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Before We Ruled the Earth

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billions of years ago prehistoric humans were just one of many animals competing for survival but they had something that set them apart from other intelligent to use tools  what tools do you use turn all the time like piece of paper and pencil start it car I mean I have to go from point A to point B if my brains from school when I go to school the home my car is my parents of all of my piano definitely 1700000 years ago the world sealed with extreme Danger Justice near mind was the ultimate challenge  Swissport kill or be killed this is the story how we on today humans first appeared in East Africa more than two and a half million is it go this was the beginning of human evolution the world they inhabited was a world of predators scavengers  early humans called common among large terrifying beasts  but these hominids were just living off the scraps of creditors deceiver to count  this is homo ergaster these Harmon the biggest brain so far homo ergaster is one of the first human carnivores to walk the earth but to get me a Mustang competitor like the saber-toothed cat Venture into the open and put their lives on the line foreign basic Stone snakes sharpen tools but to be successful scavengers Peter cutting to razor sharp as the saber-tooth skinny 90 these hominids were able to scavenge only one bone and a few shreds of me in a manner when this bone skip the massive dose of calories in calories and energy it means taking many many generations to the how to manipulate Stone to create a two-sided tool early human is slowly figuring out the first of many this young woman has created a sharper more versatile cutting tool the hand-axe one that will rival the Sabertooth team we know from experiments with dead elephants that the Dax can slice the toughest high and break open a Vegas bomb  this is what these hominids were looking for okay will bring them one step closer to beating their competitors at finding food good thing word Gabrielle more powerful tool that would change everything but you're more powerful than the hand axe  but you'll so powerful with so many all animals cower before it Julie McMaster for their own Survival fire Farms with stone tools and is slowly evolving brain the descendants of homo ergaster play down from Africa between 1.7 million and about 600,000 years ago Journey northward by 300000 years ago some homework gasters more evolved successors called Homo erectus we're living in the area known today as Western y David L completed every other species of hominid they use fire to keep warm in to cook their meat which made it more digestible they discovered fires most powerful ucn Homo erectus are no longer just the Scavengers now they are predators 2  now extinct the Irish did not call the Panthers emergency line from Ron experience the hunters know that group is more effective than alone even one large animal yield so much meat the risk is worth it the hunters rely on their instincts and senses much more so than we do Biggie's ranking tactics through a narrow Gorge over a cliff organization is vinyl language we know what is still a quarter of a million years in the future but these early humans have basic communication skills they have only a few minutes go to the play or there's one thing about fire they haven't yet mastered how to keep them oldies. it down from generation to generation can't help them here they're losing control the hunters have become The Hunted human evolution is chronicled in part by brain size are knowledge of all more gastric toys from the 1.6 million year old Mario Kart amiibo in Kenya he was 11  10 year old Homo erectus found in Spain from 785000 years ago had a larger brain capacity today the hunters have returned with two injured men and no meat hunting was a hazardous necessity findings in Spain just a few Homo erectus males live beyond their teens fire has failed them in the heart Song Remains a mystery to them but they must master all its secrets for survival over thousands of years or rectus wrestled with the challenge of keeping Flames burn what did they finally learn to keep fires lit these people so close to meet your head of knowledge of plants of what was the series  the most the healing power of plants this gooey substance is Pine resin you can prevent infection and it's also the source of turpentine and natural fuel we'll never know what really unlock the sea they were looking for an accident of nature a lightning strike careful observation or just trial and error over thousands of years Bellissimo erectus finally stumbled upon  they've now mastered the mysteries of Fire Cooks their food scares away predators and with this one Discovery nothing will ever be the same the rain is the ultimate cat she's the only one knows the source of the resin she shares her knowledge of this decaying Pine stump Prime resins a distinctive smell problem solving cooperation and sharing knowledge will be essential to human survival the pie will keep their torches burning this is exactly what they mean knowing others are now well on the parents to become skillful Hunter Chris strong lesbian I know exactly where and where to find them Leo Howard next week ending of the back rubbing yet invented the heard of Irish town is comfy face with a for minimum Lethal Weapon not just fire but Fire Plus the human brain  hunting will become a way of life that will be human crime for the next $300,000 years Prudential cumulations of stone tools in phones know that homo erectus hunted in Fox Grove in Southern England years ago 300 Woodglen from The Maze of Bones you can tell the hunters came here time and time again in the grip of the last ice age the great sheets of ice cover much of the land Sub-Zero Winters last after nine months Homo erectus has long since died down  it was during a short summer evolutionary cousins these neanderthals migrated to this River Valley skeletons tell us that marriage is over they relied on their powerful limbs for stocking and hunting  they went to the Giants there's don't tip Spears where the most lethal close quarter combat their Spears are too heavy to throw very far  they must lunch in jazz videos of for the Neanderthal hunting animals is about survival baby successful and surviving it becomes super predators with no competition from other hominids  yeah are humans including the engine falls put in temporary camps out in the open  the Neanderthals lived in a region with many games they could live in them especially the cable become the center of their world only if you McDonald's live in southern France in small family groups High nitrogen content discovered in the age of cell phones Ranger title but effective tool kit better made tools rip Souls 2 hand axe in earlier times Stone flakes to cut me survive scrapers to clean yourself and hives  sharp points to punch holes in skins like your predecessors they wasted isolated nomadic bands of Neanderthals live like this 460 they live from day-to-day but it didn't last snow it's been on the ground for months even for a people drafted to the Ice Age cold this is more than they can bear  hunters have to travel farther and farther because the Beast are leaving in their own quest for food phone bill sound are too puny squirrels  don't starve to death if they stay call Norma home  they know there's nothing back toward the Setting Sun where they came from opportunities toward the Rising Sun there's a better place to hunt they've been there before summer  for the entire band to attempt a winter migration is sure death  Only the strongest Hunters were gone by the time of in the engine songs humans were capable of at least some basic speech they have larger brains than their predecessor but how do we know the guitar  60000 year old Android phone the muscles of the vocal cords early human speech it was found in Israel  in their search for food the hunters travel much far The New Normal hunting range  northern Europe is now mantle with expanding glaciers and ice caps  the ice age is brought in Norman changes in the weather eating their will adapted physiques that tested to the Limit neanderthals evolve she knows is too warm my breath are there squat bodies routine heat in the cold climate but this weather is difficult for them to bear just as they give us hope they find what they're looking for a rocky out this is the sheltered Wonderfalls look for women Hugh decoration has led them here this winter from compressed layers of Ash and charcoal found on key floors we know the Neanderthals made fires  couldn't have survived is the northern ice sheets without them who share the last of the drive me it was easy to carry and one of the first preserving food a wake up knowing this is the day they must find a beast and kill it Denise harsh conditions death was not uncommon we know more about neanderthals been about any previous humans because they buried their dead  their women they found intact which means they buried their dead carefully we may never know with neanderthals believe in an afterlife the day the first to leave such evidence appearing  only two of them are laugh and the odds of transform Hunter stacked against these Neanderthals  like all early people their senses are fine-tuned to the presence of animals they sense the Bison can't be that our way this is what they're looking for 15 feet of snow difficult to maneuver especially with heavy Stones if beers equip close enough they must be careful Operation Red alarms but they're not alone out here diseases chance the Bison has been the Neanderthals have been beaten to the Kill by by who  there face-to-face with two strings wish you were here and have round heads  these are not people like in the age of Thrones they have Swift much later Spears that can throw the hundreds of thousands of years the Neanderthals have been the only inhabitants of Europe but not anymore their place in history will be taken by a new race of humans they Baron antler tips so far the most advanced weapon created by man and they have all the brain power in it Arby's we have today CVS on the counter with newcomers signaled the beginning of the end submitted Cro-Magnon these new people Homo sapiens will become the greatest Hunters of them all the Undisputed masters of our planet they will be gone did you know the climate in diet of our ancestors affects our today climate affects body shape in cold environments humans tend to be shorter and more stocking to retain heat Diet also affects night hunter-gatherers were taller than settlers in ancient communic

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