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The history of humanity before civilization is populated by an array of cultures throughout the millennia and across the continents. The earliest humans followed diverse customs and survival strategies, explored the unknown, adapted to exotic ecosystems, thrived in good times, and fell into oblivion in others. This podcast relates that story, starting with the origin of our species and tracing the development of human life before written records.
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- 51. Epipaleolithic · 29 minThe Levant witnessed a gradual transition from simple nomadic societies to more complex sedentism. The earliest signs of this fundamental change in human life appeared during the…
- 50. Southwest Asia: Upper Paleolithic Hub [Preview] · 5 minMigration out of Africa, interbreeding with Neanderthals, and colonization of Eurasia. What can stone tools, bone tools, and ornaments discovered in the Middle East tell us about…
- 49. Ritual and Violence in Africa · 23 min19,000 to 12,000 years ago ... As shifts to social dynamics took place in Africa, both human creativity and brutality flourished. Support the show
- 48. Broad Spectrum Origins in Africa · 47 min25,000 to 12,000 years ago ... Human life was gradually changing across Africa at the end of the Pleistocene. One element of this transformation was a shift in what people ate…
- 47. Last Glacial Maximum of Africa [Preview] · 4 min25,000 years ago ... Right at the peak of the Last Ice Age, most people living on the African continent finally embraced microlithic tools, an innovation that had been around for…
- 46. Spread of the Late Stone Age · 30 min45,000 to 30,000 years ago ... Signs of Late Stone Age culture start appearing across sub-saharan Africa, hinting at long-distance contact between once isolated peoples. Support…
- 45. Late Stone Age of Africa · 33 min60,000 to 45,000 years ago ... Signs of cultural change started to appear among hunter gatherers in Africa, leading to the end of the Middle Stone Age, a period that had lasted…
- 44. Post Clovis [Preview] · 4 min12,800 to 11,700 years ago ... In the cold of the Younger Dryas, at the peak of megafauna extinction, the descendants of Clovis fragmented into a range of new cultures across…
- 43. American Megafauna Extinctions · 45 minAround 13,000 years ago, a wide range of large animal species started disappearing. The circumstances strongly implicate humans. Support the show
- 42. Fishtail Points and Early South America · 55 min13,000 to 12,000 years ago... From megafauna hunters in Tierra del Fuego to Amazonian rock painters, the formation of early South America hunter gatherer societies was a complex…
- 41. Clovis and the Western Stemmed Tradition [Preview] · 3 minThe first North American cultures appeared around 13,000 years ago, when megafauna roamed a continent still largely devoid of humans. Support the show
- 40. Arrival in America · 55 minHomo sapiens, the only hominin to colonize every continent on the planet, finally reaches America. But who were the first Americans and when did they arrive? Support the show
- 39. Terminal Pleistocene of Southeast Asia · 34 min19,000 to 11,700 years ago ... In the Himalayan foothills of Thailand and the southern islands of Wallacea, the adoption of new funerary rituals, ornaments, and tools by hunter…
- 38. Rock Art of Southeast Asia [Preview] · 4 min53,000 to 13,000 years ago ... Recent dating of rock paintings in Indonesia has redefined our understanding of the oldest art produced by humans and raised the possibility of an…
- 37. Rainforest Adaptations in Asia · 38 minThe first Homo sapiens to reach Southeast Asia quickly learned how to survive in rainforests, overcoming the unique challenges of this rainy biome. Support the show
- 36. Hoabinhian and Indian Microlithic · 44 minIncredibly stable traditions of stone tool making remained in use for tens of thousands of years in South and Southeast Asia. Support the show
- 35. Cultural Variation of the Final Paleolithic [Preview] · 4 min19,000 to 11,700 years ago ... Stirring of future fundamental transformations in the human way of life begin in parts of northeast Asia at the end of the Paleolithic. Support the…
- 34. Invention of Pottery · 42 min20,000 to 11,700 years ago ... As the planet thawed after the Last Glacial Maximum, human life continued to evolve. A range of technologies appeared among the groups living in…
- 33. Microblades · 35 min30,000 to 20,000 years ago ... A powerful new stone tool technology broke through longstanding cultural boundaries. Support the show
- 32. Middle Upper Paleolithic [Preview] · 5 min35,000 to 25,000 years ago ... The first major changes to the cultures of Siberia and Japan take place after the arrival of Homo sapiens result in peak in artistic production…
