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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2199: Who Were the Irish?

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 20, 2022 · Episode: 2199 Who were the Irish long ago? Today, when the Irish were Egyptians.

Tags Algles anthropology archaeology Basgue language celtic dna early Britons ethnicity evolution farming global warming Great Britain Ice Age ireland Irish linguistics modern human emicgrations saxons Stephen Oppenheimer Turkey Vikings

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2952: Cataclysm

Posted on November 16, 2023 · Episode: 2952 Cataclysm: J Harlen Bretz and the Ice Age Floods. Today, a river runs through it.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1065: Alphabet

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 12, 2023 · Episode: 1065 Inventing the alphabet — sowing progress and chaos. Today, we invent the alphabet — and we sow seeds of discord.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1064: Words

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Posted on November 11, 2023 · Episode: 1064 Words: not always a helpful reduction of language. Today, a concern about words.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2637: Neanderthal Genes

Posted on November 8, 2023 · Episode: 2637 Neanderthal genes in the human genome, and Darwin’s theory of Sexual Selection. Today, Neanderthal genes.

Tags darwin evolution genetics Homo sapiens Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Neanderthal sexual selection

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