When Humans Vanished From Britain for 15,000 Years

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130,000 years ago, humans appear to have vanished from Britain, with the archaeological record showing no evidence of people anywhere. Why did they disappear? Where did they go? And why did they come back?
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0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - The animals of the Ipswichian
8:32 - Which human species would have been alive at the time?
11:12 - The mystery of the missing humans
13:23 - First hypothesis
14:57 - Second hypothesis
17:43 - Third hypothesis
19:38 - Conclusion

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@loserinasuit7880 28 күн бұрын

The classic British past time, leaving Britain.

@pencilpauli9442 28 күн бұрын

I thought it was leaving Europe.

@stephenghudson6179 28 күн бұрын

These are both great digs. I appreciate alot.

@Crocy 28 күн бұрын

I think you mean queueing to leave Britain 😜

@ShamanKish 28 күн бұрын

They left for better land, Doggerland 🤭

@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-db2ff 28 күн бұрын

Past time only makes sense in this specific context

@cipaisone 28 күн бұрын

Coincidentally, a large increase of humans found in Ibiza in the same period.

@RyanBright-wg1yk 19 күн бұрын

Human tools suddenly appeared in droves around Benidorm & Amsterdam.

@LeeGee 12 күн бұрын

Along with piles of gold

@Pentecopterus 28 күн бұрын

Why did they come back Indeed

@ColaSpandex 28 күн бұрын

You've never heard of the first brexit?

@skrotosd 28 күн бұрын

Man you beat me on time

@SenorTucano 27 күн бұрын

For the benefits

@nuance9000 26 күн бұрын

Needed a job and it's convenient. Full of spam jobs though 😂😅

@riccapucho 26 күн бұрын

For the balmy weather.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 28 күн бұрын

I worked in Ipswich once. Nobody will convince me to go back!

@comfortablynumb9342 28 күн бұрын

Bejuco Costa Rica is like that for me 😂

@straingedays 24 күн бұрын

Learned more here in 20 minutes about ancient British Animals & Neanderthals, than from watching 20 years of Time Team. Bravo for your excellent narration & video !!

@vintagelady1 19 күн бұрын

Agreed!

@LeeGee 12 күн бұрын

Ever thought of reading a book?

@romanelli9999 27 күн бұрын

Emilia is such a delight. Always nice to see her presenting one of your videos.

@Paul_C 22 күн бұрын

Sure, bound to leave when the time is right...

@unvergebeneid 13 сағат бұрын

@@Paul_Cwhat do you mean? Do you think she's bound to get a better offer?

@ogrejd 28 күн бұрын

Wait... So the hippo being the royal animal for Ankh-Morpork wasn't just (though still mostly, obviously) Terry Pratchett being extremely silly, but because hippos used to be in London? Huh. :)

@gobblinal 28 күн бұрын

Pterry was extremely well read so he would probably have known about all this really cool history of Britain and incorporated at least some of it into his writings.

@ColaSpandex 28 күн бұрын

This also explains the three lions. 😂

@kevinricherson888 28 күн бұрын

I was about to make a similar comment but I couldn't remember how to spell ankh...

@ambds1975 27 күн бұрын

He was a global treasure, wasn't he.

@greensteve9307 25 күн бұрын

GNU Sir Terry Pratchett

@AifDaimon 28 күн бұрын

a video covering the evolution of deer would be good

@elr5475 27 күн бұрын

I’m interested in the smallest deer with antlers

@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x 25 күн бұрын

@@elr5475 And the deers without antlers are also cool.

@brigidsingleton1596 25 күн бұрын

Are you including the evolution of venison too ?

@larryoak8903 15 күн бұрын

@@brigidsingleton1596venison used to just mean any game animal hunted in the royal forest, but now it just refers to deer meat. Like how we call cows beef and pigs pork

@pencilpauli9442 28 күн бұрын

My hypothesis is that Neanderthals didn't back across into Britain, because they were having too much fun with horse racing, which would also explain why the horses never came back at that time too. You know that Neanderthal with the gammy leg? Fell off his horse in a steeple chase. Damn it, now I can't get the image of Neanderthals wearing racing silks and riding boots out of my head.

@Albukhshi 28 күн бұрын

With how thick the skulls were, I'd have thought helmets were unnecessary :P

@martinitland 24 күн бұрын

Aand now that image has invaded my head as well. Thanks a lot!

@dlaoff7 17 күн бұрын

You should do less drugs

@tipi5586 28 күн бұрын

Last time I was this early the Cambrian Explosion was merely imminent.

@KOKO-uu7yd 28 күн бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣

@brigidsingleton1596 25 күн бұрын

Sounds like a pre-emptive strike ...?

@rhetorical1488 28 күн бұрын

there are still hippos in London

@raymondjjohnsonjr363 28 күн бұрын

Yeah? What offices do they hold?

@rhetorical1488 28 күн бұрын

@@raymondjjohnsonjr363 the species Walmartia giganticus is known to feed at many government troughs.

@kevinricherson888 28 күн бұрын

Lol

@YDdraigGoch43 27 күн бұрын

Hippo is Greek for horse, and seeing as there's horses still trotting through London (often bloody and crazed), then technically there are hippos in London 😂

@bustavonnutz 27 күн бұрын

@@YDdraigGoch43Sure if we were speaking Greek, but in English everyone will think you were dropped as an infant if you call a Horse a Hippo.

@lucasserafim4152 28 күн бұрын

i want a video on big deer

@HLBear 25 күн бұрын

Yes please.

@Jay-ho9io 22 күн бұрын

Same

@samp9539 21 күн бұрын

Make a video whilst riding a quadruped? Strange idea.

@charlesbennett7484 19 күн бұрын

🦌

@orionspur 28 күн бұрын

8:04 Yes! Would love to hear about giant deer, and others of that... ilk.

@simonscott5104 26 күн бұрын

calm down deer🤣

@MrSirlulzalot 25 күн бұрын

@brigidsingleton1596 25 күн бұрын

I've heard of Elkie Brooks, and Hannibal Brookes but not ilk-y ...though milk-y... Hm... Evolution eh?!

@ubute 18 күн бұрын

or elk

@ahistoric_gamer9716 28 күн бұрын

As a Brit, I don’t blame humans for living Britain for 15,000 years 🤣

@infernaldaedra 28 күн бұрын

Those people weren't white either so this completely refutes the claims the crown made for centuries.

@CTY547 28 күн бұрын

@infernaldaedra Humanity was a mistake. The greatest tragedy in world history was the K-Pg extinction.

@infernaldaedra 28 күн бұрын

@@CTY547 and ocean extinction events. The late pleistocene extinction is very interesting as well because how recent it is and conflicts with most people's ideas about humanity.

@YRLCarlos 28 күн бұрын

@@CTY547actually no, it would be the Permian-Triassic extinction

@tdoran616 28 күн бұрын

@@infernaldaedraThere’s no evidence of skin tone.

@ihcfn 28 күн бұрын

Video on large deer please, also love the hippo song and the no at the end. 😁

@Vickdimonejr 28 күн бұрын

🔥🔥

@cognophile 28 күн бұрын

Isn't 'hippo" Greek for "horse"?

@dsxa918 18 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure it is

@FerghusCameron 17 күн бұрын

Hippopotamus basically means water horse last time I've checked.@@cognophile

@qwertyuiopgarth 28 күн бұрын

I believe it was mentioned that Britain at that time was an island. My guess is that maybe the difficulty of getting across the 'English Channel' was just enough that the gene pool of the Neanderthals that made it across was just too small to survive more than a few generations.

@HLBear 25 күн бұрын

The flooding between the isles and mainland was covered in the video. 😊

@qwertyuiopgarth 24 күн бұрын

@@HLBear Yes....I noted in my comment that they said Britain was an island at the time.

@miriam-english 28 күн бұрын

Kudos Emilia! You have certainly hit your stride. This was wonderful!

@rodchallis8031 28 күн бұрын

That's it- 'Big Deer' has gotten to Emilia.

@S-T-E-V-E 28 күн бұрын

This is such a great channel! Thanks guys! ❤

@cro-magnoncarol4017 28 күн бұрын

I knew Hippos used to live in Europe, but I never knew the modern species ranged outside of Africa...

@brigidsingleton1596 25 күн бұрын

It's probably just as well humans were not living here amidst hippos of that period... Hippos being so dangerous an' all?!😮

@cro-magnoncarol4017 25 күн бұрын

@@brigidsingleton1596 I mean, technically us Homo sapiens have been living with Hippos since day one since we evolved in Africa.

@brigidsingleton1596 25 күн бұрын

@@cro-magnoncarol4017 As the only places I visit these days (via Hospital Transport - ambulances etc) are: University Hospital Lewisham (blood clotting / Warfarin levels checks) Guy's (kidney failure, pre-dialysis procedures, fistula creation & blood flow scans, plus Hep B. Vaccinations, bloods, weight, oxygen levels checks etc) St.Thomas' (post-op cataract surgery checks, diabetic / oedema on retinas, eye care etc) ... I'm not really au fait regarding the interaction between hippo life, & humans... Hence, I must take your word for what is or isn't / aren't the technicalities regarding those subjects. Thank-you for your informative, informal info. 🦛🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧🖖

@refindoazhar1507 22 күн бұрын

@@cro-magnoncarol4017If what i know is correct, these hippos might be even easier to kill than the african one, as they are not well adapted to fighting human.

@refindoazhar1507 22 күн бұрын

Edit: i haven't watched the video when making the comment, apparently they are african hippos that only recently migrated up, so probably are quite well adapted to fighting humans. My youtube is somewhat bugged and doesn't allow me to make edit

@MyKnifeJourney 28 күн бұрын

Well presented and quite detailed, I look forward to learning more

@samwill7259 28 күн бұрын

Calling it the "Ipswitchian" makes me imagine the entire span of time taking place in like, a weirdly modern Ipswich. Which, damn yea if I was stuck in Suffolk for 15,000 years I'd go extinct first too

@matthewderamus9183 28 күн бұрын

Emilia, you are the most welcome addition! Your work here us wonderful and fits perfectly with vibe of the channel. Certainly, well done.

@denizen9998 28 күн бұрын

The brow ridges on some of these hominines are akin to the bills on ballcaps.

@goyoelburro 28 күн бұрын

There are so few female narrators. I really appreciate this because it can get my daughter interested in science!! 🙂

@Gherkin77 28 күн бұрын

check out pbs eons, has multiple hosts like this show, all of them great for children, many of which are women

@Thebeezzkneezz. 28 күн бұрын

She shouldn't need a female voice to get into science, I loved Bill nye and other male scientists, you should teach her to appreciate being taught from anyone not just a female, it isn't science for girls it's just science ❤

@katnerd6712 28 күн бұрын

@@Thebeezzkneezz. Little girls will listen to a pretty young woman and see themselves in her more than a handsome young man. That's just one of the differences between boys and girls. Girls tend to want to see an idealized version of themselves before they take an interest in things, boys are less likely to do this. There's nothing wrong with either, it's perfectly natural. Criticizing a girl for having this inclination is like telling to "stop being such a girly, girl!!" :)

@immortal_shrooms6757 28 күн бұрын

@@Thebeezzkneezz.my guess it's more so for her to relate to. Seeing a rolemodel on screen is very nice

@Thebeezzkneezz. 28 күн бұрын

@immortal_shrooms6757 hmm ok but I never really understood that, As an example Tv shows; as a female myself I easily saw myself in the male characters I saw I didn't need a women to look up to to be inspired, I'm not very much into "science" but i enjoy listening to this stuff while I draw cuz its interesting, hearing a different narrator throws me off sometimes, (no hate to the narrator ♡) but thats just me tho

@charlesdu84 28 күн бұрын

Love your narration! 💛

@insanocrazedman2667 26 күн бұрын

Thumbs up here for a giant deer video.

@semaj_5022 26 күн бұрын

Really fascinating video! I'd love to see more like this in the future, as well as that giant deer video please!

@PaulJohn01 20 күн бұрын

9:21 OMG 😮😮 Thank you for correctly pronouncing Happisburgh !!!

@MandieKearns-Moore 3 күн бұрын

I can't tell you how much I appreciate the fact that you don't sensationalize or add your own personal opinion it's just the actual facts thank you so much for that

@ShadyLife101 28 күн бұрын

As a New Englander it’s always fun to hear examples of why our region’s name is right on the nose. “Hampshire”

@anniealexander9911 23 күн бұрын

I looooooooooooved this video so so much!! This has to be my hands down favourite video of the year. I have found it difficult to find YT videos on prehistory prior to about the last glacial maximum. I want to know what was going on (&maps, maps, maps) during previous glacial and interglacial periods, (and I'm going to get these numbers wrong but...) 4.2K event, the 8 point something K event. As a Scot I'd like to know about 1st evidence of human habitation in Scotland and Ireland. Love that map with Scandinavia as an island during the Ipswichian

@electra424 28 күн бұрын

Great video!! Also, I would love to see that giant deer video you mentioned 👀

@user-el8in2rm2e 28 күн бұрын

Elephants and rhinos being in England is amazing. Do you hear about never would’ve known about this.

@therealzilch 20 күн бұрын

Another typically fascinating and informative video. Thanks from rainy Vienna (there were mammoths here too), Scott

@mlb4062 28 күн бұрын

Yes! I would like to learn more about deer types. Thank you.🦌

@raymondjjohnsonjr363 28 күн бұрын

Look up sabertooth deer, they are a real thing. Supposedly from Siberia to the Himalayas. Also called musk deer.

@megapangolin1093 23 күн бұрын

Megaceros- Irish Elk, with 12 antlers. Amazing beast.

@jls4382 10 күн бұрын

Very informative and well presented! Thank-you for posting this. You get extra bonus kudos for including "I wanna hippopotomus for Christmas". 'Love it!

@velvetgoldmine4300 28 күн бұрын

Fantastic video! I would definitely love to see more like it! I would also love a video about large deer :)

@greensteve9307 25 күн бұрын

I love that you break character on occasion.

@Flakmagnet1701 28 күн бұрын

They really need to have a word with whoever gets to decide what these periods of time are called. Really..they need sorting out!

@Andy_Babb 28 күн бұрын

Ohhhhh I just wish it was longer lol great video!

@mikehart5619 21 күн бұрын

I think that the muddle in the middle is a fascinating time of human evolution. Excellent video.

@MrChristianDT 15 күн бұрын

Maybe the flooding event in the English channel created such a intergenerational trauma & misunderstanding of what was happening & why that they were scared to go there for a long time?

@davidwhelan1545 22 күн бұрын

Having helped excavate a mammoth tooth on Dover beach a few years ago, which was about 8000 years old, your film fills me with questions! Really enjoyed this.

@dianacoles1017 15 күн бұрын

I think you've got the date wrong.

@kirsiselei8703 28 күн бұрын

Yea, more like these videos(aswell as anykind) Thx for makeing these. Greetings from 🇫🇮❤️

@janetd5317 28 күн бұрын

Very interesting...thanks for the video..

@dantastic6262 26 күн бұрын

Great work 👍

@brycevining4500 28 күн бұрын

to answer the question near the end, I would love to see more videos like this!

@DS-xg9kf 27 күн бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you.

@warspiteschannel4817 18 күн бұрын

Loved it. More please!

@rnbnatl 27 күн бұрын

More Emilia please. Thanks. 🙂

@CrimsonFeatherz 28 күн бұрын

Thank you!! Would like a giant deer video in fact!

@mattflamenco 25 күн бұрын

Great video, more please.

@markbishop5044 21 күн бұрын

All in all a great video, especially the classification of MI Stages.

@user-it7lf7kk8m 28 күн бұрын

So 4-6 degrees warmer than now, no humans. I blame the hippos snd badgers

@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd 17 күн бұрын

Probably it was their farts. They ate tons of beans.

@DG-iw3yw Сағат бұрын

But who do we blame for the depletion of diversity and the dissapearing species?

@bethanysimpson5310 24 күн бұрын

I love this presenter! So calming and informative. She’s very passionate xx

@badmonkey244 27 күн бұрын

I had no idea about any of this. This was super interesting

@PJV00 25 күн бұрын

Fascinating. I am American and so the ice age education I have only encompasses the USA, some of Canada, and Russia + East Asia because of the land bridge. I’ve never been exposed to any information about Britain’s ice age. I’m loving it!

@AwesomeFish12 28 күн бұрын

Honestly a video about big deer sounds fun. I mean, who doesn't like Elk?

@unvergebeneid 14 сағат бұрын

I think it's safe to say that no inhabitant of Britain, sapiens or otherwise, has ever uttered the thought: "Oh it's so hot here, let's go to the south of France to cool off!"

@charlesbennett7484 19 күн бұрын

Very informative and entertaining video! Also, I'd love to see a big deer video. 🦌👍

@amniote69 28 күн бұрын

Yes, please! I loved this and would really appreciate similar videos.

@21-foot-burmese-python 28 күн бұрын

Great video and I learned heaps about Britain's prehistory. My only criticism (constructive) is that Neanderthal is pronounced Neander(t)aal with a 't' sound and not a 'th' sound. This is because they are named after the Neander Valley in Germany and the german pronunciation is used, meaning the h is effectively silent. Overall a really well researched and interesting video, and it was really well presented! 😁

@keithfaulkner6319 28 күн бұрын

I like the "h". Pronounce it like it's spelled. Besides, this isn't Germany.

@infowarriorone 28 күн бұрын

Very interesting. Hippos in England, wow. I had no idea.

@TRabbit1970 24 күн бұрын

Something similar happened in conic sliver of the east of Canada and much of the east of the United States, around the end of the ice age. Human activity disappeared for somewhere around 2000 years from those regions, when people from the west and southwest moved into these regions where they’ve been ever since.

@rh3ttj 28 күн бұрын

Commenting to say I would indeed like a video on big deer!

@universalparadoxes2081 14 күн бұрын

That scientist who named a time period adfter Ipswitch 😂

@craigfreeman777 28 күн бұрын

Love the song at the end

@punditgi 28 күн бұрын

Fascinating! 🎉😊

@HiTechKeema 25 күн бұрын

8:22 Slight correction there - it was P. spelaea not P. leo that occured there. Cave lions were able to live in the warmer climate too. African lions are unknown from Britain outside captive specimens.

@user-el8in2rm2e 28 күн бұрын

Good info thank you.

@ZoeKitten84 28 күн бұрын

A video on deer would be cool

@Hoboranger 28 күн бұрын

Big deer video please! Thanks for a great video!

@bee_whisper 26 күн бұрын

This is actually fascinating and makes me think why isn't this taught in schools more

@brigidsingleton1596 25 күн бұрын

People either know about it but are less accomplished in Teaching... Or can Teach, but don't have sufficient knowledge on the subject...?

@AndrewTBP 25 күн бұрын

This is postgraduate paleontology.

@DG-iw3yw Сағат бұрын

@AndrewTBP If children were taught more about paleantology more, they would value the concept of time and much more, its a shame really, it is the antidote to anti-evolution and paints a more certain picture of how life on our own planet exists

@giannidcenzo 13 күн бұрын

Sharp!Great video

@happytoday333 22 күн бұрын

Really interesting. Thanks.

@Shaden0040 28 күн бұрын

Yes I'd love to see a video on deer of a hall sizes. thank you for offering to make such a video.

@yensid4294 28 күн бұрын

I didn't know the Neanderthals had made it to the British Isles. Ty

@user-qv9hb4kp9f 23 күн бұрын

…lots of interesting information in this video… thank you!

@tsaicio 25 күн бұрын

Emilia, I want more! Greetings from Poland. Please add something about Doggerland!

@davidryall-flanders6353 25 күн бұрын

It's Emilia! Instantly all the sciencey stuff becomes far less stuffy.😊

@FotakaTefa 10 күн бұрын

Thank you and yes to the deer video!!

@yepits2675 27 күн бұрын

a video on big deers and such would be great!!!

@EricKingOfScots 25 күн бұрын

I politely demand the big deer video. Please and thank you.

@MetastaticMaladies 25 күн бұрын

A video on Megaloceros (Irish Elk) would be great.

@declanmurphy417 28 күн бұрын

love the narration🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

@chasbegley3886 19 күн бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you.

@klarname_online9356 28 күн бұрын

Yes more of these vids!

@VijaySuryaAditya 22 күн бұрын

Just didn't fossilize so readily. Enjoyed that!

@TorvusVae 28 күн бұрын

I would love a video about megadeer!

@joeelliott2157 24 күн бұрын

So, I take it that during the last interglacial period in Britain, the Ipswichian interglacial period, from 130,000 to 115,000 years ago, no people lived in Britain, even though the climate was mild. But during the interglacial period before then, the Hoxnian (?) interglacial of about 250,000 years ago, they did. I would guess that toward the end of the two preceding ice ages, conditions got so cold that people could not live in Britain and had to live well south of it, the closest area perhaps southern France. In both cases the region warmed up quickly, allowing people to spread northward again. 250,000 years ago, people spread northward quickly enough to re-enter Britain before the seas rose behind them as the interglacial period reached its warmest temperature. But during the last interglacial, around 125,000 years ago, the people spread northward not quite as quickly and by the time they reached northern France, the land bridge to Britain was now underwater and they could not make it.