History of the World podcast

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Vol 1 Ep 13 - Paleolithic art and ritual Sep 09, 2018

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Red ochre, shark teeth, ostrich eggs, lion men, hand stencils, cannibalism, friendly wolves, ritual burials, animal masks and big buttocks.

Vol 1 Ep 12 - Hunter-gatherers Sep 02, 2018

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A look back at our changing diet and the ways and means in which we had to evolve ourselves and our technologies to succeed in the ever changing and differing environments of the world.

Vol 1 Ep 11 - The spread of Homo sapiens, Part Two Aug 26, 2018

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Modern humans expand to Japan, America and Europe, but what happened when they met the neanderthals for the final time?

Vol 1 Ep 10 - The spread of Homo sapiens, Part One Aug 19, 2018

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This podcast is heading for Australia, stopping at Israel, Denisova, Flores and Wallacea. Please remember to pick up all of your belongings.

Vol 1 Ep 9 - The origin of homo sapiens Aug 12, 2018

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Social media indicates that we love talking about ourselves, so let's do it. Let's talk about ourselves, the modern human, and how it all started from 300,000 years ago in Africa.

Vol 1 Ep 8 - The ice ages Aug 05, 2018

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Find out about the geological science behind glaciation studies, the effect that ice ages have had on our ancestors and the story of Napi being chased across Canada by a sixteen thousand tonne quartzite rock.

Vol 1 Ep 7 - The neanderthals Jul 29, 2018

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The highly anticipated neanderthals, our rugged cousin who appeared to be quite brutish but was surprisingly intelligent. Quite possibly someone who would be up for going to a pub quiz with you.

Vol 1 Ep 6 - Prehistoric speech and language Jul 22, 2018

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How is it that we can talk? Why are we the only animal that can successfully produce audio podcasts that can be listened to and understood? And who wants to get to know Washoe the chimpanzee?

Vol 1 Ep 5 - Lower paleolithic stone tools ( Olduvai Gorge ) Jul 15, 2018

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Let us put some flesh on the bones of our prehistoric hominin story, and discover what our ancestors created to get carved flesh from the bones of animals. We investigate the technological advances from over three million years ago up to the last million years.

Vol 1 Ep 4 - Homo erectus Jul 08, 2018

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Homo erectus, as the name would suggest, is the first fully upright human and it was definitely a migratory species. Find out more about the journeys and advancements of human evolution in this episode.

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