Chapter 8: The Indelible Stamp of our Lowly Origin

Clips:
Planet Earth
PBS NOVA Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
Human Animal
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Life of Mammals
National Geographic - Ape Genius
Yann Arthus Bertrand - Home
TEDTalks: Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man
What Darwin Didn't Know

Quotes:
Mike Huckabee
Ken Ham
David Attenborough
Desmond Morris
Steven Pinker
Kenneth Miller

...and venomfangX and GEERUP

Music:
IBM 1401 Processing Unit - Jóhann Jóhannsson (www.johannjohannsson.com)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Evolution
• Human
• Chimp
• Attenborough
• Kenneth
• Ken
• Miller
• Desmond
• Morris
• Steven
• Pinker

[jw2327]

No. You do not have the 'RIGHT' to behave like a monkey EVEN if evolution can be proved to be fact.

Thousands of years of civilised society and culture is stopping you. You have NO RIGHT to behave like that in a civilised society. Laws have been made to stop you, cops are trained to enforce that put very bluntly.

[UppruniTegundanna]

@jw2327 You seem to have gravely misunderstood the point of the video: I am not in any way implying that you have a "right" to behave like a monkey. The message is that the violent aspects of our nature are derived from the fact that we are tribal primates. If we understood and took heed of thee facts, we would have an easier time repressing these maladaptive traits, and lead more peaceful lives.

[sixtiksix]

It's great that you Brits take the time to interlace 'merican bashing into every fucking video....guess all the Blair vids weren't readily available....um.....so....suck­ a dick limey....

[UppruniTegundanna]

@sixtiksix A number of people have made comments like this; somehow imagining that I am singling specific groups out. No, the video is about humanity as a whole, not specific portions of humanity.

[OZDE32]

@UppruniTegundanna 3:41 what is that clip from

[UppruniTegundanna]

@OZDE32 It's from the Desmond Morris documentary "The Human Animal".

[UppruniTegundanna]

@haile I fail to see how the skin colour of the individuals in the video is in any way relevant to anything. There is nothing inherently good or bad about anyone's skin colour, and this video is simply displaying some of the behaviours exhibited by humans. No racial distinctions are being made.

As for the soul, could you elaborate on what exactly you think a soul is, and why white people don't have one? I don't think I have a soul - in fact I don't think anyone does, but please make your case.

[shaq9000]

anyone know who the kid in the video is or have a link?? i wanna troll that lil schleprock

[marvincontendo]

George Bush and chimps? The resemblance is uncanny

[GerrohTheCommie]

@effigytormented Yep.

[jowasoj]

Evolution does not believe we came from monkeys.. It believes we share a common ancestor. It's like saying that domestic cats came from lions.. We also share a common ancestor with rodents, if you go back far enough...

[effigytormented]

@GerrohTheCommie Another human displays his callousness towards a vocal minority in a group.

[effigytormented]

@UppruniTegundanna as an American, I find that comment to be both annoying and completely off base. As you said sir humanity as a whole.

[12connor213]

beautiful video

[jw2327]

@UppruniTegundanna I think the video sucks to be honest. It is really difficult to understand the point of the violent propaganda. I also disagree that 'our violent aspects' are maladaptive traits. They are what gives us the edge in survival situations in which you actually NEED to adapt quite vigorously.

But I get the impression that English is not your first language because your not using the language to accurately convey any ideas or to effectively defend this weird video. Sorry.

[UppruniTegundanna]

@jw2327 It doesn't say that we have a right to behave like savages. It says the opposite - the video is a criticism of the statement made by Venomfangx.