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The Move of Homo Sapiens’ into Tropical Forests

For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * In popular culture as in traditional archaeology, the tropical forest has been assumed to represent an environment inhospitable to humans. In this video, PATRICK ROBERTS challenges this view, demonstrating not only that Homo sapiens moved into tropical fore

Homo Sapiens Versus Neanderthals

Explore the origins of modern humans. Fossil evidence from Middle East caves and elsewhere has revealed some competitive advantages modern humans, known as Homo sapiens, are believed to have held over the more archaic human species, Neanderthals. For example, during the time in which the two species

Who owns the German forest?

Around one third of Germany is covered by forest. Nearly half of the forest area is private forest. 29% are owned by the states. About 19% are owned by cities and municipalities. The federal government owns about 4%. Author: 3sat/nano/Axel Gomille/Michael Habermehl/Sebastian Heger/Sophie Lochau/Ut

How do tropical deserts form?

When warm, humid air rises and cools down at the equator, the moisture condenses into clouds and it starts to rain. When it sinks again, the air warms up and causes extreme dryness, forming tropical deserts. Author: ZDF/Terra X/I.Zink/Wendevarga/Jochen Schmidt Translation and dubbing: alugha Cli

ScienceCasts: Desert Dust Feeds Amazon Forests

Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. The Amazon rainforest and the Sahara desert seem utterly different. Yet NASA satellites have discovered a surprising connection that intimately links these two disparate parts of our planet. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA

Why we are able to speak

Neanderthals already possessed the FoxP2 language gene, which is responsible for language development in modern humans. So were cavemen as articulate as Homo sapiens? Author: ZDF/Terra X/Film Produktion Stein e.k./Alexander Hogh/Martin Papirowski/Timm Westen, Roxana Ardelean/Golem Studio/Guido Leu

How does a hurricane develop?

A hurricane only develops when the sea is at least 26 degrees warm. Then the storms build up their destructive force. While it is almost windless in the eye of the hurricane, tropical storms with speeds of up to 300 km/h circle around it. Author: ZDF/Terra X/R. Marel/S. Hillmann/C. Gerisch/A. Kindl