Our Prehistory

By: Benjy Longworth
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  • The history of humanity before civilization is populated by an array of cultures throughout the millennia and across the continents. The earliest humans followed diverse customs and survival strategies, explored the unknown, adapted to exotic ecosystems, thrived in good times, and fell into oblivion in others. This podcast relates that story, starting with the origin of our species and tracing the development of human life before written records.

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  • 39. Terminal Pleistocene of Southeast Asia

    39. Terminal Pleistocene of Southeast Asia
    Mar 2 2025

    19,000 to 11,700 years ago ... In the Himalayan foothills of Thailand and the southern islands of Wallacea, the adoption of new funerary rituals, ornaments, and tools by hunter gatherer societies coincided with global warming and large human migrations.

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    34 mins
  • 38. Rock Art of Southeast Asia [Preview]

    38. Rock Art of Southeast Asia [Preview]
    Feb 9 2025

    53,000 to 13,000 years ago ... Recent dating of rock paintings in Indonesia has redefined our understanding of the oldest art produced by humans and raised the possibility of an extremely old and widespread Pan-Eurasian and Sahulian style.

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    4 mins
  • 37. Rainforest Adaptations in Asia

    37. Rainforest Adaptations in Asia
    Jan 19 2025

    The first Homo sapiens to reach Southeast Asia quickly learned how to survive in rainforests, overcoming the unique challenges of this rainy biome.

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    38 mins

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This Podcast is a Hidden Gem

this podcast is absolutely excellent. the author is a multi-domain SME and an amazing storyteller

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Wish there was more

I listened to every episode too quickly, I wish there were more. The voice was steady and the information was easy to follow without getting lost in too much jargon.

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smart Jr high level and well done

clear lucid unpretentious apolitical. I learned things but more tying things together----like Zelda survey course

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Fascinating

Super interesting narrative about what we know of the Middle Stone Age. I learned a lot and am looking forward to more. Nice work.

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