago"

    • @leppardman4779
      @leppardman4779 4 года назад +6

      1 million*

    • @rosoro465
      @rosoro465 4 года назад +13

      @@leppardman4779 1 billion*

    • @leastconcern4152
      @leastconcern4152 4 года назад +9

      @@rosoro465 4.5 billion*

    • @2canines
      @2canines 4 года назад +5

      @@leastconcern4152 More then half the population of earth subscribing. I would be impressed.
      With Skylink it might just be possible. Lets make it happen.

    • @charliebowen5071
      @charliebowen5071 4 года назад +1

      Tbh this would be far less interesting with life and biodiversity just beginning its journey... interesting but nothing like these impressive beasts

  • @hottshot104
    @hottshot104 4 года назад +13

    Randomly stumbled onto this video and immediately subscribed. You guys are just amazing.

  • @madsleonardholvik3040
    @madsleonardholvik3040 4 года назад +5

    Amazing. Our history and our ancestors deserve all honour and respect we can give. Thanks for spreading light of reason to people of the earth!

  • @hypersonicmonkeybrains3418
    @hypersonicmonkeybrains3418 4 года назад +10

    This channel has found a niche that was previously monopolized by a tiny number of commercial paid tv broadcasters such as discovery channel... That is why this channel is doing so well, people have a thirst for knowledge and dont want it commercialized and spoon fed to them by Discovery channel or BBC or the other media corporations.

    • @maxsmith695
      @maxsmith695 3 года назад

      Fake stories about evolution. What a cool field to make money in.

    • @mithmethsc
      @mithmethsc Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/QJ65m3g1cnM/видео.htmlsi=diJRIs032k577jPr

  • @theangryaustralian7624
    @theangryaustralian7624 4 года назад +16

    As someone watching this at midnight it's good to see such a good channel succeed...gonna have dreams of giant beavers

  • @SnakesAnimations
    @SnakesAnimations 4 года назад +84

    22:24 "It's a me, Mario!"

  • @michaelskywalker3089
    @michaelskywalker3089 4 года назад +8

    I agree with everyone. The growth in this channel not only in terms of subscription and views but scope, quality whilst maintaining integrity is amazing. Thank you for your perseverance and devotion to accuracy and the wonder of life on this planet. I have always seen them but thanks to Ben and your talented team I now have a name: "Shelk" to put to those massive deer that lived 200,000 years ago.

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions 4 года назад +434

    Glyptodon, I can't think of a word that is more fun to say. Glyptodon hahaha, so much fun.

    • @gruntsniper1696
      @gruntsniper1696 4 года назад +24

      Paraceratherium

    • @armoredsweatpants3997
      @armoredsweatpants3997 4 года назад +12

      Pachyrynosaurus is pretty cool as well.

    • @jamesnolan4681
      @jamesnolan4681 4 года назад +10

      Liopleurodon is one of my favorites

    • @charliebowen5071
      @charliebowen5071 4 года назад +9

      Pneumonoultramicroscopicsillivolcanikoniosis... say that one

    • @christopherhayes3233
      @christopherhayes3233 4 года назад

      @Thefuzz BoxMX sssaessssssssssssssssessssessssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssessssssssssssssssssssssasssesssssssssssssssssesssssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssessssssssssssssssssseessssessssssssssssssssssssssssssseseseasssssssssssssessssseesseesssssssssssssssssssssesssseessssssssessesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssesssesssssssssesssssssssssseessssesessssssssssssssssseseseseee
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  • @diegolopez3989
    @diegolopez3989 4 года назад +16

    Dude all I could say is congratulations, keep up the good work guys

  • @casaroccafamilyking
    @casaroccafamilyking 4 года назад +10

    Dear Ben,
    You create some of the most intriguing, intertaining, fascinating videos. It is a pleasure to retun here to listen to yet another amazingly researched and illustrated video. Please keep them coming!

  • @NaturesCompendium
    @NaturesCompendium 4 года назад +41

    Congratulations guys! Looking forward to learning about the earth 1 million years from now!!! 😉

  • @dainah105
    @dainah105 4 года назад +3

    Paleoart is so amazing, always so detailed and cinematic

  • @juliettek.9440
    @juliettek.9440 4 года назад +13

    I love how far you have come, I always look forward to your videos. Congratulations on your new subscriber count. Please keep the education coming.

  • @slavpepe6581
    @slavpepe6581 4 года назад +2

    I've somehow never bothered to check your subscriber count, kind of disappointed you only have 200k, this channel deserves so much more

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 года назад

      2 years ago they were at 10k. Now they're at 200k. They blew up fast.

  • @SparkySywer
    @SparkySywer 4 года назад +86

    12 subscriber special: What was the world like in 2008?

  • @αρτιαννα
    @αρτιαννα 3 года назад +3

    I'm obsessed with these videos. Thank you for sharing this content with us!

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 года назад +621

    Alright boys, let’s get him past T-series.

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 4 года назад +35

      I can' believe I'm saying this,but
      Dr.Bright is *right*

    • @limey461
      @limey461 4 года назад +23

      I guess you can say... This channel is *evolving* ...?

    • @TheSkullConfernece
      @TheSkullConfernece 4 года назад

      Hello, son.

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 4 года назад +1

      @@TheSkullConfernece Father,it's me,Mich...

    • @IshanSanyal
      @IshanSanyal 4 года назад +3

      Ok, but never poopdiepie

  • @Nazrigar
    @Nazrigar 4 года назад +3

    Congratulations you guys! Your content is always a joy to listen to.
    You all deserve all the success

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 4 года назад +5

    I love videos that describe ancient ecosystems and biota in the earth's past. Thank you for making this. ☺

  • @brianlevine871
    @brianlevine871 4 года назад +2

    I like how this video discussed an animal from each of the continents (excluding Antarctica), as well as recent info on early humans. Congrats on receiving 200,000 subscribers btw.

  • @Bbuffalofan1
    @Bbuffalofan1 4 года назад +225

    Can we have a full, in-depth prehistoric Australia vid, please?

    • @theshadowsagas3617
      @theshadowsagas3617 4 года назад +13

      I second this

    • @PigglePigSwillbucket
      @PigglePigSwillbucket 4 года назад +5

      check out the NOVA series 'Earth's First Four Billion Years' and the PaleoWorld episode 'Attack of the Killer Kangaroos'

    • @leppardman4779
      @leppardman4779 4 года назад +1

      Please! 💙

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 года назад +3

      Yes please! Prehistoric Oceania is super underrated.

    • @whatasurprise6908
      @whatasurprise6908 4 года назад

      the animals might just make us glad they went extinct

  • @bobrussell3602
    @bobrussell3602 4 года назад

    What a brilliant video. Music is not too loud or obtrusive. No silly 'cartoonish' graphics. I'm subscribing!

  • @GeorgeTheDinoGuy
    @GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 года назад +25

    Well done and what a journey, I hope to see more in the future!

  • @ciudadano1995
    @ciudadano1995 4 года назад +30

    27:42 has the face of someone who is seeking vengance against humanity for sending it's ancestors to mars.

  • @robertfletcher3421
    @robertfletcher3421 4 года назад +8

    Congratulations you guys are doing a fantastic job. A big thank-you.

  • @Im-Not-a-Dog
    @Im-Not-a-Dog 4 года назад +22

    22:20 “We’ll start off with our old friend......Shirtless Wario.”

  • @deepfriedfish
    @deepfriedfish 4 года назад +14

    Cannot wait until y’all get to one million, hopefully it’s pretty soon!

  • @Landrew0
    @Landrew0 4 года назад +71

    Be careful about saying "that ever lived." It's more correct to say "that is known. "

    • @matthewquijano2696
      @matthewquijano2696 3 года назад +2

      Sorry Professor

    • @Landrew0
      @Landrew0 3 года назад +7

      @Jasta Yildirim We tend to think the fossils we find are the only ones that existed. Who knows how big the biggest dinosaur was? It's probably not one of the fossils we found.

  • @loweexpectations3222
    @loweexpectations3222 4 года назад +8

    Congratulations! I love how well these subrsciber specials blend so well into an informative video.

  • @brock992
    @brock992 4 года назад +1

    Love your videos! Super inspirational to see RUclipsrs with impairments running a successful Chanel! As a parent with children with the same disability and hearing them say they wanna be just like you makes me so proud! Thanks for the great content!

  • @feargripper
    @feargripper 4 года назад +6

    HELL YEA, I’ve been waiting patiently for this video. I love you guys!!!

  • @thetruealex7478
    @thetruealex7478 4 года назад +63

    North America 200,000 years ago: has mastadons, giant sloths, cheetahs, and short faced bears
    Ben: talks about beavers

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 года назад +19

      And every animal you mentioned except the Cheetah (technically not a cheetah but a kind of prehistoric cougar) has been mentioned in nearly every ice age documentary. Let the lesser known animals shine.

    • @vincivedivicilextalionas4036
      @vincivedivicilextalionas4036 4 года назад +2

      @@KhanMann66 shut ur mouth

    • @kwando472
      @kwando472 4 года назад +7

      @@vincivedivicilextalionas4036 How can he shut his mouth when the words you are reading are written on the internet?

    • @vincivedivicilextalionas4036
      @vincivedivicilextalionas4036 4 года назад +4

      @@kwando472 When someone says "cry me a river" do you think the person has to cry tens of thousands gallons of tears or your left wondering?

    • @kvatchero
      @kvatchero 4 года назад +5

      @@vincivedivicilextalionas4036 shut your mind

  • @C104-x9s
    @C104-x9s 4 года назад +5

    Good job
    You deserve this milestone. Thanks for reigniting my childhood fascination of fossilized lizard remains

  • @eyeln9ne696
    @eyeln9ne696 4 года назад +2

    I feel like a proud parent, great job guys. It's nice to know our youth still care about science.

  • @carmelosaurus7480
    @carmelosaurus7480 4 года назад +35

    I can’t wait to see what other ancient life you guys will talk about next for the 500,000 subs/years ago & KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK Guys

  • @joepenrose1
    @joepenrose1 4 года назад +2

    I love your longer episodes lads ,congrats on 200,000 subs 👍

  • @scubbie2251
    @scubbie2251 4 года назад +5

    Cant wait to see you rise up to 1 million! Congratulations!

  • @benbrooks566
    @benbrooks566 4 года назад +1

    50k in one month, 1 mil, here we come!
    It honestly makes me so happy to see that people are interested in the paleobiology and other science made available by this channel

  • @alaskatheakita7217
    @alaskatheakita7217 4 года назад +4

    Congratulations on your success
    You deserve it

  • @bird2034
    @bird2034 4 года назад +2

    Love your vids man. So happy to see you getting the attention you deserve. I hope to be here when you hit 1 million some day :)

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 4 года назад +58

    This channel is a True *Gem!*
    Its good to see humans get along with other human species; mostly
    Y'all heard about the 'new' newest Spinosaurus tail fluke thought? :D

    • @pastlife960
      @pastlife960 4 года назад +1

      They did a video on it

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 года назад +1

      @@pastlife960 I mean the 'newest' one by Michael Milbourne; quite the recent addition to spinosaurus saga

    • @bowserfriend
      @bowserfriend 4 года назад

      @@thedoruk6324 *there's another update already?*

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 года назад

      @@bowserfriend Indeed

  • @matthiasfloren2610
    @matthiasfloren2610 4 года назад +2

    It's amazing how yout channel grew. You guys deserve it

  • @justinberdell7517
    @justinberdell7517 4 года назад +3

    Ben's parts are always the best. I would love long videos.

  • @jasimine_b
    @jasimine_b 4 года назад +212

    "...lived until around 11k years ago..." one of the most used sentences in natural history videos. scary beasts we are... :(

    • @E1987TO
      @E1987TO 3 года назад +20

      Scariest of them all, I actually feel some pride out of this, I almost never feel pride.

    • @Islander2112
      @Islander2112 3 года назад +65

      There was a natural cataclysm back then NOT caused by Humans, and we barely survived.
      The Younger Dryas is the time stamp...

    • @LaloSalamancaGaming69
      @LaloSalamancaGaming69 3 года назад +9

      @@Islander2112 YEAH MASSIVE CATACLISMS!!!!
      oh wait that isnt a good thing...

    • @NeckNotes
      @NeckNotes 3 года назад +21

      Not us...it was comet strikes on the northern ice caps 12,000 years ago. Sea levels rose 300 to 400 feet (worldwide cultural deluge story comes from this event). We lost most of the megafauna at this time and worldwide human populations got really low. This was the end for a global ranging advanced human civilization..the ones who were able to build megalithic structures with stones up to 1000 tons (couldn't do it today even) and map Antarctica pre-ice. (They lived at the same time as there were cave-men, hunter gatherers, just like we do even to this day)

    • @MarioSpice
      @MarioSpice 3 года назад +1

      Did you understand his comment at all

  • @adrianwitkowski7757
    @adrianwitkowski7757 4 года назад +4

    What a great journey it was to get to this point, thank you for your work, waiting for 542 million years ago

  • @arleneboese713
    @arleneboese713 4 года назад +1

    I just found your website today !! I'm excited about all things about our planet and how it came to be, you guys are going a great job in giving us a window into our past by getting to know our ancestors, our world, and the animals that roamed our planet in the past. Keep these videos coming, we love them !! 🌍🌎🌏
    ❤Arlene

  • @flykame221
    @flykame221 4 года назад +48

    I'm very proud of myself for being one of 200000

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 4 года назад

      Meg Inui shut up Meg! (Joke from Family Guy)
      Good for you! Real answer!

    • @brock992
      @brock992 4 года назад

      *sounds of kissing butts*

    • @vincivedivicilextalionas4036
      @vincivedivicilextalionas4036 4 года назад

      Iv been here since before 10k im soooo proud of myself. This is easily in my tip ten accomplishments of my life

  • @roslein-
    @roslein- 4 года назад +1

    Yesss you absolutely deserve it! The content is amazingly well done and I hope you keep it up

  • @christosvoskresye
    @christosvoskresye 4 года назад +142

    29:02 It's easy to picture this guy living in his parents' basement and just playing video games.

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 4 года назад +2

      Agreed lol

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 4 года назад +12

      This guy probably left his parents "cave" when he was 6 years old

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek 4 года назад +14

      @@belstar1128 To be fair, he was middle-aged by then.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 года назад +5

      @@AlbertaGeek Mmmm, not, not even chimps are middle-aged at 6 years old ^^

    • @Ed_man_talking9
      @Ed_man_talking9 4 года назад

      28:12 looks more like a hermit to me.

  • @jamesheyworth3566
    @jamesheyworth3566 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant. I didn't want it to end. More of this please.

  • @kaidoaboveakainu.622
    @kaidoaboveakainu.622 4 года назад +75

    It's going to take a long time for we to reach de Dinosaurs, but I'm sure well get there.

  • @chiaroscuroamore
    @chiaroscuroamore 4 года назад +1

    This is awesome! Congrats on the 200,000 subs!! You deserve them

  • @ThrottleKitty
    @ThrottleKitty 4 года назад +84

    7 foot killer antarctic penguins: Am I joke to you?

    • @bananahitler306
      @bananahitler306 4 года назад

      Did they exist? I didn’t know

    • @ThrottleKitty
      @ThrottleKitty 4 года назад +3

      @@bananahitler306 oh yeeh, giant penguins ruled the southern hemisphere between the dinosaurs and now.

    • @foiletta1987
      @foiletta1987 3 года назад

      @@ThrottleKitty kairuku

  • @Morganational
    @Morganational 4 года назад +1

    YOU GUYS ROCK! CONGRATS, YOU DESERVE IT! 😄

  • @bubblingbubztheklown5902
    @bubblingbubztheklown5902 2 года назад +4

    If you're near California you should take a trip by the La Brea Tar Pits, it really is amazing to see the area where they are working on uncovering bones and then another area where they clean them up. When looking down you can see so many bones just stacked on each other like a good mine of bones.
    Standing next to the Beaver will make you feel so small.

  • @Brooklyn11236
    @Brooklyn11236 3 года назад

    This is the first time RUclips’s algorithm has put me on to something I now love. This is one of the best channels on RUclips

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 года назад +60

    “Pretty adorable in a terrifying way”
    Ben’s practicing double think.

    • @dirremoire
      @dirremoire 4 года назад

      Another example: "primarily herbivoires". This kind of double-think is why I love this channel.

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia 4 года назад

      Dr Bright hey did you create that sharingan-like design in your pic?
      It looks cool, I'd like to borrow some elements of it for something.

    • @purplehaze2358
      @purplehaze2358 4 года назад +2

      unstoppableExodia I did not. It’s the SCP logo.

    • @2canines
      @2canines 4 года назад +3

      @@dirremoire Well, I would consider deer to be primarily herbivore.
      But it has been observed that they will occasionally snack on small animals, like a bird that have fallen out of a nest or some other easy pray like that.
      They are after all descendants of carnivores. But i still consider them herbivores because the majority of them will never pray on animals and they can not sustain themselves on flesh.

    • @sfdgdrgdvxff
      @sfdgdrgdvxff 4 года назад +1

      unstoppableExodia you've been smoking too much anime

  • @andremoore810
    @andremoore810 4 года назад +1

    You do such great work, it's come to the point where when I want to center and calm myself, i'll throw a video like this one out of reflex.

  • @Ukitsu2
    @Ukitsu2 4 года назад +7

    The Megatherium was discovered in 1785 in my home city of Luján, about 20 blocks from where I'm sitting right now.
    It's a small world.

  • @theluminaryinc
    @theluminaryinc 4 года назад +1

    you guys are great, I absolutely love palaeontology and was considering leaving pharmacy school and to study it when I was in Uni, and even though I'm a pharmacist now, I still read palaeo and geo history books and your channel has been my favourite way to stay up to date and expand on what I know. thank you

  • @ivangigliotti3693
    @ivangigliotti3693 4 года назад +11

    Can't wait for the Cambrian video. 500 million subs? We can do it. Let's see our buddy omnidens

  • @WhoTheHellIsHarvy
    @WhoTheHellIsHarvy 4 года назад +1

    Congrats on 200,000 subscribers, you deserve each one and way more!

  • @michaelmagnus3590
    @michaelmagnus3590 4 года назад +5

    Just finished watching the 100k special!

  • @scottmccrea1873
    @scottmccrea1873 3 года назад

    Good stuff! I appreciate that you're not afraid to use proper terminology and the exact species names, something not even Attenborough does.

  • @sgtkill9698
    @sgtkill9698 4 года назад +6

    Dude, very interesting. I used to go fossil hunting with my dad. I must've been 5 or 6 years old. A subdivision was being built right up the road. I remember a large boulder consisting of mostly clay and sandstone. I also remember finding countless tiny "stone" discs. Dad said that they used to be plants on the bottom of the ocean. I was confused to say the least. He went on to explain that most of the land today, used to be underwater...Lots of water. First time I remember having my mind blown.lol I've been interested ever since. Thank you!! Got my sub! ;)

  • @Kimberly-x2h
    @Kimberly-x2h 2 года назад +1

    he sounds so excited to talk about the silly old creatures, very relatable

    • @chickenfist1554
      @chickenfist1554 2 года назад

      "Silly old creatures"? What are you on about?

  • @krankarvolund7771
    @krankarvolund7771 4 года назад +26

    Its honestly the first time I heard about Megaloceros as "Irish elk", in France we always call it either Megaloceros or Megaceros ^^

    • @martinhughes2549
      @martinhughes2549 4 года назад +2

      Many skeletons/fossils have been found in peat bogs in Ireland.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 года назад +6

      @@martinhughes2549 Yeah, I head the explanation ^^
      All T. rexes skeleton are found in America, we don't call T. rex "American dinosaur" XD

    • @Apelles42069
      @Apelles42069 4 года назад +9

      @@krankarvolund7771 "Tyrant Lizard King" sounds pretty American to me. Especially considering the incumbent.

    • @stevenschnepp576
      @stevenschnepp576 4 года назад +2

      @@Apelles42069 Please stop demonstrating that good times create weak men.

    • @megadracosaurus
      @megadracosaurus 4 года назад +1

      Over here, in the Netherlands, we usually call it 'reuzenhert', which translates to 'giant deer'.

  • @queeneleeza8987
    @queeneleeza8987 2 года назад +2

    Thank you 😊

  • @WezMan444
    @WezMan444 4 года назад +28

    Please tell me I’m not the only one that giggled when he started talking about giant beavers 5:44

  • @marshall5620
    @marshall5620 3 года назад +2

    It’s amazing of how we evolved.

  • @alexanderweaver6047
    @alexanderweaver6047 4 года назад +23

    I hope you can get to 65 million subscribers so you can talk about earth 65 million years ago and talk about the dinosaurs.

    • @Deebz270
      @Deebz270 4 года назад

      Dinosaurs? I wish you'd people would grow up.

    • @silvo9460
      @silvo9460 4 года назад +1

      Deebz270 wym? Lmao are you one of those religious losers who think the dinosaurs are fake? 😂

  • @slack_cactus
    @slack_cactus 4 года назад +1

    Congratulations!! U really deserve these subscribers and you gift us with amazing videos when you reach it, you are a greatest channel to me keep it up, you are the best!!

  • @noseblind2088
    @noseblind2088 4 года назад +11

    Did you make an "Earth Last Year" video after your first subscriber?

  • @soph289
    @soph289 4 года назад

    5:52 hey, that’s from my home museum!! Majorly geeked out when I saw that. Congrats on 200k guys!

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 4 года назад +33

    28:41 Laziness? That's a pretty terrible description on dozens of levels... They were found on many continents, yet they would be called lazy?

    • @dakotaraptor5918
      @dakotaraptor5918 4 года назад +1

      yes
      XD

    • @ot1438
      @ot1438 4 года назад +4

      Since when has laziness ever been a cause of extinction? Extinction happens when the environment changes not because a creature is just too lazy wtf

    • @angelgear
      @angelgear 4 года назад +4

      Yeah really bad take and they repeat from another video. There's a lot you can say about that choice of words, least of all that it's not scientific

    • @Tenerens1s
      @Tenerens1s 4 года назад +8

      I think the correct one is “The environment changed and they couldn’t adapt to it”

    • @franzelias5368
      @franzelias5368 4 года назад

      Found on many different continents because their parents carried them there. Not a separate species at all; just individuals aged 13-19 yrs.

  • @jamesboaz4787
    @jamesboaz4787 Год назад

    Thank you for all the hard work you do to provide a window through time for the rest of us who still remain here. We wouldn't know anything without doing a deep dive ourselves.

  • @gyst8878
    @gyst8878 4 года назад +5

    After seeing this video, the earth we live in now looks like a post game cutscene when compared to the prehistoric content we missed out on.

  • @jaehaerysitargaryen7923
    @jaehaerysitargaryen7923 4 года назад

    I was soooo excited with the 200,000 special especially in instagram when you announced it! ❤ I was here when this channel omly had about 10,000.

  • @groque1654
    @groque1654 4 года назад +11

    Feels like the last special was just a month ago

  • @leppardman4779
    @leppardman4779 4 года назад

    YEEEEES!!!
    Congrats Ben
    You deserve it 💛

  • @JustArtsCreations
    @JustArtsCreations 4 года назад +7

    Interestingly, 70k years ago a volcano erupted and took the human pop to ~5% or so.

  • @mrkommentator5906
    @mrkommentator5906 4 года назад

    Congrats to 300 000 subs! Im proudly one of them :3

  • @Kira_Pac
    @Kira_Pac 4 года назад +5

    16:10 "with some interesting practical experiments performed in the 80s" Cue the 80s scientists on cocaine battling each other with their enormous antler hats.

  • @juancabezascaceres
    @juancabezascaceres 4 года назад +1

    Congrats guys!
    And damn! Megaloceros, elephant bird and elamotherium, three of my favorite extinct animals together in one video. I really enjoyed it!

  • @Twitchi
    @Twitchi 4 года назад +5

    Whoooo!! I'm one of the 200,000!!

  • @rueporter2253
    @rueporter2253 4 года назад +1

    Wow, just found this channel. I gotta say I’m impressed. Great work 👍🏻

  • @paulraines9635
    @paulraines9635 3 года назад +3

    God, imagine fighting these things with early medieval weapons and armor.

  • @Seli_B
    @Seli_B 3 года назад +2

    Can't wait to see the world 100M years ago