The incredible story of the human history of the world. Come and join us on this incredible journey!
We explore two very fundamental changes to village life in and around the rivers of the Fertile Cres
This week's podcast centres around Stonehenge, but in order to try to understand this most famous of
Göbekli Tepe in the Fertile Crescent appears to have marked the start of a megalithic period which u
Humans of the Fertile Crescent appear to have started mastering the ability to use metals during the
A look at some of the correspondence and other podcasts that have inspired the History of the World
A brief look at the history and the future of the History of the World podcast.
We talk about the emergence of sedentary lifestyles of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic with the i
The big question to be answered, did farming spread or emerge? We travel to Europe, the Indus Valle
We try to unravel the mystery of the human transition from the success of nomadic hunter-gathering,
We look at at the previous 13 episodes and explore some of the aspects as yet undiscussed including
Red ochre, shark teeth, ostrich eggs, lion men, hand stencils, cannibalism, friendly wolves, ritual
A look back at our changing diet and the ways and means in which we had to evolve ourselves and our
Modern humans expand to Japan, America and Europe, but what happened when they met the neanderthals
This podcast is heading for Australia, stopping at Israel, Denisova, Flores and Wallacea. Please re
Social media indicates that we love talking about ourselves, so let's do it. Let's talk about ourse
Find out about the geological science behind glaciation studies, the effect that ice ages have had o
The highly anticipated neanderthals, our rugged cousin who appeared to be quite brutish but was surp
How is it that we can talk? Why are we the only animal that can successfully produce audio podcasts
Let us put some flesh on the bones of our prehistoric hominin story, and discover what our ancestors
Homo erectus, as the name would suggest, is the first fully upright human and it was definitely a mi