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| 0:00 | · | i'm about to share something with you |
| 0:01 | · | that absolutely blows my mind and by the |
| 0:03 | · | end of this video you'll realize that |
| 0:05 | · | our civilization may not have been the |
| 0:07 | · | first and why it's arguably more likely |
| 0:10 | · | that civilization has risen and fallen |
| 0:12 | · | before hi guys welcome back if you're |
| 0:14 | · | new here my name is Michael i have a |
| 0:16 | · | degree in ancient history and on this |
| 0:18 | · | channel we discuss the unexplainable |
| 0:19 | · | mysteries of our past let's get into it |
| 0:23 | · | according to the current accepted view |
| 0:24 | · | of history civilization began at roughly |
| 0:27 | · | 4,000 B.CE CE when societies such as |
| 0:30 | · | ancient Suma arose everything every |
| 0:32 | · | history textbook you've ever read every |
| 0:34 | · | story you've ever heard comes from the |
| 0:36 | · | 6,000 years since then this is known as |
| 0:39 | · | recorded history however what many |
| 0:41 | · | people don't realize is just how huge |
| 0:43 | · | the bits before this known as prehistory |
| 0:46 | · | is the mainstream view is that |
| 0:48 | · | prehistoric humans lived a subsistence |
| 0:50 | · | lifestyle in small groups hunting and |
| 0:52 | · | gathering intelligent yes but not |
| 0:54 | · | forming large complex societies or |
| 0:56 | · | building cities but what we do know is |
| 0:58 | · | that the first anatomically modern |
| 1:00 | · | humans identical to you and me dates |
| 1:02 | · | back to at least |
| 1:04 | · | 315,000 years ago and could go back much |
| 1:07 | · | further this means that the vast vast |
| 1:10 | · | majority of human history falls into |
| 1:12 | · | this prehistory bucket or in other words |
| 1:15 | · | at least |
| 1:16 | · | 98.5% of our time on Earth is prehistory |
| 1:20 | · | the entirety of human civilization is |
| 1:22 | · | just the most recent 1.5% of our story |
| 1:25 | · | so why did it take so long for |
| 1:27 | · | civilization to emerge well the idea is |
| 1:30 | · | that civilization flourished when |
| 1:32 | · | conditions got warmer out of the last |
| 1:34 | · | ice age leading to agriculture writing |
| 1:37 | · | cities and so on this warmer period is |
| 1:39 | · | what allowed humanity to develop however |
| 1:41 | · | these warm conditions that we live in |
| 1:43 | · | today are not unique in the human story |
| 1:46 | · | no they've happened before the previous |
| 1:48 | · | interglacial warming period known as the |
| 1:50 | · | Emian period was 130 to 115,000 years |
| 1:54 | · | ago this period was longer than the |
| 1:56 | · | current warm period known as the holene |
| 1:58 | · | has been so far now considering modern |
| 2:01 | · | humans had already been around for at |
| 2:03 | · | least 175,000 years by the start of the |
| 2:06 | · | emian why couldn't civilization have |
| 2:08 | · | flourished then as it has now the |
| 2:11 | · | conditions were optimal it's lasted more |
| 2:13 | · | than enough time we'd been around for |
| 2:15 | · | hundreds of thousands of years already |
| 2:16 | · | and according to the mainstream view it |
| 2:18 | · | is a warmer climate that led to |
| 2:20 | · | civilization developing so is it really |
| 2:22 | · | so absurd to think it could have |
| 2:24 | · | happened then as well as now what's |
| 2:26 | · | interesting is that if human |
| 2:28 | · | civilization had developed during this |
| 2:30 | · | previous warm period we would likely see |
| 2:32 | · | little to no trace of it scientific |
| 2:34 | · | studies show that if our civilization |
| 2:37 | · | ended tomorrow practically all our |
| 2:39 | · | creations would be gone within a mere |
| 2:41 | · | 10,000 years all that would remain would |
| 2:43 | · | be stone constructions Mount Rushmore |
| 2:46 | · | for example or ironically the pyramids |
| 2:48 | · | but if we go up to a 100,000 years it's |
| 2:50 | · | likely there would be virtually no trace |
| 2:53 | · | there's few artifacts that date back |
| 2:54 | · | this far the only ones that do are a few |
| 2:56 | · | stone tools stone being the only likely |
| 2:58 | · | thing to survive maybe we'd leave levels |
| 3:00 | · | of plutonium in the atmosphere due to |
| 3:02 | · | nuclear weapons but if we were to |
| 3:04 | · | disappear tomorrow there'd be scant |
| 3:06 | · | evidence in a 100,000 years so unless a |
| 3:08 | · | civilization in the Amian period was |
| 3:10 | · | testing nuclear weapons then it's |
| 3:12 | · | unlikely we would see any evidence they |
| 3:14 | · | existed and even if they had been doing |
| 3:16 | · | crazy stuff like that would we even be |
| 3:18 | · | looking for it even if there was some |
| 3:20 | · | stuff left behind over 80% of Earth's |
| 3:23 | · | land mass is covered by jungle ocean or |
| 3:25 | · | desert making it impossible to excavate |
| 3:28 | · | and only a tiny percentage of the |
| 3:30 | · | archaeological record has been uncovered |
| 3:32 | · | sea levels have changed dramatically |
| 3:33 | · | entire coastlines where humans would |
| 3:35 | · | have logically settled are underwater |
| 3:38 | · | and all this is without mentioning the |
| 3:39 | · | cataclysmic history of the Earth which |
| 3:42 | · | has reshaped the planet profoundly while |
| 3:44 | · | humans have been here there's plenty of |
| 3:45 | · | evidence of comet impacts and volcanoes |
| 3:48 | · | that have dramatically impacted Earth |
| 3:50 | · | while humans were around these events |
| 3:52 | · | had the power to both wipe out human |
| 3:54 | · | civilization and destroy all trace they |
| 3:56 | · | could have left behind in fact we know |
| 3:58 | · | cataclysms have reduced human population |
| 4:01 | · | down to tiny numbers before the Mount |
| 4:03 | · | Toba eruption occurring only about |
| 4:05 | · | 74,000 years ago is believed to have |
| 4:08 | · | wiped out the vast majority of our |
| 4:10 | · | species reducing numbers down to as few |
| 4:12 | · | as 10,000 individuals so we know modern |
| 4:15 | · | humans as intelligent as us have been |
| 4:17 | · | around for at least 315,000 years we |
| 4:20 | · | also know that we only have any record |
| 4:22 | · | of about 1% of this history we know all |
| 4:25 | · | trace of our own civilization would |
| 4:27 | · | disappear within 10 to 20,000 years a |
| 4:30 | · | tiny fraction of the amount of time |
| 4:31 | · | we've been on Earth we know that our |
| 4:33 | · | civilization developed because things |
| 4:35 | · | got warmer so is it really so absurd to |
| 4:37 | · | think that this could have happened |
| 4:38 | · | before during the previous warmer |
| 4:40 | · | periods it's certainly possible but even |
| 4:42 | · | with the huge time gap surely we'd see |
| 4:45 | · | some evidence something anything an echo |
| 4:47 | · | of this lost past well maybe we do in |
| 4:50 | · | cultures across the entire world we see |
| 4:53 | · | myths that speak of earlier golden |
| 4:55 | · | periods that were destroyed by |
| 4:57 | · | cataclysms leaving a few survivors to |
| 4:59 | · | start over again we see unexplainable |
| 5:01 | · | ancient stone construction lyu caves |
| 5:04 | · | Pumapunku Sashi Humman even the pyramids |
| 5:06 | · | and many many others sites all so |
| 5:09 | · | baffling that mainstream archaeology |
| 5:11 | · | often just shrugs we see ridiculously |
| 5:13 | · | old dates that don't fit the timeline |
| 5:15 | · | like Gbeclete so old yet so |
| 5:17 | · | sophisticated it doesn't make sense we |
| 5:20 | · | see king lists like those of ancient |
| 5:21 | · | Suma and Egypt stretching way back into |
| 5:24 | · | prehistory records of times and rulers |
| 5:26 | · | that are dismissed as myth but maybe not |
| 5:29 | · | maybe these are echoes of a forgotten |
| 5:31 | · | past what if civilization isn't a |
| 5:34 | · | straight line what if it's cyclical what |
| 5:36 | · | if like a seasonal flower it blooms when |
| 5:38 | · | the climate allows then dies for a while |
| 5:41 | · | before coming back when the conditions |
| 5:42 | · | are right doesn't this make arguably |
| 5:44 | · | more sense than nothing of note |
| 5:46 | · | happening for 99% of our history and |
| 5:48 | · | then everything happening in the most |
| 5:50 | · | recent 1% maybe civilization and the |
| 5:53 | · | human story isn't linear we all suffer |
| 5:56 | · | from recency bias we assume that what we |
| 5:58 | · | see now is normal but we live in an |
| 6:00 | · | abnormal time it's warm and it has been |
| 6:03 | · | for 12,000 years but that's not the |
| 6:06 | · | historical norm the norm is cold |
| 6:08 | · | cataclysm and collapse if and it's a |
| 6:11 | · | major if but if human civilization rose |
| 6:14 | · | and fell before in our distant past then |
| 6:16 | · | our whole perspective needs to change it |
| 6:19 | · | shows that we are super vulnerable as a |
| 6:21 | · | civilization and once we realize it may |
| 6:23 | · | have happened before we can start |
| 6:25 | · | preparing for when it will happen again |
| 6:27 | · | because it's when not if the Earth has |
| 6:29 | · | always been shaped by catastrophe and |
| 6:31 | · | it's only a matter of time even without |
| 6:33 | · | a cataclysmic event unfortunately for us |
| 6:36 | · | our warm period the holene is overdue to |
| 6:39 | · | end we're already overdue to plunge back |
| 6:41 | · | into glacial conditions what we should |
| 6:43 | · | really be scared of is not global |
| 6:45 | · | warming although we should definitely |
| 6:46 | · | try and clean up our act but global |
| 6:48 | · | cooling is the real threat even in |
| 6:50 | · | recorded history we can see how the |
| 6:52 | · | warmer times led to great prosperity and |
| 6:54 | · | innovation the medieval warm period |
| 6:56 | · | allowed for longer growing seasons |
| 6:58 | · | agricultural surpluses and population |
| 7:00 | · | growth which in turn supported cultural |
| 7:02 | · | achievements like the building of Gothic |
| 7:04 | · | cathedrals and the rise of universities |
| 7:06 | · | trade expanded cities flourished and |
| 7:08 | · | societies had the resources to invest in |
| 7:10 | · | art philosophy and technology in |
| 7:13 | · | contrast colder periods were often |
| 7:15 | · | disastrous the little ice age brought |
| 7:17 | · | shorter growing seasons failed harvests |
| 7:19 | · | and famine europe was struck by the |
| 7:21 | · | great famine of 1315 during which |
| 7:24 | · | millions starved due to relentless cold |
| 7:26 | · | societal unrest grew economies shrank |
| 7:28 | · | and in many regions innovation stalled |
| 7:31 | · | cold harsh climates didn't just make |
| 7:33 | · | life harder they made civilization more |
| 7:35 | · | fragile and this was so minor compared |
| 7:38 | · | to a glacial period it's terrifying that |
| 7:40 | · | our warm period is overdue to end and |
| 7:42 | · | who knows how we'd cope with this if it |
| 7:44 | · | happened in the next few decades but is |
| 7:46 | · | it really so crazy to think that |
| 7:47 | · | previous warm periods also contain |
| 7:50 | · | civilizations i want to hear what you |
| 7:51 | · | guys think let me know in the comments |
| 7:53 | · | if I've missed anything or if I'm just |
| 7:54 | · | being an idiot cuz I find this a |
| 7:56 | · | fascinating thought experiment and I |
| 7:57 | · | hope you do too if you enjoyed this |
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