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The Big Mysteries of Human Evolution
- Narrated by: Dr. Elen Feurriegel
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Who are we? Where did we come from?
These aren’t flippant questions, in the least. For millennia, poets, artists, philosophers, politicians, historians, scientists, and spiritual leaders have grappled with them because their answers could hold the key to explaining the complexities of human existence.
Creating a coherent picture of our earliest relatives can be a challenging undertaking. Even with recent scientific developments and archaeological discoveries, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the evolution of the human species. Crucial pieces of the puzzle are still missing, and every new discovery—fossil or otherwise—has the potential to rewrite our understanding of our own family tree.
In 10 riveting episodes, paleoanthropologist Elen Feuerriegel takes you on an unrivaled tour of the human fossil record in search of the biological and behavioral underpinnings of our very “humanness”. Big Mysteries of Human Evolution draws on current research to highlight (and maybe even help solve) these and other enduring mysteries about our closest ancestors: how the first bipeds took their first steps, how tools gave humans a cutting edge over other species, how early social groups (and diets) were structured, and how modern humans evolved to become the dominant species on the planet.
Think of this Audible Original as On the Origin of Species—updated for the 21st century.
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- Kaelem
- 18-05-2022
Facinating and complex
I'll definetely need to listen to this several times to learn all it teaches.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-07-2022
Loved it!
A succinct and interesting text, great listening! Recommend to anyone interested in anthropology and history.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-05-2022
So interesting
Wonderful information delivered at break neck speed. Needs a careful listen to really understand
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- tim frodsham
- 08-05-2022
super interesting
Awesome work! Very well researched. Reveals a richly changing tapestry over vast timescales and a global scope. Brilliantly narrated- more please!
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- richard Carver
- 14-05-2022
good summary
unimpressive start but good in the later parts with excellent discussion of humans over time
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- joan leaming
- 10-02-2023
Great summary of current state of Human Evolution History
This was very well done and very up to date - packed with information - needed to listen several times to take it all in
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- Kay
- 17-05-2022
Gabble
Content was brilliant! The narrator alternately spoke well and gabbled over the content making it frustrating and virtually impossible to listen to.
With a different narrator this would have been a five across the board…. What a shame.
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