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Human Origins: An Overview of Prehistory

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · Explainer · 10 min · 2016 · YouTube title: What Happened Before History? Human Origins
Why it's here

HN commenters recommend it as a compact, well-sourced intro to human evolution that even led one viewer to read Sapiens.

What it covers

Kurzgesagt's animated overview of human origins and the vast prehistory before recorded history. It covers how modern humans emerged and spread.