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This video is about the origins of human imagination. It explains that imagination isn't something that suddenly appeared, but rather developed gradually over millions of years. The earliest signs of imagination can be seen in the creation of simple stone tools by Homo habilis, as it required envisioning a useful object within a raw material. This evolved with Homo erectus and the creation of hand axes, which demonstrated a pre-conceived design and planning. Later, Neanderthals showed imagination through symbolic acts like using ochre and burying their dead. Finally, Homo sapiens displayed fully modern imagination with cave paintings and the creation of the Lion-Man figurine – a creature that doesn’t exist in reality, proving the ability to combine concepts and invent something new. The video suggests that social and cultural factors, rather than a single genetic change, likely drove this development, and that imagination is key to human cooperation and the creation of our complex world.