Though I'd like to think Biblaridion's "Alien Biospheres" really jump started the recent rise of spec evolution. Like, it was there before, but that series kicked it into high gear.
@Marshal Marrs Good thing that it takes a lot of knowledge to be properly recodnized in the community at large, it has quite high entry level which is nice since any trivial passerby will just get bored and leave, so that only the trully fascinated people will stay and eventually contribute.
I love how hopeful this is. The Yaetuans met and fell at every hurdle we have faced, but they pushed on. It’s that same human(oid) spirit that has driven us forward as far as we’ve gotten, coupled with the promise that we can always make things better, no matter how bad it gets. As long as we cling to life, we can still come back.
Imagine if the Yetuan's met Birrins and together they began to gradually find other Intelligent Beings from other Planets and gradually began to create an Intergalactic Union
I really like the fact that the design of the yaetuan and their expression is very relatable, it may be not really scientifically accurate that "smiling" is a commun trait for express happiness but I think it's no big deal.
@@dang-x3n0t1ct Yes I know, sorry if my English isn't great but that was I was trying to say, the truly alien aspect was sacrificed to make them more relatable. It's hard for a lot of people to worry about being too insectoid for example (but don't get me wrong, some do just fine, like Alex Ries and his Birrins). My thinking was precisely to know if it was a good thing or not.
@@dang-x3n0t1ct but I do not agree for the "uncreative" aspect, there are a lot of original idea, like the body plan, the beak-like structure, the four eyes very far from each other, the big neck and the little body etc.
@@dang-x3n0t1ct Not really. If they have four feet and a beak, then they obviously aren't human at all. It's better than a lot of "alien" designs in stuff like Star Wars or Star Trek where they are basically bipedal humanoids with slightly different skin textures or minor traits. Being both bird-like AND quadrupedal clearly marks the Yaetuans as obviously distinct from us.
Smiling is so not commonly an expression of joy that in our closest relative's the chimp's case it means being uneasy. And you defenetly don't wanna be near an uneasy chimp
This. This right here. This is the level of world-building that I, as an aspiring science fiction / alternate history writer, hope to one day achieve. Christian Cline's books, as well as the work of Alex Ries and (I don't remember his name) the guy who writes Serina, have all been huge inspirations to me and doubtless many others. The artwork in of itself is breathtaking but the ideas behind them are even more so. And the fact that most of it is based around real scientific laws and principles only makes it even more interesting. Anyone can create a fantasy creature or monster, but creating something that could realistically exist; that's just way more incredible to me. It just helps to show people how wondrous and amazing biology and evolution can get. Edit: Also, does that fat Yaetuan at 14:30 have a missing back leg? That makes me sad 😢.
It's literally our history, but viewed through a lense of an alien species (with minor differences to our own history), and it contains a prophecy of a possible future for us, starting with the terraforming of "Not Mars"/Exomars. That's why it's so good, and I love it!
These works have also inspired me with my own speculative biology projects. It's so awesome to see people out there becoming successful off of a topic you're interested in. Their works are so amazing not just because of the artwork, but also the incredible imagination and detail behind everything. By the way, Dylan Bajda wrote Serina (I think)
@@ArachisNPO this was kind of my realization. The creatures themselves are very elaborate and amazing, but this is just kind of human history. *I do not mean this in a bad way and i love the video
They were non-humanoid and it looked so interesting, but I'm very disappointed by the story, it's just human history no unique alien traits are explored
Glad to see Cline publishing again :D Despite how relatively recent a work it is, _The Teeming Universe_ has forever secured a place in my all time one-hundred favourite books. An essential addition to any speculative biology library.
I used to create spec evo worlds so much as a child. You've recently rekindled that passion in me and have caused me to start back up with a project I started back in high school nearly twelve years ago! I absolutely love all of your videos, keep up the great work
This is so cool! It's literally our, humanity's story, but viewed through the eyes of an alien species (and we are the aliens in this context). In other words, this lets us feel how an alien species would view us, if they would learn about our history. With really minor differences (the Roman Empire split and fell, but not because of a super volcano; we didn't have a nuclear war, but almost, and two Japanese cities were nuked down; etc.) 13:16 And from this point forward, it's a prophecy of a possible future for humanity.
that's a good interpretation, I guess, mine was that it was not really original and just human history with slight change and we have beaks. Not endearing to me at all...
@@PabloYaos Well, if we imagine realistic aliens, is very likely that they would follow how path of civilization. So it's pretty normal that this book is similar to our History
@@fabriziobiancucci7702 I feel like that's impossible to know though. sure, they could follow our route, but what if they don't feel emotions? what if they're big worms that are super smart? I feel like real aliens would be completely foreign to us, they are alien in nature, not just in name
@@oktalley99 A creature without emotions would also have no reason of improving. Their society would be stagnant, that means that they never go on after the Stone Age. Humans were able to develop because of their curiosity, desire, and a lot of other emotions. Also, basically all intelligent animals on Earth has complex emotions and relationships, that means that probably the evolution of intelligence is connected to the one of the emotions. So no, there will be no big intelligent worms without emotions. Aliens "truly aliens" cannot exist for our current understanding of how life and civilization work. It's true, we cannot say it for sure (just like we cannot say if we are alone in this universe or not), but we can make theories based on science, and our current science thinks that aliens, even if they could be very different in culture, language and aspects, they all go through our similar stage of civilization
I think this is almost more speculative extraterrestrial anthropology or history rather than biology. Which I don't mean to be criticism but an appreciation of variety this kind of art is being able to create.
I mean, yes but also no. Speculative biology isn't just about the physical changes of the fictional organisms, but also how they interact with each other and their environment. Real life cetaceans, elephants and apes have tool-using skills and defined "cultures" of community ways of life, yet they are just as much classified in biology as any other "wild" animal. There is no issue with applying this same standard to the Yaetuans and their ways of life, given that they are even further removed from humans than any of those real-life animals.
@@mrreyes5004 Correct me if I'm wrong (Also I apologize seeing as your comment is a month old) but wouldn't you define that as speculative anthropology? Biology would be based entirely on their physical design which appears to be pretty heavily compromised in the sense that these just wouldn't evolve naturally because a lot of their features which are so heavily defining just don't make sense.
Christian Cline's works are constistently some of the most impressive world building I've seen. I love the design and history the Yaetuans, and their culture reminds of a blend of Chinese, Japanese, with splashes of modern North American and European in their technological apex. Cline is a fantastic artist and his writing and drawings really show it.
I bought the Teeming Universe book because of this channel! This looks amazing! The Yaetuan’s history is so incredible! I’d definitely watch a Yaetuan mocumentary series
This makes me think a lot to Bibliaridion's "Alien biospheres" on youtube. A playlist of about 8h30 of evolving all that lives on one planet until it soon reaches self-conscious lifeforms !
I think they were in an earlier episode, were they? Still, I really appreaciate how incredible the Yaetuan saga is, Cline really manages to bridge speculative biology with speculative anthropology and history and imagine a future in which after much effort is taken to a better world
@@gi1dor Give me your idea of a realistic alien civilization, then. And no, I will not accept a species of energy-based geometric shapes, both culture and evolution often converge, as crabs, wings, dragons (As in the myths of things that can be called dragons) and pottery, famously show.
@@HOLDENPOPE So, to support my argument that I don't like this story because it's not interesting, repurposes human history and doesn't use any unique alien biological differences I should I write my own book about a fictional alien civilization using limitations put on my by someone from YT comments? I think I'm fine as it is
@@gi1dor Yes, because right now you have not backed up what you've said. What differences do you even *want*? Intelligent lifeforms are going to have different nations, wars, levels of progress and regression, names, and so on. Intelligent lifeforms need manipulation appendages and large, complex brains. The Yaetuan are already six-limbed, four-eyed birds, how alien do you want them to be, interconnected geometric shapes as impossible to add this level of detail to as the aliens from Arrival.?
Will you one day considered to do a video about the Pikmin franchise universe or one about the 2005 Skull Island version, with the help of the extended book "The World of Kong : A Natural History of Skull Island" ? Because that would be really interesting subject to speak and explore about !
@@theguywhoasked6858 That just sad that they end up making the 1935 island sinking into the sea, making extinct all the creatures we see both in the movie and the book. That truly a middle finger to all the people that made the illustration and this worbuilding (since most of what we see are just concepts arts and cut content created for the movie they end up reusing them for the book) and their work. That wasn't necessary to made the ultimate fate of the island identical to the original 1935 one from the original King Kong. (which in itself is already made in such dumb ways. When taking a treasure from its hidden place provoke the sinking of an entire island ? That jumping the shark).
@@dalekrenegade2596 Yeah, Unnatural History Channel is a great UA-cam Channel. I already see some of his videos. Not all because they easily reach the 40 min to more than an hour long for most. But yeah, great stuff otherwise. Still, it's still interesting to see the take of different persons about the same subject.
Hey Curious Archives!! You need to cover the series “Tales of Kaimere” by Keenan Taylor! He has a super detailed world based around earth-based life being brought to another planet to evolve independently and it’s author is an awesome guy who collaborates with his fans to add different facets to his world!
Something I love about this saga is how fleshed out everything is. Too often in sci-fi a lot of key details, such as the history of an alien species or their culture, or even the planet they live on, aren't explored much. Seriously this would be an amazing documentary series.
I'm glad Christian mentioned religion through the second wave of settlers on Agda, I feel like religion is never used in speculative alien races (most likely because atheism and scientific knowledge go hand in hand), so seeing a religion, though minor, be mentioned is very nice.
There are a lot of things i disagree with in your comment Religions could be derived from science, and science was originally motivated by religion and philosophy in our own world. Plus, a lot of fiction including aliens has some kind of religion for them.
@@accidiaet Atheism is simply the position held by those whom are not convinced that gods exist. That's the gist of it. Also, your second statement is simply dishonest. Atheism does not contrast with scientific principles at all. Being an atheist is a scientific position, as both atheists and scientists don't make predetermined assumptions without evidence.
I really love the idea of showing how cultural differences appear naturally in the Yatuans (It makes them feel so much more alive in the way their enviroment and experiences shape their culture and identity, much like with humans in our own history.)
I hope someday someone will do a project on what the Aliens in the movies would look like in terms of Science and Speculative Biology how they would realistically evolve on their Earth-like planets what their cultures and worldviews would have been like how they would have made it to the Cosmic Era and how difficult it would have been for humans to make contact with them
I've read this and "The Teeming Universe" for myself and I'm so glad I did. Christian Cline's works are amazing and have been a fairly large inspiration for the sci-fi game I'm making with a few friends.
I love these videos, they’re so interesting and well put together. If you haven’t already, i think you should do biology of the half-life series, there’s many cool creatures in the series. I hope you do 😊
I count at least 3 Bronze Age Collapse like event, 1 Fallout-esque fate, at least 3 Cyberpunk era and it ends with Star Trek/War-esque utopia. Stellar works
I loved this video and it reminded me of The Children of Time book. The plot has humanity trying to spred out into the Galaxy, but thing go awry and they up lift spiders. It's a fascinating read.
That space elevator is like 10x larger than it really needs to be. It's not uncommon for artists to not realize just how gargantuan our planets really are. Also, "megalithic" refers specifically to structures like stonehenge or big stone structures, and not "megastructures"
it is always a joy in my day when i see a new video from Curious Archive pop up. These videos are always so interesting and always leave me wanting more
I think what a lot of people complaining about in the comments, that the Yaetuan are "too human" is a flawed argument. It doesn't matter what the author does, because the author is human and we are human, we are going to find the patterns that make the aliens "human".
I think convergent evolution and various environmental and species physiology would factor in as to if they became a space faring civilization. Extreme temperatures, High gravity, certain gaseous atmospheres, etc…would pretty much force certain species to be planet bound.
A human author can make an inhuman alien species. Look at the biology of the Birrin, for example. They are *completely* foreign to us, they have their own unique facial expressions, and honestly, I feel like they’re just a far more well-written alien species.
In my opinion a hexapod with an internal skeleton (as opposed to arthropods) would soon lose one of the pairs of limbs. They just get in the way more than they are useful. May be that pair takes on a vestigial, supplemental role for manipulation or grasping, but even for strong gripping making one of two pairs bimodal (locomotion/gripping) is more efficient because otherwise you end up with another pair of beefy limbs getting in the way all the time. It's probably worse once you try climbing and swinging through trees...
I don know i mean if you look at all of insects, i cant really find a single one that lost a pair of limbs (excluding those that just lose all of them as a result of what tends to happen when being a hyperspecilised parasite). If a pair of limbs are in the way, then just move them farther apart from one another, spiders even use them in order to do delicate maneuvers with their webs while having 8 legs (corse they don't really have traditional fingers, but the legs do not ever get in the way with one another)
Well you’re in luck since these animals appear to have joint structures more like that of arthropods with backwards facing hindlimbs shaped like those of crickets and forelimbs pointing forwards
@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 That's not what arthropod or exosceleton means. The way they are drawn it looks indeed as if their hindlegs are on the way out. Imagine them trying to run fast. They'd probably balance on their middle leg pair and become bipedal. They already have that awkward slant to balance their weight over the middle.
@@yjlom standing on two legs is plenty stable due to the computational power in the brain. Dinosaurs evolved it, maybe multiple times, including eventually birds. Some reptile species show bipedal motion occasionally. Mammals evolved it multiple times (marsupials, primates, gerbils...).
Mr Archive, do you have any speculative biology, sci-fi, creature, worldbuilding ideas? I'd be interested in hearing about any and all thoughts you may have. Also would you consider doing an video with smaller sets of designs from many artists or does that stray a little far from the point of the channel? Like a compilation of smaller ideas that aren't (yet) fully fleshed out worlds
Nice world building, but it shares the problem I have with many of those alien evolution fantasies; the aliens are basically just weird looking humans, in this case with a couple of extra limbs and a beak.
You might be interested in Jay Eaton's Runaway to the Stars then - she has aliens that are akin to bugs and moles, but yet have created their own civilizations and interacts with humans.
I think slime molds would be a fun thought experiment. No bones, no central brain, yet they can manipulate their environment, learn, grow and reproduce.
I like the art and how it's based in reality and science. However I was kinda disappointed it's so strongly based off of human history and I feel like some creative opportunities were missed. But I've seen some other comments here that are happy with this and I can see where they're coming from.
It would be interesting if, in the next book, the Yatuean made first contact with future humans. It would be extremely fascinating to see how the societies would react & what would happen next.
Final Fantasy meets H.G.Wells meets Fantasy combined into one interesting unheard of science fiction property that, for me that is, started off with seeing his 4d video, and ended up here.
I'mma guess: Biblaridion's Alien Biospheres series is gonna feature these aliens, his last episode talking about how the alien spiders on his fictional planet evolve sentience in the form of these aliens featured here.
I love the antique artwork in the early sections. I want to imagine that the adage “people have always been people” can cross the lines of deep space and even species as well as time and culture, and I found myself wondering, if a human and a Yaetuan were to meet, how would they communicate? How would I, a 21st century human, establish a baseline of understanding with a coastal Yaetuan artist? People have undoubtably put more thought into the general idea than I have , but I like to think she and I could make some headway understanding each other through showing the other our art.
Thanks to your channel I have become deeply invested in speculative biology to the point im working on a book about a rogue explorer crashlanding on a planet of mud and iron oceans called ishmari-27b
I remember growing with a speculative project inspired by spore, back when it was mostly a Will Wright game, about a creature called Nauceans by author nicknamed Hydromancerx.
I'm pretty sure I found your channel after watching (yt channel) biblaridion's speculative evolution vids. Those are detailed and realistic. I strongly recommend.
You should do a video about the visual novel South Scrimshaw, It is one of my absolute favorite speculative biology works to date. It tells it's story like a documentary and it is so awesome
Speculative biology is growing as a result of your channel and I’m so happy because of it! The communities growth is beautiful to see
Man I remember when the video on all tomorrow's came out and the community just exploded ever since and its so great I love it
@Marshal Marrs schizo biology
Though I'd like to think Biblaridion's "Alien Biospheres" really jump started the recent rise of spec evolution. Like, it was there before, but that series kicked it into high gear.
I just love the spec bio community, it’s so chill and supportive in general. Truly a wonderful community!
@Marshal Marrs Good thing that it takes a lot of knowledge to be properly recodnized in the community at large, it has quite high entry level which is nice since any trivial passerby will just get bored and leave, so that only the trully fascinated people will stay and eventually contribute.
I love how hopeful this is. The Yaetuans met and fell at every hurdle we have faced, but they pushed on. It’s that same human(oid) spirit that has driven us forward as far as we’ve gotten, coupled with the promise that we can always make things better, no matter how bad it gets. As long as we cling to life, we can still come back.
Imagine if the Yetuan's met
Birrins and together they began to gradually find other Intelligent Beings from other Planets and gradually began to create an Intergalactic Union
@@bipicrevec1238 Just imagine if all the space species he's covered on this channel unite.
@@GuywithaTrexskullonhishead not sure if they would be fond of the All Mother's little children
Imagine the Galactic Republic but with the species that were covered by CA
The indomitable Yaetuan spirit
I really like the fact that the design of the yaetuan and their expression is very relatable, it may be not really scientifically accurate that "smiling" is a commun trait for express happiness but I think it's no big deal.
That was kind of uncreative imo, they're just humans with 4 feet and a beak
@@dang-x3n0t1ct Yes I know, sorry if my English isn't great but that was I was trying to say, the truly alien aspect was sacrificed to make them more relatable. It's hard for a lot of people to worry about being too insectoid for example (but don't get me wrong, some do just fine, like Alex Ries and his Birrins).
My thinking was precisely to know if it was a good thing or not.
@@dang-x3n0t1ct but I do not agree for the "uncreative" aspect, there are a lot of original idea, like the body plan, the beak-like structure, the four eyes very far from each other, the big neck and the little body etc.
@@dang-x3n0t1ct Not really. If they have four feet and a beak, then they obviously aren't human at all. It's better than a lot of "alien" designs in stuff like Star Wars or Star Trek where they are basically bipedal humanoids with slightly different skin textures or minor traits. Being both bird-like AND quadrupedal clearly marks the Yaetuans as obviously distinct from us.
Smiling is so not commonly an expression of joy that in our closest relative's the chimp's case it means being uneasy. And you defenetly don't wanna be near an uneasy chimp
The beakpaste ad made me chuckle, it's so charming seeing something so alien and yet so familiar at the same time
This. This right here. This is the level of world-building that I, as an aspiring science fiction / alternate history writer, hope to one day achieve. Christian Cline's books, as well as the work of Alex Ries and (I don't remember his name) the guy who writes Serina, have all been huge inspirations to me and doubtless many others. The artwork in of itself is breathtaking but the ideas behind them are even more so. And the fact that most of it is based around real scientific laws and principles only makes it even more interesting. Anyone can create a fantasy creature or monster, but creating something that could realistically exist; that's just way more incredible to me. It just helps to show people how wondrous and amazing biology and evolution can get.
Edit: Also, does that fat Yaetuan at 14:30 have a missing back leg? That makes me sad 😢.
Brilliant comment. I completely agree with you.
It's literally our history, but viewed through a lense of an alien species (with minor differences to our own history), and it contains a prophecy of a possible future for us, starting with the terraforming of "Not Mars"/Exomars. That's why it's so good, and I love it!
These works have also inspired me with my own speculative biology projects. It's so awesome to see people out there becoming successful off of a topic you're interested in. Their works are so amazing not just because of the artwork, but also the incredible imagination and detail behind everything. By the way, Dylan Bajda wrote Serina (I think)
@@ArachisNPO this was kind of my realization. The creatures themselves are very elaborate and amazing, but this is just kind of human history.
*I do not mean this in a bad way and i love the video
Why would seeing a disabled character make you sad? /gen
I hope I'm not that much of a disappointment 😂
these non humanoid aliens is why I love science fiction, an animated mini series of the story would be cool
They were non-humanoid and it looked so interesting, but I'm very disappointed by the story, it's just human history no unique alien traits are explored
@@gi1dor Yes idk why everyone is so hyped about this worldbuilding I mean it's detailed but it is clearly based off a template
@@gi1dorYeah didn’t want to be rude because there’s a lot of effort put in but I feel like this is just alternate human history, not /alien/ history.
EXACTLY BRUH@@nikolirikoli5966
They could’ve done so much more with this, and make them different from humans
Glad to see Cline publishing again :D Despite how relatively recent a work it is, _The Teeming Universe_ has forever secured a place in my all time one-hundred favourite books. An essential addition to any speculative biology library.
I used to create spec evo worlds so much as a child. You've recently rekindled that passion in me and have caused me to start back up with a project I started back in high school nearly twelve years ago! I absolutely love all of your videos, keep up the great work
This is so cool! It's literally our, humanity's story, but viewed through the eyes of an alien species (and we are the aliens in this context). In other words, this lets us feel how an alien species would view us, if they would learn about our history. With really minor differences (the Roman Empire split and fell, but not because of a super volcano; we didn't have a nuclear war, but almost, and two Japanese cities were nuked down; etc.)
13:16 And from this point forward, it's a prophecy of a possible future for humanity.
that's a good interpretation, I guess, mine was that it was not really original and just human history with slight change and we have beaks. Not endearing to me at all...
@@PabloYaos Well, if we imagine realistic aliens, is very likely that they would follow how path of civilization. So it's pretty normal that this book is similar to our History
@@fabriziobiancucci7702 I feel like that's impossible to know though. sure, they could follow our route, but what if they don't feel emotions? what if they're big worms that are super smart? I feel like real aliens would be completely foreign to us, they are alien in nature, not just in name
@@oktalley99 A creature without emotions would also have no reason of improving. Their society would be stagnant, that means that they never go on after the Stone Age. Humans were able to develop because of their curiosity, desire, and a lot of other emotions. Also, basically all intelligent animals on Earth has complex emotions and relationships, that means that probably the evolution of intelligence is connected to the one of the emotions. So no, there will be no big intelligent worms without emotions. Aliens "truly aliens" cannot exist for our current understanding of how life and civilization work. It's true, we cannot say it for sure (just like we cannot say if we are alone in this universe or not), but we can make theories based on science, and our current science thinks that aliens, even if they could be very different in culture, language and aspects, they all go through our similar stage of civilization
no nuclear war... yet.
I think this is almost more speculative extraterrestrial anthropology or history rather than biology. Which I don't mean to be criticism but an appreciation of variety this kind of art is being able to create.
critical*
I mean, yes but also no. Speculative biology isn't just about the physical changes of the fictional organisms, but also how they interact with each other and their environment. Real life cetaceans, elephants and apes have tool-using skills and defined "cultures" of community ways of life, yet they are just as much classified in biology as any other "wild" animal. There is no issue with applying this same standard to the Yaetuans and their ways of life, given that they are even further removed from humans than any of those real-life animals.
@@mrreyes5004 Correct me if I'm wrong (Also I apologize seeing as your comment is a month old) but wouldn't you define that as speculative anthropology? Biology would be based entirely on their physical design which appears to be pretty heavily compromised in the sense that these just wouldn't evolve naturally because a lot of their features which are so heavily defining just don't make sense.
@@CrabcakeAR Anthropology focuses exclusively on the study of humanity.
@@ominous-omnipresent-they Which is what this video is doing. It's copy paste of the history of humanity.
Christian casually dropping the most awsome book about evolution ever is the best
and make my life more than 60 percent better
Christian Cline's works are constistently some of the most impressive world building I've seen. I love the design and history the Yaetuans, and their culture reminds of a blend of Chinese, Japanese, with splashes of modern North American and European in their technological apex. Cline is a fantastic artist and his writing and drawings really show it.
I bought the Teeming Universe book because of this channel! This looks amazing! The Yaetuan’s history is so incredible! I’d definitely watch a Yaetuan mocumentary series
Your the reason i love speculative biology keep it up always excited to see what's next
you're*
@@mrtoothless lol thanks
This makes me think a lot to Bibliaridion's "Alien biospheres" on youtube. A playlist of about 8h30 of evolving all that lives on one planet until it soon reaches self-conscious lifeforms !
P.s. it is Bibliaridion's videos which brought me to enjoy speculative evolution as I do now
I have a feeling he’ll cover Alien Biospheres soon if the most recent video is the last one of the series.
@@thegodofsoapkekcario1970 there is one more planned
@@burningbronze7555 I should’ve finished watching the video :niggablue:.
Hope he does alien biospheres, I just made a similar comment before seeing this
I think they were in an earlier episode, were they? Still, I really appreaciate how incredible the Yaetuan saga is, Cline really manages to bridge speculative biology with speculative anthropology and history and imagine a future in which after much effort is taken to a better world
You're thinking of the teeming universe episode
That was a different species but they look similar because they're both from the same creator
@@odanedmcdonald No, those were Yaetuans
In that they have colonised an area of like 20 worlds
I love how realistic the yaetuan saga is. It isnt a straight line but it has its ups and downs
Yeah, realistic it's just slightly changed human history
@@gi1dor only Earth will never unite as one
@@gi1dor Give me your idea of a realistic alien civilization, then. And no, I will not accept a species of energy-based geometric shapes, both culture and evolution often converge, as crabs, wings, dragons (As in the myths of things that can be called dragons) and pottery, famously show.
@@HOLDENPOPE So, to support my argument that I don't like this story because it's not interesting, repurposes human history and doesn't use any unique alien biological differences I should I write my own book about a fictional alien civilization using limitations put on my by someone from YT comments? I think I'm fine as it is
@@gi1dor Yes, because right now you have not backed up what you've said. What differences do you even *want*? Intelligent lifeforms are going to have different nations, wars, levels of progress and regression, names, and so on. Intelligent lifeforms need manipulation appendages and large, complex brains. The Yaetuan are already six-limbed, four-eyed birds, how alien do you want them to be, interconnected geometric shapes as impossible to add this level of detail to as the aliens from Arrival.?
Will you one day considered to do a video about the Pikmin franchise universe or one about the 2005 Skull Island version, with the help of the extended book "The World of Kong : A Natural History of Skull Island" ?
Because that would be really interesting subject to speak and explore about !
I agree, skull island is a topic woven in mystery. And the early concepts are even more interesting!
@@theguywhoasked6858 That just sad that they end up making the 1935 island sinking into the sea, making extinct all the creatures we see both in the movie and the book.
That truly a middle finger to all the people that made the illustration and this worbuilding (since most of what we see are just concepts arts and cut content created for the movie they end up reusing them for the book) and their work.
That wasn't necessary to made the ultimate fate of the island identical to the original 1935 one from the original King Kong. (which in itself is already made in such dumb ways. When taking a treasure from its hidden place provoke the sinking of an entire island ?
That jumping the shark).
Agree, though it would be tough to make a video to that Island justice which the Unnatural History Channel does brilliantly.
@@dalekrenegade2596 Yeah, Unnatural History Channel is a great UA-cam Channel. I already see some of his videos.
Not all because they easily reach the 40 min to more than an hour long for most.
But yeah, great stuff otherwise.
Still, it's still interesting to see the take of different persons about the same subject.
Hey Curious Archives!! You need to cover the series “Tales of Kaimere” by Keenan Taylor! He has a super detailed world based around earth-based life being brought to another planet to evolve independently and it’s author is an awesome guy who collaborates with his fans to add different facets to his world!
that sound quite similar to serina
@Winter There is a difference. There is magic, and the animals are harvested over across the history of earth.
@@shingtiong9425 that sounds really interesting. I might check it out
@Winter ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
This right here. I've been following the series since I was sixteen. Pretty good.
Something I love about this saga is how fleshed out everything is.
Too often in sci-fi a lot of key details, such as the history of an alien species or their culture, or even the planet they live on, aren't explored much.
Seriously this would be an amazing documentary series.
I'm glad Christian mentioned religion through the second wave of settlers on Agda, I feel like religion is never used in speculative alien races (most likely because atheism and scientific knowledge go hand in hand), so seeing a religion, though minor, be mentioned is very nice.
"Christian mentioned religion" lol
Ever played Halo?
Agnostic beliefs go hand in hand with scientific knowledge. Atheism is in direct contrast to scientific principles
There are a lot of things i disagree with in your comment
Religions could be derived from science, and science was originally motivated by religion and philosophy in our own world.
Plus, a lot of fiction including aliens has some kind of religion for them.
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Atheism is simply the position held by those whom are not convinced that gods exist. That's the gist of it.
Also, your second statement is simply dishonest. Atheism does not contrast with scientific principles at all. Being an atheist is a scientific position, as both atheists and scientists don't make predetermined assumptions without evidence.
I hope some day we get more speculative biology documentaries
I really love the idea of showing how cultural differences appear naturally in the Yatuans (It makes them feel so much more alive in the way their enviroment and experiences shape their culture and identity, much like with humans in our own history.)
Thank you for the reminder that I need to work on my Sci-Fi setting too and the aliens 💀
Love the video!
Imagine if they met the Birrin?
Thank you for a new video CA! You are probably in my top 10 for favorite channels on this site!
You always love to see a speculative biology project that doesn't forget to add integument to its creatures
I hope someday
someone will do a project on what the Aliens in the movies would look like in terms of Science and Speculative Biology
how they would realistically evolve on their Earth-like planets
what their cultures and worldviews would have been like
how they would have made it to the Cosmic Era
and how difficult it would have been for humans to make contact with them
I love how much detail went into the art, definitely buying the book
I wanted this so badly. I absolutely loved "The Teeming Universe" and this is just perfect.
I've read this and "The Teeming Universe" for myself and I'm so glad I did. Christian Cline's works are amazing and have been a fairly large inspiration for the sci-fi game I'm making with a few friends.
Videos like these give me hope that there might be life out there among the stars.
I love these videos, they’re so interesting and well put together. If you haven’t already, i think you should do biology of the half-life series, there’s many cool creatures in the series. I hope you do 😊
8:40 Looks like they're partially inspired by the Opabinia and the Ocean Flish respectively.
i love the " one small step for a yaetuan" that made me laugh!
I am not going to lie, I legitimate fangirl-screamed internally when I saw the notification. Thank you for the upload.
Super cool, nice coverage and I always appreciate that you don't give away the whole thing.
I count at least 3 Bronze Age Collapse like event, 1 Fallout-esque fate, at least 3 Cyberpunk era and it ends with Star Trek/War-esque utopia. Stellar works
Now I want someone to create the history of the flash wars and the powers that played part in them lol this is so awesome
You don't know how long I was waiting for you to upload a video. Finally thank you
I loved this video and it reminded me of The Children of Time book. The plot has humanity trying to spred out into the Galaxy, but thing go awry and they up lift spiders. It's a fascinating read.
I came here hoping to see this comment👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I've read that book twice.
I think there may be sequels but I'm hesitant to read them since I think they wrapped up everything in the best way possible.
10:16 when your custom character appears in a cutscene
*Death battle: the Birrin empire vs. The Yaetuan empire*
WAIT! You forgot the dinosauroids.
That space elevator is like 10x larger than it really needs to be. It's not uncommon for artists to not realize just how gargantuan our planets really are. Also, "megalithic" refers specifically to structures like stonehenge or big stone structures, and not "megastructures"
You should narrate some speculative biology books. You've got a great voice!
it is always a joy in my day when i see a new video from Curious Archive pop up. These videos are always so interesting and always leave me wanting more
Ah it’s good to see this franchise again
Always happy when a new vid from u comes out
Glad to see you again!! Missed me some Curious Archive!
This, Birdbugs, and Birrins are my favorites
Always good to see another vid!
Realy cool, and thanks for using the old intro music, It brings me a lot of nostalgia
in your past few videos ive felt a change in content, and im all for it!
yooo new upload
And a good one
I think what a lot of people complaining about in the comments, that the Yaetuan are "too human" is a flawed argument. It doesn't matter what the author does, because the author is human and we are human, we are going to find the patterns that make the aliens "human".
I think convergent evolution and various environmental and species physiology would factor in as to if they became a space faring civilization. Extreme temperatures, High gravity, certain gaseous atmospheres, etc…would pretty much force certain species to be planet bound.
A human author can make an inhuman alien species. Look at the biology of the Birrin, for example. They are *completely* foreign to us, they have their own unique facial expressions, and honestly, I feel like they’re just a far more well-written alien species.
@@Barabel22 agreed for sure
@@weston06.You have a point but so does he🤷♂️
thank you for making such a cool vid. I love speculative biology. and this just makes my fascination for the subject grow.
So much talent on this channel!
Every time I get a new video from you on my feed, makes me day better , love from UK ❤️❤️
I'm having a shitty day so definetly gonna watch this.
In my opinion a hexapod with an internal skeleton (as opposed to arthropods) would soon lose one of the pairs of limbs. They just get in the way more than they are useful. May be that pair takes on a vestigial, supplemental role for manipulation or grasping, but even for strong gripping making one of two pairs bimodal (locomotion/gripping) is more efficient because otherwise you end up with another pair of beefy limbs getting in the way all the time. It's probably worse once you try climbing and swinging through trees...
more efficient but less stable
but yeah unless you're megafauna or suspensorial centaurism makes more sense
I don know i mean if you look at all of insects, i cant really find a single one that lost a pair of limbs (excluding those that just lose all of them as a result of what tends to happen when being a hyperspecilised parasite). If a pair of limbs are in the way, then just move them farther apart from one another, spiders even use them in order to do delicate maneuvers with their webs while having 8 legs (corse they don't really have traditional fingers, but the legs do not ever get in the way with one another)
Well you’re in luck since these animals appear to have joint structures more like that of arthropods with backwards facing hindlimbs shaped like those of crickets and forelimbs pointing forwards
@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 That's not what arthropod or exosceleton means. The way they are drawn it looks indeed as if their hindlegs are on the way out. Imagine them trying to run fast. They'd probably balance on their middle leg pair and become bipedal. They already have that awkward slant to balance their weight over the middle.
@@yjlom standing on two legs is plenty stable due to the computational power in the brain. Dinosaurs evolved it, maybe multiple times, including eventually birds. Some reptile species show bipedal motion occasionally. Mammals evolved it multiple times (marsupials, primates, gerbils...).
I've been playing Deep Rock Galactic and would love to see you do a video on Hoxxes IV.
That "Postwar Poster" is the most amazing thing I've seen this year.
I love the Speculative Anthropology of this project 😍 ❤️ 💕
The way their technology converges with ours in the ways that make sense really make me resonate with this story
Already bought this book, along side the teeming universe. Didn’t disappoint.
At 0:14 that extraterrestrial creature suspiciously looks like a starfish.
Meanwhile on Yaetuan youtube: The Human saga - Most detailed alien species in Sci-Fi?
So cool to hear the authors voice!
Christian is so insanely talented
Christian Cline is a really cool guy, even besides his spec bio art
Mr Archive, do you have any speculative biology, sci-fi, creature, worldbuilding ideas? I'd be interested in hearing about any and all thoughts you may have.
Also would you consider doing an video with smaller sets of designs from many artists or does that stray a little far from the point of the channel? Like a compilation of smaller ideas that aren't (yet) fully fleshed out worlds
Dang, this guy managed to do good on making an alien race as detailed as he did. Great work to Christian Cline.
I'm very glad to see another speculative evolution video on this channel!
Nice world building, but it shares the problem I have with many of those alien evolution fantasies; the aliens are basically just weird looking humans, in this case with a couple of extra limbs and a beak.
You might be interested in Jay Eaton's Runaway to the Stars then - she has aliens that are akin to bugs and moles, but yet have created their own civilizations and interacts with humans.
@waitwot Thanks for the suggestion, Ididn't know that writer, I will look it up.
I think slime molds would be a fun thought experiment. No bones, no central brain, yet they can manipulate their environment, learn, grow and reproduce.
@@vickiephelps5169 I wonder if that could mean that an entire planet could be alive. A living sheath surrounding a core of rock.
I like the art and how it's based in reality and science.
However I was kinda disappointed it's so strongly based off of human history and I feel like some creative opportunities were missed.
But I've seen some other comments here that are happy with this and I can see where they're coming from.
I really love speculative biology. It really shows what possible life can be and how far it can go
I haven't bought anything from Amazon in like 2 years but I just bought this book!
It would be interesting if, in the next book, the Yatuean made first contact with future humans. It would be extremely fascinating to see how the societies would react & what would happen next.
Oh, yeah, finally! Good old speculative biology! Horror was a fresh air for a while but at that point I missed that vibe
Another wonderful world within the SpecEvo community! Love seeing a species triumph after facing so many near extinction events.
this is the type of stuff i need to keep sane
you know what, i really want to try making a book on it now
Final Fantasy meets H.G.Wells meets Fantasy combined into one interesting unheard of science fiction property that, for me that is, started off with seeing his 4d video, and ended up here.
12:23 It's basically alien Fallout.
I'mma guess: Biblaridion's Alien Biospheres series is gonna feature these aliens, his last episode talking about how the alien spiders on his fictional planet evolve sentience in the form of these aliens featured here.
Nice! Can't wait for part 2 where they meet the Qu.
Commenting for view engagement. Always enjoy your work.
I would love an animated movie or television series about the Yaetuans.
Watching this whilst camping in Spain. The biodiversity of earth is also amazing let’s not forget
It's very cool!
Thanks to Christian Cline and thanks to Curious Archive.
I love the antique artwork in the early sections. I want to imagine that the adage “people have always been people” can cross the lines of deep space and even species as well as time and culture, and I found myself wondering, if a human and a Yaetuan were to meet, how would they communicate? How would I, a 21st century human, establish a baseline of understanding with a coastal Yaetuan artist? People have undoubtably put more thought into the general idea than I have , but I like to think she and I could make some headway understanding each other through showing the other our art.
Looks like the Yeatua were well on their way to Type III status when it was all said and done. Superb world building
Wow! Amazing Vid! I Want More Vids Like You!
Thanks to your channel I have become deeply invested in speculative biology to the point im working on a book about a rogue explorer crashlanding on a planet of mud and iron oceans called ishmari-27b
I remember growing with a speculative project inspired by spore, back when it was mostly a Will Wright game, about a creature called Nauceans by author nicknamed Hydromancerx.
I've been waiting for this video style that you stopped using a few months ago , am happi
I'm pretty sure I found your channel after watching (yt channel) biblaridion's speculative evolution vids. Those are detailed and realistic. I strongly recommend.
Mr. Cline's illustrations are gorgeous.
Also can you cover the works of Artist Joschua Knuppe? Also called Hyrotrioskjan in Deviantart. I really like his project Silvanus.
You should do a video about the visual novel South Scrimshaw, It is one of my absolute favorite speculative biology works to date. It tells it's story like a documentary and it is so awesome