UnchartedX’s Ben Van Kerkwyk explores new discoveries in ancient history and examines possible forms of high technology. In the following edition of “After Skool, Van Kerkwyk dissects some of the anomalies that don’t fit into the mainstream story of our past and makes the case for rewriting some of the beginnings of our history.
The replacement, or out of Africa, model proposes a single and relatively recent transition from archaic hominins to anatomically correct humans in Africa, followed by a later migration to the rest of the world, mutating or rapidly evolving into MODERN humans (not just anatomically correct) and replacing other archaic hominin populations. Here, Robert Sepehr, author and anthropologist, debunks the Out-of-Africa Theory, citing its many fallacies in under 15 minutes.
Robert Sepehr returns with a fascinating account of life in the Copper Age when mankind began to use copper tools and weaponry for the first time. Much of this progress occurred around the Mediterranean Sea and involved the Anatolian peoples, living in the region that’s now encompassed by Turkey.
Sepehr, an author and anthropologist, refutes the theory that mankind sprung up in Africa, before spreading across Europe and Asia, and eventually, Australia and the Americas. Here, he explores his own alternative theories governing the advance of civilization.
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Carnivorous plants are rare and only develop in certain habitats, but they are perhaps the most intriguing example of flora on the planet. So fascinating that Charles Darwin published an entire book on them in 1875 after a decade or more of research. It would take another 100-plus years before scientists could propose a definition of what counts as a carnivorous plant.
There are essentially two things that a plant has to do to be considered a carnivore: First, it has to have the ability to take in nutrients from dead prey and secondly, the plant has to have at least one adaptation that actively lures in, catches or digests its prey. But because this is nature, there are always exceptions to these rules.
So one of the nagging questions facing scientists is how and why does botanical carnivory keep evolving? It turns out that when any of the basic things that most plants need aren’t there, some plants can adapt in unexpected ways to make sure they thrive. Host Kallie Moore takes a deeper look into specifics and tells us how plants became carnivores in this episode of PBS Eons.
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A flurry of one-liner comedians bursts into the lighter side of life this week with their quick wit, featuring such comedic stalwarts as Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg, the immortal Rodney Dangerfield and many others.
Says Wright, “My theory of evolution is that Charles Darwin was adopted!” And the inimitable Rodney Dangerfield counters with, “I met a sexy girl a few weeks ago, worked in a restaurant making hamburgers. She told me she could make a Big Boy in three minutes and boy big in two minutes.” Here’s more in this episode of Laugh Planet.
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The emergence of life began 4 billion years ago in the form of single-cell organisms. It proceeded in three different directions called domains, which are the top classification levels. They included different types of algae that became the plant kingdom; various molds or the fungus kingdom; and amoeba-like organisms that evolved into the animal kingdom. Because the mechanisms involved, such as mutation and natural selection, had long periods to work with, each new development along the evolutionary cycle took tens of millions of years. Matt Baker of Useful Charts explains the process.
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In 1978, fossilized footprints preserved in volcanic ash were discovered in Laetoli, Tanzania, by legendary anthropologist Mary Leakey, proving that our human ancestors were already striding across the landscape 3.6 million years ago.
The discovery was monumental, because it contradicted a long-standing idea about human evolution, perhaps debunking the theory that early humans developed a large brain before they stood up. Host Kallie Moore explains in this episode of PBS Eons.
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For a century, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has been as unquestioned as Newton’s theory of gravity. But science never stops asking questions. Or at least it’s not supposed to. Stephen Meyer, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, takes up the challenge in this video. Are there questions about the origins of life that Darwinism can’t answer? More from PragerU.
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When amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson came across some unusual human skull fragments in 1912 Piltdown, England, it was allegedly evidence of the earliest human ancestor ever found, a discovery that would forever change our understanding of human evolution. The find was hailed as a missing link, until it turned out to be fake. The venture came to be known in science circles as The Piltdown Man Hoax.
So yet another mishandling of fossil evidence dimmed the theory of the missing link. “There is no missing link in our lineage,” says PBS Eons host Kallie Moore. “That’s not how evolution works. Back then, the search for the missing link was just one more phase in our thinking of human evolution. The missing link was never missing. It turns out it had never existed at all.” She explains further in the following video.
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