You look a bit nervous, you might try practicing a few times with the camera running and just pick the best take, and if you feel like you messed up just start over. Great video otherwise, it feels natural.
Great video, this series is really coming together.
I would have made one slight notation though and that brain size doesn't always equate with intelligence, not to get off into the whole subject of rating intelligence though.
But I'm jumping ahead to much later when now extinct hominids that had greater cranial capacity but were herbivores with no long walking skills as humans (our line) have or had along with other adaptations that made us more successful than other proto humans.
@Curas1 That's true nowadays, but when you're comparing brain size in the 400 cc range to brain size now of about 1350cc there will be a jump in intelligence. While chimps (which still have brain size in that area) are intelligent, they don't have the same capacity for complex things that humans do with ease.
I'm a bit confused by your second paragraph. Mind splitting that into a couple of bite sized sentences? lol
I remember reading once that there was a large proto human that had a brain size bigger than us but was a herbivore and died out while we flourished.
I was saying you were talking about early hominids and I was talking much later in evolutionary history, but I don't remember exactly when.
The part about us being better adopted for survival was that we have legs made for walking long distance and would do so for gathering rare materials (like flint) but others didn't.
@Curas1 That wouldn't surprise me that it died out. Eating meat (aka having a high energy diet) allowed us to develop and maintain a larger brain size (Expensive Tissue Hypothesis is the name I believe...). However I've never read anything about a proto human like that so I'm just throwing that out there.
"we have legs made for walking long distance." Are you talking specifically Homo sapiens? Because body proportions have been like our for millions of years. I want to say Homo erectus time?
well it was a PBS show and I remember them talking about how the Neanderthal stayed in one general area, like a habitat but our ancestors would go to areas like flint (or was it slate) quarries or where there were other types of material or plants to use.
It was all to do with hip n leg anatomy that made us not just upright walkers but long distance ones as well.
@Curas1 People have hypothesized that Homo neanderthalensis became extinct because they weren't as adaptive as Homo sapiens so I could accept that idea with flint quarries.
@Curas1 I don't know exactly because I haven't taken a detailed anatomy/physiology class, but the arch is made by a muscle that (sorry this is a horrible explanation) keeps the foot more rigid which I'm assuming allows for more push-off power when walking, and therefore makes running more viable.
i'm looking forward to the next installment - i enjoy the longer science videos - i get to settle down into it. Reminded me of a few of SoCalAtheist's videos. Very informative :)
Thanks Chelsea, those are really well made and informative. One can tell that you put a lot of work into it. So keep'em coming, but make sure you get to relax enough until university starts again! :)
excellent :) I can't wait for more. Personally, I don't mind video, especially science videos, which last a bit longer than the average 10 or 15 minutes.
I wouldn't mind at all if these videos were 20-60 minutes long. I love hearing about fossils and evolution, and you make it sound interesting, so go nuts.
btw u ever play spore?
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You look a bit nervous, you might try practicing a few times with the camera running and just pick the best take, and if you feel like you messed up just start over. Great video otherwise, it feels natural.
Jrezky 1 year ago
Great video, this series is really coming together.
I would have made one slight notation though and that brain size doesn't always equate with intelligence, not to get off into the whole subject of rating intelligence though.
But I'm jumping ahead to much later when now extinct hominids that had greater cranial capacity but were herbivores with no long walking skills as humans (our line) have or had along with other adaptations that made us more successful than other proto humans.
Curas1 1 year ago
@Curas1 That's true nowadays, but when you're comparing brain size in the 400 cc range to brain size now of about 1350cc there will be a jump in intelligence. While chimps (which still have brain size in that area) are intelligent, they don't have the same capacity for complex things that humans do with ease.
I'm a bit confused by your second paragraph. Mind splitting that into a couple of bite sized sentences? lol
funsizedchoco 1 year ago
@funsizedchoco
I remember reading once that there was a large proto human that had a brain size bigger than us but was a herbivore and died out while we flourished.
I was saying you were talking about early hominids and I was talking much later in evolutionary history, but I don't remember exactly when.
The part about us being better adopted for survival was that we have legs made for walking long distance and would do so for gathering rare materials (like flint) but others didn't.
Curas1 1 year ago
@Curas1 That wouldn't surprise me that it died out. Eating meat (aka having a high energy diet) allowed us to develop and maintain a larger brain size (Expensive Tissue Hypothesis is the name I believe...). However I've never read anything about a proto human like that so I'm just throwing that out there.
"we have legs made for walking long distance." Are you talking specifically Homo sapiens? Because body proportions have been like our for millions of years. I want to say Homo erectus time?
funsizedchoco 1 year ago
@funsizedchoco
well it was a PBS show and I remember them talking about how the Neanderthal stayed in one general area, like a habitat but our ancestors would go to areas like flint (or was it slate) quarries or where there were other types of material or plants to use.
It was all to do with hip n leg anatomy that made us not just upright walkers but long distance ones as well.
So yeah I think it was homo erectus time...
Curas1 1 year ago
@Curas1 People have hypothesized that Homo neanderthalensis became extinct because they weren't as adaptive as Homo sapiens so I could accept that idea with flint quarries.
And foot arch. Which I'm sadly lacking... haha
funsizedchoco 1 year ago
@funsizedchoco
Yeah what's with that foot arch thing ? me neither, hehe
Curas1 1 year ago
@Curas1 I don't know exactly because I haven't taken a detailed anatomy/physiology class, but the arch is made by a muscle that (sorry this is a horrible explanation) keeps the foot more rigid which I'm assuming allows for more push-off power when walking, and therefore makes running more viable.
Kinda guessing on that last part haha
funsizedchoco 1 year ago
nice. more.
s1j 1 year ago
i'm looking forward to the next installment - i enjoy the longer science videos - i get to settle down into it. Reminded me of a few of SoCalAtheist's videos. Very informative :)
SpiritKeeper 1 year ago
Thanks Chelsea, those are really well made and informative. One can tell that you put a lot of work into it. So keep'em coming, but make sure you get to relax enough until university starts again! :)
NoNiceNameFound 1 year ago
excellent :) I can't wait for more. Personally, I don't mind video, especially science videos, which last a bit longer than the average 10 or 15 minutes.
tattooskin72 1 year ago
great video :D
Ryoka242 1 year ago
*chants* more more more! ;)
Scarletpooky 1 year ago
I wouldn't mind at all if these videos were 20-60 minutes long. I love hearing about fossils and evolution, and you make it sound interesting, so go nuts.
PluralOfEverything 1 year ago