History Channel - Ape to Man (Part 10)

It has long been considered the most compelling question in our history: Where do human beings come from? Although life has existed for millions of years, only in the past century-and-a-half have we begun to use science to explore the ancestral roots of our own species. The search for the ultimate answer has taken a number of twists and turns, with careers made and broken along the way. APE TO MAN is the story of the quest to find the origins of the human race - a quest that spanned more than 150 years of obsessive searching The search for the origins of humanity is a story of bones and the tales they tell. It was in 1856 that the first bones of an extinct human ancestor were encountered, unearthed by a crew of unskilled laborers digging for limestone in Western Europe. The find, which would be known as Neanderthal Man, was seeing the light of day for the first time in more than 40,000 years. At the time, the concept of a previous human species was virtually unthinkable. Yet just a few years later, Charles Darwin's work The Origin of Species first broached the subject of evolution, and by the end of the nineteenth century, it had become the hottest topic of the age. Adventurers had embarked on the search for the Missing Link, the single creature that represented the evolutionary leap from apes to humans. APE TO MAN examines the major discoveries that have led us to the understanding we have today, including theories that never gained full acceptance in their time, an elaborate hoax that confused the scientific community for years, and the ultimate understanding of the key elements that separate man from apes.


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[FreeMason34]

I absolutely LOVED this documentary! Tks for uploading and helping free humanity from ubscurantism. Regards.

[mrx0066600]

sheesh... looks like we killed off the sprouting branch of humanity that would have been another off shoot.

[christschinwon]

It could be suggested that homo sapian wiped out neanderthal because in terms of appearance, were not the same, without even taking behaviour and culture into consideration. Modern day racists range from the idiot who just sees the back/white person and hates, to the complex and twisted notions of political and economical evolution... Hitler, Hussein, Obama et al. We're in trouble!

[osallent]

@phlemTARD A study from 2010 showed a Neanderthal possessed the ancestral version of D, rather than the version which is common among Eurasian populations. The study didn't rule out interbreeding, but indicates that the DNA sample provides no support to the theory that Neanderthals contributed the derived allele of D to humans. In other words, if there was interbreeding, it was very small. There would have been greater difference between us and blacks if there had been large scale interbreeding.

[osallent]

@phlemTARD I wouldn't go that far. The DNA suggests that there may have been some small scale interbreeding...but the differences in DNA are great enough that one shouldn't say we assimilated them.

[usmansulman155]

thanks for uploading

[narutofan4545]

XD we humans were dicks!

[TheMedievalMan]

So we are more evolved than black africans... good to know.

[samphilomath]

@buffyjosmom I uploaded a video on this topic with proper explanations. You are welcome to come discuss it further (publicly)

[buffyjosmom]

@samphilomath That's what the findings were. If you are of European (white), Asian, East Indian, Arab, Jewish descent or mixed then you have some Neanderthal DNA in you. It was not found in those people of purely African descent which would be blacks. Funny everyone in my family is just as light as me and we all have brown, blondish/reddish brown or blond hair & blue eyes except my two 2nd cousins and they are mixed. PM me if you would like to discuss further not enough room LOL.

[samphilomath]

@buffyjosmom 1%-4%? lol We have actual other living primates who happen to share "over 80%" of the human species DNA. "(non black) people"? The color of the hair, eyes and skin pigmentation vary from one individual to an other, even when belonging to the same family, your sister's can be lighter or darker than you based on her level of melanin. No humans belong to a certain human race because their is no such biological classification.

[buffyjosmom]

There is no proof of any violence between Neanderthals & Sapiens. New research has come out that says we were not separate species and did in fact interbreed as DNA tests confirm that all NON-African (non black) people have 1%-4% Neanderthal DNA in our genes (male side found 1yr ago & female side, confirmation was just released a few days ago).