How Climate Made History, Pt. 1 - From the Ice Age to the Dawn of Humanity - Full Documentary

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Published 2022-05-26
Europe, 60.000 BC. Vast ice-sheets grip the land. The populations of Homo sapiens have shrunk to a dangerous low – just a few hundred individuals still eke out a living in the harsh conditions. The climate is anything but stable and repeatedly alternates between warm and cold phases. Elaborate timelapse CGI imagery allows us to witness dramatic changes in the land. Early humans are constantly forced to adapt to the changing conditions and find new food sources. But what is an opportunity for some, spells disaster for others: The Neanderthals were well-adapted to the cold and struggle to adjust as their traditional quarry disappears, while their Homo sapiens competitors triumph over the changes. The shifting climate has made history.
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All Comments (21)
  • @YogiMcCaw
    This vid makes the point pretty clear. Civilization is based on favorable climate. Changing the climate rapidly and blindly with no regard for the consequences (because you have to make money) can lead to the devastation of whole civilizations. And so, here we are.
  • @2bittesla
    Watching this series and understanding that human activities are governed by climate change all the while having the UN climate change statement saying it is mainly human caused is priceless.
  • @michellesheaff3779
    North America also has Great Flood origin stories--which is only fair seeing as the two glacial lakes, Agassiz and Ojibway, connected and much greater than all the Great Lakes combined, caused the global flood and climate disruption, were in North America. First Nations tell variations on a story such as Nanabush sending great waters to cleanse the land of warring peoples. Then Sky Woman asked the turtle to be the new home of the animals (essentially a living Noah's Ark). She needed soil from beneath the floodwaters to rebuild the land, and all the animals tried and died, from the woolly mammoth to the sabretooth lion. It was finally the humble yet hardworking beaver who succeeded in diving down beneath the floodwaters and bringing soil back for Sky Woman. She used it to create a rich land for the new people and animals on the turtle's back. And that's why the First Nations call North America Turtle Island.
  • @Albert-lp8ql
    A fascinating documentary! I'm so lucky to discover this channel! Thanks for uploading these high-quality documentaries for free!
  • @mofrare
    The Neanderthals should have protested climate change
  • @otisarmyalso
    Well done. Reasonable speculation on some history one sure fact climate has always changed
  • @bradwhitham4115
    The dawn of humanity (modern Homo Sapiens) is now dated to almost 200,000 years ago. Not just since the latest interglacial period we've been enjoying for the past few thousand years. It's quite possible - indeed probable - that our species has been brought to the brink of extinction more than once.
  • @jyttemartinussen5843
    Thank you very much for your super interesting documentaries - I have learnt a lot from watching them.
  • @dawsonl
    While I generally liked it I'm always concerned when I find easily checkable things that are very wrong. At about 34:30 it makes the statement about how deserts began to form all around the world at the same time as the Sahara. Yet four other deserts mentioned range in age from 30,000 ~ 50,000 years old (Australia) to as much as 65 million years old (Namib and Atacama). It makes me wonder what else they have said that seems sound, yet is very wrong.
  • @TWOCOWS1
    Wonderful. Thank you for posting
  • @howitstartsmm
    great animation mixing story, real photos, storyline and narration. I enjoy how this video uses a huge amount of existing information and compacts it into such a short period of time. I would like to see a presentation of alternative theories of how the earth has changed. I have been working on a theory of an event that I believe has been repeated at least 5 times. The event involves a severe event that fractures the earth's plates triggering massive tsunamis that reshape the landscape in the blink of the eye relative to the span of time. History is fascinating!
  • @shahzadazulfiqar1
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  • @SamtheIrishexan
    What's crazy is the 1st Chinese dynastic Emperor gained power by learning to control the flooding on the rivers of China. There is a recent report out about it and it's interesting strstigraphy may be proving the myth. Sometime around 3000-2000B.C. I am a firm believer that ancient Egypt is far more ancient than we give it credit for. There simply would not have been long enough for a civilization to exist and master things like stone vases and pyramids. To a level of perfection the opposite of modern Chinese manufacturing.
  • @geofflewis8599
    ..not just 'food'..plant-based protein, Wheat, Oats, Rye, Rice, Maize/corn, potatoes..are the basis of all great civilisations..
  • @tpreston8453
    Nice presentation - - - not too big, not too small. Thank you...
  • @sharonhoerr6523
    An earthquake swarm might have also contributed... It is NEVER just one thing.