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References
[1] https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/696721
[2] https://scholar.harvard.edu/ntroach/evolution-throwing
[3] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37904-w
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362090/
[5] https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(18)30386-6.pdf
[6] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/evan.21405
[7] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1002181107
[8] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220464
[9] https://theaquaticape.org/human-evolution/aat/
[10] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4913504/
[11] https://www.science.org/content/article/tibetans-inherited-high-altitude-gene-ancient-human
[12] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6410003/
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because human creat it
Do primates like bananas?
Alien: so you mean to tell me you guys drink watered down poison that can cause a multitude of ailments…..for fun?
Yes, and we so so while going to work at 8am the next morning
Alien:…..yall are some fucked up monkeys
TTRPG: Humans are boring and not interesting, look at these other species.
Humans IRL: Gigachad of all species.
Okey but chimpanzees might not be using their full force and theres no way for us to know. Theyre able to rip humans apart with their hands, do you really think they couldn’t 💀 a human throwing a ball. Have you seen their arms?
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1:40 – Overhead Throwing
5:08 – Aquatic Apes (Mammalian Dive Reflex)
10:03 – Life at High Altitude
We blocked evolution for us, by modern medicine. We can heal newborns who normally would not survive more than an hour.
Great bgm❤
I wonder what animals could achieve if they could train
humans are a jack of all trades, and pretty smart too
That’s because God made it like that. We’ve always been different than animals. Honestly, it’s the most logic reason.
This makes me feel unstoppable.
Imo kinda human glazing 🙄
But man… I can't even do a 10 set pushup. How are you supposed make me a top athlete, Huh??
And there there are our bizarre eating habits. Various plant species have developed alkaloid poisons to stop animals from eating them. We eat those plants. For fun.
Literally the GOAT
Evolution is a lie
The narrator of this video has yet to visit a walmart in the deep south 😂
They not like us
learning about cool stuff that out bodies do makes me so geeked just listening is making me giggle
The day I noticed "Sherpa" isn't a job title. Sorry Sherpas.
The recap of all of this is that we're basically super versatile and can adapt to almost any environment especially with the help of tool use
Immortality is foolish to believe in, the point of life is very simple with all age phases human life goes through along with evolutionary phases.
Acceptance of timeline and these timelines have to be stress free for human beings to at least enjoy that time period not ‘ mar mar ke Jeena’ means you do not have to curse life given because your existence has been made miserable even for decent existence and culprits we all know to understand that this timeframe of so called lifeline given to us is not long thus this very understanding should motivate us to behave do actions with each other which should be only built on support care love if you can include that also, because your share of anything including negatives as it is not life long so why carry on with all what is bad ass that also is not going to last as is with good, yet it’s good which will be remembered with kiss on cheeks doesn’t matter upper or lower 😊and place in History documents and instead of egoistical battles sharing is better option.
High Intelligence + OP Adaptability is really all we needed to get all of this and more. We don’t need multiple stomachs and brains and insane muscles because of our intelligence and adaptability, I’ve always found humans to be the most impressive animals
Technically we aren’t even the same so we all different and are own species or sub species to say because no human body is alike.
It was interesting to see the extreme ends of our adaptations, but the reality is that even the least impressively adapted of us have some incredible traits. For me it's our hands and mouths. Our ability to communicate with extraordinary complexity and then translate that information into manipulating our environment. With the ultimate combo being the written language. We share many incredible abilities with other animals. Social aspects, language, using tools, even art. But reading and writing? That may be the real defining difference between human and not human.
Have you ever realize that humans try to get as effective as possible no matter what
The reason why is simple, we were created in the image of God
The craziest adaptation humans developed is a capacity to train at all. Because we train, we can the become proficient at any physichal modality where other animals just can't.
This video almost made me feel okay about being human, if not the fact I am not athlet. Still, really good video, would love part two
Because humans invented athletics. Duh.
i love it that we're both weirdly hairless and also the mammal with the longest hair.
No we're not. Literally any animal can outrun us
not to brag, but I‘m actually a human
Humans also breed peppers to be spicier, drink caffeinated drinks, and eat grapes and mint even though these plants are trying to keep animals away by making themselves poisonous. Not to mention psychedelic mushrooms and alcohol. We can't get enough of these toxic treats!
Humankind is made in the image of God. We are already possess the very characteristic of God. We aren’t God, but made like him already. Ever since sin came, it comes to choosing what you wanna do before the day of judgement comes, or not. This is why animals aren’t like us. God created the universe. Humankind creates random stuff out of creation. That similar, huh?
with this much complexiity… you still based it on evolution.. comeon..be realistic.. such design and complexity cannot be of chance.. its by design
People aren't animals. Some say animals are intelligent because they can use a stick. Ok great, but they'll never build a space station. We are by far the most intelligent in the physical universe. We're created in Gods image.
0:53 We have so many adaptations that are so unique to us? What? Apes?!
If you begin a debate with the vast majority supporting your position and then lose support by the end, you technically lost the debate yes? That means the opposition was convincing enough to garner additional support at your expense.
I mean except the fat ones
I think the guy who weighs like 600 pounds on TLC would beg to differ
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We've created an air craft that is so fast it can reach any point on earth in less than an hour. Humans are way more incredible than we give ourselves credit for
Human beings are also extremely observant, like ChatGPT was released in 2021 but now people are getting pretty good at deducing emails written by ChatGPT, someone won't tell you a specific thing about said email but they can quite accurately predict that it was written by an AI
One thing we don't think about a lot is how humans would spend their whole lives training at certain things. Nowadays we do many different things so it's seen as impressive when people can like do a 5k. It is impressive however, when someone spends their whole life running all day everyday, you can run for eons.
Imagine a human born with all of these great adaptations who's also has spent lifetimes training. Running, climbing, jumping, swimming, throwing, singing. With enough training humans are basically just superheroes.
I really hope I get to visit either Tibet or Nepal in my life, will be so worth the 1-2 weeks of suffering to adjust >.>