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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2206: Evolution in 1944

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 3, 2022 · Episode: 2206 A 1944 progress report on the subject of human evolution. Today, an old progress report on evolution.

Tags anthropology archaeology hominids human evolution hypothesis Mankind So Far out of Eden Piltdown Man theory William Dean Howells William Howells

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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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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2396: The Indus Valley

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 7, 2022 · Episode: 2396 The Indus Valley: a third great ancient civilization coming to light. Today, the Indus Valley.

Tags Alexander the Great ancient technology anthropology archaeology civilization egypt Euphrates Valley Indus Valley Mesopotamia Nile Valley pakistan Tigris

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2346: Prehistoric Food

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 7, 2022 · Episode: 2346 Sitting down to supper, 10,000 years ago. Today, what did we eat, long ago?

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2342: Maya Blue

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 2, 2022 · Episode: 2342 A horrific chapter of history gives us Maya blue. Today, we have the blues.

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