Podcasts about Neolithic Revolution

For life on this planet, iron is not optional. It is essential. When our iron levels are low, we can get sick, and when they get really really low, we can even die. But you know what they say, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. In the case of iron, the genetic condition hemochromatosis is often to blame for iron overload, but why is too much iron a bad thing? In this episode, we explore that question and many others, starting with why iron is a biological non-negotiable and how a lack of iron regulation in hemochromatosis can lead to severe tissue damage. Then we're going Deep Time™ to suss out the origins of our dependence on iron, a journey that eventually leads us to the Neolithic Revolution and the 20th century realization that a certain ancient medical practice is not as obsolete as previously thought. Tune in to catch us ironing out the details of this incredibly common genetic disorder. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Agriculture changed everything. Traditionally, this “Neolithic Revolution” was celebrated for opening the gates of civilisation. Recently, it has been compared to the original sin. But whatever our take on agriculture, we should be puzzled by one thing: why did our ancestors start to farm in the first place? It's not like early farmers had improved lives. Quite the opposite, they worked harder and suffered from worse health. So why did so early farmers stick to it? And why did farming spread so far and wide? Andrea Matranga thinks he has the answer.  An economic historian at the University of Torino, Matranga links agriculture to climate change. This is not a new idea — not as such. After all, agriculture developed in lockstep with the end of Ice Ages. For years, this vague link has formed my own pet-theory on the matter. But I never paused to reflect on the obvious problem with it. There was never an “Ice Age” in Sudan. Why didn't humans just farm there?  Matranga has the answer to this and many other puzzles. And surprisingly, his answer is linked to the movements of Jupiter. I will let him tell you why. We begin this episode covering some previous theories on the origins of agriculture. Next, we dissect Matranga's theory and the evidence for it. Towards the end, we talk about the spread of farming — peaceful and violent — and note a neglected downside to the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. As always, we finish with my guest's reflection on humanity. LINKS You can find my summary of Matranga's theory with links to academic articles at ⁠⁠⁠OnHumans.Substack.com⁠⁠⁠. Do you like On Humans? Join the group of patrons at ⁠Patreon.com/OnHumans⁠! MENTIONS Names: V. Gordon Childe | Jared Diamond | Mo Yan | Robert J. Braidwood | Milutin Milanković | Feng He | James Scott Richard B. Lee | Irven Devore Terms: Neolithic | Holocene | Pleistocene | Consumption smoothing | Malthusian limit | Milankovitch cycles Ethnic groups: Natuffians | Pacific Northwestern hunter-gatherers KEYWORDS Anthropology | Archaeology | Big History | Economic History | Agricultural Revolution | Neolithic Revolution | Homo Sapiens | Sapiens | Climate change | Paleoclimatology | Seasonality | Origins of Agriculture | Neolithic Revolution | Climate Change | Hunter-Gatherers | Human Civilization | Population Growth | Sedentary Lifestyle | Subsistence Farming | Evolutionary Adaptation | State Violence | Agricultural Coercion | Ancient DNA

Open any world history book and you'll read that the Neolithic Revolution was a turning point for humanity, when hunter gatherers gave up roving in small egalitarian groups and settled down to farm. Out of that, civilization was born, with all the benefits and ills connected to it: the rise of cities, the emergence of the state, inequality, and class society. But, according to anthropologist David Graeber, that tale is not based on fact. The post Fund Drive Special: Where We Came From, Where We're Going appeared first on KPFA.

Pen Vogler is a food historian. Her latest book is Stuffed: A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain. Her previous books include work on food in the life and works of Dickens and Jane Austen - Dinner with Dickens: and Dinner with Mr Darcy.  In the podcast, Ben and Pen discuss various aspects of British culture and history we can learn from the British relationship with food. The discussion delves into several fascinating topics surrounding the transition from hunting-gathering societies to agricultural ones, the phenomenon of the commons and enclosures, the historical regulation of bread prices, and the impact of government intervention in food systems. The podcast also touches on the personal experiences of Pen in Czechoslovakia. Throughout the conversation, the overarching theme was how food, from its production to its consumption, is deeply entwined with historical, cultural, and social factors, and how understanding these dynamics can offer insights into present-day food-related challenges and culture. Highlights: Transition to Agriculture: The transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture, known as the Neolithic Revolution around 4200 BC, was gradual. Although humans began farming, hunting aided by dogs continued. Interestingly, there seemed to be a decrease in fish consumption even among communities near water, which may be tied to a new identity as agriculturalists. Strawberries: are they feminine and how have supermarkets made the strawberry market. The notion of strawberries being considered feminine was discussed, with a historical perspective of fruit consumption differing between genders. Supermarkets have popularized strawberries, making them a significant seasonal item. Queuing and Supermarkets: The change from traditional queuing at shops to self-service in supermarkets was discussed. This shift was initially due to labor shortages post-World War and was supported by the government. Sugar's Historical Significance: The historical transformation of sugar from a flavor enhancer to a replacement food was discussed. The early introduction of sugar into children's diets, driven in part by companies like Nestle, and its long-term health implications were also highlighted. Yorkshire Pudding and Meat Consumption: The tradition of Yorkshire pudding being used to fill up family members so the male head could consume more meat was discussed. This tradition reflects the historical gender and age hierarchies in food distribution within a family. Fish and Class Distinction: The class distinction between consuming different types of fish, such as salmon being associated with aristocracy while carp being considered a working-class fish, was discussed. The historical roots of these distinctions date back hundreds of years, and are intertwined with the broader themes of commons, enclosure, and social status. The discussion explores how fishing evolved with societal changes, particularly during the industrial era. Food Security and Import Dependency: The discussion touched on the UK's food security and its dependency on imports, which has fluctuated over centuries based on various social, economic, and political factors. Food Etiquette:  touch on traditional etiquette like the "posh" way of eating peas with a fork and how certain eating habits signify a person's social status. Overrated/Underrated Foods: Pen and Ben briefly discuss the perceived value of certain foods like tripe, gin, goose, and herring, and how these perceptions have evolved over time. Their conversation offers a rich tapestry of insights on how food, history, and culture are intricately woven together, and how exploring these connections can yield engaging narratives and a deeper understanding of societal norms and practices. Transcript available here.

Get ready to travel back in time as we peel back the layers of human dietary evolution! I'm your host, Courtney Langlois, and in this captivating journey, we'll explore the dietary patterns of our Paleolithic ancestors and how the advent of agriculture dramatically shifted our diets. From understanding the impact of the division of labor on energy expenditure to tracing the profound effects of the Neolithic Revolution, we'll explore how these changes influenced dietary choices and needs. Boldly challenging the dominant paradigms, we'll take a hard look at how modern diets are impacting our health. With the bounty of food today, malnutrition seems like an unlikely issue, yet many face nutrient deficiencies. We'll analyze how food policy, labeling, and government subsidies play a part in our food economy and dietary choices. Uncover the darker side of the food industry as we discuss the introduction of certain food items and the concept of chemical warfare in nutrition. In the final leg of our journey, we'll confront the dangers and deficiencies of a plant-based diet. We'll examine the controversial lipid hypothesis of the 1950s that led to high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets, and the metabolic health issues that ensued. Prepare to be enlightened as we reveal the potential health benefits of animal fats and uncover the health risks associated with glyphosate residues. Stay tuned as we dismantle common dietary misconceptions and provide you with the knowledge to make informed dietary decisions on your health and wellness journey.✔️ Subscribe to the the Holistic Carnivore on YouTube✔️ Follow me Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_carnivore_phd/✔️To learn more, visit https://www.thehcwellness.com✔️Email me directly: Courtney@thehcwellness.com

The Neolithic period in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) saw lots of changes happening. Hunter-gatherers gradually adopted a less schleppy lifestyle, embracing agriculture. This happened over thousands of years, and wasn't quite the dramatic "rise of cities and civilization" that often describes the Neolithic. But speaking of cities...what's up with those T-shaped pillars and animal carvings, huh? It's five years in, pals, and we're finally talking about Göbekli Tepe, with our signature flavor of "hey what about the people that lived there, though?" We discuss the idea of the "Neolithic Revolution," the brainchild(e) of archaeologist V.G. Childe, and the pitfalls of flattening time into "ages." Title drafts for this episode included:Let's GÖ(bekli Tepe)The Dirt is a T-shaped Pillar of the CommunityThe Revolution Will Be PodcastedShow notes: Neolithic Period - World History Encyclopediahttps://lens.idai.world/?url=/repository/eDAI-F_2020-2/eDAI-F_Clare.xmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Gordon_ChildeGobekli Tepe - Download Free 3D model by rmark (@rmark) [5a4d25c]https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/new-karahantepe-settlement-may-be-older-than-gobeklitepe/newsGeometry and Architectural Planning at Göbekli Tepe, Turkey | Cambridge Archaeological JournalAn Investigation of Ancient Water Collection and Storage Systems Near the Karahantepe Neolithic Site Using UAV and GISThe phallus of the greatest archeological finding of the new millenia: an untold story of Gobeklitepe dated back 12 milleniums | International Journal of Impotence ResearchBread and porridge at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe: A new method to recognize products of cereal processing using quantitative functional analyses on grinding stones - ScienceDirect“HUNTING GROUND ECONOMY” AND THE ROLE OF SPECULATIVE “KNOWLEDGE”*** GÖBEKLİ TEPE KÜLThttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/death-rituals-social-order-and-the-archaeology-of-immortality-in-the-ancient-world/gathering-of-the-dead-the-early-neolithic-sanctuaries-of-gobekli-tepe-southeastern-turkey/4DD3B6952FED9057D595DE0E9D8C910F

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans lived a nomadic life, hunting for game and foraging for food.  Then, several thousand years ago, they stopped. They began domesticating animals, started growing crops, and lived a sedentary lifestyle.  The question anthropologists have asked is, why?  Learn more about the rise of agriculture, aka the Neolithic Revolution, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsor If you're looking for a simpler and cost-effective supplement routine, Athletic Greens is giving you a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to athleticgreens.com/EVERYWHERE.  Subscribe to the podcast!  https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taking root around 12,000 years ago, agriculture triggered such a change in society and the way in which people lived that its development has been dubbed the “Neolithic Revolution.” Traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyles, followed by humans since their evolution, were swept aside in favour of permanent settlements and a reliable food supply. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever wondered what caused the Bronze Age Collapse? Probably not…but Charlie Nation, this week you'll find out! In this surprisingly educational episode, we cover a lesser-known historical mystery as well as the Neolithic Revolution, Warrior Cats, One Direction, and earthquake storms. Send us your thoughts, topic suggestions, and compliments to: neverbeenwrongpodcast@gmail.com

I'll be arguing that the current opposition to the basic rights of the fertile is not fundamentally about the rights of the alleged fetus people but rather a significant component of a broader campaign, fundamentally patriarchal and ongoing since the Neolithic Revolution, to enslave and exploit human labor, and that the desired status quo of those opposed to these rights itself constitutes the enslavement of the fertile so as to control the reproduction of labor. Transcription with citations available at asatanistreadsthebible.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/asatanistreadsthebible/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asatanistreadsthebible/support

Roughly 11,000 years ago human beings began living in settlements and forming larger social groups due to the revolution that was the development of agriculture.  Where did it all start?  Did it spread from a single source or develop in parallel across the globe?  What were the first foods that people intentionally grew?  Come check in out in this week's episode.

Our world is marked by the Great Gender Divergence. In South Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, most women remain secluded. Chinese women work but are locked out of politics. Latin America has undergone radical transformation, staging massive rallies against male violence and nearly achieving gender parity in political representation. Scandinavia still comes closest to a feminist utopia, but for most of history Europe was far more patriarchal than matrilineal South East Asia and Southern Africa. What explains the Great Gender Divergence? It emerged in the twentieth century as a result of the great divergence in economic and political development across countries. In countries that underwent rapid growth, technological change freed women from domestic drudgery while industry and services increased demand for their labour. Democratisation is equally fundamental. Overturning men's political dominance and impunity for violence requires relentless mobilisation. Culture, however, mediates the rate at which women seize opportunities created by development and democratisation. Patrilineal societies face what I call an “honour-income trade-off”. Female employment only rises if its economic returns are sufficiently large to compensate for men's loss of honour. Otherwise, women remain secluded and surveilled with very few friends. Why do some societies have a stronger preference for female cloistering? To answer that question, we must go back ten thousand years. Over the longue durée, there have been three major waves of patriarchalisation: the Neolithic Revolution, pastoral nomadism, and Islam. These ancient ‘waves' helped determine how gender relations in each region of the world would be transformed by the onset of modern economic growth. Blog with hyperlinks to references: https://www.draliceevans.com/post/ten-thousand-years-of-patriarchy-1

In this episode we dive into part 2 of our series on the concept of ancient aliens by examining whether or not the UFO phenomenon may have played some role in the emergence of human civilization.Human civilization is the manifestation of everything that makes the human species so unique — but how did it evolve? Where did it come from? To attempt to answer this question we'll look at how we define civilization and how we identify it in the archeological record. We'll look at the story of human civilization according to mainstream academics, as well as evidence that this story is incorrect.And finally, we'll begin to discuss how the story of human civilization might be rewritten, and the role that the UFO phenomenon may have played — along with other startling possibilities.Get the full episode brief.The UFO Rabbit Hole WebsiteJoin the PatreonFollow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on YoutubeTIMESTAMPSWhat Is Civilization? 00:03:25What Is The Difference Between Civilization And Culture? 00:04:27Written Language As A Hallmark Of Civilization 00:06:56Challenges Of Using Written Language To Define Civilization 00:08:13Written language isn't always durable 00:08:39Written Language isn't necessarily recognizable 00:12:23The Legacy Of Gordon V. Childe 00:14:15Personal Bias In Assessing Ancient Civilizations 00:15:38Savagery, Barbarism & Civilization 00:20:36Problems With Childe's Model 00:22:03It's hard to define 00:22:15The language is coded With Cultural Bias 00:22:46The Story Of Human Civilization (According To Mainstream Academia) 00:24:36The Younger DryasNeolithic RevolutionUrban RevolutionCivilizationThe Pieces That Don't Fit 00:29:28Gobekli Tepe 00:30:08What We Can Learn From Gobekli Tepe: 00:32:20It completely obliterates our previous timeline of human civilization 00:33:04It may contain evidence of written language 00:35:00The development of agriculture may not have been the driving force behind the Neolithic Revolution 00:37:09[Music Break] Goodbye by 8opus 00:38:01The Sphinx 00:39:58Robert Shoch's Sphinx Research 00:40:40The Evidence That The Sphinx Is Older Than We Thought 00:42:14The Proximity Argument 00:43:07The Pyramids May Not Be Correctly Dated 00:44:02Water Erosion On The Sphinx 00:45:54The Head Of The Sphinx May Have Been Recarved 00:47:33Arguments Against Shoch's Theory 00:50:18The Truth About Pseudoscience 00:51:54[Music Break] Infinity Cycle by SPEARFISHER 00:52:32Rewriting The History Of Human Civilization 00:55:14Could Hunter-Gatherers Have Built Gobekli Tepe? 00:57:38Could We Detect An Ancient, Advanced Civilization? 01:00:40What Happened 12,000 Years Ago? 01:03:58Human Civilization Could Be Much Older Than We Thought 01:04:38Humans May Have Been Assisted By An Advanced Intelligence 01:07:37Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/uforabbithole)

Today we are continuing the discussiong from episode thirty something about the Levant, the Natufians and those civilizations that reemerged after the Younger Dryas Impact to rebuild society and catalyze the Neolithic Revolution. Catch up on that episode before this one for a better listening experience. Today's research led us to an ancient village called Tell Abu Hureyra as it is a nano diamond mine of evidence. What was found here can only be described as that which requires nuclear blasts as prerequisite for its existence. Evidence of this type is found all over the Northern Hemisphere leading experts to agree on one thing: something major happen 10,800 BC that wiped out civlization. We discuss the many ancient culture that existed BEFORE modern human history's rebirth in the middle east known as the "Cradle of Civilization". There were advanced, functioning human societies long before our current history has agreed there were. Join us as we talk about the disavowed and entertain that which left brained lizard people can only wish to comprehend without having their skin melt away like the dross of a sinner who's found salvation. And remember to: Follow us on twitter, Gettr and Instagram. @illuminatitele Our Bands: Death of Skepsis Golgothan (Spotify) Golgothan (BandCamp) Alfred and the Teddinators - New Jamcast Single "Can't Do That" CoolDill Metamorphicon Dillon Crozier Show Notes: https://scitechdaily.com/evidence-of-a-cosmic-impact-that-destroyed-one-of-the-worlds-earliest-human-settlements/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahrensburg_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiderian_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federmesser_culture https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-the-Low-Countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bølling–Allerød_warming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theskepsistelegraph/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theskepsistelegraph/support

On this episode we are talking about humans surviving the Younger Dryas impact of 10,800 BC. These peoples went on to build the most epic megalithic structure discovered to date, and all at the beginning of the neolithic revolution. What was Gobekli Tepe and does the now extinct Denisovan species have anything to do with our survival? Death Metal: Death of Skepsis Golgothan (Spotify) Golgothan (BandCamp) Indy Rock : Alfred and the Teddinators Hip Hop : CoolDill Metamorphicon Emo : Dillon Crozier --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theskepsistelegraph/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theskepsistelegraph/support

It's not intuitively obvious that the distinction between gender roles and gender discrimination would arise or change as a result of technology, but Dr. Debora Spar makes a compelling case for this in her recent book Work, Mate, Marry, Love: How Machines Shape our Human Destiny. Starting with the invention of the plow she argues “patriarchy has its origins in the Neolithic Revolution” and brings her readers through a journey of the interplay between technological change and broader social structures including gender discrimination.  In this conversation, Dr. Spar gives insight on the impacts of technology on gender roles, gender constructs, the value of “women's work”, and how changing social responses to technology may actually help us evolve past “constructed norms” and into equality. Podcast in English only. Podcast in English only. Visit website for transcripts. GUEST: Debora Spar, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global SocietyRELEVANT LINKS: https://www.deboraspar.com/ Il n'est pas intuitivement évident que la distinction entre les rôles des sexes et la discrimination fondée sur le sexe surviendrait ou changerait en raison de la technologie, mais la Dre Debora Spar en fait un argument convaincant dans son récent livre Work, Mate, Marry, Love: How Machines Shape our Human Destiny. Évoquant d'abord l'invention de la charrue, elle soutient que « le patriarcat tire ses origines de la révolution néolithique » et emmène ses lecteurs dans un voyage à travers l'interaction entre le changement technologique et les structures sociales plus larges, y compris la discrimination fondée sur le sexe. Dans cette discussion, la Dre Spar apporte un éclairage sur l'incidence de la technologie sur les rôles des sexes, les idées reçues à l'égard des sexes, la valeur du « travail de femme » et la façon dont l'évolution des réponses sociales à la technologie peut réellement nous aider à dépasser les « normes préconçues » et à cheminer vers l'égalité. Podcast en anglais seulement. Visitez le site Web pour les transcriptions. Intervenant: La Dre Debora Spar, Jaime et Josefina Chua Tiampo, professeure d'administration des affaires à la Harvard Business School et doyenne adjointe principale de Business and Global SocietyLien utile : https://www.deboraspar.com/

Scientists have evidence that humans have been practicing animal husbandry since at least the Neolithic Revolution, about 10,000 years ago. Fast forward to present day, there are people in the U.S. who think animal agriculture should stop.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Does Economic History Point Toward a Singularity?, published by Ben Garfinkel on the Effective Altruism Forum. Write a Review I've ended up spending quite a lot of time researching premodern economic growth, as part of a hobby project that got out of hand. I'm sharing an informal but long write-up of my findings here, since I think they may be relevant to other longtermist researchers and I am unlikely to write anything more polished in the near future. Click here for the Google document.[1] Summary Over the next several centuries, is the economic growth rate likely to remain steady, radically increase, or decline back toward zero? This question has some bearing on almost every long-run challenge facing the world, from climate change to great power competition to risks from AI. One way to approach the question is to consider the long-run history of economic growth. I decided to investigate the Hyperbolic Growth Hypothesis: the claim that, from at least the start of the Neolithic Revolution up until the 20th century, the economic growth rate has tended to rise in proportion with the size of the global economy.[2] This claim is made in a classic 1993 paper by Michael Kremer. Beyond influencing other work in economic growth theory, it has also recently attracted significant attention within the longtermist community, where it is typically regarded as evidence in favor of further acceleration.[3] An especially notable property of the hypothesized growth trend is that, if it had continued without pause, it would have produced infinite growth rates in the early twenty-first century. I spent time exploring several different datasets that can be used to estimate pre-modern growth rates. This included a number of recent archeological datasets that, I believe, have not previously been analyzed by economists. I wanted to evaluate both: (a) how empirically well-grounded these estimates are and (b) how clearly these estimates display the hypothesized pattern of growth. Ultimately, I found very little empirical support for the Hyperbolic Growth Hypothesis. While we can confidently say that the economic growth rate did increase over the centuries surrounding the Industrial Revolution, there is approximately nothing to suggest that this increase was the continuation of a long-standing hyperbolic trend. The alternative hypothesis that the modern increase in growth rates constituted a one-off transition event is at least as consistent with the evidence. The premodern growth data we have is mostly extremely unreliable: For example, so far as I can tell, Kremer's estimates for the period between 10,000BC and 400BC ultimately derive from a single speculative paragraph in a book published decades earlier. Putting aside issues of reliability, the various estimates I considered also, for the most part, do not clearly indicate that pre-modern growth was hyperbolic. The most empirically well-grounded datasets we have are at least weakly in tension with the hypothesis. Overall, though, I think we are in a state of significant ignorance about pre-modern growth rates. Beyond evaluating these datasets, I also spent some time considering the growth model that Kremer uses to explain and support the Hyperbolic Growth Hypothesis. One finding is that if we use more recent data to estimate a key model parameter, the model may no longer predict hyperbolic growth: the estimation method that we use matters. Another finding, based on some shallow reading on the history of agriculture, is that the model likely overstates the role of innovation in driving pre-modern growth. Ultimately, I think we have less reason to anticipate a future explosion in the growth rate than might otherwise be supposed.[4][5] EDIT: See also this addendum comment for an explanation of why I think the alternative "phase transition" ...

Greg Jenner and his guests explore the amazing prehistoric site of Çatalhöyük as we learn about the Neolithic Revolution of the Middle East. What is so special about Çatalhöyük and why did prehistoric hunter-gatherers decide to settle down with pottery, pals and porridge? In archaeology corner this week is Dr Lindsay Der from the University of Victoria in Canada and in comedy corner is the fantastically funny Mike Wozniak. Script: Chris Wakefield, Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Research: Chris Wakefield Project manager : Siefe Miyo Edit producer : Cornelius Mendez

Dr. Saladino tells Chris Weidman about the benefits of adopting an animal-based diet, which consists of animal meat, organs and unlimited quantities of fruits. Chris, who recently experimented with the diet for 30 days, sits back and listens as Dr. Saladino also explains the downside of vegetables (32:23), how the Neolithic Revolution led to the demise of human health and why the animal-based diet makes sense from an evolutionary perspective.To learn more about Dr. Saladino, check him out on Instagram @carnivoremd, his podcast "Fundamental Health" or his bestselling book "The Carnivore Code."For the video version of today's episode, visit Chris Weidman's YouTube channel."Won't Back Down" is available on Apple Podcasts! Please consider following, rating and reviewing the show right here.Today's episode of "Won't Back Down" is presented by BioXcellerator, which you can learn more about here.

Until around 12,000 years ago, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. With the domestication of plants and animals, however, new dimensions for cultural evolution suddenly became possible. But why did our ancestors take up farming after thousands of years of successful hunting and gathering? This episode discusses the causes and effects of the agricultural revolution.   https://www.insightfulthinkersmedia.com/   Related Reading:   Barker, G. (2009). The agricultural revolution in prehistory: Why did foragers become farmers? Oxford Univ. Press   Diamond, J. M. (2017). Guns, germs, and steel: The fates of human societies. New York: W.W. Norton & Company   Svizzero, S., Tisdell, C. A. (2014). The Neolithic Revolution and Human Societies: Diverse Origins and Development Paths. Working papers on economics, ecology and the environment, Issue 19.

Where did cities come from? What caused humans to adopt a sedentary life style? What was the Neolithic Revolution? Well, to find out, we need to examine some archaeological sites and talk about tiny creatures that coevolved with humans.

Witnessing Stages of Human Culture is my story about global citizens who traditionally have always expressed themselves through the tenets and platforms of culture especially within the precincts of Prehistory, Stone Age, Ancient History, Classical Antiquity, Post classical history, Middle Ages, Modern history, and or Contemporary history.Metaphorically speaking my story is analysed through my lens as an Author, Student of Film, Media Arts Specialist, License Cultural Practitioner and Publisher My cognition was activated when I focus my lens and framed an extreme close-up on the Neolithic Age a number of things happened. iMovie and Devgro Media Arts ServicesPresent A Production In Association With iMovie WITNESSING STAGES OF CULTURE © 2021 PODCAST ISBN 978-976-96579-7-7WORKS CITED"Oldest tool use and meat-eating revealed | Natural History Museum". 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010.Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. ... The term contemporary history has been in use at least since the early 19th century.Gittens,William Anderson Author, Cinematographer Dip.Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ License Cultural Practitioner, Publisher,CEO Devgro Media Arts Services®2015,Editor in Chief of Devgro Media Arts Services Publishing®2015Grafton, Anthony; Rosenberg, Daniel (2010), Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline, Princeton Architectural Press, p. 272, ISBN 978-1-56898-763-7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_periods https://blog.bricsys.com/who-invented-the-wheel-a-brief-history/https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:How_Things_Work/Wheelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity#:~:text=Classical%20antiquity%20(also%20the%20classical,as%20the%20Greco%2DRoman%20world.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution#:~:text=Their%20diet%20was%20well%2Dbalanced,by%20the%20hunter%2Dgatherer%20lifestyle.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-classical_history#:~:text=Post%2Dclassical%20history%20(also%20called,Ages%2C%20which%20is%20roughly%20synonymous.&text=Gunpowder%20was%20developed%20in%20China%20during%20the%20post%2Dclassical%20era.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Age#:~:text=The%20Stone%20Age%20was%20a,with%20the%20advent%20of%20metalworking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelinehttps://study.com/academy/lesson/neolithic-age-definition-characteristics-time-period.htmlhttps://wwnorton.com/college/english/nawest/content/overview/middle.htm#:~:text=During%20the%20Middle%20Ages%2C%20classical,emerge%20during%20the%20Middle%20Ages.https://www.britannica.com/event/Neolithichttps://www.communicationtheory.org/framing/ https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/neolithic-revolutionhttps://www.livescience.com/21478-what-is-culture-definition-of-culture.htmlhttps://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-4/Newton-s-Third-Law#:~:text=Formally%20stated%2C%20Newton's%20third%20law,force%20on%20the%20second%20object.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-timeframe-and-timelineOne of the remarkable achievements of the Neolithic Period was the ...www.toppr.com › ask › question › one-of-the-remarkableFirst Edition © 2021 All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in re-trieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without tSupport the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

The Element of Earth is at the center of the other 4 elements. Follow along as we walk through the history of the earth. From the Neolithic Revolution and into present day. You will hear my own life story, and I hope you can take some lessons and apply them to your own life.

This is a segment of episode #271 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Lost Forest Gardens Of Europe: Reclaiming Ancestral Food Cultivation w/ Max Paschall.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWpaschall Read ‘The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe’ published at the Shelterwood Forest Farm website: https://bit.ly/2HRkScu In addressing the ever-increasing, ongoing impacts anthropogenic climate change is having on food production and land management, for those of us that descend from European colonizers in North America, what can we learn from the past? What relationship did our ancestors have with the lands they were indigenous to, and how did they adapt to rapid climatological and ecological shifts throughout the millennia? In Max Paschall’s fascinating and illuminating essay ‘The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe,’ the answers to these questions come more into focus.   “Whereas modern industrial agriculture is descended from a distinctly imperialist Roman plantation system based on slave labor, systems like coltura promiscua [mixed cultivation] are the direct descendants of the indigenous forest gardens of pre-agricultural Europe. Since the Neolithic Revolution, an assortment of farming systems in Europe that relied heavily on monocultures and a handful of finicky staple crops often ended abruptly and violently. The diverse forest gardens of peasants, however, have quietly shrugged off ten thousand years of turbulent changes. This article is a look at the little-known history of these systems and their innovative strategies for survival. As we search for ways to remake the way we garden, farm, and live in a time of climate change, extreme inequality, and political disarray, looking back at the innovations of Europe’s hidden agroecological past can provide invaluable lessons on how we might collectively move forward.” Max Paschall is an ISA certified arborist and professional horticulturist coming from four generations of nurserymen and women. He is the founder of Shelterwood Forest Farm, a small wooded farm located in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Pennsylvania.  WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 8:02] In this episode, I speak with writer, arborist, and professional horticulturist Max Paschall. We discuss his essay ‘The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe,’ published at the Shelterwood Forest Farm website. In addressing the ever-increasing, ongoing impacts anthropogenic climate change is having on food production and land management, for those of us that descend from European colonizers in North America, what can we learn from the past? What relationship did our ancestors have with the lands they were indigenous to, and how did they adapt to rapid climatological and ecological shifts throughout the millennia? In Max's fascinating and illuminating essay ‘The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe,’ the answers to these questions come more into focus.   “Whereas modern industrial agriculture is descended from a distinctly imperialist Roman plantation system based on slave labor, systems like coltura promiscua [mixed cultivation] are the direct descendants of the indigenous forest gardens of pre-agricultural Europe. Since the Neolithic Revolution, an assortment of farming systems in Europe that relied heavily on monocultures and a handful of finicky staple crops often ended abruptly and violently. The diverse forest gardens of peasants, however, have quietly shrugged off ten thousand years of turbulent changes. This article is a look at the little-known history of these systems and their innovative strategies for survival. As we search for ways to remake the way we garden, farm, and live in a time of climate change, extreme inequality, and political disarray, looking back at the innovations of Europe’s hidden agroecological past can provide invaluable lessons on how we might collectively move forward.” (https://bit.ly/2HRkScu) Max Paschall is an ISA certified arborist and professional horticulturist coming from four generations of nurserymen and women. He is the founder of Shelterwood Forest Farm, a small wooded farm located in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Pennsylvania.  Episode Notes: - Read ‘The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe’: https://bit.ly/2HRkScu - Learn more about the Shelterwood Forest Farm: https://www.shelterwoodforestfarm.com - Max provides some resources at the end of the interview, including: ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer: https://bit.ly/3jCzNoE / Sylvanaqua Farms: https://www.sylvanaqua.com / Connie Barlow, founder of Torreya Guardians: http://torreyaguardians.org / ‘The Invention of the White Race’ by Theodore W. Allen: https://bit.ly/33oUbUM - The song featured in this episode is “Brutal Moderna” by Qasim Naqvi from the Erased Tapes 1+1=X album: https://youtu.be/F3R63U7BCKI - The title card features artwork by Philipp Hackert: https://bit.ly/2HRmkLY WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

Farming came into existence in the Fertile Crescent, but it didn't stay there. By 5000 BC, agriculture had spread east and west, reaching both Central Asia and the Atlantic Ocean. But how did this happen? Did indigenous hunter-gatherers adopt farming, or did the farmers themselves move and bring their way of life with them?If you'd like to see some visuals of the things we talk about in this episode, check out the accompanying post on Substack.Support us by supporting our sponsors!Upstart - Find out just how low your rate can be today at upstart.com/tides.SimpliSafe - When you visit simplisafe.com/tides you get a FREE HD camera.The Great Courses Plus - Get FREE access to their entire library at thegreatcoursesplus.com/tides.

Dan Saladino tells the story of wheat from the domestication of wild grasses in the Neolithic Revolution through to the controversial Green Revolution of the 20th century.

In this episode, the first of Season 2, your hosts take a look all the way back to the Neolithic Revolution, and how it isn't all that its cracked up to be. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

This episode offers a very basic introduction to world prehistory, designed to supplement introductory learning with an open access world history textbook (https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/history-textbooks/2/). Learn what the terms "prehistory," "paleolithic," and "neolithic" mean, and some of the main reasons why the Neolithic Revolution was so significant in the development of human societies.

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways “10,000 years ago (Neolithic Revolution), we switched over to things that we had never eaten before and those were the grains of grasses and beans” – Steven GundryThe human body didn’t evolve to eat these plants“There’s never been a documentation of an ape eating grass or grains”Many of these plants have high concentrations of lectins; these are proteins formed by a plant’s defense system that kill organisms if ingestedLectins cause eczema, acne, brain fog, and irritable bowelsAvoid eating American plants unless properly prepared.None of us were exposed to American plants until 500 years ago.Evolutionarily speaking that’s like a one night standDr. Gundry’s patients have improved their health simply by taking grains, beans, and nightshades out of their dietseval(ez_write_tag([[728,90],'podcastnotes_org-medrectangle-3','ezslot_0',122,'0','0']));Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgOn today's 5-Minute Friday, Lewis revisits one of his most impactful interviews with health expert Dr. Steven Gundry, who has carefully studied what we put into our bodies. Believe it or not, some of the foods we consider healthy might actually be incredibly damaging.For more School of Greatness, visit lewishowes.com/960. And text Lewis at 614-350-3960

Comet Atlas is disintegrating, so RC goes into more details about the five stages of the life-cycle of comets, including some speculations on what may perturb them out of their deep space hibernation, including the outer gas giants’ orbital distances that are exactly what they need to be to create a planetary bucket-brigade. Furthering the discussion on Platinum Group Metals, or PGM's, he reviews some of the modern uses for these metals and hints that the Ancients were also aware of their properties, having the guys search for “Pallas” in mythology, and reading from a 1995 study that likened PGM-doped DNA to molecular wire. Could PGM delivery have caused the genetic changes that were discovered around the area of the 1908 Tunguska aerial blast? We look at images from the earliest expeditions to the site by Leonid Kulik, and compare some of the effects of the blast to the enigmatic Carolina Bays…   Support Randall Carlson's efforts to discover and share pivotal paradigm-shifting information! Improve the quality of the podcast and future videos. Allow him more time for his research into the many scientific journals, books, and his expeditions into the field, as he continues to decipher the clues that explain the mysteries of our past, and prepare us for the future...   Donate to this work thru his Patreon subscription/membership site, and receive special perks: https://patreon.com/RandallCarlson Or make a one-time donation thru PayPal, credit/debit card or other account here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... P odcast: http://kosmographia.com (coming soon: RandallCarlson.com) Branch out to all things Randall at: http://RandallCarlson.net Scablands Sept/Oct REXpedition with Grimerica: http://ContactattheCabin.com/Carlson (email to be added to tour alternates/waiting list: Darren@grimerica.com) email: Kosmographia1618@gmail.com   Dr. German's article "The Neolithic Revolution" here: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanitie... Full listing of scientific papers about the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis: https://cosmictusk.com   Kosmographia logo and design animation by Brothers of the Serpent. Check out their podcast: http://www.BrothersoftheSerpent.com/ Theme music by Fifty Dollar Dynasty: http://www.FiftyDollarDynasty.net/ Video recording, editing and publishing by Bradley Young with YSI Productions LLC (copyrights), with audio mastered by Kyle Allen.

What's that coming over the hill? Is it something Halloween-y. No. It's about farmers. The very first people to farm in Britain. This is a bigger deal then you might think. The entire world is changing. Let's find out more. ***Talk to me: oldbonespodcast@gmail.com---Support me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bonesandstuff---Join the community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oldbonespodcast ---Keep up to date on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldbones_podcast/

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Today's episode is form the Event bracket, which pits the Invention of Agriculture, also known as the Neolithic Revolution versus the publication of Charles Darwin's work, On the Origin of Species. Find out which event moves on to the second round.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

From the Neolithic Revolution to the Far Future by Rose Hadshar from EA Global 2018: London. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA… Find out how to attend EA Global: https://www.eaglobal.org/. Join our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…

We'll never know the names of the first farmers of the Neolithic Revolution, but we do know the names of the inventors who kick-started the Industrial Revolutions. Their simple innovations gave us a new world of nearly constant, explosive economic growth and a total restructuring of society everywhere and forever. This is how it happened.In this episode, we'll cover: The growth of the global cotton trade in the 17th and 18th centuries; The flying shuttle; The spinning jenny; The water-frame; The spinning mule; The first cotton mills of northern England; The impact of the first industrial revolution in the new United States.

Open any world history book and you'll read that the Neolithic Revolution was the key turning point in human history, when hunter gatherers gave up roaming in small egalitarian tribes and settled down to farm. Out of that, civilization was born, with all the benefits and ills connected to it: the rise of cities, the emergence of the state, inequality, and class society. But, according to anthropologist David Graeber, that tale is not based on fact. Graeber interrogates this chronicle of paradise lost — and much more. (Encore presentation.) The post Graeber on Inequality and Human History appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode we will discuss the Similarities and Differences of the Neolithic Revolution throughout the world. See pages 28-36 of your "Ways of the World" textbook.

The very first Episode of the Time Machine Talk Show discusses the Neolithic Revolution and the impact it had on the world. See pages 4-6 in "Ways of the World" textbook third edition.

LINKS CONTACT:  podcast@worldorganicnews.com Podcast Essentials: mrjonmoore.com PODCASTING LIKE A PRO: https://www.facebook.com/ProPodcasting/   Blog: www.worldorganicnews.com Facebook Page:  World Organic News Facebook page. WORLD ORGANIC NEWS No Dig Gardening Book: Click here Free Downloadable PDF Farming Books Click Here PodThoughts Click Here   Red Hot Planet – World News Forum https://wp.me/p5Cqpo-mGx Impact of global warming on food, worldwide | A Floresta Nova – A Tropical Food Forest – Brazil – Bahia – Permaculture Training https://wp.me/p5Cqpo-mFQ How the global wine industry is adapting fast to climate change – Ideal Wine Company https://wp.me/p5Cqpo-mGo Could the Neolithic Revolution offer evidence of best ways to adapt to climate change? – Novo Scriptorium https://wp.me/p5Cqpo-mGu Nendo Dango – TRAIL AND TRACES https://wp.me/p5Cqpo-mGb

Open any world history book and you'll read that the Neolithic Revolution was the key turning point in human history, when hunter gatherers gave up roaming in small egalitarian tribes and settled down to farm. Out of that, civilization was born, with all the benefits and ills connected to it: the rise of cities, the emergence of the state, inequality, and class society. But, according to anthropologist David Graeber, that tale is not based on fact. Graeber interrogates this chronicle of paradise lost — and much more. The post Graeber on Inequality and Human History appeared first on KPFA.

Andrea Matranga of the New Economics School in Moscow joins the podcast with a fascinating question: Why did humans adopt agriculture in the times and places they did? His research paper, The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture, offers a potential solution. Here's the abstract: During the Neolithic Revolution, seven populations independently invented agriculture. In this paper, I argue that this innovation was a response to a large increase in climatic seasonality. Hunter-gatherers in the most affected regions became sedentary in order to store food and smooth their consumption. I present a model capturing the key incentives for adopting agriculture, and I test the resulting predictions against a global panel dataset of climate conditions and Neolithic adoption dates. I find that invention and adoption were both systematically more likely in places with higher seasonality. The findings of this paper imply that seasonality patterns 10,000 years ago were amongst the major determinants of the present day global distribution of crop productivities, ethnic groups, cultural traditions, and political institutions. Figure 2 in the paper illustrates the locations and times of the adoption of agriculture: Andrea looks at both these adoption dates and the rapidity of the spread of agriculture from these locations and compares them to the climatic seasonality of those locations, finding a strong connection between seasonality and adoption of agriculture. He argues that the need to store food caused people to become sedentary as opposed to nomadic, and once they were sedentary the opportunity cost of farming was greatly reduced.  

Today we're going back to the Ancient Era, or as I like to call it, “Ain't No River Valley Wide Enough”. We'll look at the Neolithic Revolution, what it takes to be civilized, and some high points of the major river valley civilizations.

Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! Today we’re going back to the Ancient Era, or as I like to call it, “Ain’t No River Valley Wide Enough”. We’ll look at the Neolithic Revolution, what it takes to be civilized, and some high … The post World History Ep. 1: The Ancient Era, or “Ain’t No River Valley Wide Enough” appeared first on Anti-Social Studies.

There is an unseen paradigm in our culture that affects everything we do. It sows anxiety into our daily lives, skews our experience of what it means to be human, and disrupts our relationship with the natural world. The problem is, the paradigm is something we have come to accept as a given – so normal to us that it remains invisible, even as it confines and drives and frustrates us. New Self, New World exposes the deficiencies of that paradigm, traces the roots of its inception to the Neolithic Revolution, and pinpoints the way we live in our heads as the most evident and damaging expression of it.

And this week's show is with Craig Richardson. This is the second time Craig has been on the show, the first episode we did is here and it's about parenting. Craig joins many today who are engaged in asking the question, "What does it mean to be fully and authentically human?" As an advocate of the human rewilding movement he is interested in applying this question to all areas of life, including parenting, nutrition, education, lifestyle, and spirituality. He works both professionally and informally to help individuals to move towards authentic humanity and break free from the domestication model. He and his wife have unschooled their son since birth, and as a family they are interested in camping, hiking, natural family living, fire spinning, organic cooking, ancestral skills, and being as Earth-friendly as possible. In this show we explored what 'rewilding' is, why we'd want to rewild and how we can go about moving in that direction! What you'll learn from this episode: Craig describes rewilding as 'The set of practices, skills, and philosophies which enable modern humans to reclaim the approach to self, community, and ecology that was once held by our pre-agricultural ancestors.' The 4 major shifts of the Neolithic Revolution that led to our domestication: Occupational, Social, Environmental, Spiritual. Connecting with the natural world - seeking out green spaces, connecting with groups in your area who are interested in nature, and experimenting with fermentation. How we've become specialists instead of generalists and why this has made us fragile. Why our understanding and connection with spirituality doesn't have to be about something outside of ourselves or up there in the sky. Understanding why connection to others in a community is so vital and how we can create it in this modern world.

Join CJ as he discusses: How people lived in the Paleolithic Era, which actually encompasses the vast majority of human existence The Neolithic Revolution and the coming of agriculture The domestication of grains and their rise to dominate global food production The rise of “civilization,” including its downsides The characteristics of grains which make them […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The deep past extends its tentacles into the present and, in Work, Sex and Power  Willie Thompson, until his retirement Professor of Contemporary History at Glasgow Caledonian University, demonstrates how this affects our species. He talks to Pod Academy's Craig Barfooot about how, in recent years such approaches, covering lengthy stretches of time and continents, have taken on greater prominence, with terms like ‘Deep History’ and ‘Big History’ entering the vocabulary.  This approach has been stimulated by a deepening awareness of the apocalyptic threat to humanity caused by runaway global warming and species destruction. The inability of the small-scope historiography favoured in previous decades to generate much illumination regarding this crisis has proven its limits. Willie Thompson's book is part of this new tendency but with a differing emphasis in important respects. It begins with argument on humans’ place in the universe and where they stand in the evolutionary process. It is concerned to emphasise both the continuity of humans with the animal kingdom and the wider biosphere, but also the categorical difference of their existence as social creatures equipped with language and, in their forelimbs, manipulative abilities possessed by no other creature. One early chapter discusses the evolution of conscious thought and the unique attribute of humans, in that through a developed form of consciousness they envisage their future selves, and their future projects, unlike any other species. WORK In this interview, Willie Thompson and Craig Barfoot explore the Palaeolithic era in which the original Homo sapiens lived their hunter-gatherer foraging lives in  isolated family groupings and clan communities. This was a prehistoric period of human history, distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools and covers roughly 95%[1] of human technological prehistory. The discussion then turns to the next ten thousand years following what is sometimes referred to as the ‘Neolithic Revolution’ which rapidly emerged over all the continents with the exception of Australia. Crucially, it is notorious for ushering in the shift to production (via agriculture and herding) of animal and vegetable foodstuffs which replaced the earlier process of food acquisition ‘in the wild’. These techniques originated in what we now call the Middle East and also developed quite independently in different areas of the globe such as the Americas and China. The driving force was almost certainly climate change – as the glaciation of the latest ice age melted, humans experienced both environmental catastrophe, but also beneficial effects. The consequences of this transformation for the societies involved were truly enormous and are still noticeable today. In the words of Jared Diamond,author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years ‘The hand of history’s course at 8000 B.C. lies heavily on us’. The history since the Neolithic Revolution has been the history of forced labour, which has four structural forms varying in their details and frequently intermixed: exaction of tribute from producers; serfdom or bonded agricultural labour; outright slavery and wage labour.  Debt emerged as a powerful mechanism used to force individuals into one or other of these forms of forced labour. Work, Sex and Power explains how wage labour in the context of market economies became the prevalent form of economic compulsion thanks to the second great historical transformation: the creation of technologies that succeeded in unlocking the immense energies imprisoned in fossil fuels, a process that commenced around 300 years ago and proceeded to give us the world we now experience. SEX the history of civilisation has been the history of forced labour it has also been the history of misogyny.  One gender has cruelly exploited the other, throughout all times and social categories – from th...

The deep past extends its tentacles into the present and, in Work, Sex and Power  Willie Thompson, until his retirement Professor of Contemporary History at Glasgow Caledonian University, demonstrates how this affects our species. He talks to Pod Academy's Craig Barfooot about how, in recent years such approaches, covering lengthy stretches of time and continents, have taken on greater prominence, with terms like ‘Deep History’ and ‘Big History’ entering the vocabulary.  This approach has been stimulated by a deepening awareness of the apocalyptic threat to humanity caused by runaway global warming and species destruction. The inability of the small-scope historiography favoured in previous decades to generate much illumination regarding this crisis has proven its limits. Willie Thompson's book is part of this new tendency but with a differing emphasis in important respects. It begins with argument on humans’ place in the universe and where they stand in the evolutionary process. It is concerned to emphasise both the continuity of humans with the animal kingdom and the wider biosphere, but also the categorical difference of their existence as social creatures equipped with language and, in their forelimbs, manipulative abilities possessed by no other creature. One early chapter discusses the evolution of conscious thought and the unique attribute of humans, in that through a developed form of consciousness they envisage their future selves, and their future projects, unlike any other species. WORK In this interview, Willie Thompson and Craig Barfoot explore the Palaeolithic era in which the original Homo sapiens lived their hunter-gatherer foraging lives in  isolated family groupings and clan communities. This was a prehistoric period of human history, distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools and covers roughly 95%[1] of human technological prehistory. The discussion then turns to the next ten thousand years following what is sometimes referred to as the ‘Neolithic Revolution’ which rapidly emerged over all the continents with the exception of Australia. Crucially, it is notorious for ushering in the shift to production (via agriculture and herding) of animal and vegetable foodstuffs which replaced the earlier process of food acquisition ‘in the wild’. These techniques originated in what we now call the Middle East and also developed quite independently in different areas of the globe such as the Americas and China. The driving force was almost certainly climate change – as the glaciation of the latest ice age melted, humans experienced both environmental catastrophe, but also beneficial effects. The consequences of this transformation for the societies involved were truly enormous and are still noticeable today. In the words of Jared Diamond,author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years ‘The hand of history’s course at 8000 B.C. lies heavily on us’. The history since the Neolithic Revolution has been the history of forced labour, which has four structural forms varying in their details and frequently intermixed: exaction of tribute from producers; serfdom or bonded agricultural labour; outright slavery and wage labour.  Debt emerged as a powerful mechanism used to force individuals into one or other of these forms of forced labour. Work, Sex and Power explains how wage labour in the context of market economies became the prevalent form of economic compulsion thanks to the second great historical transformation: the creation of technologies that succeeded in unlocking the immense energies imprisoned in fossil fuels, a process that commenced around 300 years ago and proceeded to give us the world we now experience. SEX the history of civilisation has been the history of forced labour it has also been the history of misogyny.  One gender has cruelly exploited the other, throughout all times and social categories – from th...

In this tardy podcast we undergo the Neolithic Revolution in Southern and Central Europe, focusing mainly on Balkan, Danubian and Eastern Cultures, including the incredible Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture. Join me as we reach back to about 7000 BC and discover some fascinating stuff about Europe's last era of the Stone Age.

There is an unseen paradigm in our culture that affects everything we do. It sows anxiety into our daily lives, skews our experience of what it means to be human, and disrupts our relationship with the natural world. The problem is, the paradigm is something we have come to accept as a given – so normal to us that it remains invisible, even as it confines and drives and frustrates us. New Self, New World exposes the deficiencies of that paradigm, traces the roots of its inception to the Neolithic Revolution, and pinpoints the way we live in our heads as the most evident and damaging expression of it.

Fr. Gary: The Oldest Worship Site, The Neolithic Revolution, and The Human Instinct/drive to Worship