Facts about Human Evolution

Hank brings you the facts, as they are understood by scientists today, about the evolution of humans from our humble primate ancestors. On the way to becoming Homo sapiens, gamechanging evolutionary breakthroughs led to the development of many hominin species, now all extinct. Hank will introduce us to these species the breakthroughs responsible for their development, and help us understand the awesome ways in which they led to us. Like SciShow on Facebook Follow SciShow on Twitter References and image licenses for this episode: Images: And Smithsonian kind of simplified it: credit Altaileopard credit: 120 public domain public domain credit: Luna04 credit: Thomas Roche credit: JoséManuel Benito Álvarez credit: luna04 PUBLIC DOMAIN credit Funkmonk use leftmost skeleton only, credit: Profberger