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What Happened Before History? Human Origins

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Evolution & geneticsWorld history

What it is

Kurzgesagt's animated overview of human origins and the vast prehistory before recorded history. It covers how modern humans emerged and spread.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a compact, well-sourced intro to human evolution that even led one viewer to read Sapiens.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “there is a great 10 minute video from the Youtube Kurzgesagt channel that lead me to read Sapiens.”

    Short overview of human origins that prompted reading Sapiens.

    joshbaptiste, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in “Did Our Ancestors Become Bipedal So They Could Throw?”

  2. “the YouTube channel Kurzgesagt has 2 very good videos on the topic”

    Well-sourced Kurzgesagt videos on human origins.

    doctoboggan, 2018-01 · Recommendation · in “Jawbone of Earliest Modern Human Out of Africa Discovered in Israeli Cave”

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Topics: human evolution, prehistory, early humans, kurzgesagt, animation

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