The Evolution of Speculative Evolution

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Speculative Evolution is everywhere. But how did it begin? A breakdown of the incredible history of my favorite genre…
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Speculative Evolution or Speculative Biology can be defined as a genre focused on hypothetical scenarios in the evolution of life.
Today, Speculative Evolution is everywhere - from Subnautica, to Humanity Lost, to the Birrin, to After Man, to All Tomorrows, to any of the hundreds of amazing online projects that explore worlds beyond our own. But… how did we get here? Interest in the biology of fictional life wasn’t always so widespread. Monsters from ancient myth weren’t typically of thought to be part of an ecosystem, they just kind of… existed. The origin and rise of Speculative Evolution as we know it today is a fascinating tale - deeply intertwined with scientific advancement, and full of unexpected twists.
So, for this special anniversary entry into the archive, I’ll give you the full tour of this genre’s incredible history, and reveal the ‘evolution’ of Speculative Evolution…
0:00 Evolution of Speculative Evolution
1:02 The Time Machine
4:03 Life on Mars
5:54 Visitors from Beyond!
8:32 The Snouters
10:37 After Man
13:00 Age of Docufiction
15:29 All Tomorrows
17:02 The Birrin and Beyond
18:27 A Bright Future...
Sources:
History of The Time Machine - Laura Marcus: www.britannica.com/topic/The-...
History of War of the Worlds: www.denofgeek.com/books/the-c...
War of the Worlds Further Reading - A. Brad Schwartz: www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
UFOs and Aliens in Pop Culture: www.loc.gov/collections/findi...
The Snouters: sivatherium.narod.ru/library/...
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I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
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@ok_ghost4678 Жыл бұрын

You should’ve called the video “The evolution of speculative evolution”

@maverickplays25 Жыл бұрын

@@ccriztoff why not I think that's an awesome title

@randombadchannel8700 Жыл бұрын

@@maverickplays25 Indeed tough i think It May sound a Little redundandant

@strangertryingtikillme1662 Жыл бұрын

this is genius

@alexanderficken9354 Жыл бұрын

That's the title though?

@LShropper Жыл бұрын

Well now I’m wondering what it was called before this comment lol

@konradklukowski1009 Жыл бұрын

speculative evolution is such a diverse genre of sci-fi. Its cool to see that its always had its place among the populace almost as long as concept of evolution has existred

@busyg67 Жыл бұрын

Who knows, maybe someone else along time ago before the concept of evolution was conceived did something similar

@etinarcadiaego7424 Жыл бұрын

Not just sci fi. I use a lot of principles of speculative evolution in my fantasy world building. I like giving mythological creatures with a logical biology and thought given to why they appear the way they do.

@truthseeker7815 Жыл бұрын

@@etinarcadiaego7424, well that’s the same

@truthseeker7815 Жыл бұрын

Not just fiction

@buragi5441 Жыл бұрын

@@etinarcadiaego7424 "I use a lot of principles of speculative evolution in my fantasy world building. I like giving mythological creatures with a logical biology and thought given to why they appear the way they do." Monster Hunter is probably the biggest example of that in videogames.

@wendigue Жыл бұрын

I grew up on things like walking with monsters, alien planet, the future is wild, and spore and I just want to say thank you everybody for making my childhood and inspiring me to study biology and evolution from such a young age. Now I’m in high school and wanting to become a biologist, this amazing community is growing so rapidly and I really hope more projects like alien planets are made . Thank you

@Mr.H0LL0W Жыл бұрын

Walking with the monsters is definitely one of my favorite childhood shows.

@thatoneaustrianpainter Жыл бұрын

character development

@brandonm8920 Жыл бұрын

You are going places, dont stop man, maybe you can be the creator of a new speculative biology show just as good as all the ones from your childhood

@wendigue Жыл бұрын

@@brandonm8920 thanks. Although I don’t think I could make anything even close to the level of the other shows but thank you for the kind words. I have actually made a couple speculative projects and have thought of making another project and making a video series on it

@brandonm8920 Жыл бұрын

@@wendigue thats a starting point, you can only go up hill from now on

@Isassaur Жыл бұрын

I got addicted to speculative zoology since last year, I dont think I'll stop searching about it with so much interesting content out there

@boomaroom6254 Жыл бұрын

Same! I love seeing all of the different ideas and thought processes!

@ActuararialTile Жыл бұрын

I played Halo Videogames with the Flood and wanted to argue what alien planets not mentioned would be like growing as well as the life forms. I found a planet of cockroaches apt but not useful to biodiversity an intelligent hive mind would make.

@cassanateli 5 ай бұрын

I bet you stopped didn't you

@kevinp2225 3 ай бұрын

Check out South Scrimshaw

@Signal_in_the_noise 2 ай бұрын

Speculate ancient history too

@natto4now Жыл бұрын

I love speculative evolution And honestly I don't really like how people tend to ridiculed past scientists for doing things wrong Yes we have hindsight and know what's true but still

@mr.boomguy Жыл бұрын

Ikr. 50 years from now, we're gonna think of this just as silly as 50 years before us, you get the point...

@scientistx5717 Жыл бұрын

The least they could done was but some realism extrapolating from fundemental facts about niches autotrophs herbivores and carnivores and tactics and strategies evolved on earth and what different strategies can possibly work on other planets The earlier works have guess work excuse but most didn't even try to think hard about the possiblities from what we already seen on earth

@Cat_Garfield Жыл бұрын

human moment

@Manie230 Жыл бұрын

It’s still fucking funny.

@nelly5954 Жыл бұрын

chances are we don't know what's true even today

@purplehaze2358 Жыл бұрын

_Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real_ genuinely has some of the best CGI I've ever seen. I can't find a single mention of its budget, but whatever it was, it couldn't have been that high. Which makes the effects present all the more impressive.

@magiv4205 Жыл бұрын

Man, I absolutely loved that mockumentary!

@iammegan6626 Жыл бұрын

I watched it when I was a kid and didnt remember the name. It made me fall in love with dragons, since I loved Dinosaurs too!

@mr.boomguy Жыл бұрын

@@iammegan6626 If you love dinosaurs, why not check out what came before them. Unless you already have ;)

@joojoo4998 Жыл бұрын

I watched the dragon one while I was in Juvenile detention at like 15. Very fun watch. Gave me ideas of worldvuilding

@nothanks7263 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Dr. Bright isn't allowed to comment on youtube among other things...

@seerai-42 Жыл бұрын

my favorite speculative biology projects is "Alien Biospheres" by Biblaridion. the entire undertaking of it is so crazy and rich with potential since it covers flora, fauna, and much more on a planet that also takes into account plate tectonics, atmospheric conditions, and the planet's materials. id really recommend!

@xdean816 Жыл бұрын

Yea! The only thing I actually donated to

@ajipriyatmoko3767 Жыл бұрын

That series is worth waiting. Even if we have to wait for months.

@ClariseTG Жыл бұрын

one of these days i’ll finish art for it on time haha

@Cl-2048 Жыл бұрын

Aciculognatha would probably end up being mostly parasites. With that proboscis, there's no way they'll just stick to being a herbivorous clade.

@jamiemcgrath3305 Жыл бұрын

I first read this genre with “children of time”, highly recommend! Will check alien biospheres out

@cmkosemen Жыл бұрын

Great video! I'm humbled that you featured so many of my works here... :)

@shreyaspamaraju262 3 ай бұрын

HOLY SHIT, THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE BIOLOGICAL BENDER HIMSELF.

@camarlilee7205 Ай бұрын

koseman, I'm such A huge huge fan of your work, and I know you probably won't see this bit will you ever expand on the all tomorrows universe, I've seen your sniad and sapient dinosaurs stuff and I love them all, I've even done some spec bio drawings myself. your amazing man

@cmkosemen Ай бұрын

I've seen this and I'm so happy... Thank you.@@camarlilee7205

@DeathBYDesign666 25 күн бұрын

My faves are the asteromorphs and the gravital. Imagine fighting a war for so long that one species ascended to near godhood powerful enough to stomp the Qu. They evolved so much technologically that even the qu couldn't match them. I feel like the author was from a species that was created by one of the human offshoots, but it could have evolved from bacteria in the billion years it took to get to him.

@freakishuproar1168 Жыл бұрын

I have never heard of that 1950's _Mars and Beyond,_ and it looks quite incredible, especially by the standards of alien lifeform design at the time - charming and creative though it often was. Thank you for bringing it to my attention Curious Archive :D I think one of my favourite animals from _After Man_ is the Truteal. It's somehow both really bizarre looking yet utterly believable. There are some quite fanciful looking creatures in the book, and although I love them, there is a small number I find hard to envision running around "in the flesh" so to speak. But so many of the speculative creatures in that book are so well conceived and brilliantly illustrated I almost have to convince myself they aren't real.

@ExtremeMadnessX Жыл бұрын

Mars and beyond you can find on KZfaq.

@freakishuproar1168 Жыл бұрын

@@ExtremeMadnessX I'll have to look it up later, thank you Extreme Madness!

@thelegate8636 Жыл бұрын

I remember reading Dixons works at the local library as a kid, as well as watching the Future is Wild and that dragon show at around the same time. Spore had also come out around then too, and while it was a simplified game, I think it had a lot of impact on the community.

@dylanharvey4769 Жыл бұрын

As a science teacher in training, the idea of setting up student projects based around creating speculative ecosystems is exciting, especially when using the sources, you described as student resources for class inspiration.

@PrinceOfCola Жыл бұрын

Do it

@kimberleymonroe1157 Жыл бұрын

Damn I wish we had a project like this in school

@germanplantguy3133 Жыл бұрын

I just recently finished 'The Time Machine' and I found it somewhat hilarious that the penultimate creatures that evolved on earth where giant crabs xD Because of that theory turned meme, that one day everything evolves into crustaceans.

@Ranzord95 Жыл бұрын

carcinisation yeah not sure if the guy was already aware of the idea through biology, or he was influenced by how arthropods are a massive part of animal kingdom, or decided crustaceans looked alien enough so it no longer would feel like earth was the realm of the humans

@horsetuna Жыл бұрын

The ending was a letdown for me but I find that many books of that era end like that. I still enjoyed it

@horsetuna Жыл бұрын

@@Ranzord95 for the life of me I can't remember which book, but I'm very sure that I saw his name mentioned in relation to the Royal institute and Darwin or one of Darwin's followers. So I'm pretty sure that he knew at least some

@caliikoii7951 Жыл бұрын

reject humanity evolve into crab

@DarthBiomech Жыл бұрын

Its not theory, it's an inevitability. In the end, everything becomes crab.

@riohudson9612 Жыл бұрын

Serina: World of Birds will always be the most incredible speculative evolution project in my life. The sheer length of it, the details with each animal design, and the absolutely heart-wrenching stories of Serina's ice age, it's all an experience I will never forget.

@skeepodoop5197 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, If curious archive grows large enough, they should kickstart a Speculative evolution series of their own! I think it would be amazing for the channel, and you'd have something completely new to review.

@zuzananespalova2316 Жыл бұрын

There was an iterview with curious archive in the astrovitae magazine and when they got ask if they are ever going to make a speculative evolution project of their own they siad something along the lines of stay tuned so there may be a spec evo project from curious archive coming. Also for those who don know astrovitae is a magazine about speculative evolution

@highlord2841 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been here since Serina pt 3 and you’ve gotten so much better and are what introduced me to speculative biology and I’ve been watching every new upload ever since, your my 3rd fav KZfaqr and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, I hope you keep making fantastic content and happy first anniversary for your time on KZfaq.

@slevinchannel7589 Жыл бұрын

Can i recommend you other Videos just like this 1 here or is that too random of an Offer?

@highlord2841 Жыл бұрын

@@slevinchannel7589 sure

@slevinchannel7589 Жыл бұрын

@@highlord2841 Oh, various come to mind, depending on how much i 'stretch' the defintion/s. Just try Templin Institute, Sci Man Dan, Joe Scott, Tom Scott, Veritasium, Creaky Blinder, Prophet of Zod, Sir Sic and Emma Thorne.

@anniegurr860 Жыл бұрын

I don't usually make these kinds of comments at all but i just wanted to say i really appreciate the effort and editing you put into your content, I don't think I would've discovered my love for speculative evolution without your videos. Btw happy one year anniversary!

@anronpupkin1887 Жыл бұрын

I can remember reading a book by Eric B. Horsted "Chimera"(or something like that, because I could not find non-cyrillic translation of the book anywhere)(it is called Химера - Ерік Хадспет in my language). It speculated about mythical creatures of different cultures being real, having an actual anatomy and role in ecosystem. It had amazing illustrations of those creatures anatomy, it was pure delight to gaze on them, totally recommend you to check out at least few free pages

@Directionless.Sponge Жыл бұрын

I think I found the English version of the book you're describing: "The Resurrectionist" by Eric B. Hudspeth. From what I understand, it is the biography of a fictional doctor who believes that many mythical creatures were the ancestors of humans, and he performs Frankenstein-like experiments in order to reconstruct these creatures. I have never read the book, only descriptions, so I can't say whether or not it talks about the creatures' roles in the ecosystems as much as the one you're describing, but the diagrams are very similar, and a book summary I could find matched up perfectly.

@anronpupkin1887 Жыл бұрын

@@Directionless.Sponge YES, IT IS, thank you

@markguyton2868 Жыл бұрын

So Wells is the the guy who started the indescribable eldritch tentacle beast thing... also giant enemy crabs apparently. jokes aside, you missed the opportunity to call the vid The Evolution of Speculative Evolution, good vid nonetheless. Edit: Oh wow he actually went for the pun, nice :)

@andyzhang7890 Жыл бұрын

In the first summer of quarantine I discovered the genre of speculative evolution, and I instantly became obsessed. I had never found something that so perfectly combined my love for animals, worldbuilding, and creature/monster/alien design, and I hope to leave my mark on this beautiful genre one day.

@Josuh 2 ай бұрын

best of lucks

@scrathed Жыл бұрын

To put my two cents into the game, I really dig the way H.P. Lovecraft implemented speculative biology in his fiction. Of course, we all know the popular players of his stories like Cthulhu, which is more or less a humanoid body with an octopus head and wings, but his detailed descriptions of prehistoric, futuristic or alien creatures, that visit or colonize earth, is much more in the sense of Wells or even more the modern Barlowe, Ries and Kosemen. His "Elder Things", Mi-Go, Flying Polyps and Yithians are all impressive takes on speculative foreign biology. Since most of them are mostly plothooks and tools to tell a story, he doesn't expand on their evolution much, but especially reading "At the Mountains of Madness", "The Whisperer in Darkness" or "The Shadow out of Time" have amazing details about the biology, life and culture of his fictional terran and alien creatures.

@Zorro9129 Жыл бұрын

I agree, "Lovecraftian" has become a literary adjective but it doesn't begin to explore how good of a writer Lovecraft was. He blended mystery, science fiction, fantasy and horror in a way very few can hope to achieve.

@scrathed Жыл бұрын

@@Zorro9129 Absolutely. I think in the end, that part is exactly what inspires me most about Lovecrafts work!

@ragnarokcinder470 Жыл бұрын

I deeply ove this genre. It inspires me in a way no other can, and people like Alex Ries and Kosemen are the ones whom gives me the hope of someday, make my own project in this wonderful genre

@sytrosianoverlord3150 Жыл бұрын

Speculative evolution is the best thing in media without it I’m nothing

@colbyboucher6391 Жыл бұрын

11:55 Is it just me or is it kinda wild how smooth that stop motion is

@Aladite Жыл бұрын

The thing I love about speculative biology most is that it allows the wildest imaginations to intertwine with science, it's just so fascinating and inspired me to work on my own projects myself

@samuellima6193 Жыл бұрын

Well, we can say for sure that speculative evolution envolved over the years

@VeryCrazyCoCo Жыл бұрын

@DINOSAURS GAME Jeez take them out to dinner first

@boobgoogler Жыл бұрын

😐

@imselfaware419 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but that's really stupid.

@VeryCrazyCoCo Жыл бұрын

@@imselfaware419 *funny

@Zorro9129 Жыл бұрын

Rain World also deserves an honorable mention. Though most of the creatures have some vague resemblance to real-life animals, their characteristics and behaviors are very fleshed-out and are probably the best experience of an alien ecosystem in video gaming so far.

@PersonOfRandomnesss Жыл бұрын

It's crazy, I know that this channel is relatively young, but it's unbelievable that this marks only one year! I am beyond excited for what the next years are gonna hold. Maybe we could speculate it based on the KZfaq ecosystem?

@scientistx5717 Жыл бұрын

It was the last offical announcment to the beggining of a new age

@seanhuang5769 Жыл бұрын

All these examples and yet I can't believe you forgot to mention the amazing KZfaq Channel of Curious Archive who has been documenting and editing such high quality videos about speculative evolution for the past year. Giving spotlights to incredible works and projects that people like me would have otherwise never known about and attracting new curious fans to the speculative evolution genre everyday. His dedication to the documentation, his knowledge of real world biological organisms when matching speculative analogues, and work in the field simply cannot be overlooked in the history of speculative evolution. A trailblazer in the truest definition who can with ease guide us in the exploration of even the most massive of world-building projects. Happy one year anniversary!

@howlinghellgar2214 Жыл бұрын

This channel is what inspired me to start a speculative evolution project of my own. Even though I don’t have much to show for it, it’s been one of the best experiences I’ve had and I’m so proud of it. Without you, I wouldn’t have had the push I needed to start it, so, thank you ❤️

@frankb3347 Жыл бұрын

H.P. Lovecraft is worth mentioning as one of the few early authors to depict aliens as truly alien. With things like the Elder Things and Dark Young I'd love to see a whole ecosystem worked out based on radial rather then bilateral symmetry. Even though we've gotten away from humanoid aliens in our speculative work we do still seem to have a bilateral bias.

@laurelsilberman5705 Жыл бұрын

“This famous image” made me laugh out loud. How perfectly phrased 😂What a great look at the history of this rich genre. Major props to H.G. Wells👌🏽✨

@noahcreutziger7690 Жыл бұрын

Happy 1 channel year aniversary! I started watching this channel after I saw a video about Serina, an art project I was a fan of and was instantly hooked, not only because of one of my favourite artists, but also because of you. I since am addicted to this channel and watch many of your videos over and over. I want to thank you for providing so many of us with this educational entertainment and introducing us to so many areas we had no knowledeg of before!

@probablyaxenomorph5375 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on one whole year of this channel! I'm so excited to see how the next year will go :) Fantastic job as always, CA!

@mk7893 Жыл бұрын

I was 8 when "dragons: a fantasy made real" was shown in i think discovery (correct me if im wrong) and having no concept of cgi, i was convinced they were real. Loved drawing them since. Thank you for reminding me of the title. Will be showing these to my nephews :)

@ariochiv Жыл бұрын

Disney did some really interesting SF & science stuff in the early days, from _Mars and Beyond_ to _Man in Space,_ and even the evolution of life sequence in _Fantasia._

@irishspartanstudios Жыл бұрын

The biggest issue I see with developing a fictional species or ecosystem is making it alien without making it too absurd or uncanny. (I was wondering when you were going to talk about All Tommarows LOL.)

@zombzto Жыл бұрын

I think All Tomorrow's is just something to look at or something..

@irishspartanstudios Жыл бұрын

@@DeadGuye1995 Please elaborate. Isn't all speculative evolution technically fantasy?

@volnartheunforgiving3952 Жыл бұрын

@@irishspartanstudios Yes but the intent is for it to actually be logical speculation instead of just like making a design that looks freaky and weird and giving it lore that's about evolution

@irishspartanstudios Жыл бұрын

@@volnartheunforgiving3952 Many speculative biology projects do as you describe, logically figuring out what traits a creature would have or need under various circumstances and then crafting a design-sometimes intentionally strange or abstract-around said traits. Hell, I've seen stranger things in real life than many of the things I've seen in fiction. As he climactically puts it in one of his other videos, a writer shouldn't be worried about their own creations being too Earth-like or the opposite, because nature is quite strange and there are virtually endless possibilities for life to develop in unorthodox ways. Other than that, I agree. Designs that just look odd without considering how an organism like that would function is mindless, but that isn't what this guy reviews.

@hysterical5408 Жыл бұрын

@@irishspartanstudios What you said in your last sentence is like half of the projects covered on this channel though.

@waywardscythe3358 Жыл бұрын

The Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroghs (1912) was I think notable for having specific discussion of how lower gravity made John Carter much stronger than almost every other living thing on Mars, because everything else evolved to not need to be so strong.

@niftyfish Жыл бұрын

So I'm a big fan of the horror genre and after watching this I realized that most of the horror movies, comics, games, etc. that are my favorites are ones that feature memorable monster/creature designs. Take the Xenomorph from Alien and the Jotun from The Ritual for example: they both have such interesting and unique designs you can't help but appreciate. A Quiet Place's aliens were also interesting to me because they were explained to be blind and possessing superior hearing specifically because they evolved from a environment with little to no light. I think horror, specifically creature features and the like, have deep roots in speculative evolution/biology because they both fundamentally rely on the unknown and unexplored, but also the possiblity of these imagined creatures existing. Do the Xenomorphs actually exist? No, not on our planet, but something like them could potentially exist on another planet billions of light years away, and that's where the concepts of fiction and nonfiction come together, much like speculative evolution. Great video by the way!

@koriw1701 Жыл бұрын

I've been wanting you to do a project like this since you put out your first video. I can't thank you enough for this, the last year of excitement and wonder, having accidentally (and most felicitous) find I've had on KZfaq. You are the best, and I'll be here as long as you want to keep making these videos.

@christiancline6531 Жыл бұрын

Speculative evolution has a bright future for sure, I'm beyond excited to see the work me and my contemporaries have in store. Happy anniversary!

@ASCENSiON_ Жыл бұрын

With the reveal of the past and future themes going on within these two games, I have a really good feeling Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will play with speculative biology quite a bit by potentially adding future forms of Pokemon (and past forms) that can be accessible through time travel. The fact that a franchise as massive as Pokémon could go this route has me really excited. TrueGreen7 made a really fun video drawing future forms of Pokémon with other artists that I'd highly recommend checking out. RJ Palmer was also participating in it!

@shumsik5612 Жыл бұрын

Congrats, you were correct

@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 Жыл бұрын

@@shumsik5612 Yeah the past forms are cool but the future ones are just robots

@arshu_parshu1999 Жыл бұрын

Half right but ALL Pokémon in the future are RBG LED robots

@trademarkshelton Жыл бұрын

Congrats on the anniversary dude! Your channel has been a pleasure to watch and a creative inspiration. May it continue to evolve into ever more weird and successful content.

@Nazrigar Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your success mate. You do a service by highlighting such wonderful worlds, from published media to independent work online, you introduced so many to delightful projects!

@nakenmil Жыл бұрын

There are some really cool, behind-the-scenes-style blogs out there on speculative biomechanics, which perhaps isn't as easy to showcase in videos series like these. I'm thinking particularly of Planet Furaha, a blog that's been going since at least 2008, where they've made computer models and the like for how verterbrate-like animals with six or more limbs would walk, or how animals with numerous wings would fly, etc. It's really quite cool and a useful resource for prospective writers and artists!

@takenname8053 Жыл бұрын

Happy 1 year Anniversary! I remember looking at your earlier videos thinking it was clickbait, until I saw some of the first spec evo works I recognized I'm so glad I stayed and watched you grow! HERE'S TO MORE YEARS WITH YOU !!!!!!

@SollowP Жыл бұрын

Gotta love C.M Kosemen and seeing how his work has gotten new light in recent years. You can often see his comments on All Tomorrows videos how he loves what the person has done.

@Josuh 2 ай бұрын

he even gave the approval of the breedability tier list, a legend

@ericcartman1660 Жыл бұрын

Congrats man, found this channel about 8 or 9 months ago and ever since I have always let my mind wander and think about potential aliens and how they would work (as well as do quite a hefty amount of reading and drawing). Keep going and very soon you'll be I inspiring generations. Love ya

@hollowshield2315 Жыл бұрын

congrats on the anniversary! I discovered this channel a while back and am so happy i did; speculative biology is one of the most interesting things I have ever found on the interenet.

@DragongodZenos Жыл бұрын

I did not know you were a new channel when i started following. thank you very much for all the interesting topics you've covered thus far.

@totor0lling12 Жыл бұрын

As a kid, I came across After Man tucked away on a shelf in my grandparents home. I found it so strange and beautiful, and read it obsessively. Little did I know it would spark a love of sci fi and speculative evolution that would land me here today, watching this excellent channel with all of you!

@losersandwich3712 Жыл бұрын

I've been watching you since your first video on the channel, and I think its really great that such high quality content has been consistently produced for its entire lifespan so far. Very happy its been as big a success as it has been, and I hope more success is yet to come.

@pedrobrunodeandrade Жыл бұрын

Congrats on the channel's anniversary! Every single entry is uniquely mindblowing. Keep it up!

@rosalynredwood4542 Жыл бұрын

So glad I found this channel 😌👌

@arkurianstormblade4109 Жыл бұрын

I know its a nintendo property so I know there would be youtube shenanigans, but I'd love to see a look at Pikmin, more specifically Pikmin 2. Not only do they cover every single animal in their profiles, they even tell you HOW TO EAT THEM! now thats worldbuilding!

@Direblade11 Жыл бұрын

I never knew this channel was so young! Thank you for sharing your passion in Spec Bio, it's lit an interest in me I never knew I had. Can't wait to see you start your own Spec Bio, or provide your ideas to other artists :)

@alexs5814 Жыл бұрын

amazing video and a fitting installment to highlight the momentous occasion of your aniversary. thank you for the fun and i wish you all the best going forward.

@alexanderberryhill7377 Жыл бұрын

I've always loved the speculative evolution of Kanata no Astra. They travel from planet to planet and there are a whole ton of awesome planets with thought out ecosystems.

@dionettaeon Жыл бұрын

One thing I love about speculative biology/evolution is that, when applied properly, it's a bit of fantasy that's grounded in scientific principles (i.e. the science _must_ take priority over the fantasy). "Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real" has a lot of scientific inaccuracies, I realize, but it was the first to convince me that certain mythological creatures could be biologically feasible, though not in the forms we commonly imagine for them nor even necessarily possible for any Earth lineage, and "Mermaids: The Body Found" furthered that notion. I think the genre is endearing _because_ of that leash that helps keep it grounded to reality; it's easier to picture these things actually existing in reality under the right circumstances.

@markoristo Жыл бұрын

1 year! Congratulations, it’s awesome to have been along for the ride this past year, keep up the great content!

@nagatwodog9171 Жыл бұрын

your videos are so easy to watch and so engaging at the same time. i really appreciate how clearly you speak as well as the fact that you always include subtitles! you're doing great work

@spikeweed420 Жыл бұрын

Happy 1 year anniversary! I’m excited to see what you have planned for us in the future! Have a good one.

@rougnashi Жыл бұрын

It's fascinating, both how long this genre has been around in comparision to a human lifespan, and in effect for how short a time of our species' history. The technological advances we've made in the last few decades alone which have further informed the genre are also astounding. I'm excited to see where speculative biology, and this channel, explores next.

@oscargustavoarcosruiz8793 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the anniversary. This means that I have been watching your videos for almost a year, and so far they have not disappointed me. Long live to the beings who have never been but could have been

@Stardrone01 Жыл бұрын

First of all happy anniversary! Wasn't a day one follower; I discovered you thanks to youtube reccomending your "draconology explained" video. Secondly, I must say that your channel actually made me discover speculative biology and a lot of interesting stuff I would have never be aware of. Thanks. Lastly, after the discovery of your channel, I decided to start a little speculative biology project myself. It's not much but it's a little bit different from the usual: it's a tabletop game I made as a game design homework. It probably won't be made as a sellable product but I'm proud of it.

@alexlik4197 Жыл бұрын

Wow! You've only had this channel for one year!? I was sure it had been longer than that. You've done so much in so little time.

@MrTriangleWorld Жыл бұрын

Your videos are always a delight. Congratulations on your one year anniversary! Here’s to many more 🍻

@angelmatesmolan Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Curious Archive :D thanks for all this excellent videos. I hope you can keep making videos for many more years ^^

@PiercyDraws Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary man I love listening to your videos while I work. Keep it up!

@nartsadiku8249 Жыл бұрын

Happy anniversary man you are my favorite KZfaqr ever i love this channel so so MUCH 🥳💙💙💙

@Copyright_Infringement Жыл бұрын

I grew up reading a little-known book called "Inherit the Stars", which I think contains one of the most interesting speculative ecologies: a noncompetitive one. Obviously, there were evolutionary pressures that made herbivores compete for food, but with a simple change that makes predation no longer viable, the course of evolution becomes almost unrecognizable from a Terran perspective. I recommend reading it if you ever get the chance

@samuelbrock Жыл бұрын

Happy Anniversary!! I love this channel and how it's brought so many of us speculative biologists together! Thanks for the good times

@kenzielindow8805 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your anniversary!! Love your channel and am so hopeful for spec evolution and spec bio💛💛💛💛 love you curious!!

@keenankozak7978 Жыл бұрын

happy anniversary 🥳 I hope we find more surreal but believable speculative evolution!

@localhearthian2387 Жыл бұрын

Been here since the Serina series and this has really helped my own attempts at creating alien life. Thanks dude.

@Orimthekeyacolite Жыл бұрын

Randomly stumbled upon "The Future is Wild" browsing for something to play in the background while crafting armor in the workshop. Decades later it's still one of the movies I come back to when in desperate need of some "good old days" vibe to lift the spirit

@seano4977 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic and fascinating video. Also congrats on your anniversary. I'll be here for many years to come.

@CB-eo6xo Жыл бұрын

I love Speculative Biology/Evolution. So much potential and endless possibilities over the concept of evolution and biology all created in our imaginations and can be brought to life with the power of technology and internet. I do hope you bring in lesser known known Spec evolution projects like Hamster's Paradise which follows a similar trend of Serina along with other lesser known examples like Planet Cat and Aloutta; The Planet of Howlers. There's also another speculative project called Antartica Chronicles that focuses on the gradual change of Antartica turning from it's familiar artic biome into a unique ecosystem supporting a unique ray fauna that are mostly descended from birds that eventually reach megafauna sizes and all kinds of biodiversity. Also, there's also an upcoming Disney Movie called Strange Worlds which it seems to showcase a rather alien world of strange creatures where even the landscape itself is alive and moves.

@imperiodobrasilball8395 Жыл бұрын

"After Man" is like "Jurassic Park" for the Speculative Evolution genre. You can clearly divide this history into "before After Man" and "after After Man" (yes, the name is weird).

@reefalefunk1244 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 1 year and a phenomenal channel . Keep up the great work

@MrPoop23432841 Жыл бұрын

Happy one year anniversary! I’ve been hooked on your content for a while now and can’t wait to see what you showcase in the future!

@elli_senfsaat Жыл бұрын

I love speculative evolution because it combines biology and fantasy, two things I really like to think and read about. It fascinates me since my childhood, and now as an adult I'm so happy this channel exists :D

@La_Tem_Nya Жыл бұрын

Se me hace interesante todo eso de la evolución especulativa y como los organismos cambian para llenar los espacios ecológicos de otros o como se adaptan a un medio, y sigue con tus vídeos saludos desde México y que traigas más vídeos sobre esto es muy interesante.

@Lyarrah Жыл бұрын

wait, this channel's ONLY been around for a year?! what?! you've had such wild growth! I think the "artifacts out of place" video was the first one I saw, recommended off a video I was watching about the Inca's desert lines in the Andes (which I learned about from Civ 6 and wanted to find out more about lol) Weird cuz that specific kind of video isn't normally up my alley, I was just on a tangent - but the rest of this channel is exactly what I love, so I'm glad I chanced into it. I'm guessing the algorithm would have sent me your way eventually tho lol. Thank you for this wonderful recap of the genre!

@DrewPflaumer Жыл бұрын

This was great! Thank you so much for putting it together!

@rivelinorahmadyanirawanpra1469 10 ай бұрын

the next time you think speculative evolution is weird, remember that hummingbirds are a theropod dinosaur filling the ecological niche of a bee.

@purplehaze2358 Жыл бұрын

From your description of _The Time Machine,_ it sounds less like speculative evolution and more like Lovecraftian horror.

@randombadchannel8700 Жыл бұрын

Ikr right. PS mr bright how many rules have you broke today

@higgsbonbon Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhh no! A giant tentacle! I am insane now!

@primus6677 Жыл бұрын

It might be a mix of both

@jimmmount3287 19 күн бұрын

Should something that predates Lovecraft's first published works by almost 20 years really be considered Lovecraftian?

@purplehaze2358 18 күн бұрын

@@jimmmount3287 No, which is why I said it _sounded like_ it.

@xenomaster1931 Жыл бұрын

Happy anniversary my guy! Love your videos, they are always so well put together and interesting!

@MrFossil367ab45gfyth Жыл бұрын

I know I'm late, but happy 1 year anniversary to you man! I love your videos so much, you have introduced many projects that I never heard of. You have inspired me to get to work on my world building projects and get them up and running eventually on the internet.

@battyboio Жыл бұрын

The fact that Japan made versions of After Man and The Future is Wild is crazy to me Does this mean the spec bio is officially an anime genre know?

@tijanamilenkovic3425 2 ай бұрын

Yes 😂

@TheZapan99 Жыл бұрын

Curious Archive should really look into the work of Jay Eaton and his series Runaway to the Stars. He is one of the contributors to Almost Real: a Speculative Biology Zine, and created several space-age alien species, cohabiting to various degrees with a gene-spliced humanity.

@jaythecappy Жыл бұрын

Jay's speculative biology zines are what got me into the genre, they're incredibly interesting and fill the same role for me that those old educational books about dinosaurs did as a child

@jarizitvast5944 Жыл бұрын

I want to thank you for reïnttoducing me into the speculative evolution. I had interest, but I lost it. But you channel brought me back into the genre. I have since read many more projects. There is actually a new project that I am making righ to now. Thank you for making this amazing channel :)

@mits02galant Жыл бұрын

I can't tell you how much I love your channel and all your videos including this one. Happy 1 year! So glad I found this channel.

@homogobius Жыл бұрын

Happy 1st anniversary! I watch your videos from Japan. I don't understand English well but I can always sense that the videos are great. I look forward to more great contents in the future! (using translater)

@mohawk4759 3 ай бұрын

Nice mudskipper

@markoristo Жыл бұрын

At this point I’m confident that Alex Ries and Curious Archive are best friends

@iamnotoforiginald9206 Жыл бұрын

Genuinely one of my favorite channels in all the time I've been on youtube. Love you man

@loroleibusser5993 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 1 year! Ive been watching for a while and I hope you get to continue sharing these kinds of topics with more people!

@astick5249 Жыл бұрын

I think doing a video on the game "Rain World" would be a great idea. As the interactions and movement of all the creatures in the game are so cool!

@comradevodka4848 Жыл бұрын

I remember when my biology teacher tried to prank us with the snouters. Like how they lived on an secluded group of tropical islands and accidentaly got wiped out by nuclear weapon tests.

@vuldrae1638 Жыл бұрын

omg happy anniversary dude! i remember stumbling on to ur channel when that all tomorrows craze was started by alt+shift X!!!! I love ur videos and always share them with my friends. heres to many more years to come for ur channel

@enjolireyes643 Жыл бұрын

Loved this history video… gives me a great appreciation for this and a basis of where I can begin in many aspects of continuing to learn about speculative biology/ evolution! Thanks for keeping us curious!