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Feb 2025
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How Humans Became Humans: The Evolution ...

THE THINKING ATHEIST
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Biological anthropologist "Gutsick Gibbon" walks us through 7 million years...and the evolution of human beings.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/PUZ9p4Ao4K4?si=YnZ7VLjulhys63I2

GUTSICK GIBBON: https://www.youtube.com/@GutsickGibbon

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