Stone Age Apocalypse - pt1of5

[agonyflips]

I like to get all my science from guys with Mohawks.

Maybe NYU Prof. Todd Disotell has a side gig in punk band. I wonder what it's called?

[3rdAutisticCuckoo]

My theory is that 70,000 years ago 99% of the world's men grew mohawks with moustaches, thereby preventing any possibility of reproduction.

[winterstellar]

THe siberian traps were made by a huge eruption that lasted millions of years(one or two million yrs) That led to a mass extinction some 250 million years ago. Also very bad:(

[winterstellar]

@winterstellar One million years it was.

[Iasamei]

the largest known eruption was the fish canyon eruption "or fish canyon tuff" on wikipedia. this eruption was dwarfed in comparison

[shinigami891]

wasn't that dna docter on monster quest?

[helenacan]

The reason for this genetic bottleneck was the Great Flood of Noah, in which the Bible says only 8 human beings survived. Though Super volcanoes certainly may have erupted before, during and after this event, they would not have been destructive enough to wipe out almost all life on Earth.

[Strizz484]

@helenacan lolwut

[Fransik89]

@helenacan This is reality, we are not interested in those kind of tales. You disrespect Mother Nature, our true creator, everytime you put a fictional character named god or jesus over her.

[PrimitiveByNature]

@helenacan "the great flood" took place along the ocean coasts and rivers etc. It happened because of the end of the ice age. Your bible fairy tale is a story of a localized event that happened to the sumerians, that's where the story came from. Your story of noah's arc is just that, a story. Please read a book or something. There isn't even enough water on earth to flood the entire planet. How will mankind ever evolve if people like you insist your primitive fairy tales are fact?

[SkyyCaptainn]

And the fun part is that one day there will be another eruption of similar scale.

[pgm98387]

Another amazing missing puzzle piece added to the better understanding of the "Big Picture" to all sincere seekers after the TRUTH!.

5*******

[Gforcebond]

it says on wiki that this volacnic eruption was the most powerful in the last 25 million years not just 2.

[SpeakerForrTheDead]

Yeah, that's right.

2.1 mya the explosion at what is now Island Park Caldera in Idaho, USA was close to, but still somewhat smaller than, the Toba event.

An explosive eruption in what is now Colorado 27.8 mya qualifies as the largest known super-eruption, & was probably the most energetic event in Earth's history since the terminal Cretaceous Chicxulub Impact.

I mentioned this months ago in a comment; then promptly forgot to correct my copy & paste vid descriptions;-)

Thanks for the correction.

[narezul]

lol i like that the mohawk snuck into some amount of acceptability,or maybe the kids in the 80s just grew up and kept up, i enjoy a good break from the "norm" and as always nat geo makes a very interesting program and ive heard after our split from chimps we went back and then split again and for good

[managarm1349]

good video, good theory

[mauvewolf]

Thanks for posting this informative video, Speaker. Amazing to know that each of us is a direct lineage to a few thousand of these hardy and resourceful East African survivors.