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It'd strike us as human, but not like you and me
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Unknown: Cave of Bones

It'd strike us as human,but not like you and me. Maybe they were about my height. ...

It'd strike us as human,
but not like you and me. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] [MOLOPYANE] They were quite short. I'm short. [CHUCKLING]
Maybe they were about my height. [HAWKS] Something like 4'8 " to 5'2". They're really skinny. Their legs are skinny,
their arms are skinny. And their feet and legs looked like they were really well suited
to long-distance walking, to moving across big landscapes. [DISTANT CREATURE SHRIEKING] They were better made for climbing
than we are. We think that they were probably climbing
either in trees, or rocks, or both, quite a bit more
than today's people tend to, and that that was
an important part of their lives. - [GROANING FAINTLY]
- [MUSIC FADES OUT]

Full Transcript

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It'd strike us as human, but not like you and me.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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[MOLOPYANE] They were quite short.
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I'm short. [CHUCKLING] Maybe they were about my height.
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[HAWKS] Something like 4'8 " to 5'2".
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They're really skinny.
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Their legs are skinny, their arms are skinny.
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And their feet and legs looked like
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they were really well suited to long-distance walking,
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to moving across big landscapes.
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[DISTANT CREATURE SHRIEKING]
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They were better made for climbing than we are.
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We think that they were probably climbing either in trees, or rocks, or both,
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quite a bit more than today's people tend to,
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and that that was an important part of their lives.
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- [GROANING FAINTLY] - [MUSIC FADES OUT]
Duration
53 seconds
Views
72
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:13
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Story Syndicate

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Movie Summary

Follows Paleo anthropologist Lee Berger in South Africa, as he and his team try to prove that the world's oldest graveyard they found, is not human. A small brained, ape-like creature could have practiced complex burial rituals.
There's a ton of different members of the genus Homo - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:06
There's a ton of different members of the genus Homo
The genus Homo is the only genus on the planet - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:14
The genus Homo is the only genus on the planet
is a stone tool. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:38
is a stone tool.
[BERGER] Today, we're going on the grand cave tour. [CHUCKLING] - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:19
[BERGER] Today, we're going on the grand cave tour. [CH...
Just watch your step here, Agustin. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:07
Just watch your step here, Agustin.
[BERGER] Wait till I'm clear, I'll tell you when. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:16
[BERGER] Wait till I'm clear, I'll tell you when.
[MAN] Come right up here. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:13
[MAN] Come right up here.
[MUSIC FADES OUT] - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:29
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
I'd say that's, like, a small... - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:59
I'd say that's, like, a small...
If you fall or slip, just hold yourself there. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:24
If you fall or slip, just hold yourself there.
[MAN] Do you have enough light there? - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:07
[MAN] Do you have enough light there?
[MUSIC BECOMES OMINOUS] - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:11
[MUSIC BECOMES OMINOUS]
[BERGER] And down you go, 12 vertical meters - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:17
[BERGER] And down you go, 12 vertical meters
[FUENTES] I don't care how many measurements you offer of this, - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:45
[FUENTES] I don't care how many measurements you offer ...
And now think about, you know, that journey with zero light. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:27
And now think about, you know, that journey with zero light.
And I'm going to use that to walk down into this area. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:31
And I'm going to use that to walk down into this area.
Need a family member to bring some fire? - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:07
Need a family member to bring some fire?
[FUENTES] Fire changes the way you perceive, sense, and experience the world. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:07
[FUENTES] Fire changes the way you perceive, sense, and expe...
You're seeing different. - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:17
You're seeing different.
That climb up Dragon's Back, - Unknown: Cave of Bones 00:16
That climb up Dragon's Back,