Homo Erectus (Randy Man) was the longest surviving human species.
Population pressures from its devotion to sex caused it to range from England to Korea but also stopped it innovating, making identical hand axes for nearly 2 million years.
Tag: NZComedy
Our Ancestors, Handy Man
Homo Habilis (Handy Man) was only around about 300,000 years but had time to invent scrapers, monogamy and, of necessity, the dildo.
Ancestors Introduction 2/2
Lets start with two important ancestors.
Homo Habilis & Homo Erectus: Handy man and Randy man.
Conspiracy Theories Episode 2, Australia 2/2
It turns out that most of the people who believe Australia doesn’t exist also believe Atlantis doesn’t exist.
Conspiracy Theories Episode 1, Australia 1/2
Did you know there are people who believe Australia doesn’t exist?
Not just wishful thinking, we all have that.
They really believe it doesn’t exist.
Conspiracy Theories Episode 0, Intro
What about those conspiracy theories?
Powerful forces doing evil?
Well meaning medical staff doing harm?
Incompetent fools destroying the economy?
I love mocking them & even creating related theories of my own.
One day I’ll hear one of mine in the wild.
Animal Names. Episode 6c, Bird Heaven.
… which makes me wonder: Do moa walk around bird heaven asking “Does extinction make my bum look big?” or is it a case of “Dodaars don’t tell?”
Yes, I really did write this whole series just to get that ghastly pun in, hopefully you laughed & that’s what comedy is about.
Come see me on stage.
Animal Names. Episode 6b, Dodo.
… They called it “Diornis” from Latin “Terrible Bird” but some claim it means “Like a Dodo” …
The only things the Moa & the Dodo have in common are they are both extinct flightless birds.
At least the name Dodo makes some sense.
It’s probably from the Dutch “Dodaars”, meaning “Fat-bottom.” …
Animal Names. Episode 6a, Birds.
Then the English came to New Zealand and were shown the bones and feathers & even some preserved skin of what we believe to be tallest bird that ever walked the Earth.
Did they name it for being the tallest?
You must know the answer by now.
“No!”
What about the long neck & the small head? Ah, we already did that in episode 4.
“Of course not!”
They called it “Diornis” …
