Paleoanthropologist Answers Caveman Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
Paleoanthropologist Dr. Steven E. Churchill answers your questions about cavemen and early human evolution from Twitter.
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February 22, 2026
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So . . . Native Americans are Neanderthals? I call B.S
The "saber-toothed squirrel," scientifically known as Cronopio dentiacutus, was a real, extinct mammal that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in South America
How does the hair thing add up if floppy hair didnt show up until way later?
Well even during ice age the entire globe wasn’t covered with ice … portions of India, argentina and other tropical countries had pleasant weather
Best video I watch
I thought i was a nerd with this stuff, but wow.
Archaeologists listening to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 'incessantly' while in camp? hmmmm
The bow and arrow was not invented when man first went into Europe. MUCH later it was employed.
I nearly switched off straight away, I thought you were Rolf Harris. Glad I stayed though.
Hearing that little Incel continue to say “also too” over and over was nauseating….
He’s now in prison in Dubai for drug trafficking 🤦🏾♂️
Looks like my tio
Thats the most dad looking dad to have ever dad'ed
the ways he's handling those skulls seem demonic to me I don't care about the context
I love the science related questions answered. I could fact them all day.
I want to meet Karen Ryden. Or at least see a photo of her face!
I bet they were trippin on acid when they found her and that’s why they called her Lucy 9:09
Did Jaysus make the hobbits too? Or was that the serpent? 😂
Fun fact: We are currently living in an ice age. It’s a warming period. The Earth will continually get warmer until the next ice age begins.
neandershort, genius! loved it
You seem to be 100% sure of some things that have not been 100% proven.
Thanks Steve for the great information fascinating
If Neanderthals had predators to contend with, then humans would have too. Why were they an existential threat to Neanderthals but not to humans?
Moved to mexico?
Yeah my best friend in H.S. had more Neanderthal then 89% of my school
Will humans survive the Trump/Putin/Xi age?
this guy is so lost, go read ur bible and stop spreading confusion
My wife and I took a DNA test and she has 62.7% Neanderthal DNA and I have 3.1%, what does that mean for our children?
A whole lot of assumptions are given and presented as historically accurate. He admits himself many times, "We think that…." and then he runs with it saying very authoritative things based on the backbone of assumption. Ugh
Grok go south. Gud fud.
How was this released 11 months ago and this nerd is still saying we indigenous ppl crossed the ice bridge? The White Sands discovery antiquated that theory YEARS ago.
“There are no saber-toothed squirrels in the fossil record.” What about the Meridiolestida, Cronopio dentiacutus? It’s literally referred to colloquially as the saber-toothed squirrel. If you’re being pedantic, no it’s not actually a squirrel, but it looks a lot like one, and probably looked a lot like the one in ice age.
>out of africa disproven theory
lmao
Ignorance is a blessing
He just casually got dead bodies on his table
They wore thermal underwear and monclare sky jackets.
i will never escape homestuck will i
'Out of Africa'….is quite a quaint idea.
How did they survive? If we are any example, I'd have to say dumb luck.
Really enjoyed this video.
So interesting and she is amazing!
10:20 Easy: We didn't need dental hygiene before agriculture and mass carbohydrate production and consumption
My favorite part of this series is how easy many of these questions are to Google. But it represents humanities incessant need to "wonder". We don't want a definitive answer all the time, sometimes we just want to wonder about it