The Freak Who Changed the World

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Published 2019-04-13

I'm a freak. I have a hitchhikers thumb and I'm colourblind. Protect me, I am the promise of the future.

Fun fact: I filmed the a-roll of this episode with a 103 degree fever, as was unfortunately the case with about half the episodes this season. The bloopers are pretty much just me throwing up off camera.

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All Comments (21)

@RareEarthSeries 5 years ago

This was funded by you. Thank you. www.patreon.com/rareearth
@gregorclegane7563 4 years ago

Marrow-rich bone: exists Ancient hominin: It's big brain time.
@MrTouchFish 5 years ago

Sorry I've been away for a bit, here's the origins of man
@andrineslife 5 years ago

It took me so long to notice that you were sitting right there 😅
@jimguytv5939 5 years ago

Good to know you can post videos in your afterlife
@LionofJudah75 5 years ago

You can tell from her "Meat is Murder" t-shirt she was a plant eater.
@m3an 5 years ago

I'm in pure awe. The narration is so, so good. It would take many words to describe just how much I liked this episode and why. Thank you.
@Zane-gi2ge 5 years ago

Camera work still looks great, nice job
@rohitiyer3075 4 years ago

9:14"The more they talked the smarter they became" Oh boy!! If only...
@lefevrealban 5 years ago

Years ago when I subscribed to the youtube channel of an astronaut, I never expected this same channel to turn into one of the very gems of youtube. These last months I haven't had the time to watch a lot of videos and I am now going back to your videos I have missed, and I am just in awe at the quality and poetry of them. Not only do we learn by watching your videos, we are also deeply touched by the narration, carried away by your storytelling until at the end, when the video stops, we are left daydreaming, thinking about the subject, and to see it from a different eye. Thank you for this. It is truly rare earth.
@Rodrigo_Vega 5 years ago

I have webbed toes and piebaldism. I'm twice a mutant : D Mutant and proud!
@calebashby2968 5 years ago

I didn't even notice anything about the camera work until I read about you filming at the end. If the following videos are of similar quality then that's just fine with me. Even if there was a noticable drop in visual quality (which there wasn't) I'd still be just as interested because I watch to hear your thoughts and brilliant narration. Keep it up; you're doing the kinds of things I wish I could.
@shoam2103 5 years ago

Finally, someone makes a video about strength in diversity! You've put my exact thoughts into words. I truly believe this is the secret to humanity's success. Also, if that's your filming, it's not too bad after all.
@seasong7655 5 years ago

Honestly the video quality doesn't look so bad
@HashSl1ng1ngSlasher 5 years ago

didn't realize how much I missed the series until now that it's back. Excited to see what's coming.
@levcornwall 5 years ago

New Rare Earth, thank you Space Jesus
@spinakker14 5 years ago

Damn, that is the best explanation of why humans evolved from apes. I have never heard this
@DavidJohnson-xr2rz 5 years ago

Best short story of the evolution of humankind I've ever heard.
@Arcterion 5 years ago

""With a greater brain came a greater being. With this brain these animals were now able to talk to each other; they were able to teach each other invisible concepts. And as they got smarter and more capable, they began to look at the animals around them. With abstract thinking they could see the living as dead. And what's more, they could see how they could cause that death." I just love that quote. :D
@LionofJudah75 5 years ago

Nice to see your back from doing hard time in a Guatemalan prison. Looks like that shank I sent you in the birthday cake actually worked! Shawshank be damned.