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You’ll never look at it the same after this video

AsapSCIENCE | May 9, 2026



The anal breakthrough is a key part of all animal evolution. This video starts at the beginning of the universe, and then explains how life on Earth led to human consciousness – but ONLY due to the amazing creation of a human anus. 🙂

Written by: Gregory Brown
Animations by: Gregory Brown
Edited by: Luka Šarlija

Resources and further learning:
Belk, et al. (2016). Biology: science for life. Fifth edition. Pearson.
Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Living On Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Kukushkin, Nicolay (2025). One Hand Clapping: Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Mind. Prometheus Books, 2025.
Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda (2021). The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams Deferred. Bold Type Books, 2021

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  36. @RobHiltz

    May 9, 2026 at 9:25 pm

    As a writer I respect the possibilities of evolutionary theory when it comes to the difference in environment: when writing science fiction or fantasy, you have to understand the need for consumption of proteins and glucose and also the expulsion of waste. If you’re interested in creating a fictional universe and race of biological life forms- just change how they eat/poop! Follow the science, develop an environment, build a culture, create controversy, boom! You have Dune 🖤 (sort of 😉)

  40. @FaTaLEffects

    May 9, 2026 at 9:25 pm

    Folks have trouble remembering what happened a week ago, I'm highly speculative of someone claiming they know/understand what happened millions of years ago….when no one even existed.

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