Paleo Human Mysteries: A Four Part Series: Episode 3

Neil Bockoven is an award-winning geologist, journalist and the author of the historical fiction “Moctu” series -- Moctu and the Mammoth People and The People Eaters (July 2022) – as well as a children’s science book titled When We Met Neanderthals. Paleo Human Mysteries is a four-part documentary series (produced and hosted by Neil) that examines some of the greatest mysteries surrounding our early ancestors. Did we interbreed with Neanderthals and other archaic human species? And why did we survive, while they did not? Based on Neil’s exhaustive research, the series delves deep into the Paleolithic era and the interactions of paleo humans and explores the most recent discoveries being made through archaeology and genetics. In Episode Three - "Ancient Footprints" - Neil tells the incredible story of how a small group of African Homo sapiens (or several small groups) migrated out of Africa around 70,000 years ago into the present-day Middle East and - against all odds - went on to inhabit all of the continents and eventually dominate the world. It's likely that we eliminated or absorbed every rival human species we encountered and left a trail of genetic mysteries along the way. One such mystery: an Indigenous Australian is more genetically similar to a blond-haired, blue-eyed Scandinavian halfway around the world than one African tribesman is to a person in a different African tribe that lives nearby. How is that possible? In the end, Neil reminds us that all humans are 99.9 percent the same. Regardless of ethnicity, nationality or geography, "we're all cousins, and pretty damn close cousins at that." Episode One - "You Sexy Beast,"- aired on July 12, 2022. Episode Two - "Killer" Instinct" - launched on July 29, 2022. Episode Three - "Ancient Footprints" - premiered on August 19, 2022. The last episode of the series will be released on September 2nd, 2022. Like, Subscribe, and comment down below. Join the community. Facebook:   / authorneilbockoven   Website: https://www.neilbockoven.com/ Books by Neil Bockoven: The People Eaters (July 2022) https://www.amazon.com/People-Eaters-... Moctu and the Mammoth People (2019) https://www.amazon.com/Moctu-Mammoth-... When We Met Neanderthals (2019) https://www.amazon.com/When-Met-Neand... All media displayed in this video is displayed with either permission from copyright owners, fair use, or is creative commons. If I failed to give proper credit or you do not want your images displayed here, please message me on Facebook, and I will give credit or immediately remove at your request. Much of the media displayed in this video is protected under FAIR USE for reasons of Commentary, Education, Criticism, Parody, and Social Satire. Special thanks to Pat Shipman and Helga Ingeborg Vierich for their review, comments and encouragement on this video. Pat Shipman - Penn State University Anthropology - retired; author of books including The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction. Helga Vierich - PhD Anthropologist, University of Toronto, Professor, YellowHead Tribal College; Blog: https://anthroecologycom.wordpress.com . Some photos/videos provided by Pond5 https://www.pond5.com Cannibal illustration by Emmanuel Roudier. If you wish to do more research on your own, check out the 200+ references at the back of my novels, and these wonderful books: Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art https://www.amazon.com/Kindred-Neande... Who We Are and How We Got Here https://www.amazon.com/Who-Are-How-Go... The World Before Us https://www.amazon.com/World-Before-U... The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction https://www.amazon.com/Invaders-Human...