Everything We Know About Our Human Origins

The human origin story is complex. So why not join us in our latest YouTube livestream as we explore how homo sapiens ended up colonising the planet, reveal our distant relatives who paved the way and explore cutting-edge science and surprising branches of our family tree. You’ll hear from the top experts in the field, including Lee Berger who led the team that discovered Homo naledi, Chris Stringer, famous for his work on the out of Africa theory and his recent work on Denisovans, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, and biological anthropologist Alice Roberts We’d love to hear your questions and comments, so be sure to pop them below. As we look around the world now, homo sapiens, us, are the only species of human left and that of course begs the question - why? Why did we survive when all others failed. – Learn more ➤https://youtu.be/ekzLlMg_uuU Subscribe ➤ https://bit.ly/NSYTSUBS Get more from New Scientist: Official website: https://bit.ly/NSYTHP Facebook: https://bit.ly/NSYTFB Twitter: https://bit.ly/NSYTTW Instagram: https://bit.ly/NSYTINSTA LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NSYTLIN About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/