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Could You Survive Prehistoric Brain Surgery?
In a time of no modern medicine you might have to have a hole in the head with no painkillers, find out how that might have gone by coming with me to look into the latest research into trepanation.
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thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/hole-in-the-head-trepanation/
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908843/#CR2
www.researchgate.net/publication/222682909_The_antiquity_of_cranial_surgery_in_Europe_and_in_the_Mediterranean_basin
www.researchgate.net/figure/Prehistoric-adult-female-cranium-from-San-Damian-Peru-unhealed-trepanation_fig1_236640143
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By Hieronymus Bosch - www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11077174
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By No machine-readable author provided. 120 assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=899824Darvill, T. 2004. Long barrows of the Cotswolds
Han Kangxin And Chen Xingcan The Archaeological Evidence Of Trepanation In Early China
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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4427816/
neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/an-illustrated-history-of-trepanation/
surgery.edwardworthlibrary.ie/operations/trepanning/
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www.zmescience.com/medicine/mysterious-inca-skulls-holes/
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thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/hole-in-the-head-trepanation/
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/joa.13266
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Secrets of the Neanderthals Documentary Contextualised by an Archaeologist
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The Netflix doc came out a while ago, but I thought it would be worth sharing some extra context where I thought it was lacking in the doc. Plz no sue Netflix Sources: Figures www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/shanidar-z-film By Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110548891 Pomeroy et al www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article...
The Piltdown Hoax
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Yes another video that covers the Piltdown Hoax, please find my sources in the comment below and read through them but beware of becoming obsessed with this case and the whimsical characters that it contains. Disclaimers: I do not own any of the images used within this presentation, they are there for educational purposes only and where possible open access images are used and their origin is c...
Lucy's Dad? An overview of Australopithecus anamensis
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The oldest australopithecine in the world and you may never have heard of it. It left behind no tools only bones and a million questions, in this video some of these questions are explored, please enjoy. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the images used within this presentation. The archaeological record is a fickle thing and is subject to opinion and new discoveries which change those opinions. ...
Neolithic Massacres
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The Neolithic period shows an increased level of violence, some of which comprise the mass murder of entire villages. This video goes into details about the German mass burials of some of those events. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the images used within this presentation. The archaeological record is a fickle thing and is subject to opinion and new discoveries which change those opinions. Th...
Barrow lands: Bronze Age Burial Mounds
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An introductory video into the research, prehistory and history behind the use and form of Bronze Age burials mounds. Disclaimer: Archaeology is fickle and subject to review constantly, therefore, I encourage everyone to do their own research and I try to be transparent by listing my sources which are listed below. I do not own any of the images used within this video and have listed the creato...
Mesolithic Britain: The Prehistoric ‘Dark Age’?
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The Mesolithic in Britain is one of those illusive periods that has a lot of unanswered questions which makes it seem like a 'Dark Age' in prehistory. But is this true? Disclaimer: The research that goes into each video is as up to date as I possibly can access, not all journals, papers or books are open access and I may miss pieces of evidence. Furthermore, archaeology is subject to constant c...
The Oldest Murder Case
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Deep within a cave in Northern Spain, 430,000 years ago, a young neanderthal was dropped into a shaft and never seen again...until now. Dive in with me on what has been called the first murder case. Disclaimer: The past is fickle and subject to change, we literally dig up (haha) new evidence everyday, the content in any of my videos may become outdated as more research is done. I always include...
The Earliest Hunting Weapons
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What is the evidence for human hunting, who was it done by and where was the evidence found? Join me in this short presentation on the main talking points for human hunting and its evolution through time. Disclaimer: Archaeological narratives are fickle and subject to change as new evidence is dug up (haha). Please follow the source links below which I have used to make this presentation. Figur...
Denisovans and their DNA
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13 years on and what have archaeologists been able to dig up (or not) about these illusive hominins THE RESULTS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU?! Figures en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altai_Mountains www.shh.mpg.de/2076188/molecular-analysis-reveals-the-oldest-denisovan-fossils www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-puts-face-mysterious-denisovans-extinct-cousins-neanderthals australian.museum/learn/science/hu...
What Ancient Faeces Can Tell Us About Our Ancestors
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Let me take you down the bowl of research into the study of ancient poo and how a blast from the past can tell so much about human diet and health! Sources Shillito et al 2020 paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825220302427 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X1930570X www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.aba6404 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/p...
What's the meaning of a Henge?
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An overview on henges and their history. Figures (I own none of the images within this presentation); Thumbnail: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Ring_of_Brodgar_3.jpg www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3001/arminghall_henge.html www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF6100-Arminghall-Henge collectionsinthelandscape.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/a-visit-to-arbor-low/ www.prehistorics...
Why were long barrows abandoned?
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Figures- www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/belas-knap-long-barrow/ J. Müller, H. Dibbern, and F. Hage, “Non-megalithic mounds beneath megaliths: a new perspective on monumentality in north central europe.” 2014 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1818037116 www.upr.org/utah-news/2016-08-08/feast-or-famine-why-did-hunter-gatherers-start-farming-anyway www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/wayland.htm ...
Miocene Apes: Our Ancestors Ancestors?
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An overview of Miocene Apes and 3 of the main case studies, please enjoy and please consult the references below. News articles phys.org/news/2021-10-oldest-footprints-pre-humans-crete.html evolutionnews.org/2021/02/newly-published-analysis-refutes-claims-that-sahelanthropus-tchadensis-was-human-ancestor/ www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-ancient-ape-species-rewrites-story-bipedalism-18...
How Humans Domesticated Dogs
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How Humans Domesticated Dogs
Homo luzonensis: Another 'hobbit' species
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Homo luzonensis: Another 'hobbit' species
Homo heidelbergensis and the Muddle in the Middle
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Homo heidelbergensis and the Muddle in the Middle
The Origins of Clothing
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The Origins of Clothing
Homo erectus/ergaster: An overview
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Homo erectus/ergaster: An overview
British Archaeology Is Under Attack
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British Archaeology Is Under Attack
The Secondary Product Revolution
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The Secondary Product Revolution
Neolithic Britain
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Neolithic Britain
Homo habilis: An overview
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Homo habilis: An overview
Genetics of Ancient Disease
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Genetics of Ancient Disease
Origins of Human Burial
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Origins of Human Burial
Violence in Prehistory
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Violence in Prehistory
The First Humans in Britain
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The First Humans in Britain
A History of Stonehenge
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A History of Stonehenge
What is a Long Barrow?
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What is a Long Barrow?
Denisovans: Another lost cousin
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Denisovans: Another lost cousin

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  • @davide2711
    @davide2711 7 днів тому

    Clearly a torture not a willing patient to under go this

    • @Archaeology101Lectures
      @Archaeology101Lectures 5 днів тому

      @davide2711 Now that is an interesting thought, not something I have seen being discussed.

  • @juliajs1752
    @juliajs1752 7 днів тому

    I celebrate the shoutout to Primitive Technology. That was a pleasant surprise!

  • @marquese1960
    @marquese1960 10 днів тому

    Great for relieving pressure in the brain caused by an injury perhaps but for everything else you would need that like you would need a hole in the head.😮

  • @Michelle-Eden
    @Michelle-Eden 10 днів тому

    I view trepanation with trepidation.

  • @mitsukicat
    @mitsukicat Місяць тому

    You have no idea how many times I had to click "don't recommend this channel" on the UA-cam homepage for UA-cam to finally recommend this video. Finally, something that different, that I also want to see, and relates to what I study.

  • @Rodney-u5c
    @Rodney-u5c Місяць тому

    The Dmanisi skull with no teeth is probably a relative of skull 3 which has its front teeth missing. I suspect that skull and skull 3 have very shallow tooth roots and that's the real reason they lost them. Skull 5 has extremely deep tooth roots. Our tooth roots are between the two.

  • @carolnorton2807
    @carolnorton2807 Місяць тому

    Much enjoyed, Thank you.

  • @nomadpurple6154
    @nomadpurple6154 Місяць тому

    Is it geneticists responsibility to dumb it down for you or for you to educate yourself more so you understand? I have no formal education in genetics but find the lectures of them fairly easy to follow. Formal scientific papers are harder but then they are produced for their peer group to try and obtain consensus. And if you think their hard, DNA experts in courtrooms are almost impenetrable and they're supposed to be explaining it to layman juries.

  • @darhaha3391
    @darhaha3391 2 місяці тому

    Great channel man. Hope it grows. Subscribed. Keep it up

  • @michasosnowski5918
    @michasosnowski5918 2 місяці тому

    I was looking for some presentation on Denisovans also with a sceptical view on the science. I found some other video but it was just hype with AI generated pictures which made it unnatural. Your video is perfect. Thanks.

  • @JT-el2kg
    @JT-el2kg 2 місяці тому

    I think a fire simulation at the stalactites would animate on the cave walls. It might give insight of their perspective

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 2 місяці тому

    Interesting. Were the aggressors Neolithic farmers? Were those killed from the same group?

    • @Archaeology101Lectures
      @Archaeology101Lectures 2 місяці тому

      @@popacristian2056 Probably another group of farmers, who exactly, whether local or not who knows in each case

    • @popacristian2056
      @popacristian2056 2 місяці тому

      @@Archaeology101Lectures Some genetic analysis of those killed would have clarified if they were farmers or hunter-gatherers.

  • @SamwiseOutdoors
    @SamwiseOutdoors 2 місяці тому

    I was unaware until now that there was Neanderthal archaeology as far south as Kurdistan.

  • @marquese1960
    @marquese1960 2 місяці тому

    I've always been fascinated by the Neanderthals. It will be interesting if one day if the main stressor in their extinction becomes apparent.

    • @SamwiseOutdoors
      @SamwiseOutdoors 2 місяці тому

      As climate change marches on for us modern humans, I'm sure that we're going to find out sooner rather than later.

  • @dreamerliteraryproductions9423
    @dreamerliteraryproductions9423 2 місяці тому

    Nice review! Well done!

  • @KA4UPW
    @KA4UPW 3 місяці тому

    Thats a lot of info from a finger bone!

  • @stephenolson532
    @stephenolson532 3 місяці тому

    It would have been so awesome too watch all this first hand huh?

  • @Badrim4867
    @Badrim4867 3 місяці тому

    The best explanation of this subject I’ve seen yet 😃.

  • @rogercroft3218
    @rogercroft3218 4 місяці тому

    A very good overview. Thanks. My favourite part of this hoax has always been the fossilised cricket bat.

  • @thomilo44
    @thomilo44 4 місяці тому

    This was extremely interesting. I'm glad this got recommended to me. I really like your detailed explanation, and you have a great reading voice.

  • @CensorshipSucks-ng8cr
    @CensorshipSucks-ng8cr 4 місяці тому

    Fascinating

  • @CensorshipSucks-ng8cr
    @CensorshipSucks-ng8cr 4 місяці тому

    They had weaves even bag then . Amazing

  • @Gorboduc
    @Gorboduc 4 місяці тому

    The fact that he named all his "discoveries" after himself is... a trifle suspicious. 🤔

  • @metalman3952
    @metalman3952 4 місяці тому

    The shadow of this hoax still hangs over paleo-anthropology today. On all sorts of videos related to this subject, I see comments that basically amount to "Why should I believe this fossil is real when Piltdown was a hoax? Science lied to us once, they can lie again." Dawson ended up doing a lot of damage to a field he was so devoted to.

  • @TexRenner
    @TexRenner 4 місяці тому

    Thank you. I had always ignored the whole affair, preferring to concentrate on the accepted science. This investigation into of how it happened is really very interesting.

  • @sarkyization
    @sarkyization 4 місяці тому

    Do people think there is less interest in this period of Britain's history, like the Picts . It seems to me that the current enthusiasm for Pictish research is more about post Pictland as DNA analysis of the burial sites, which would have been of the aristocracy, shows Gaelic and Irish DNA. I think it's entirely possible that the upright stones we have with battles on one side and "celtic" christian cross on the other could depict battles between those Pictish tribes with leaders who had decided to collaborate with the Roman Catholic church and it's "priests" against those tribe who did / would not.

  • @zipperpillow
    @zipperpillow 4 місяці тому

    Older teenage girls were spared. We think kidnapped for sexual partners. Obviously.

  • @samuelpierce639
    @samuelpierce639 4 місяці тому

    I’ve been trying to work out how C3 vs C4 is an indicator of how hard the food was, but can’t make sense of it. Pretty much all nuts come from trees and pretty much all trees are C3. Among grasses and sedges there doesn’t seem to be any correlation between C4/C3 and hardness of edible parts, and if they were harvesting roots and tubers, the grit should make an identifiable wear-pattern regardless. I guess we can say they weren’t eating a lot of millet or sorghum, but without cooking, those aren’t nutritious anyway. Final note: If the creatures were eating bugs, grubs, lizards, and so on, wouldn’t the diet of their prey skew these results?

  • @grimmevol4344
    @grimmevol4344 5 місяців тому

    idiots

  • @susannowak5544
    @susannowak5544 5 місяців тому

    Oh, I was thrilled when I learnrd the word, “coprolites”. Six-year-old giggles aside, thank you for this informative study.

  • @hunterG60k
    @hunterG60k 5 місяців тому

    This was a really great summary, thank you. You mention that curved phalanges would have been useful for climbing trees, but I remember learning that the curvature of the bones was actually *caused* by climbing and the pressures it put on them?

  • @beverleybarnes5656
    @beverleybarnes5656 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for the report. It's something I'll watch again. For subsequent videos, please increase the volume.

  • @bannedfordays.5101
    @bannedfordays.5101 5 місяців тому

    Why would foreigners care about maintaining OUR heritage?

  • @Nylon_riot
    @Nylon_riot 5 місяців тому

    The inverted remains are interesting. I wonder if it had something to do with status, maybe noting some kind of disgrace or offense.

  • @berniej8340
    @berniej8340 5 місяців тому

    Thank for this very informative presentation. Do you have an idea, how the site of Herxheim fit's into this picture?

    • @Archaeology101Lectures
      @Archaeology101Lectures 5 місяців тому

      Herxheim is so weird, it deserves its own video which i may do in future but im sure there are ones already. The interpretations seems to range from it being a special burial place where the dead were brought to and there may have been cannibalisation of the remains, or, its a place to bring people to slaughter, dare i say sacrifice, and there remains cannibalised. Whichever is the case, Herxheim doesn't reflect an attacked settlement as is the case for most of the sites dealt with here. Therefore, Herxheim may reflect violent tendencies, contemporary to the sites looked at here, but the behaviour represented within the trauma of the remains and their contexts likely reflects some different motive than explored here.

  • @ABerCul
    @ABerCul 5 місяців тому

    All Sites - they took all the females that were still able to have children & desirable and all the males who were still able work or forced into their army. Killed all the kids who were dependent on adults to survive, possibly disabled somehow, and those who fought.

  • @stewartorr1939
    @stewartorr1939 5 місяців тому

    really well done. I love the format

  • @marcionphilologos5367
    @marcionphilologos5367 5 місяців тому

    it has been proven over and over again that DEFENDING YOUR OWN TRIBE, KINGDOM, NATION, PEOPLE, RELIGION against ALIENS, potential by violence and war, is part of the NATURAL HUMAN SPIRIT AND CULTURE. This implies that overcoming NATIONALISM/ RACISM (like within Russia, Israel, Palestina, US, UK) is essential to a MODERN RATIONAL CIVILIZATION.

  • @jamiebusch9406
    @jamiebusch9406 5 місяців тому

    @ 16:55.......... "This is most likely 'neighbors killing neighbors'. Why they do this, we can't always say...." 🙂 Umm, excuse me..... are you familiar at all with human beings??

  • @theclageraghty1
    @theclageraghty1 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for making these! I really appreciate hearing interesting information without a lot of noise and posturing. Your voice is lovely to listen to

  • @connoroleary591
    @connoroleary591 5 місяців тому

    The population was increasing, families had fenced off land and "private property" and farming interfered with people still following the old ways, much like gypsies and travellers today. Young women weren't taken to help with breeding. That's very nieve, they were taken for forced intimacies and slavery. Young teenage boys would also be inducted into a life of slavery, abuse and their bodies dumped or fed to animals. We have been "civilised" for 2 thousand years, yet this behaviour still happens all over the world. Just imagine, if and when the lights of civilisation go out.

    • @zipperpillow
      @zipperpillow 4 місяці тому

      Forced intimacy is breeding. It's every woman's most frequently reported fantasy.

  • @Velereonics
    @Velereonics 5 місяців тому

    12:49 bruh i` looks like a bone. Sacrifiiiiice

  • @veron06lev06
    @veron06lev06 5 місяців тому

    Can't read the list of documents. Please post the Star Car PDF access. Thanks

  • @Warpreacher
    @Warpreacher 5 місяців тому

    'So the survival of the group can be assured' Why does everyone talk on these communal hive mind levels, prehistoric man captures sex slaves in hedonistic bid for power.

  • @lordjim3109
    @lordjim3109 5 місяців тому

    Germans have a very long tradition of genocide indeed.

  • @colgategilbert8067
    @colgategilbert8067 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for your summation. Have there been any other comparable finds elsewhere in Europe from this time? And was there an increase in the local population or a sudden increase in burials found else where? Your summary of these sites and a look at what else may have been going on could be valuable in piecing together what was going on.

    • @Archaeology101Lectures
      @Archaeology101Lectures 5 місяців тому

      Off the top of my head i can only think of Herxheim which would be roughly contemporary with the sites here (same region too), although Herxheim is on such a massive scale. A lot of massacre sites dated to the late neolithic after the LBK and early bronze age.

    • @colgategilbert8067
      @colgategilbert8067 5 місяців тому

      @@Archaeology101Lectures Thank you. Some observations of mine Re similarities from my research of 'The Struggle for Control of North America, 1675-1820' that might help (or not?). 1, sadly, massacres by all sides were all too common due to interethnic conflicts and the difficulty of catching your opponent in the 'Bush Warfare'. 2. Many of the conflicts were brought on more by the rapid population growth of the Euromericans (geometric in some places) vs. the struggling Indigenous Peoples population growth due to European diseases. These were often horrific fights over land and resources by 2 different desperate peoples. 3, the preferred method of execution of captives when they felt it was necessary by the Indigenous was clubbing the victims in the back of the head with a hatchet or war club. 4. Based on my experience and research in North Am Archeology, I would say that the number of sites found so far may only be a sample of a much larger conflict. There are always more sites than archeologists and the only recent finds of locations of these sites may have been due to an earlier lack of recognition. 5, the selective nature of the victims suggests both a 'rub out' and enslavement. The deliberate burial of the victims in mass graves suggests the perps planned on reusing the sites. Slavery was a very old Old World practice with most slaves being caught in a conflict. It didn't appear much in the 1675-1820 North Am wars for multiple reasons, so I have few other observations. In Ancient Summer and Egypt, there was much talk about the extermination and enslavement of conquered peoples, potentially as a form of 'state terrorism'.

  • @nilcarborundum7001
    @nilcarborundum7001 5 місяців тому

    humans have been killing and torturing each other since the dawn of existence… and my hunch is, that now as ever, the perpetrator / aggressor is usually someone known to the recipient of this violence. It seems, everybody can be tolerant in an abstract sense, but they can still injure or murder their neighbours and their family on a very, very scanty pretext. Knowing that chimps do it too is no consolation, at all.

  • @nilcarborundum7001
    @nilcarborundum7001 5 місяців тому

    "li'l elephants", what a really cool notion to play with! Sounds like an oxymoron in physical form - but yes, island dwarfism and all that, sure. I dreamt about tiny elephants as a child, often. I love your channel for your absolutely flawless information, your relaxed and humourous but always well-considered presentaton, and your refusal to be drawn by the wilder - shall we just say: "expectations"? - of the less resolute minds out there in the web. I also really enjoy your voice, it makes me feel good. I will keep on watching and yes, I'm subscribed.

  • @anchieta6467
    @anchieta6467 5 місяців тому

    How is it with Herxheim where hundreds if not thousands of individuals bones were thrown away showing all signs if butchery ?

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 5 місяців тому

    I have a theory that the stories of giant skeletons being dug up, giants living with the Native Americans, giants fighting or eating Native Americans, and even Goliath were Denisovans. Also I wouldn't be completely shocked if a Bigfoot was found alive and found to be Denisovan. Might all be the same creature.

    • @nomadpurple6154
      @nomadpurple6154 Місяць тому

      There's also a theory that the Earth is flat and the moon made of cheese. Sounds like your kinda thing. Suggest you go out and find some Evidence to prove your theory.