There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History
August 13, 2025
395,063
15,359
1,820
4.35%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Michael Button Episodes Around August 13, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
16:23Now PlayingThere’s a Giant Flaw in Human History
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelIn this video, I want to challenge two deeply entrenched ideas that are still widely accepted in mainstream science and academia - both of which, I believe, are completely wrong
Help support me and get Bonus Content on Patreon
Firstly: the so-called “Cognitive Revolution,” the popular claim that humans suddenly became intelligent around 50,000 years ago.
And Second: the belief that we remained exclusively nomadic until the Neolithic Revolution, only settling down to build permanent communities about 12,000 years ago.
Join me for a chat in my Discord server! 👉
These narratives, while popular, are almost certainly wrong. And what’s more - they have distorted our understanding of the past. By clinging to them, we've built a perspective of human history that’s not just incomplete — it’s fundamentally flawed.
For weekly ramblings, join my FREE email list below 👇
Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!!
Follow me on X
Follow me on Instagram
Check out my awesome video editor Charlie
Big thank you to our Top Tier Supporters!
- Matthew
- JRayZimmer
Sources
Sources too long to fit in description. Please find here
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.