SciShow: The Ancient Footprints that Changed The Timeline of Human History

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Content of the Lesson: Our friends at MinuteEarth just released a new book! To check out “How Did Whales Get So Big?” head to: https://www.minuteearth.com/books/ In the history of our species, we still don’t know exactly how and when early humans migrated across the world, but some ancient footprints might be helping us figure it out. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Chris Peters, Adam Brainard, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams, Jeremy Mysliwiec, charles george, Tom Mosner, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Piya Shedden, GrowingViolet, Nazara, Matt Curls, Ash, Eric Jensen, Jason A Saslow, Kevin Bealer, Sam Lutfi, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Bryan Cloer, Jeffrey Mckishen ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/2017/06/global-last-glacial-maximum/ https://www.science.org/content/article/human-footprints-near-ice-age-lake-suggest-surprisingly-early-arrival-americas https://www.science.org/content/article/most-archaeologists-think-first-americans-arrived-boat-now-they-re-beginning-prove-it https://www.science.org/news/2016/05/ancient-stone-tools-are-best-evidence-yet-early-peopling-americas https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abg7586?casa_token=zVUJjobz88MAAAAA:epNP7Xdlp16QLtm1emBSIWWYI7UbOMAwoO1fOHAMTXwxDziLOksMNG4ZcPyI4q3OfPDXrxf5rf_2XQ https://www.science.org/content/article/were-humans-living-mexican-cave-during-last-ice-age https://www.livescience.com/51793-extinct-ice-age-megafauna.html https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aar5040?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed http://palaeos.com/time/cosmic_calendar.html Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/roman-forum-at-sunrise-from-left-to-right-temple-of-vespasian-and-titus-church-of-gm675049578-123868323 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spreading_homo_sapiens.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IceAgeEarth.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/alaska-and-bering-sea-gm181061119-25566850 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peopling_of_America_through_Beringia.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assumed_path_of_Beringian_wolves_from_Beringia_to_Wyoming.png https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/archaeological-excavations-archaeologists-work-dig-up-an-ancient-clay-artifact-with-gm1307568921-397797184 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/antique-illustration-of-prehistoric-flint-weapons-gm508450646-85266447 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_dunefield,_White_Sands_National_Park,_New_Mexico,_United_States.png https://www.flickr.com/photos/travelwayoflife/6164348161/in/photostream/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pleistocene_SA.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/804404 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/people-of-the-ice-age-gm537816437-58008984


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