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A Researcher Hid This Fossil For Decades. Here’s Why

United StatesPublished October 23, 2025

Views 395K  |  Likes 14.3K  |  Comments 923
Views#5,267,977Global
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SciShowSciShow
8.42M subs•4.22K videos•Oct 2011

This video has 395K views and 14.3K likes, ranking #5,267,977 globally among tracked YouTube videos by view count.

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Views

395,382

Likes

14,379

Comments

923

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Total (all-time): $277 – $791

Based on estimated $0.7–$2 CPM.

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In 2002, a research team discovered one of the oldest human ancestors ever, called Sahelanthropus. For over twenty years, most people thought that all they found was a skull. But a few researchers, sworn to secrecy by their peers and the norms of the field, knew that there were more. Here's the story of academic subter…

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October 23, 2025
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