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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2201: A Big Volcano

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 25, 2022 · Episode: 2201 Mount Toba: the worst volcano and the worst human catastrophe. Today, a very big volcano.

Tags anthropology archaeology Australia disaster india indonesia Io jupiter Kota Tampan modern humans migration Mount St. Helens Mount Toba volcanic eruption paleolithic pebble tools Samosir Island Stone Age Sumatra volcano

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2516: Atapuerca

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 6, 2023 · Episode: 2516 The Atapuerca dig and a missing link: Homo Antecessor. Today, the Atapuerca dig.

Tags archaeology Atapuerca mountains Spain Basque Bilbao cannibalism Cantabrian cave painting evolution hominids Homo Antecessor Homo Erectus Homo Heidelbergensis missing link Navarre Neanderthal Sima de los Huesos spelunkers

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2494: Ginning Cotton

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 18, 2023 · Episode: 2494 Inventing the cotton gin: More to it than we thought. Today, we gin cotton.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2490: Ancient Footprints

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 12, 2023 · Episode: 2490 In which footprints, 1.5 and 3.6 million years old, tell their story. Today, we walk in some very old footsteps.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2410: The Vintage of Cave Art

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 21, 2022 · Episode: 2410 Was cave art too good to have been made 30,000 years ago? Today, a new look at old art.

Tags anthropology archaeology art Aurignacian caves charcoal painting Cro Magnons flint Gravettian Grotte Chauvet human speech Magdalenian Michael Balter neanderthals radio carbon dating Stone Age

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