Becoming Human Episode 2 Birth Of Humanity (NOVA)

[utvota]

The truth is independent of belief...

Therefore a wise person will seek knowledge and not settle for mythological answers to scientific inquiry.

[lordblazer]

Hominids that migrated earlier than others didn't really change much. When Homo Sapiens hit the scene there were still homo erectus!!!

[timmy2ful]

a bunch of bs who created apes? GOD!

[lordblazer]

@timmy2ful

how does the theory of evolution threaten religious belief or belief in a God. I find that what science is discovering is God's equation, and its soo complex that I truly believe. Genesis is simply the work of fiction. You shouldn't take it seriously. Adam and Eve are fictional characters. Its mythology, and its needed in the bible to appropriate a beginning. But now we have advanced past it, and are truly making real efforts to understand the universe we live in. yet you hate it?

[maxpower252]

24:23, our ancestors screw gorilas?

[lolzer140]

you 2 stfu this is history here not a conversation

[ZZzzzzzWhat]

(...)

3) there is not one single clue that points out that humans were "artificially selected" by aliens.

Why don't you should say which is your most strong clue that suggests that "human races were artificially made by aliens" so we can have a good laugh?

[AppleSouffle]

ZZzzzzzWhat, humans only have 46 chromosomes, all the other apes have 48 chromosomes. The other apes are much stronger, chimpanzees are 2 to 3 times stronger than you are. We sunburn easily, we're the only apes with bare skin and a layer of fat under our skin. Humans and rats are the only mammals that can't make vitamin C. Humans have over 5,000 genetic disorders with a single gene. And 50,000 years ago there was a huge blossoming of art and weapons but not with Neanderthals.

[ZZzzzzzWhat]

@AppleSouffle lol aaannnndd? Where are you trying to get with that? is that suppose to mean something?

[ZZzzzzzWhat]

@CptChiggs "you actually helped prove his fact. Humans created a large majority of dog breeds. There for why cant aliens have created the breed of humans?"

No i did not helped prove his fact for simple reasons.

1) what he said is NOT a fact (google the word 'fact'), but only a not fundamented extraordinary claim;

2) Human race evolution is well explained and proven by migration and environment adaptation. The dog races -artificial evolution- is explain by function and need (hunting, etc)

(...)

[lordblazer]

@ZZzzzzzWhat

there is only what human race so you can't compare to dog breeding. As dog breeds have different aptitudes, different personalities even that is hardwired in them. This isn't the case for our species. We haven't been that isolated from one another, and the short period where we were able to gain different variations of melanin production isn't long enough to have any real distinguishable "races" in essence we're pretty much all the same race and species. ethnicity varies though

[ZZzzzzzWhat]

@lordblazer "there is only what human race so you can't compare to dog breeding." i'm not comparing human races to dog breeds, and no there isn't "only one human race", if you ignore the Physiognomic traits that constitute races(asian eyes, dark skin) that would make you ignorant of the obvious.

"different personalities even that is hardwired" nothing is "hardwired", its all about adaptation to the environment "intelligent design" does not exist.

(...)

[xlrvlac]

Religion been lying too much. They said walk by faith and not sight but fail to understand Omnipotent gave man knowledge to seek the truth for themselves.

[koodahquake]

This The missing link.. for sure.. homo erect us !! I have a Genus penis erect i

[ajesusfreak1]

The "Birth of Humanity" undoubtedly began about 3,000 years ago, on the 6th (24 hour) day, as God created man in His own image - Adam.

[ester1385]

@plaguerunner smartness has nothing to do with colour!

[PlagueRunner]

@ester1385 yes it does the white man has been around 10,000 year less than black man look what white man did in 10,000 hahahahaha

[lordblazer]

@PlagueRunner

I don't think you have a real comprehensive understanding of our written history. Has very little to do with the construct of race that was created to conveniently set up a caste. But of course you enjoy it so much you're trying your best to appropriate it into human biology/origin. Doesn't work that way. We're all the same species, white people are afrians with less melanin. Now many different cultures, languages, etc. But genetically we're pretty much the same race and species

[PlagueRunner]

@lordblazer How do you know what I understand and you are wrong genetically humans are just cast as bipedal warm blooded creatures doesnt mean that all breeds are the same thats like saying one dog is the same as another but size changes genetic lines even rats have different breeds each other suited to living in different area's of the world but be completly different

[lordblazer]

@PlagueRunner

how do I know? because I'm educated, and a scientist. Not a biologist, but am a scientist. there is also more genetic variation within racial groups than between then. Yea, we made small tweeks for adaptation, but overall its mute. You got people of all races living in all forms of environments today. We like to think we're sub-species of each other, but no we are all the same species. This topic within the scientific community is no longer debated for good reasons.

[342kobe]

@lordblazer Any proof blacks are humans.

[PlagueRunner]

see the smarter ones became white

[AAAjMMMiRRR]

@PlagueRunner Now they've become Homo-binge-drinker, kind of de-evolution happened!!

[jessebohler]

the dislike is either due to a misclick or from a young-earth creationist

[N00bcrunch3r]

34:04 Gorilla and Barbary macaques also have social structures in which other members will care for the young, such as the father. Penguins also have a similar instinct.

45:36 Nearly.

50:35 For the last time, HOMO HABILIS CAME FIRST!

[N00bcrunch3r]

14:19 Hmm...I guess I was slow, even by human standards.

14:52 WRONG! Rats actually have brains proportionally the same size as humans.

24:24 Bestiality?

31:56 But compare us to bonobos and gorillas, and we're pretty hotheaded.

[N00bcrunch3r]

7:42 Hmm...they just contradicted themselves. Homo habilis existed much earlier than Homo erectus. Homo habilis appeared around 2.5 million years ago whereas Homo erectus first appeared around 1.8 million years ago.

[kirafan68]

I don´t understand how this sweating and being hairless has to be related. Horses sweat, and they are covered with hair.

[TheOmegadusk]

@kirafan68 It's just that humans sweat more efficiently because of our lack of hair. Horses have very short hair compared to the creatures that they evolved from and that has quite a lot to do with their amazing running endurance. In time they may very well be hairless- although humans probably won't allow it since we control most of their breeding and would find a hairless horse ugly (at least I imagine so).

[kirafan68]

@TheOmegadusk : yeah, it would look too much like us ugly hairless apes! ;-)

[TheOmegadusk]

@kirafan68 LOL, perhaps hairless except for their manes and tails- just lik us. :)

[216trixie]

As good as these episodes are, statements like "But what about the things that make us distinctly human, creativity, intelligence, caring for each other..", are backwards and uninformed. We've know for quite a while now that other animals share these qualities, including toolmaking.

[mikieginokc1]

Did they imply emotions started with humans?! Again, without understanding how the human mind builds a self that survives, we will not begin to comprehend the changes brought about by the unique environmental pressures effects on the evolved behavioral tool box the brain used to direct the feet, hands, and genitals into an ultimately successful direction. They mentioned a behavioral tool that shows up in human maternal depression, the "throw baby in a ditch" reaction that disconnects a mother e

[mikieginokc1]

I believe the biggest error so far is the depiction of our consestors as squeaking mutes. They have yet to mention the proliferation of Old World Monkeys and the declining varieties of apes, but then I'm only 1:22 into it so far.

[TheOmegadusk]

That stupid "Ancient Aliens" show on the History Channel has seriously spawned a whole new religiotard. In the absence of evidence- literally there is no evidence at all!- these morons turn to religious texts and say "they weren't making shit up, they just didn't know what they were seeing." What nonsense! If aliens altered humans we would already have TONS of evidence in our genome/genetic history and in left behind artifacts. It's like the idiotic bigfoot cults also on the History Channel.

[8698gil]

@TheOmegadusk I have to agree with you on that one. The whole "alien visitation" idea is completely silly, and how anyone can take it seriously is beyond me. Evolution has tons of evidence to support it, while mysterious advanced aliens and ancient religious books have none.

[TheOmegadusk]

@8698gil Ah yes but evolution requires some thinking and effort to understand. Why do all of that when we can just make something up?! In the absence of a simple answer, we humans will happily make up a story- it's what we do. It doesn't mean that it's not very frustrating to those of us that require a bit more proof- I suppose that is also quite human. :)

[StygianBeach]

At 20 mins. That is so cool!!! He was tapping the rock to understand it.. Aliens tampering with humans created the different race? I find this unlikely. More like isolated populations and attractive/advantagous mutations. If Aliens messed with Humans then I would assume they would shape us much, in the same way we have shaped dogs, cows, horses, corn etc....

[flexbrat]

there has not been enough time in history to create all the diff race groups on earth without alien dna interventions ! each culture has stories of sky gods from the stars tampering with dna ! and there creations in history ! this common story of all cultures is not just fairytales ! just to common for all of them to come up with all the same stories ? ! ancient aliens !

[CptChiggs]

@flexbrat millions of years is plenty of time.

[flexbrat]

still think there has been alien dna intervention in our evolution ! to many accounts in ancient writtings that say aliens came down and created us ! every part of the world has the same stories of alien interventions gods from the sky ! thats the missing link ignored greatly !

[Zorgonia]

A beautiful, sad yet illuminating story of Turkana Boy, a long lost cousin.

[CMO999]

Wow that's so cool