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0:01If I were to tell you to travel back 5
0:03billion years, you would find no humans
0:06, no dinosaurs, no forests, no oceans.
0:10A new planet slowly formed from dust,
0:13gas, and rocks swirling in space, but
0:15it wasn't the blue, beautiful Earth we
0:18see today. Initially, conditions were
0:21so dire that no human being could
0:23survive even a moment there. Then, in
0:27this seething, lifeless world,
0:28something happened that even science
0:30still doesn't fully understand. Life
0:33began here. First, tiny creatures, then
0:37strange sea animals, and then came the
0:39era when dinosaurs ruled the world for
0:41millions of years. But a devastating
0:45impact from space destroyed their world
0:47forever. With their extinction, the
0:50surviving small mammals, or
0:52milk-feeding creatures, found a new
0:54opportunity to expand, and one species
0:57emerged that learned to walk on two
0:59legs. They turned stones into weapons
1:01and gradually changed the map of the
1:03entire world. This is the story that
1:06brought us to humanity. But friends,
1:09the real questions begin now. If humans
1:12evolved from monkeys, why aren't
1:13today's monkeys becoming humans? If the
1:16first human was ever born on Earth,
1:18were their parents humans or something
1:20else? And if such powerful dinosaurs
1:23can become extinct after ruling for
1:25millions of years, is humanity truly
1:27the last chapter of this story? The
1:30answers to all three questions lie in
1:32this video. But to find out, we must
1:35travel back 5 billion years to where it
1:38all began. About 4.54 billion years ago
1:46, debris and rocks in space collided
1:48violently, and this great collision
1:51gave birth to our Earth. But if you
1:55were to look at the Earth at that time,
1:57it would seem nothing less than hell.
1:59Scientists call this period the Hadean,
2:02a name derived from the underworld of
2:04Greek mythology. All around was boiling
2:07lava, erupting volcanoes, and a rain of
2:10burning stones, or meteorites, falling
2:12from the sky. The air was so toxic that
2:15it contained no oxygen for breathing.
2:19For years, scientists believed that our
2:21Earth remained a ball of fire like this
2:23for millions of years. But then, in the
2:26hills of Western Australia, a piece of
2:28evidence was discovered that astonished
2:30the world of science. This evidence was
2:34a tiny crystal called zircon, the size
2:36of a grain of sand. When this crystal
2:39was examined in depth, a startling
2:41truth was revealed. Shortly after
2:44Earth's formation, about 4.4 billion
2:47years ago, some parts of the Earth's
2:49surface had cooled, indicating the
2:51presence of water. We don't know for
2:55sure whether oceans like today covered
2:57the entire planet at that time. But
2:59where water exists, there's room for a
3:02miracle: the miracle of life. Just
3:05imagine how life could have flourished
3:07in that boiling, toxic world. It's
3:10possible that life began near hot
3:13springs deep in the ocean. Some
3:15scientists also suggest other locations
3:17. The exact location remains a mystery,
3:20and within this mystery, one name is
3:22Luca. Luca wasn't the first life.
3:25Understand it simply. If we were to
3:28create a family tree of all living
3:31organisms today and trace it backwards,
3:33the oldest common ancestor we could
3:36find was Luka. Luka wasn't a human,
3:40animal, or fish, but a tiny creature
3:42invisible to the naked eye. According
3:45to a genetic study, Luka may have
3:47existed approximately 4.2 billion years
3:50ago. You'll be surprised to learn that
3:53Luka is the oldest ancestral relative
3:56of every human, every animal, every
3:59plant in the world today. It's possible
4:02that it lived in an oxygen-free
4:04environment, coexisting with other
4:05small organisms and viruses of that era
4:07. Imagine, even on the earliest pages
4:11of our story, life wasn't alone. Luka
4:14had somehow adapted to that toxic world
4:16. But the real storm was yet to come.
4:21On the shallow surface of the ocean,
4:23tiny organisms called cyanobacteria
4:25began to make their food from sunlight,
4:27just like plants and trees do today. We
4:31call this photosynthesis. But during
4:34this process, a gas also began to be
4:35released. This gas was extremely
4:37dangerous for most organisms living on
4:40Earth at that time. Almost like poison,
4:43and that gas was oxygen. Yes, that
4:46oxygen. Initially, this oxygen combined
4:49with iron dissolved in the ocean and
4:51settled down like rust, forming large
4:53layers of iron rocks around the world.
4:56For a very long time, the oceans and
4:59rocks absorbed this oxygen. But then a
5:01day came when there was nothing left to
5:03absorb. Now, oxygen had nowhere to hide
5:07. It started flowing from the water and
5:09directly into the air. Just imagine,
5:11the oxygen, without which we cannot
5:13survive even for a moment today, proved
5:16to be a terrible time for the organisms
5:18of that era. Most organisms of that
5:20time were accustomed to living without
5:22oxygen. Scientists call this long
5:25transition, which began about 2.45
5:28billion years ago, the period when the
5:30Earth's air was filled with oxygen for
5:33the first time. This new environment
5:36must have been fatal for many ancient
5:38organisms. However, we do not have a
5:41precise count of how many species
5:42became extinct. But it's a law of
5:45nature that the end of one becomes the
5:47beginning of another, and oxygen's game
5:49wasn't over yet. At that time, there
5:51was a lot of methane in the air. This
5:54gas surrounded the Earth like a blanket
5:57, keeping it warm. But oxygen combined
6:00with the methane and began converting
6:02it into water and carbon dioxide. As
6:05this warming blanket thinned, the
6:07Earth's temperature rapidly dropped,
6:10and large areas began to freeze. It
6:13seemed as if the story of life would
6:15end before it even began. But the heat
6:18of volcanoes hidden deep in the ocean
6:19prevented life from disappearing
6:21completely. Gradually, the ice melted,
6:24and the weather began to change again.
6:27Meanwhile, a silent event occurred
6:28without which you and I would not be
6:31here today. Some tiny cells swallowed
6:35other bacteria but did not digest them.
6:38Those bacteria remained inside and
6:40began to provide energy to them. This
6:42partnership created a kind of
6:44powerhouse within the cells called
6:45mitochondria. Today, this same
6:48powerhouse is functioning in every cell
6:50of your body. Later, similar cells made
6:53the story of plants, animals, and our
6:56own bodies possible. First, many cells
6:58began to live together. Then they
7:00divided tasks among themselves: one
7:02digested food, the other protected.
7:04After millions of years of this slow
7:06preparation, about 720 to 635 million
7:09years ago, the Earth experienced the
7:11most devastating icy period in its
7:13history. This is known as Snowball
7:17Earth. Whether the Earth was completely
7:20frozen or only some areas of water
7:21remained open. Scientists still debate
7:24this, and when this ice melted,
7:25something never before seen in the
7:27ocean was revealed. About 570 to 540
7:31million years ago, strange, soft,
7:33leaf-like organisms called Ediacarans
7:36began to appear in the ocean. Now the
7:39stage was set for the next big
7:41explosion. About 540 million years ago,
7:44a variety of new body types suddenly
7:46appeared in marine life. This is called
7:49the Cambrian Explosion. But this was
7:51not a one-day explosion; rather, it was
7:54a transformation that occurred over
7:55millions of years, as fast as the blink
7:58of an eye in Earth's history. Organisms
8:00that had previously consisted of just
8:02one or a few cells now began to develop
8:04larger and more complex bodies. The
8:07seas were awash with strange armor,
8:10sharp spines, and dozens of legs for
8:12locomotion. Among these creatures,
8:16trilobites were prominent, crawling
8:18along the ocean floor. But the ocean
8:20was no longer calm. Predators had also
8:23arrived. Many possessed remarkable eyes
8:25and prey-catching organs. Life was no
8:28longer merely a struggle for survival
8:30but a dangerous game of prey and
8:32predator. Amidst this turmoil, a tiny
8:35entity emerged in the ocean that would
8:37determine the future of the entire
8:39planet. Some creatures had a flexible
8:42rod-like structure in their backs
8:44called the notochord. Later, in their
8:46descendants, this rod evolved into a
8:49backbone. This is how the first strange
8:52jawless fishes were seen swimming in
8:54the ocean. Little did they know that
8:58this same backbone would later support
9:01the massive bodies of dinosaurs and,
9:03much later, enable humans to stand
9:05upright. Jawed fish spread in the
9:09subsequent period. This is where the
9:12real story begins, leading directly to
9:14you and me—humans. If you're thinking
9:18humans evolved directly from apes, wait
9:21. That's not even half the truth. Our
9:24real story begins millions of years ago
9:25with a unique fish that swam in the
9:27water. About 375 million years ago,
9:31creatures living in rivers, swamps, and
9:34shallow waters were grappling with
9:36various challenges. Water was receding,
9:39and the environment was changing. Then,
9:41some fish began developing stronger
9:44bone structures within their fins.
9:47These are called lobe-finned fish. Some
9:52of these creatures began to propel
9:54themselves with their fins in shallow
9:55water and lift their heads above the
9:57water. One of these very famous
10:00creatures was Tiktaalik. It was a fish,
10:02but its fins and neck had features
10:05reminiscent of later land animals.
10:09Tiktaalik's direct ancestor isn't
10:11guaranteed, but it's a remarkable
10:13fossil that illustrates that major
10:15transformation. The journey from water
10:18to land took many branches and over a
10:20long period of time. These gave rise to
10:23tetrapods, four-legged creatures. But
10:25dinosaurs were still a long way off.
10:27Plants and trees were already spreading
10:29on land. Then forests grew denser, and
10:32insects and other small creatures
10:33flourished. But these early four-legged
10:36creatures faced a major constraint.
10:38They couldn't completely free
10:40themselves from water because their
10:42eggs needed moisture. Then, about 320
10:45million years ago, a remarkable change
10:47occurred. Some creatures developed a
10:49protective shell around their eggs and
10:52a water sac inside. Now, they could
10:54give birth on dry land, away from water
10:56. This is where the path split into two
10:59. On one side emerged the branch that
11:02later gave rise to reptiles, birds, and
11:04dinosaurs. On the other side, a long
11:08branch led to mammals, milk-feeding
11:10creatures like us. Don't think of this
11:12as a straight line. It was a tree with
11:15branches growing in different
11:17directions. But a storm was about to
11:19hit that tree, uprooting almost
11:21everything, and this storm was even
11:23greater than the one that destroyed the
11:25dinosaurs. Around 252 million years ago
11:29, at the end of the Permian period,
11:32Earth witnessed its largest known mass
11:34extinction. Massive volcanic eruptions,
11:38rising temperatures, and depleted ocean
11:40oxygen severely crushed life. Most
11:43marine species were wiped out. Land
11:46also suffered significant losses.
11:48Scientists call it the Great Dying.
11:52Imagine if the story of that era had
11:54turned differently, Earth might have
11:56been populated by creatures we don't
11:58even know existed. After this
12:00catastrophe, new life began to flourish
12:02in the empty spaces. The earliest
12:04dinosaurs appeared around 230 million
12:06years ago. But they didn't immediately
12:09dominate the world. Alongside them were
12:13many other powerful groups of reptiles.
12:16As time passed, competitors dwindled,
12:18and dinosaurs evolved into diverse
12:20forms. Some were small and agile, some
12:23were large, long-necked herbivores, and
12:25some were ferocious predators. Now, a
12:30fact that few people know: In this same
12:31dinosaur-like world, early mammals also
12:33lived. Most were small, stealthy, and
12:35nocturnal. This means that mammals
12:39didn't emerge after the extinction of
12:40dinosaurs. Both coexisted for millions
12:43of years. And then, another interesting
12:45twist: not every dinosaur disappeared
12:47completely. Birds emerged from a branch
12:49of small, winged predatory dinosaurs.
12:52The bird sitting on your window sill
12:54today is a living link to that old
12:56story. Over time, flowering plants also
12:58began to spread, and the landscape of
13:00forests changed. The world continued
13:03like this for millions of years, and
13:04then came the day we promised at the
13:06beginning. Exactly 66 million years ago
13:10, a rock the size of a mountain from
13:13space struck the Earth near Mexico. The
13:16impact was so devastating that the
13:18largest dinosaurs were wiped out
13:21forever. Only birds, a branch of them,
13:24survived, and still live today. The sky
13:27was covered in smoke and dust for
13:29months. Sunlight vanished, and a
13:31deathly silence spread everywhere. But
13:35while the mighty dinosaurs were
13:37disappearing, beneath their feet, some
13:39tiny, mouse-like mammals hid in burrows
13:42. They were very small. They ate less
13:45and could hide underground. Therefore,
13:48they somehow survived that catastrophic
13:50catastrophe. When the dinosaurs 'empire
13:53ended, the entire world became empty.
13:55These small mammals now found open
13:57skies and countless opportunities to
13:59survive. Over time, these tiny
14:01creatures began to evolve into
14:03different forms. Some took to the water
14:06, like whales and dolphins. Some flew
14:08through the air as bats, and some made
14:10the trees of dense forests their homes.
14:13This is where primates were born:
14:16monkeys, apes, and our ancient
14:18relatives. And now comes the first
14:20question: If humans evolved from
14:22monkeys, why aren't today's monkeys
14:24evolving into humans? The answer lies
14:27right here. About 60 to 70 million
14:30years ago, a creature lived in the
14:32forests of Africa that was the common
14:34ancestor of both us and today's
14:36chimpanzees. This means that we didn't
14:39evolve from any of today's monkeys.
14:41Rather, we and chimpanzees shared a
14:43common great-grandfather, just as you
14:45and your cousins are descendants of the
14:47same grandfather. But you weren't born
14:49from your cousin. Similarly,
14:52chimpanzees aren't our ancestors,
14:54they're our distant cousins, and a
14:56cousin can never become you. Over time,
14:59two branches of that great-grandfather
15:01took completely different paths. The
15:04first branch remained in the dense,
15:06protected forests, eventually giving
15:07rise to chimpanzees and bonobos, which
15:09still live in trees today. The second
15:13branch, in a strange twist of fate,
15:15moved beyond the forests into the dry,
15:17open grasslands. There were no longer
15:20trees to hide in, and dangerous
15:22predators lurked all around. It was
15:24either adapt or perish. And this is
15:26where this creature turned its
15:28helplessness into its strength. It
15:31began to stand upright on its hind legs
15:33, raised its head to see farther, and
15:35its descendants later learned to make
15:37tools from stones. An interesting
15:41observation: bipedalism came first, but
15:43larger brains came much later. For
15:46millions of years, our ancestors walked
15:48on two legs, even though their brains
15:49were much smaller than those of today's
15:51humans. But this journey wasn't a
15:53straight ladder. At that time, many
15:56different species of human-like
15:58creatures coexisted. Some flourished,
16:01while others gradually disappeared.
16:04Among these early groups, the family
16:06whose most numerous and most famous
16:08fossils have been found is called
16:10Austelopithecus by scientists. This
16:13means southern ape. The most
16:16revolutionary discovery was the fossil
16:18of Lucy, who lived in Ethiopia about
16:203.2 million years ago. Her brain was
16:23much smaller than that of modern humans
16:25. Her face, about the size of a
16:27chimpanzee, and her jaw were also
16:29largely ape-like. But the most
16:31significant changes were in her legs
16:33and waist. Lucy's species could walk on
16:36two legs daily. Yet, they retained the
16:38ability to climb trees. This wasn't a
16:41story of a single night of leaving the
16:43trees and descending to the ground. Now
16:46, a discovery has surprised even
16:48scientists. Around 3.3 million years
16:51ago, during Lucy's time, an early human
16:54relative broke stones to make tools.
16:57Who made these tools? It's still
17:00unknown. Gradually, our ancestors
17:03realized that striking a round stone
17:05against another stone with force would
17:07break off a sharp piece. Later, these
17:12sharp tools were used to skin animals,
17:14cut meat, and peel twigs. Carving stone
17:18required thinking, planning, and
17:20hand-eye coordination, and this is
17:22where our ancestors' craft truly gained
17:25momentum. As time progressed, another
17:29branch of this large family emerged,
17:31one that scientists named Homohabulus,
17:33meaning "skilled man." They made stone
17:37toolmaking a common practice. When they
17:40began breaking animal bones with stones
17:43and eating the insides and flesh, their
17:45bodies provided a nutritious diet. It
17:48is believed that this diet helped their
17:51brains grow. Until now, our ancestors
17:53were confined to Africa. But about 1.9
17:57million years ago, a creature emerged
17:59that broke all boundaries. It was Homo
18:03erectus, meaning "upright man." Its
18:06body, like that of modern humans, was
18:08tall, slender, and completely upright.
18:11Long legs allowed them to walk and run
18:13long distances. These were the humans
18:17who first spread out of Africa into
18:19Asia, and with these later human
18:21populations, evidence of the use of
18:23fire begins to emerge. However, who
18:26first controlled fire? This is still a
18:28matter of debate. Now, a question
18:30arises: when so many species of early
18:32humans roamed the Earth simultaneously,
18:35why did only we, Homo sapiens, survive?
18:37Where did everyone else go? A major
18:39reason for this was our ability to
18:41adapt and bond during difficult times.
18:45Whenever the Earth faced severe
18:46droughts, climate changes, or ice
18:48freezes, species that relied solely on
18:50a single environment or diet faced
18:52difficulties. But those with flexible
18:56minds created new tools, communicated
18:58through gestures and speech, helped
19:00each other, and adapted to the
19:02ever-changing climate. About 300,000
19:05years ago, our own species, Homo
19:08sapiens, appeared in Africa. And now,
19:11the answer to the second initial
19:12question: were the first human's
19:14parents humans or something else? The
19:16truth is that there was never a single
19:19first human being. Changes occurred so
19:21gradually over thousands of generations
19:23that each child resembled their parents
19:25. Just as you can't tell a single day
19:29from your childhood photo to the day
19:31you grew up, there wasn't a single day
19:34in this journey when the first human
19:36was born. But the journey from the
19:39first population to today's humans was
19:41also a long one. At different times,
19:44various groups of Homo sapiens left
19:46Africa, and when they left, they found
19:48the world empty. Other human species
19:52already lived in Europe and Asia.
19:55Somewhere there were Neanderthals,
19:56somewhere there were other ancient
19:58humans like Denis Owens. This means
20:00that we weren't the only humans on
20:01Earth at that time. Many different
20:04human groups that looked like us
20:06existed at the same time, and this is
20:08where the most fascinating game of
20:10history took place, the effects of
20:12which are present within your own body
20:14today. Imagine, thousands of years ago,
20:18when our ancestors reached new
20:19territories, they must have encountered
20:21these other humans. Sometimes there
20:24were competitions over food and shelter
20:26. But not every encounter ended in war.
20:29In many places, these different human
20:31groups met, lived together, and had
20:33children, and the DNA of those children
20:35continued to be passed on to subsequent
20:37generations. This is why many people
20:40living outside Africa today have a
20:42small portion of Neandrotholes in their
20:44DNA. This means that Neandrotholes did
20:48not disappear completely, leaving no
20:50trace of them. Some of our genes
20:53related to disease resistance and cold
20:55climates also show the influence of
20:57these ancient humans. And the story is
21:00not limited to the Neanderthals. In
21:02some parts of Asia, our ancestors also
21:05met Denisovans. Very few of their bones
21:08have been found: a few teeth, a finger
21:10bone. But the DNA from that small
21:12fragment reveals a lot about them.
21:15Today, some people, especially in Asia
21:17and Oceania, carry traces of Denisovan
21:19DNA. This means that the influence of
21:22some encounters that occurred thousands
21:24of years ago continues to flow in the
21:25human bloodstream. Now, it is very
21:28important to understand one thing here:
21:29Homo sapiens were not superhumans.
21:31Neanderthals were powerful. They were
21:34accustomed to cold climates and were
21:36highly skilled hunters. The
21:37Dniestrovans were also well-adapted to
21:40living in harsh terrain. Homo sapiens
21:42could form large groups, transmit
21:45information, and learn new methods
21:47quickly. But other human species were
21:50also intelligent. No single cause can
21:52be pinpointed for their extinction.
21:55Gradually, Homo sapiens 'numbers
21:57increased. They spread into new areas,
22:00developed better tools, maintained
22:02contact with distant groups, and
22:04jointly hunted large animals.
22:07Neanderthals, on the other hand, were
22:09much smaller and fragmented into
22:10smaller groups. The climate was
22:13changing, their food was changing, and
22:14the pressure of new humans was
22:16increasing. The extent of all this
22:19impact remains an open question. By
22:22about 400 years ago, the Neanderthals
22:24gradually disappeared. The Dniestrovans
22:28also ceased to be a distinct species.
22:31However, a part of them had assimilated
22:33into Homo sapiens, and that part still
22:36lives on in our DNA. Gradually, only
22:39one human species remained on Earth:
22:41Homo sapiens, meaning us. But survival
22:44alone wasn't enough. To rule the world,
22:47humans needed something else: fire.
22:51Initially, humans were very afraid of
22:53lightning strikes or natural forest
22:56fires. However, over time, some groups
22:59of humans learned to use and manage
23:02fire. Fire served as a shield to ward
23:06off dangerous animals in the dark. When
23:09they began roasting meat, it became
23:11softer and more easily digestible.
23:14Cooked food may have been helpful in
23:16chewing and digesting it. However, this
23:18alone cannot be considered the reason
23:20for the brain's enlargement. Sitting
23:23around a fire on cold nights may have
23:25provided people with opportunities to
23:27socialize and converse. No definitive
23:30date has been found for the origin of
23:33language. As humans moved into colder
23:36regions, a new challenge arose: they
23:39lacked the dense hair of animals, and
23:41the cold was deadly. Over time, methods
23:44of covering the body developed, and
23:46later, extremely fine needles were made
23:49by grinding animal bones. This allowed
23:51for sewing animal skins into wearable
23:53clothing. Clothing allowed humans to
23:56survive even in the coldest parts of
23:58the earth. Time progressed thousands of
24:01years. Around 12,000 years ago, the
24:03climate in some parts of the world
24:05became more stable. Many groups still
24:08lived on hunting, fishing, and wild
24:11plants. But in some places, people
24:14discovered something that changed human
24:16life forever. If seeds were sown and
24:20plants and animals were cared for, food
24:22for the next season could be grown.
24:26Farming wasn't a one-day invention by a
24:28single person. Different regions
24:30domesticated different crops and
24:32animals at different times. Many
24:34societies survived without farming for
24:36much longer. Farming offered new
24:38opportunities, but also new burdens.
24:40Now, grain could be stored. Large
24:42families and groups could be fed. But
24:46with it came the fear of crop failure,
24:48diseases spread by living near animals,
24:50conflicts over land, and the growing
24:52divide between rich and poor. Imagine a
24:55family facing this question for the
24:58first time. Whose land is this, and who
25:01will keep track of next year's harvest?
25:03By now, humans had learned to farm in
25:05many places. Villages had been
25:06established. But transporting heavy
25:08goods from one place to another was
25:10still a headache. About 5,500 years ago
25:14, humans discovered something that
25:16truly set the wheels of history in
25:18motion. The earliest evidence of the
25:22wheel, the rotating wheel for pottery,
25:24and wheeled carts dates back to around
25:26this time. Who invented the first wheel
25:29? There's no definitive answer. But
25:31once the wheel was attached to the axle
25:33, carrying heavy goods became
25:34infinitely easier. Then came the
25:37development of bullock carts, trade
25:39flourished, regions began to connect
25:41with each other, and human mobility
25:43increased exponentially. Until then,
25:45humans had wandered in small tribes,
25:48but new methods of farming and
25:49transporting goods taught them to
25:52settle down. This gave birth to
25:55villages, from villages to cities, and
25:57from cities to the world's first great
25:59civilizations. But where there is
26:01abundant grain, questions arise: Who
26:04will preserve it? Who would divide the
26:07land and protect the village from
26:09outside raiders? People devised
26:11different systems for these tasks. In
26:13some places, the sharing of grain and
26:16water, in others, trade, in others,
26:18warfare, and in others, religion gave
26:20more power to some individuals. The
26:22story of becoming king was not the same
26:24everywhere. As cities grew, it became
26:26difficult to keep track simply by
26:28memory. Who had stored how much grain?
26:30Who was to give what? Then people began
26:33marking things, and then gradually,
26:35methods of writing were developed.
26:37Because of this writing, we are able to
26:39read their words even thousands of
26:41years later. About 5,000 years ago, the
26:44earliest kingdoms and kings began to
26:46emerge along the fertile rivers of
26:48Mesopotamia and Egypt. Now, humans were
26:51no longer fighting merely for survival.
26:53Now there were palaces, golden crowns,
26:56and vast armies. The divide between
26:58rich and poor deepened in society, a
27:00distinction that remains with us even
27:02today. When kings gained access to
27:05grain, money, and the power of
27:06thousands of laborers, they set out to
27:08achieve something that would be
27:10remembered for centuries: their desire
27:12to remain immortal even after death.
27:16Egyptian kings believed that their
27:18souls would remain alive and in need of
27:20their bodies. Therefore, they preserved
27:24their bodies by wrapping them in spices
27:26and cloth, turning them into mummies,
27:28and erected the world's most mysterious
27:30structures: the pyramids. Just imagine,
27:34thousands of years ago, when there were
27:36no tools or modern machinery, massive
27:38stones were hauled from far and wide
27:40across the desert. They were placed one
27:44on top of the other with such amazing
27:46precision that even today's engineers
27:48are amazed by the planning and effort
27:50involved. The Great Pier was initially
27:54about 147 meters high, roughly the
27:56height of a 45-story building. We know
27:59of many methods for transporting and
28:01joining the stones, but scientists
28:03still disagree on every small step.
28:05This was proof that the human mind was
28:08no longer just working to survive, but
28:11to reach the sky. Not just the pyramids
28:14, kings also built colossal statues to
28:17display their power and their deities.
28:20Be it the swings of Egypt or the
28:22massive stone statues of Mesopotamia
28:24and later Greece and India, all
28:26testified that humans were no longer
28:28carving stone into mere hunting tools,
28:31but rather into symbols of their faith
28:33and power. But after the pyramids, the
28:36human journey didn't stop there; it
28:38accelerated, transforming the entire
28:40map of the earth in just a few thousand
28:42years. People in different societies
28:46had long been observing nature, asking
28:48questions, calculating, and discovering
28:50new methods. Thinkers in Greece, India,
28:53China, and Egypt began to ask questions
28:56: why do stars shine in the sky? Are
28:58diseases caused by natural causes
29:01rather than curses? What are the laws
29:03of the universe? This path, too, wasn't
29:05a fast-forward from a movie. The use of
29:08bronze, and then iron, transformed
29:10tools and weapons. Trade routes
29:13connected distant regions. Empires were
29:16formed and destroyed. Mathematics, star
29:18calculations, medical treatments, and
29:20agricultural methods progressed across
29:22civilizations. Paper and printing,
29:23developed in China, facilitated the
29:25spread of knowledge. Sea voyages
29:27connected distant societies, but in
29:30many places, they also brought violence
29:32, slavery, and disease. Then, the
29:35methods of testing truth through
29:37experimentation, measurement, and
29:38debate, which we now call science,
29:40transformed the very way we ask
29:41questions. But the most dramatic turn
29:44in this long journey was yet to come.
29:47Humans recognized the power of coal and
29:49steam. The era of manual labor began to
29:52end, and large factories, locomotives,
29:55and trains emerged. Distances that once
29:57took months were now covered in a
29:59matter of days. The pace of
30:02technological change in the last 100
30:04years has been unprecedented in human
30:07history. Electricity illuminated the
30:10nights. Clean water and medical care
30:12saved millions of lives. However, not
30:14everyone benefited equally from these
30:16facilities. Then, computers and the
30:18internet made information accessible
30:20worldwide in the blink of an eye. We've
30:24set foot on the moon and sent
30:25telescopes into space that observe
30:27galaxies billions of light years away.
30:31We've crammed the entire world into a
30:34mobile screen, and today, artificial
30:36intelligence (AI) is rapidly
30:38transforming the way we work,
30:39communicate, and make decisions. And
30:43now comes the third and most important
30:45question from the beginning: Is
30:47humanity the last chapter of this story
30:48? Imagine that 4.54 billion-year-old
30:52story, where the first branches of life
30:55were sprouting in a dark, oxygen-free
30:57ocean on a boiling ball of lava. Where
31:01Luka was a very early stop for that
31:03ancestral tree. The journey began there
31:07, traversing an ice-cold Earth,
31:09learning to walk on land from fish,
31:11making tools from stones, lighting fire
31:14, building pyramids, and today, rockets
31:17have reached space. But today, humans
31:21possess nuclear weapons that can cause
31:24massive damage to all of human
31:25civilization, and climate change
31:27threatens our own world. Dinosaurs were
31:31wiped out by a rock from space. But are
31:35we making our own rock? So now the
31:40question is: will this human progress
31:42continue like this, or will humans,
31:44like dinosaurs, vanish from the face of
31:46the earth millions of years ago, one
31:48day become just another page in this
31:504.54 billion-year-old book? Let me know
31:52in the comments. If you enjoyed this
31:58documentary, please like, share, and
32:01tell your friends where we came from.

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