All of Human History in One Hour TL;DR

Kurzgesagt’s latest animated epic squeezes our entire 200,000-year story into a one-hour journey—second by second—from the first Homo sapiens roaming African savannahs, deserts and rainforests to migrations into the Levant, Central Asia, China, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Europe and the Americas, wrapping up with the globalized world we know today. Along the way you’ll see ancient tools, art, rituals, major catastrophes, and the rise of civilizations, all laid out in crisp chapters and backed by detailed sources.

The video is proudly sponsored by GiveWell (they’ll match your first donation up to $100), and you can snag a “12,026 Calendar,” themed merch, or dive into 700+ minutes of Epic Mountain soundtracks on Kurzgesagt’s shop and Patreon. For a full chapter breakdown, source links and subtitle info, check the description!

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