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Why Humans? The New Science of the Genus Homo ~ Chris Stringer
Season 4 Episode 3
Things are about to get personal... In episode 3 of The Origins of Humankind, we zoom into the birth and spread of humanity itself.
Our guide is the …
1 year, 2 months ago
An Unusual Ape: The Deep Origins of Our Human Oddities ~ Dean Falk
Season 4 Episode 2
The story continues! In part 2 of the Origins of Humankind, we trace the first steps of our ancestors after they left the chimpanzee lineage.
To get h…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Big Picture: From the Origin of Life to the Rise of Humans ~ Tim Coulson
Season 4 Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of the Origins of Humankind!
In this sweeping pilot, we cover the entire planetary backstory of human existence – from t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trailer | Origins of Humankind
Where do we come from? How did we get here? What kind of creature are we?
The science of human origins has made great progress in answering these time…
1 year, 2 months ago
What About India? Part II: Success and Stagnation In the World’s Largest Democracy ~ Bishnupriya Gupta
Season 3 Episode 13
India’s history isn’t just the story of one nation—it’s the story of one-sixth of humanity. It’s also a lens for understanding how colonialism, democ…
1 year, 3 months ago
What About India? Part I: Mughals, British, and the Causes of Poverty ~ Bishnupriya Gupta
Season 3 Episode 12
Following the success of last year’s What About China -trilogy, I’m delighted to introduce a two-part series on the economic history of India. This…
1 year, 4 months ago
Why Patriarchy? Foragers, Farmers, and the Origins of Gender Inequality ~ Angarika Deb
Season 3 Episode 11
Why are history books so full of men? Why have so many societies treated women as property?
In short, why is patriarchy so pervasive?
A casual thinker…
1 year, 4 months ago
Bonus | Evolution Beyond the Selfish Gene (with Eva Jablonka)
“We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” - Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gen…
1 year, 5 months ago
Bonus | The Real Lessons From The World Happiness Report (with Lara Aknin)
Each year, the World Happiness Report ranks countries based on their citizen's life satisfaction. My home country, Finland, tends to come at the top.…
1 year, 5 months ago
Bonus | Some Myths About Human Mating (with Katie Starkweather)
Many traditional societies accept polygyny (one man, many wives). Monogamy, too, is practised across the globe. But what about polyandry — one woman,…
1 year, 5 months ago