Podcasts about human ancestors

HUMAN ANCESTORS (2) - We pick up from our last magazine episode and track the story of human ancestry from the emergence of the neanderthals and the first Homo sapiens, through to the events that left Homo sapiens as the last species on earth. We look at the earliest innovations of art and how humans adapted to the varying global climates.

HUMAN ANCESTORS (1) - In this episode we will be going right back to the very beginning, looking into the first upright walkers, then the australopithecines, homo habilis, homo erectus, hand tool construction, fire production and homo heidelbergensis.

The Journal of Current Biology has just announced something — something truly astounding! They have made the stunning move and have claimed that dinosaurs and human ancestors must have coexisted. In other words, it seems like the evolutionary timeline is getting more and more Biblical as new data comes in! But what if we take this a step further...is there evidence that modern humans and dinosaurs lived concurrently? Listen to this podcast episode to find out! You'll also get a special deal from Creation Ministries International for the book "Titans of the Earth, Sea, and Air" by Dr. Sarfati and Joel Tay!

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Richard Wrangham discusses his new book, The Intelligence of Human Ancestors, and how the comparative study of human and otherisogeothermic species is revealing new insights about the evolution of intelligence.

N.raghuraman Low stress healthy lifestyle tips from our ancestors.

We all know how indisputably good exercise is for you. Yet a lot of folks still find it a struggle to engage in much physical activity. To understand the reason that this conflict and tension exists and how to overcome it, it helps to understand the lives of our human ancestors. Though, not the way the popular culture understands them, but the way someone who's actually studied them understands them. My guest is such an expert guide. His name is Daniel Lieberman, and he's a Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology and the author of Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding. Today on the show, Daniel shares what we can really learn from our ancestors as to our modern relationship with exercise, while debunking some of the popular myths about our hunter-gatherer history. We begin by talking about how very recent, and actually quite weird, the whole concept of exercise is. We then discuss the fact that our ancestors were not the natural super athletes we typically imagine, what their state of physicality was really like, and how understanding their lifestyle can help us understand the competing interests going on in our own minds and bodies that can leave us feeling ambivalent about getting up and moving around. We then discuss if, as it's been said, "sitting is the new smoking," and the less and more healthy ways to sit. Daniel unpacks whether we're evolved for running, how our ancestors' strength compares to our own, and whether or not exercise helps us lose weight. We end our conversation with how this background on the past can help us in the present, by showing us the two factors that are critical in helping us moderns make exercise a habit. Get the show notes aom.is/exercised. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stupid, brutish, and primitive: that's the “caveman” stereotype that's been applied to Neanderthals time after time. But it's the same stereotype that a growing body of evidence is showing to be flat-out wrong. In fact, there's an ongoing debate about the extent and significance of the known genetic (and other) differences between Neanderthals and early modern humans like us. Tune in to discover: What the interactions between early modern humans and Neanderthals might have looked like, and what potential advantages might have allowed early modern humans to persist, and Neanderthals to go extinct Which factors are considered by scientists when defining the term ‘species' and differentiating one species from another, and the implications this may have for our understanding of Neanderthals versus modern humans About what percentage of Neanderthal DNA still exists within modern humans For the past 25 years, Professor and Chair at the University of Louisville, Dr. Jonathan Haws, has been investigating early modern human ancestors. For the last 10 to 15 years, he's been excavating a cave in Portugal that provides something few others do: a very long, fairly continuous sequence in time, without giant gaps caused by localized erosion. This provides a unique look into longstanding questions about our evolutionary past, such as how modern humans dispersed from Africa into Southeast and Western Europe, to Spain and Portugal, and what happened to Neanderthals who were living in those regions.   The cave's sequence goes from about 10,000 years ago to between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago. Particular interest lies in the time period between 45,000 and 35,000 years ago, when Neanderthals went extinct and early modern humans migrated into Portugal. Experts, including Dr. Haws, are still unable to say with certainty whether there was direct interaction between early modern humans and Neanderthals in this region, but new genetic evidence demonstrates that modern humans interbred with Neanderthals in many places over several thousand years around the edge of Southeast Europe and into the Near East. With the use of total station technology and LiDAR technology (light detecting and ranging), a detailed, 3D mapping of all artifacts and the vertical and horizontal layout of the cave is being captured and examined. Dr. Haws shares the details of what they're finding, illustrating his firsthand experience of the cave for listeners, and explaining the processes and stages of archaeological fieldwork in the process. Visit https://louisville.edu/anthropology/about-us/dr-jonathan-haws to learn more. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

A paleoanthrological study in the caves of Atapuerca, Spain, finds that hundreds of thousands of years ago, human ancestors tried something along the lines of hibernation, holing up in the caves for months during winter. It didn't go all that well, though. Plus: you've heard of the ball drop on New Year's Eve in Times Square. But have you heard of the new year's pickle drop in Mt. Olive, North Carolina? Humans Used to Be Able to Hibernate, Evidence Suggests (Popular Mechanics) This Town Celebrates New Year's Eve With A Pickle Drop (Delish) Happy new year to all, but especially to our backers on Patreon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message

Researchers Elizabeth Sawchuk and Mary Prendergast will talk about the lessons we’ve learned from amazing new discoveries of extinct human species. Plus: learn about how dogs can be moody teenagers, too. Dogs can be annoying teenagers, too by Steffie Drucker Adolescence is ruff for dogs too. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/nu-air051220.php  Teenage dogs? Evidence for adolescent-phase conflict behaviour and an association between attachment to humans and pubertal timing in the domestic dog | Biology Letters. (2020). Biology Letters. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0097  Additional resources from Elizabeth Sawchuk and Mary Prendergast: Sawchuk, E., & Prendergast, M. (2019, December 23). Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the human story. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/archaeological-discoveries-are-happening-faster-than-ever-before-helping-refine-the-human-story-128743  Lipson, M., Ribot, I., Mallick, S., Rohland, N., Olalde, I., Adamski, N., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Lawson, A. M., López, S., Oppenheimer, J., Stewardson, K., Asombang, R. N., Bocherens, H., Bradman, N., Culleton, B. J., Cornelissen, E., Crevecoeur, I., de Maret, P., Fomine, F. L. M., … Reich, D. (2020). Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history. Nature, 577(7792), 665–670. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-1929-1  Follow @prendydigs on Twitter https://twitter.com/prendydigs Mary Prendergast. (2019). Slu.edu. https://www.slu.edu/madrid/academics/faculty/mary-prendergast.php  Springer Verlag. (2020, February 15). Elizabeth SAWCHUK | Doctor of Philosophy | University of Alberta, Edmonton | UAlberta | Department of Anthropology. ResearchGate; ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elizabeth_Sawchuk  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY 

by Andrew Curry • Coastlines around the world boast hints of ancient humans who gathered and traveled along the edges of the world, where land meets sea.

What makes us human? Humans are just animals who know how to cook. This first episode attempts to explain what humans and our hominid ancestors have been eating for the 6 million years since we first came down from the trees, how taming fire and cooking gave us our big brains and human culture, up through the foraging days of homo sapiens hunting and gathering in the Paleolithic.

What makes us human? Humans are just animals who know how to cook. This first episode attempts to explain what humans and our hominid ancestors have been eating for the 6 million years since we first came down from the trees, how taming fire and cooking gave us our big brains and human culture, up through the foraging days of homo sapiens hunting and gathering in the Paleolithic.

Early human species may have had sharper hearing in certain frequencies than we enjoy, to facilitate short-range communication in an open environment. Cynthia Graber reports

Dating fossils might sound like Saturday night for a paleontologist, but it’s serious science! In a new study, a group of physicists and paleontologists teamed up to re-date one of the most complete skeletons of a human relative ever discovered. The skeleton was discovered in a cave in South Africa twenty years ago, but the […] The post News Bite: Cosmic rays date ancient human ancestor appeared first on Past Time Paleo.

Ancient alien researcher Krsanna Duran has written a book that explains the up-trending galactic frequencies and changes in the core of the Earth. It is called "Web of Life and Cosmos: Human and Bigfoot Star Ancestors " and is written as a primer to learn the TimeStar. In the book, she examines the chaotic genesis of civilization and Bigfoot's DNA mutation. Krsanna was on the show last July 2013 and we had a riveting hour discussing Bigfoot. Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal, because of the lack of physical evidence and the large numbers of creatures that would be necessary to maintain a breeding population. A few scientists however, such as Jane Goodall, Grover Krantz, and Jeffrey Meldrum, have expressed interest and some measure of belief in the creature. Krsanna Duran is back as our special guest again today and she certainly believes BigFoot exists and is here to tell us more about it. We will also discuss her new book "Web of Life and Cosmos: Human and Bigfoot Star Ancestors " Questions: Ida Kannenberg published a diary of her discussions with the Arcturian Maez, who represented the Arcturian monitors for Bigfoot. Who was Ida Kannenberg? Why do the Arcturians monitor Bigfoot? What did you mean by "Sunset Sanctuary" in the title of your book, "Bigfoot, Human Ancestors and Sunset Sanctuary?"  What is a Sunset Sanctuary? Why do you think Gobekli Tepe was built 12,000 years ago when Bigfoot's mutations ended? How do solar and galactic conditions affect human evolutions? What makes you think ancient aliens fought wars over the information that was provided to humans? Why was the end of the Mayan Long Count in 2012 so important? What can we modern humans do to make the most of the changing solar and galactic conditions that started in 1899, according to the dates that Yogananda's teacher Sri Yukteswar published in 1894? We have experienced so many human and planetary changes since 1899, what do you think our world will be like in another century, by 2114? What happens to people who either don't care or are not interested in making changes necessary to cope with the changing planetary environment? How have you used crop circles to predict planetary changes?  What have been your most successful predictions? Sponsor: Sponsor is Twin Flame Hosting: Consciously hosting your spiritual websites since 1993 (twinflamehosting.com). If you wish to sponsor an episode or the full Honest-to-God series, contact us at 224-588-8026 Closing: Remember our FREE Group Akashic Records online 1st Sunday of every month at 10am Pacific Time - https://worldofempowerment.com. If you'd like to come on the show and discuss your passion or your spiritual business, contact us at 224-588-8026. Until next time, we send you our love, blessings and thanks for listening to AHONU & Aingeal Rose on the Honest to God Series! Slán agus beannacht Dé libh go leir! For an amazing range of empowering subjects, or if you would like to be interviewed about your metaphysical or spiritual passion, please contact us by visiting WorldofEmpowerment.com - your source for practical spirituality in a changing world!                                                                                                           Twin Flame Productions LLC Website | Newsletter | Consultations

Ancient alien researcher Krsanna Duran has written a book that explains the up-trending galactic frequencies and changes in the core of the Earth. It is called "Web of Life and Cosmos: Human and Bigfoot Star Ancestors " and is written as a primer to learn the TimeStar. In the book, she examines the chaotic genesis of civilization and Bigfoot's DNA mutation. Krsanna was on the show last July 2013 and we had a riveting hour discussing Bigfoot. Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal, because of the lack of physical evidence and the large numbers of creatures that would be necessary to maintain a breeding population. A few scientists however, such as Jane Goodall, Grover Krantz, and Jeffrey Meldrum, have expressed interest and some measure of belief in the creature. Krsanna Duran is back as our special guest again today and she certainly believes BigFoot exists and is here to tell us more about it. We will also discuss her new book "Web of Life and Cosmos: Human and Bigfoot Star Ancestors " Questions: Ida Kannenberg published a diary of her discussions with the Arcturian Maez, who represented the Arcturian monitors for Bigfoot. Who was Ida Kannenberg? Why do the Arcturians monitor Bigfoot? What did you mean by "Sunset Sanctuary" in the title of your book, "Bigfoot, Human Ancestors and Sunset Sanctuary?"  What is a Sunset Sanctuary? Why do you think Gobekli Tepe was built 12,000 years ago when Bigfoot's mutations ended? How do solar and galactic conditions affect human evolutions? What makes you think ancient aliens fought wars over the information that was provided to humans? Why was the end of the Mayan Long Count in 2012 so important? What can we modern humans do to make the most of the changing solar and galactic conditions that started in 1899, according to the dates that Yogananda's teacher Sri Yukteswar published in 1894? We have experienced so many human and planetary changes since 1899, what do you think our world will be like in another century, by 2114? What happens to people who either don't care or are not interested in making changes necessary to cope with the changing planetary environment? How have you used crop circles to predict planetary changes?  What have been your most successful predictions? Sponsor: Sponsor is Twin Flame Hosting: Consciously hosting your spiritual websites since 1993 (twinflamehosting.com). If you wish to sponsor an episode or the full Honest-to-God series, contact us at 224-588-8026 Closing: Remember our FREE Group Akashic Records online 1st Sunday of every month at 10am Pacific Time - https://worldofempowerment.com. If you'd like to come on the show and discuss your passion or your spiritual business, contact us at 224-588-8026. Until next time, we send you our love, blessings and thanks for listening to AHONU & Aingeal Rose on the Honest to God Series! Slán agus beannacht Dé libh go leir! For an amazing range of empowering subjects, or if you would like to be interviewed about your metaphysical or spiritual passion, please contact us by visiting WorldofEmpowerment.com - your source for practical spirituality in a changing world!                                                                                                           Twin Flame Productions LLC Website | Newsletter | Consultations

The bid to create the world's largest marine reserve, diseases threatening corals in the Caribbean, what is the best way to conserve coral reefs in Fiji, and why fish microbes matter too. Plus news of DNA sequences extracted from a 400,000 human ancestor in Spain, contraceptive pills for men, pain-free injection patches and the brain basis of dyslexia... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The bid to create the world's largest marine reserve, diseases threatening corals in the Caribbean, what is the best way to conserve coral reefs in Fiji, and why fish microbes matter too. Plus news of DNA sequences extracted from a 400,000 human ancestor in Spain, contraceptive pills for men, pain-free injection patches and the brain basis of dyslexia... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The bid to create the world's largest marine reserve, diseases threatening corals in the Caribbean, what is the best way to conserve coral reefs in Fiji, and why fish microbes matter too. Plus news of DNA sequences extracted from a 400,000 human ancestor in Spain, contraceptive pills for men, pain-free injection patches and the brain basis of dyslexia... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The bid to create the world's largest marine reserve, diseases threatening corals in the Caribbean, what is the best way to conserve coral reefs in Fiji, and why fish microbes matter too. Plus news of DNA sequences extracted from a 400,000 human ancestor in Spain, contraceptive pills for men, pain-free injection patches and the brain basis of dyslexia... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is the name given to an ape-like creature that some people believe inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal, because of the lack of physical evidence and the large numbers of creatures that would be necessary to maintain a breeding population. A few scientists however, such as Jane Goodall, Grover Krantz, and Jeffrey Meldrum, have expressed interest and some measure of belief in the creature. Our special guest today is Krsanna Duran and she certainly believes BigFoot exists and is here to tell us all about it. Questions: What makes Bigfoot a human species and what does that mean to us as a human species? In an 1882 letter Helena Blavatsky's mentor Mahatma Koot Hoomi wrote: "Therefore whenever I speak of humanity without specifying it you must understand that I mean not humanity of our fourth round as we see it on this speck of mud in space but the whole host already evoluted." How many human species are there, and what did Koot Hoomi mean when he wrote:  "the whole host already evoluted"? Ida Kannenberg published a diary of her discussions with the Arcturian Maez, who represented the Arcturian monitors for Bigfoot.  Who was Ida Kannenberg? Why do the Arcturians monitor Bigfoot? What did you mean by “Sunset Sanctuary” in the title of your book, "Bigfoot, Human Ancestors and Sunset Sanctuary?" What is a Sunset Sanctuary? Why do you think Gobekli Tepe was built 12,000 years ago when Bigfoot's mutations ended? How do solar and galactic conditions affect human evolutions? What makes you think ancient aliens fought wars over the information that was provided to humans? Why was the end of the Mayan Long Count in 2012 so important? What can we modern humans do to make the most of the changing solar and galactic conditions that started in 1899, according to the dates that Yogananda's teacher Sri Yukteswar published in 1894? We have experienced so many human and planetary changes since 1899, what do you think our world will be like in another century, by 2113? What happens to people who either don't care or are not interested in making changes necessary to cope with the changing planetary environment? What do the ancestors and Arcturians say about PSI?How have you used crop circles to predict planetary changes? What have been your most successful predictions?   For an amazing range of empowering subjects, or if you would like to be interviewed about your metaphysical or spiritual passion, please contact us by visiting WorldofEmpowerment.com - your source for practical spirituality in a changing world! Special Guest: Krysanna Duran.                                                                                                    Twin Flame Productions LLC Website | Newsletter | Consultations

Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is the name given to an ape-like creature that some people believe inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal, because of the lack of physical evidence and the large numbers of creatures that would be necessary to maintain a breeding population. A few scientists however, such as Jane Goodall, Grover Krantz, and Jeffrey Meldrum, have expressed interest and some measure of belief in the creature. Our special guest today is Krsanna Duran, and she certainly believes BigFoot exists and is here to tell us all about it. Questions: What makes Bigfoot a human species and what does that mean to us as a human species? In an 1882 letter Helena Blavatsky's mentor Mahatma Koot Hoomi wrote: "Therefore whenever I speak of humanity without specifying it you must understand that I mean not humanity of our fourth round as we see it on this speck of mud in space but the whole host already evoluted." How many human species are there, and what did Koot Hoomi mean when he wrote: "the whole host already evoluted"? Ida Kannenberg published a diary of her discussions with the Arcturian Maez, who represented the Arcturian monitors for Bigfoot.  Who was Ida Kannenberg? Why do the Arcturians monitor Bigfoot? What did you mean by “Sunset Sanctuary” in the title of your book, "Bigfoot, Human Ancestors and Sunset Sanctuary?" What is a Sunset Sanctuary? Why do you think Gobekli Tepe was built 12,000 years ago when Bigfoot's mutations ended? How do solar and galactic conditions affect human evolutions? What makes you think ancient aliens fought wars over the information that was provided to humans? Why was the end of the Mayan Long Count in 2012 so important? What can we modern humans do to make the most of the changing solar and galactic conditions that started in 1899, according to the dates that Yogananda's teacher Sri Yukteswar published in 1894? We have experienced so many human and planetary changes since 1899. What do you think our world will be like in another century, by 2113? What happens to people who either don't care or are not interested in making changes necessary to cope with the changing planetary environment? What do the ancestors and Arcturians say about PSI? How have you used crop circles to predict planetary changes? What have been your most successful predictions?   For an amazing range of empowering subjects, or if you would like to be interviewed about your metaphysical or spiritual passion, please contact us by visiting WorldofEmpowerment.com - your source for practical spirituality in a changing world! Special Guest: Krysanna Duran.                                                                                                    Twin Flame Productions LLC Website | Newsletter | Consultations

Peter Ungar (Univ of Arkansas) looks at the fossil record to determine what it can teach us about the diets of our early hominin forebears. Evidence from tooth chemistry and microscopic wear suggests that some species had increasingly specialized diets, but others, including those of early Homo, ate a broader variety of foods. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 24838]

Peter Ungar (Univ of Arkansas) looks at the fossil record to determine what it can teach us about the diets of our early hominin forebears. Evidence from tooth chemistry and microscopic wear suggests that some species had increasingly specialized diets, but others, including those of early Homo, ate a broader variety of foods. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 24838]

How often do you clean your teeth? In this week's NewsFlash, we find out why clean teeth might mean a healthy heart. Plus, how evidence for our meat earliest meat eating ancestors coincides with a growth in brain size, mongooses learning from their elders and why transplanting coral can save a reef.