Explore human evolution one story at a time. This award-winning show blends storytelling with scienc
Have you ever considered how profoundly food has shaped who we are as a species? Julie Lesnik is a p
Deep in the forests of Borneo, lives a society of hunter-gatherers who speak a language never before
What happens when bows and arrows and face-to-face conversations are replaced by high powered weapon
A mysterious new human relative was discovered ten years ago from a pinky bone found in a Siberian c
In this episode, we explore the story of Piltdown Man – one of the most notorious hoaxes in history.
In the final installment of our "From the Archive" series, Kenyan paleoanthropologist Louis S.B. Lea
Mary Leakey was called the "grand dame" of archaeology. She was a methodical and exacting scientist
Tepilit Ole Saitoti was a Maasai warrior, author, and natural resources expert. In this lecture from
Raymond Dart was getting dressed for a wedding when he was given two boxes of rocks and fossils. Ins
In this never-before-released archival lecture from 1974, anthropologist Margaret Mead discusses the
In this never-before-released archival lecture from 1973, the legendary primatologist Dian Fossey te
Carl Sagan explores the evolution of human intelligence from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago
A scientist solves the mystery of the only known chimpanzee civil war...thus far. In 1960, Louis Le
Origin Stories returns November 15th with more stories about how we became human.
The stories and songs of prehistoric people are lost. Their art and artifacts are all that remain of
Three true tales about what it's like to do field research. Kelly Stewart, Dorothy Cheney, and Rober
For a long time, scientists have been searching for the first Homo sapiens in the Great Rift Valley
One of the big questions in the study of human evolution is the question of how our ancestors spread
It's not every day you see a Facebook post that changes your life, but that's exactly what happened
