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In my first paleo focused mini-documentary I cover the topic of Orrorin, a mysterious early hominid that could very well be one of our ancestors. Maybe, it’s an interesting and obscure species that’s true place in our family tree is little understood. Today I’ll be covering Orrorin itself, other early hominids and the world that they lived in and what animals might’ve been part of their daily lives. Okay let's meet Orrorin, the original man. Enjoy.
Playlist with all my documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPXeKmLwiW1FlHQBX0fleZvK1BTI8S02Z
(I consider a mini-documentary to be any video that either I don't have to split into two parts because of the length or any documentary video under an hour in length, or a script under 20 pages. This one was close to 12, while Loch Ness was just shy of forty)

Playlist with my original narrated stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPXeKmLwiW1FFQuYwJh_hPDORQVNZsM56

A Survivor’s Daily Routine: An Original Post-apocalyptic Story: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9GUOGlXztQ9ho_IVgqH-eL7FiBijVrDB

Playlist with a mix of different videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPXeKmLwiW1EHYojYC6alwzx9n_-pZGqB

Sources
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrorin
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/orrorin-tugenensis
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/orrorin-tugenensis/
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-earliest-hominins-sahelanthropus-orrorin-and-ardipithecus-67648286/
https://prehistoric-wiki.fandom.com/wiki/Orrorin
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/humankind/a.html
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1154197
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthropus_boisei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus_afarensis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_blytheae
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/overview-of-hominin-evolution-89010983/#:~:text=The%20oldest%20hominins%20currently%20known,and%20some%20other%20fragmentary%20remains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugen_Hills
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnotaurus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinotherium
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms3888
https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/origins/orrorin_tugenensis.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graecopithecus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominini
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardipithecus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouranopithecus
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229942002_Our_ancestors'_ancestor_Ouranopithecus_is_a_Greek_link_in_human_ancestry#:~:text=The%20robust%2Dfaced%20Ouranopithecus%20macedoniensis,with%20females%20perhaps%20half%20that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylotherium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD_350-1

Image credits
Orrorin tugenensis fossils by Lucius
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orrorin_tugenensis.jpg

Hominini family tree screenshot source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominini

Ouranopithecus macedoniensis skull image
Source with original uploader info, image author 120: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ouranopithecus_macedoniensis.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License,_version_1.2
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en

Ardipithecus family tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardipithecus

Graecopithecus fossils/reconstruction
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graecopithecus_(from_PLoS_ONE).jpg

All rights to the images used throughout this educational video belong to their respective owners, I do not claim any ownership over them.

Music credits:
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Somber And Ominous Waltz Piano Solo by MusicLFiles
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6295-somber-and-ominous-waltz-piano-solo
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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0:00 Intro
3:26 Discovery
7:09 Orrorin Description and Fossils
13:19 Our Ancestor?
20:30 Early Hominids and Australopithecus afarensis: A long family tree
35:58 Orrorin’s Earth: 6 Million Years Ago
42:51 Conclusion