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What was Humanity up to 1,000,000 years ago?
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:20 Thanks to Kiwico
3:17 Our strangest cousins
6:48 Big game hunters
8:36 Hand axes
11:05 The first carpenters
12:56 A global species
15:42 Our tiniest cousin
18:04 life in the cold
20:35 Burnt grass
22:27 The biggest difference
23:55 A hard life
Sources:
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Written and Edited by Stefan Milosavljevich
Artwork by Ettore Mazza
Script help by Dr. Anna Goldfield
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