Human Ancestors

[Ewan]

Please also see these threads.....

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https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...an-family-tree.

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...he-Philippines

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...Africa-Fiction

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...the-Denisovans

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...und-in-Morocco

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Toumaï, the New Ancestor

In July 2001, in the Djurab Desert of northern Chad, a Franco-Chadian expedition headed by paleoanthropologist Michel Brunet discovered a seven-million-year-old fossil skull. After the discoveries of “Lucy” and then “Abel”, this major find has pushed the date for the earliest emergence of hominids back even further. Researchers have been studying the skull closely to determine the environment in which the hominid lived and to reconstruct his face – in short, to bring Toumaï, our most distant ancestor to date, back to life.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dOp6Fy5SX8E

[Ewan]

Ancient Human Species We Once Co-Existed With

The story of human evolution may seem straightforward, but it's far from a linear progression. Join renowned paleoanthropologist, Ella Al-Shamahi as we explore the complexities of our past, meeting the fascinating human species we once shared the planet with, competed with, and interbred with, including neanderthals, enigmatic Denisovans and the mysterious Homo naledi.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mLrAJo6-SH4

[Johnnycomelately]

Cool thread, Ewan. I’ve got both your vids cued up.

I think that the animal kingdom prepared bodies for us to incarnate here. Hard to guess when we stepped in, looking back at the known primate record.

For me, this jives with my belief that this physical universe was created as a place where we so-called sinners could fall out of company with our uncorrupted brethren in Heaven, and learn to get back to those vibes. Time scales are wack, granted, but I can accept that mystery.

There must be a parameter of some kind of stasis, in our spiritual path. Meaning time available for a physical universe to be prepared, and maybe some practice physical universes before. Not to mention our time in the original homeland, growing up through the mineral and plant and animal kingdoms.

Two expressions come to mind. “God’s mill grinds slowly”, and “The last shall be first, and the first shall be last”.

Ever had ideas, convictions, that spanned the ages of multiple universes? Takes some pressure off figuring out one lifetime.

[Ewan]

Copied from a Bill Ryan post here.


A brief overview of Human Evolution | Homo History

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OF4ZipT-ZDE

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Ewan (here)
Copied from a Bill Ryan post here.

A brief overview of Human Evolution | Homo History

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OF4ZipT-ZDE

Yes! HIGHLY recommended. Fast-paced, super-detailed, immensely interesting, and a whole bunch of fun.

The presenter has never revealed her name, but she has a doctorate in archeology and anthropology and every one of her videos is a delight, packed with solid information and frequently very funny. (Below other videos she's been described by commenters as a university professor doing stand-up comedy while delivering the curriculum of an entire course.)

Just 3 of over 1,600 purring comments below this one:

• Delightful. I've got my Ph.D. in evolutionary biology and I never heard a prof give a lecture as much fun as this. Well done.

• This is the best youtube video I have seen in a long while! You packed so much information in an entertaining video! You passion about the topic is so awesome. Also, nice that you included all sources to the information into the video. Just like a real researcher. You humor was also on point.

• I used to be a Technical Assistant for an undergraduate biological anthropology course. This video basically covered the whole of one of our units, maybe a month and a half of lectures and labs, in less than 45 minutes. Exemplary work!