BIG RAMBLE - Thank you (plus out of breath update) 

Let me know what topics you think I should do next year!

As an archaeologist, let me thank you for doing extremely well researched and thoroughly considered work to help explain the subject and make it accessible to the general public. Really thank you.

A shoutout from RU-vid’s most charming anthropologist? 🤩 Many thanks for the mention. I promise you the best stuff is still to come.

No exaggeration, Stefan Milo is my very most favorite RU-vid channel! Thank you for all you do to enrich our lives Stefan Milo.

The passion shows in your work. You have this genuinely infectious presentation style, knowledge, personality and humour; professional without losing that amateur edge that makes it easy for your viewers to connect with you. Great work - I always look forward to your videos! Have a good Christmas!

Awesome! Your videos this year have been incredible. Onwards !

I would like to add my voice as another archaeologist thanking you so much for the high quality content youve been feeding my brain with. In my opinion, what you've created here is one of the highest quality channels on this website. Here's to another good year!

Stefan! Thank you for all you give to us, the friggin world! You are a shinning light, sugar! Thank you for inspiring me to have interests outside of crying on the couch. Seriously, you’ve gotten me through some tough times. Learning from you is fun and makes me feel smart 🎉

Hey Stefan it's me Leandro/That Native Guy, the Native American in London and this is my alt account but thanks Stefan as a fellow man who studies paleoanthropology I really appreciate the effort you put into these videos that I have watched for the past 3 years, much love Stefan, Thank you for everything you did and helped me with this year! ❤

Your videos make me feel like I'm standing right there with you, seeing the artifacts you're pointing at. Please keep 'em coming!

Good work this year Stefan, you are a good science person.

Spoons up baby

My wife and I are both huge fans! Keep up the quality videos man, appreciate it

Love your channel! Especially appreciate a few things: 1. Amazing interviews! Love the experts you bring in and you manage to balance deeply technical discussion with explanations almost anyone can understand. 2. Willing to state when you (or no one knows) and explain why. 3. Willing to address the controversies without cowtowing to conspiracies. 4. Humanizing even our most ancient relatives. I remember you once using the term "woman" instead of "female" or "creature" to describe I think an Austaulapithicus. And you do that with every individual or group you discuss. 5. Your charming, dorky, adorably awkward presentation style.

Love your stuff man.

I'm sure that I speak for a lot of other people when I say that you're not just one of my favorite content creators, you're a genuine inspiration and a great reminder that this line of knowledge isn't a waste of time or just for self-gratification. You're a shining example of how anyone can create a successful niche for themselves if they just put enough time and passion into it. We love you man, keep up the great work.

Hey Stefan. This is the 1st time ive left a comment n ur chanel. Plz dont change a thing sweety. You're nice manner and great way of explaining all things about ancient humans is fab. Keep up the good work. Love from Scotland

Bring back the spoon

You're passion for archeology and early humans shows, and that's partially what makes your videos so fun to watch. Because as a viewer, I get to learn something new, and I feel like you genuinely enjoy sharing. Certainly fun for me, can't wait to see what comes next.

Happy holidays to you and your family. Thank you for being interested. We are too! Keep being interesting! ❤

I got my anthropology degree in 2010 as well, found an abundance of unemployment in the field. You’ve reconnected me with that passion after not being involved at all for years, thank you for the videos!

Unintended consequence of this vid is that I loved being on the hike in the NW woods with you. There are many areas in the West that I miss, but today I felt the dampness, the cold and inhaled the wonderful scents of the forest. Love the paleoarchaeology too!

I hadn't seen your channel up until a few months ago, and since finding it I've watched damn near every video. The content is great, it's presented well, and your enthusiasm is contagious. Congrats on the success, and much health and happiness to you and yours over the holiday season and beyond.

"original research" and quality research is the exact reason I watch your channel and I'm excited it's going that direction. Good Job understanding what's interesting to viewers!!! Your attitude has always been inspiring, so I'm always happy to see you continuing a passion. doing the videos outside is a good replacement for going on site, don't worry, you still include visuals. Again, keep it up, I love the content!!

Your ramblings make me feel so relaxed...so relatable...thankyou for being a mensch❤

Many thanks to you Stefan for your informative and well-made programs. Keep hiking!

I love your content and the way you present it since day one. Thank you for what you are doing, pepple like you make the world a better place.

Stefan, thank you for your work!! Your channel has helped me get friends who don't even normally watch youtube, interested in archeology! Obviously that's just because of your good looks though, not the entertaining, funny, thought-provoking content ;) It's been amazing to see the growth of your channel ever since that collaboration about ancient boats. It feels like a regular chap just like me, except more handsome, is achieving his dreams!! I hope you've found my comments over these years intriguing, and only a little disturbing. I try to keep you on your toes :) Thank you again for being a shining example of what a man with a bong stashed under his bed can accomplish.

Thank you! Every time I see that you've uploaded a new video it brings me genuine joy. That's true of only a handful of channels.

I’m so happy for you Stephan. Your content is getting better video by video. You helped inspire me to make my own channel and like you said, follow your passions! Make a channel to share your passions! I can’t wait to see what both your channel and archeology is going to produce is 2024. My eyes are set on the wooden ‘structure’ at Kalambo falls, maybe a future video for you👀 Truly exciting. Have a great holiday and great work this year mate.

I’m so happy I found this channel this year, your one of my new favorite RU-vidr!

what can i say except, “You’re welcome.”

I was never really that into archaeology and then someone linked a video of yours that I thought was really fantastic. Ever since then I've gone on to learn so much about archaeology and this is now by far my favourite RU-vid channel. I'm so glad you enjoy making these videos Stefan because I bloody enjoy watching them.

The history side of RU-vid has so much cool content. And it makes me happy how the audience for that genre of RU-vid videos has grown and grown.

Love your passion for the topics you talk about and how you share it

Congrats on the great year Stefan! One thing I'd like to see you explore is the history of mapmaking. What are the oldest objects we can say might be maps, etc. When you Google that you just get a bunch of articles on the Imago Mundi, but surely maps predate writing.

As a historian who is not working on researching History, thank you for let me connect with our shared passion in such a great way. You have given us an amazing combination of thoroughly researched information and a heartwarming humanization of the past. Thank you!

Lived in Portland for a while: LOVE Forest Park! Used to be one of those runners. ALSO, I'm very glad that you are making wonderful, expansive plans for the coming year. Cant wait to see what your next videos will be about. Always enjoy your work.

The style of your videos is what makes your channel so great! Just listening to an interview is not so great. Keep up the great work!!!!

Plus, you're one of the best storytellers ever.

Thank you! Making archaeology more accessible and entertaining. And for trying to be aware of non-western modes of knowledge

Stefan - love your content, only one minor complaint - I wish you could upload like 10x as much. 😊😊😊 I really enjoy your relaxed style and curiosity. Hope to see more great content next year

Milo, you are undoubtedly my most look-forward-to creator on this bloody platform. Massively informative, constructively unbiased, funny; mate, keep up the good work and we look forward to seeing and hearing more from you in the new year! Cheers!

YOU made it happen... not us. We just had the privilege of watching you do it. Thanks.

And thank you for all your hard work and wonderful content! Happy Holidays.

Love ur stuff dude keep it up. Your enthusiasm for what you cover is contagious

It’s been the best this year? Well as someone who has watched you for years, I’m glad I could strike the algorithm for you!

Nebula viewer here, came over here to comment. Found you over on Nebula this year and I love your content! I learn so much with every video and get excited every time I see a new one, keep up the amazing work! Thank You!

And thank you for your content. All your success is well deserved and keep doing what you're doing. ❤

I only recently found your channel, but I've already binged dozens of videos, several of which I've rewatched multiple times, particularly those on Shanidar 1, Il Principe, and Homo Erectus. The story of Nandy is one of my all-time favorite RU-vid videos of any type. Anthropology and archeology are so fascinating to me, especially around pre-history/early humans/Neanderthals. I love the way you present your chosen topics and how well you highlight the overarching humanity that connects it all.

It’s awesome to see people like you Milo, doing well researched work get well deserved traction and engagement, a necessary counter balance to the pseudo science grift by others that tend to flood the scene. Happy new year!

I enjoy your videos; not only for the fascinating subject matter but also because of your enthusiasm and how you don't take yourself too seriously!

You deserve everything good that comes your way. Your doing a brilliant job of making your videos easy to watch and interesting. Personally id love to see you do a video on 'the devils lettuce' use throughout history. That would be cool

Greetings from Mammoth Lakes! Thank you for your videos. I was trained in Yosemite following our Archs and I absolutely love hearing new insights on our past. 4 o'clock Stoner 😂 is always my favorite!

I used to be absolutely obsessed with archeology as a kid. My teacher would tell me every time we were to read a book in school that at some point I'm going to have to read an actual novel instead, not just about archeology, sharks, or dinosaurs. I lost that touch for a long time as other passions took over, but your channel certainly brought that back, so thanks and merry Christmas Stefan. I especially enjoy researchers and you explain how we can be certain of things or how we draw certain conclusions based on what we find. Extremely interesting.

I live in the province of Alberta now. Home of a couple of Dinosaurs. But I did live for years on the west coast in BC. I could tell without knowing where you were. The west coast is indeed beautiful

Thank you for all your interesting content Stephan, your channel is my favourite archaeological channel. Can you do a Q & A next year?

You smashed this year. You genuinely add to my quality of life and I have learned some truly great things from your videos, and I’m sure many others have done the same. Keep doin you, Stefan.

I'm such a geek I'll watch every second of a guy rambling on while rambling in the woods. You know I'll be watching any feature length epic you put out as soon as I can download it! This news is the best Christmas present ever!

How about a complete history of the Epic of Gilgamesh? How did it evolve during the time it circulated in the ancient world? How on earth did it go missing for thousands of years prior to its modern rediscovery?

Congratulations on your great success and wonderful life ! You are such a huge inspiration to me and so many others. Keep up the great work ! Your open minded outlook is a model for all scientists and Big History research. BRAVO !!!! 🐉--- Geof Sparks Niwot Colorado

Thank you for all the great videos this year. I appreciate the work you put in to them and all that you have taught me. Good luck next year.

Thanks for coming to America and showing us some things we don't hear about so much

Not only do I watch for your great archeology content, I also watch for the humor! You're smart and funny! Keep going your channel is amazing

Thanks for the great content

Your videos have been so good this year, I can't wait to see what you're going to do next year!😁 And again, thank you for you short clip that I was able to use in my video, it was awesome you wanted to contribute. You Rock Stefan!👌

Yay I’m on almost time 😁 love to see something new from Stefan! One of the best around.. a favorite source for historical content..

A BIG Thank You from one of your followers. I have thoroughly appreciated all your videos and am looking forward to the next installments.

History of granite has to be one of the best up and comers in the history space since told and stone. For me your content is great because you always strive to personalize the shared humanity behind the discoveries. Also the artwork is fantastic and really helps. Plus youre a great presenter. Excited for 2024

You and your spoon are a class act, Stefan

Divide the bronze age video into separate chapters/ videos. Then a wrap-up finale.

What a wholesome video, I always get such positive vibes from this channel

Stefan, just wanted to again thank you for writing your kids book. Aside from it frequently being found in his bed from reading overnight to today him taking it as his book to read to shelter cats :) He loves it, thank you

I love the way you have grown, I still miss the plastic spoon though

Shot in the dark: Since so many of us struggle with sleep, and there’s always all these brands and ads claiming their product gets you to sleep “the way we evolved to” I’d love to see a video explaining how we’ve evolved to sleep. Could we still sleep in trees? Do we have any vestigial traits from the ways we used to sleep? When did we start sleeping on the ground? Is side-sleeping optimal? What, where, and how do we think Neanderthals slept? Do we have any record of early beds/nests/pillows? What sort of paleo/neolithic beds do we have? I’d love to know how the “bear-rug” evolved to the modern bed today and what approaches different peoples/cultures took to get us here. Doesn’t need to be all prehistory either! Just an idea!

Mr Milo.A realy freaking good show you have. It is diving deep in the subjects but you make em surface. Keep up the good work man. Thank you.... PS: It is the positive vibe you have man

Most people have their lives careers and families to deal with. Not much time for anything else. You however bring your passion for archeology into our world with these videos making it easy access to learn but also enjoy and it’s very much appreciated.

Merry Christmas, to my favorite British-Oregonean 🎄🎁 …I loved your recent videos about the settling of the Americas. The prehistory of Europe in 2024 would be epic, especially the Vinča/Varna cultures along the Danube, “Old Europe,” the Yamnaya/Kurgan cultures, Proto-Indo-Europeans, LBK, and all that good stuff!

one of the best channels, I never miss a release of and the audio and video quality greatly improved... I do miss the plastic spoon mic though

I love what you said about the importance of spending time with your family while they are young. My hubby and I did the same thing. After 7 years we were finally blessed with a child. After the first year we decided to completely change our lives. We sold the big house and the fancy car that the bank owned and moved to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. To a house that’s over 100 years old and a car that we pay $2000 for. We haven’t had to work to survive and have got to spend these precious years with our daughter. Sure, we don’t have enough money for lots of things, but we eat and pay our bills. This time with her has been so much more important than a nicer car or new fancy clothes, or a holiday. Hubby is going back to work soon, but the last 8 years were amazing.

Been watching since your videos on the Neanderthals, it's amazing seeing your channel and videos evolve. Can't wait to see what the future holds, Stefan!

"Reepin it real" as Scooby Doo would say. I think that is your strength. As a child I wish I had marks around me where swords were sharpened in the medieval days like you did. I'm so jealous.

What I enjoy about your videos is that you find a nice balance between providing information, asking interviewees your well thought out questions, so that you are not only textbook correct on the facts, but also bringing the perspective of people who have expertise in their respective felds. But you also share your own thinking on topics and always leave the viewer with something to ponder.

Thank you Stefan! My dad wad a physical anthropologist at Harvard-(a bone guy) when I was growing up, and had an office at the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where I was allowed to roam about often...loved the place, loved.him, miss him, and still fascinated by natural history, human history, fossils,geology, etc. When I was eight or nine in the early Sixties, Louis Leakey visited us up in Gloucester when he was visiting the States and spread out Lucy's bones on our big kitchen table and he and my Dad had a great time discussing the Leakey's discoveries. Later on Louis showed us kids how to do African string figures... My Dad would have loved the amazing DNA revelations on human origins and populations that have happened since his lifetime! Thanks again for your fascinating videos...I became a musician, not a scientist like my parents but I still love this stuff! Looking forward to more of your work in 2024!!

As someone who grew up just outside of Portland, I love Forest Park! We used to ride our horses there, back when it was more friendly towards horses.

Stefan, you are consistently one of my favorite content creators on all things anthro/archaeology, i hope the next year holds amazing things for you, mate :)

Oh yeah, I love the idea of the feature-length bronze age video! Keep doing things the way you do them, I love your delivery, so genuine and loveable!

Hey mate, not really a comment on YT type of guy but it deserves to be said that your channel is easily my favourite out of everything I subscribe to on the platform by the long shot. Your videos are the only ones I'll down tools for and watch immediately as they're released. Well researched, always fascinating subjects, but most importantly not too dry and not "trying too hard" - just the right level of sogginess for my cringe-sensitive sensibilities. I think it's probably your very obvious genuine enthusiasm and curiosity that gets people hooked and and craving more. Not being talked down to or lectured at, it always just feels like you're saying "guys, look at this crazy thing I'm learning about." 10/10. Big fan.

We got your back Stefan 💪 You deserve credit too, you bring the 7 of us fans, what we don't get elsewhere. Just don't let it go to your head, superstar.

I miss your spoon. Thank you Stefan.

As a random guy who bashes rocks together i can highly recommend doing it! I’ve found peace with the fact that at this rate of practice and without caving in and buying nice flint and chert online I’ll probably be old and grey before i can make a biface axe that’s worth looking at but just the feeling of being able to see potential in random rocks, and actually be able to do stuff with it is very satisfying. With a little bit of elbow grease and patience you can make quite a lot with what is basically a sharp rock. It is fun and the whole process makes you look differently at your surroundings, i can feel the neurons in my brain connecting to my inner Ooga Booga. And it is grand. It’s also just a great “excuse” to go outside more. Your channel is amazing, your enthusiasm infectious. Keep doing what you want, passion will always speak to people. Do what you love and people will love what you do. Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱

Thanks

Dang! You Rock! Keep Doing You Bub! God Bless!!!

You’re “ the real deal” that’s why I watch. “History For Granite” so glad you’re having him on.

Congrats on many excellent videos Stefan! I’d love a video on the Polynesian expansion from Taiwan into the Pacific. The interactions of the Polynesians and the Melanesians as well as homo floriensus. Fascinating stuff. Happy 2024!

Yes please. Bronze transition. Part of that will hopefully be what even is copper age. I want to know so much more about the copper age, I've found very little on that subject that is thorough.

I’m a psychotherapist in private practice. I loved anthropology in college over 20 years ago! Minored in it. and I actually pull from “evolutionary psychology” to explain human behavior and explain things to my patients- even though I don’t have the expertise in specifically that area of study. - but I think I continue to learn a lot from all you amazing RU-vidrs!!! lol so I’m glad there are people like you! And YOU! To keep me in the realm of anthro and archeology. Also, selfishly, not related to my work, I love this! And your videos are honestly my Favorite! 👏🏼 As I continued to listen- I think it would be fun and interesting if you and your wife travel to Vietnam and did a little local street food and maybe find out the source/need of the meals. And then also travel to sites also as well. I’m sure it’s easier said than done being that you two have kids 😵‍💫

I adore how excited you get about your plans. You’re the hype man we all need.

You say you've seen "all the comments" about your being out of shape 9:32, so I won't bother with my "flaccid polliwog" one. Still, I want to thank you, Stefan for being a great teacher and fun classroom. Your scientific brilliance is exhibited through your reluctance and uncertainty. Thanks, mate!!

Stefan, we are very proud if you. Love from Belgrade, Serbia!