Stone Age Scandinavia: First People In the North (10,000-5000 BC)

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I see you've also visited the phenomenal Danish Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen. Their thorough curation of Danish history from the paleolithic to the vikings made for one of the most enriching experiences I've ever had.

I'm absolutely fascinated by stone age and bronze age cultures. Would very, very much like to see more videos like this one about other stone age peoples. Great work, as always!

If I didn't know this was YT it might as well have been a professional TV documentary. Great work, thoroughly enjoyed it! The music really adds to the whole documentary.

I study prehistoric archaeology in Denmark and I need to point out that there are several crucial errors in this video. The Southern Scandinavian mesolithic is my specialty, and as such, it is a topic very near and dear to my heart. I need to point out a few errors and assumptions, because spreading misinformation is just. Well, it's not very scientific. Errors and misconceptions, off the top of my head: - Cro Magnon is not a human species, but an outdated catch-all term for human species that are not Homo Sapiens. - Neanderthals very much did have art, tools, and culture, and considering how recent this video is, and how much recent research has been published about Neanderthal culture, it's frankly disappointing to see this misconception still being circulated. - You keep showing footage of red deer when you say elk, but when northern European archaeology papers mention elk they are talking about moose! Because in Scandinavian languages we call it "Elg"! We are talking about Alces Alces, not Cervus Elaphus! And definitely not Cervus Canadensis/Wapiti/Elk. - We have one single remain of a mammoth from Danish prehistory, and I'm not sure if it's even from the late glacial, or maybe the middle glacial period. I don't have the book nearby. - Pretty sure there were people going as far north as the Bering land bridge, hundreds, if not thousands of years before humans came to Southern Scandinavia. There are plenty of sites in the Americas from way before the N.European late glacial. - "Human clans were very small at this time". Not necessarily, it is a common belief among archaeologists that hunter-gatherers lived in very small groups, but there is evidence, such as Star Carr, that contradicts this conception. Not gonna hold it against you, it's a very specific academic debate and the literature on it can be hard to access. - "... To alter the landscapes around them... For these people... Had no knowledge of agriculture" Debatable. Hunter-gatherer groups are not like wild animals, they have an effect on the environment, and not just by happenstance, but by selectively choosing which animals to hunt, which plant species to forage for and cultivate. Yes, H-G people do this, and the delineation between farming and hunting/foraging is difficult to define! - "The wild grasses and grains that would eventually become crops had not yet evolved." Wheat was cultivated in west Asia over 10.000 years ago... Wikipedia info, here........ - THAT'S NOT WHERE MAGLEMOSE IS. THE MAGLEMOSE BOG IS TODAY CALLED MULLERUP. I'm assuming you went on google maps and searched for 'Maglemose' and picked the first place that came up? Please, don't do that... Especially when the english Wikipedia article on Maglemose culture mentions exactly where the site is located. You don't even have to find academic literature on this one, Wikipedia got ya covered. - "The bone age" I've never heard anyone call it that, I'm curious, where did you get that??? - There are more errors, but these are, to me, the most important. General take aways: From the footage of the exhibitions in the Danish National Museum I have to assume you have a lot of your information from there. Boy, I really wish you hadn't, because this "information" is highly dramatised, occassionally outdated and incorrect, and most of all, written to sell tickets. If you want to know more about the mesolithic, check out literature on Star Carr, a site in northern England very similar to Mullerup/Maglemose and other sites from that culture, because there is a huge amount of literature on it. I'm thrilled that you wanted to delve deep into a period of prehistory that is not well known and deeply misunderstood, especially concerning a region of the world where you don't speak the language (I assume). But when this period is so easy to misunderstand, and when I have a degree of expertise on it, I feel obliged to weigh in. I am not pointing these errors out to shame you, but to make more correct information accessible to you, and your viewers. This topic is a small but vibrant academic field, to the point where I have personally interacted with several of the scientists who have made big contributions to it (In later years. Never met Sarauw or T. Mathiassen. RIP). The hunter-gatherer stone age is extremely misunderstood, and so often written off as primitive or backwards, but it's the basis for all human culture and science. We come from them. We should honour them. I hope this comment enlightens and encourages you and others to do more research into a very interesting period of time, and that I haven't killed the spirit. Feel free to reach out to me if you want to know more.

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It always hits me right in the feels when I hear about ancient people burying their dogs with actual ceremony...especially right now, since I will have to bury a pet tomorrow (a gecko, though; not a dog). The hardest part of moving from my old house was saying good-bye to the animals we had buried in the backyard over the years. It's amazing how broad the human capacity for love and sense of family can be, and how far back in time that capacity developed.

I absolutely love this type of videos. Too many people think I’m strange because of the number of documentaries I watch.

Your documentaries are fantastic. Much better than the rubbish on tv

Another great video! I'm loving the new format, these are great. I also like the prehistory and Viking Age documentaries, but you do a great job on everything!

Thank you so much for all of your beautifully made documentaries! This one is especially appreciated because I am Dane. I love learning about history from all around the world, but I do think there is an unfulfilled potential here regarding Scandinavia. I would really love to see some more productions on our history, since I find hardly any documentaries on this subject, apart from the Vikings of course. I expect there is a great deal more to know. Again: thank you. You do fabulous work.

Absolutely fantastic, I look forward to seeing more!

If Neanderthals left their genes in us (which they did) - then the phrase "they disappeared entirely" cannot be accurate.

1:40 minute of the movie you suggest that Neanderthals didn't use tools or weapons which is absolutely wrong.

Great Vid! Thanks for putting it together. I am insatiably curious about human migration and origins, and any thing that adds to my knowlege of these subjects is an absolute treasure to me! More please!

I just recently found your channel and am truly enjoying your videos. Early history (like this) is fascinating, and I am particularly interested in Doggerland and would love to see more on that. I appreciated your noting the pressures the loss of the great land masses would have had. My ancestry is Frisian, and my instinct is is that they were a tribe of Doggerland, so it is a bit personal (even if only in my imagination). I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your catalogue and the new ones still to come. Thanks!

Master Kelly, you are without a doubt a true joy to learn from. The eye openers that you pass on will at times knock me right off my pins. Even continuing a well thought program of education as a senior member (66) of life, our brain rejoices at the newly discovered. Surely by now you are aware of the delight these channel(s) of yours bring to many. I heartily commend you for the intrepidness of that first tentative step you took in order to reach out with this new format of teaching. It must have been terrifying to put oneself out there for a non traditional method. I applaud your courage, resourcefulness, and your brilliance at your profession. I feel I speak for many when I say thank you and I sincerely look forward to each new mini lecture at the Professor Kelly Institute of Higher Learning. Bravo.

I love the prehistoric content. Doggerland feels like Atlantis.