Infognostica
Aryans and Dravidians (Great Human Histories Part 2)
The theory of Aryans and Dravidians is still prevalent in the Subcontinent. What is the truth about it? And could it have a deeper significance than we might think? A much politicised issue, we examine what the facts are, and what the...
Infognostica
Sadhguru - Story of Mr.Henry Ford
A story about Mr.Henry Ford, as narrated by Sadhguru.
Weird History
Life On The Oregon Trail
Life on the Oregon Trail was both incredibly boring and extremely dangerous. Pioneers had to exercise extreme caution and a lot of bravado to cross the 2,170 mile stretch of land starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. Accidents and...
Cerebellum
Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - First Hominids
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. In this video the...
Cerebellum
Prehistoric Man Human Evolution Upper Paleolithic - Early Modern Humans
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. Amazing discoveries...
Cerebellum
Prehistoric Man Human Evolution Upper Paleolithic - Neanderthals
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. Amazing discoveries...
Infognostica
Positive psychology (Part 4) - A Dragon attacks...
A dragon attacks a village, and teaches them a lesson. Don't approach wild animals.
Bridgeman Arts
Museo Antropologia, date unknown
Trip to Mexico visiting the main sites inside and around Ciudad de Mexico.
Bloomberg
Why Is Urban Outfitters Buying an Italian Food Chain?
Nov. 16 -- Urban Outfitters Inc., a retailer known for selling quirky clothes and housewares, is making an offbeat acquisition of its own: an Italian restaurant chain. Bloomberg's Lindsey Rupp reports on "Bloomberg Markets."
Bloomberg
Why All the Woes for Teen Retailers?
Oct. 17 -- Maxim Group Senior Consumer Retail Analyst Rick Snyder discusses his outlook for teen retailers on Market Makers. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bridgeman Arts
Re-enactment of a rite in 1930s Mali, where a young man gives himself to a clan and becomes a full member. The young bride getting ready.
Part 9 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Re-enactment of a rite in Mali, where a young man gives himself to a clan and becomes a full member. The young bride getting ready. Second...
Bridgeman Arts
Sacred tribal dance. Sorcerer dances to the snake. Madagascar 1930s.
Part 1 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas : De Madagascar - Tombouctou / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Sacred tribal dance. Sorcerer dances to the snake. Madagascar 1930s.
Bridgeman Arts
A young shepherd proposes to a woman. Wedding celebration with music, staged combat and dancing. Mali 1930s
Part 10 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. A young shepherd meets the bride-to-be's father and in front of him asks her to marry him. She accepts and they go together. Wedding celebration...
Bloomberg
Yo-Yo Ma Says He Was a 'Very Confused Child'
Jul.12 -- World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma tells financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein about how studying anthropology at Harvard had a profound effect on his life and his music. They speak on "The David Rubenstein Show:...
Bloomberg
How anthropology can explain the markets
Gillian Tett of the Financial Times uses anthropology to explain the markets, inflation, and the role of the Federal Reserve in today's economy. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on Bloomberg Television's "Wall Street Week." Taped...
Crash Course
Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #204
Is the progression of human complexity due to eating meat? The 14th video in a 16-part series attempts to answer this and other thought-provoking questions. It relates the process of human evolution and innovation to our ability to learn...
American Museum of Natural History
Ask a Scientist About Mummies
Many are aware of the mummies found in the tombs of Egypt. But in addition to the mummified bodies of the ancient pharaohs like King Tut, archaeologists also found cat mummies, dog mummies, and alligator mummies. In a video interview,...
American Museum of Natural History
Meet the OLogist David Hurst Thomas
David Hurst Thomas loves the children's book The Cat in the Hat and Rocky Road ice cream. He's also loves being an archaeologist. Thomas shares his passion for studying old things in a short video where he answers questions posed by...
Macat
An Introduction to Lave and Wenger's Situated Learning
Learning begins with observation. A video summary of Lave and Wegner's Situated Learning discusses the importance of observation and apprenticeship in learning as part of a larger playlist on the world's greatest ideas. The video...
Macat
An Introduction to Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety
Do traditional customs of Islam contradict western feminism? Explore this and more using a video summary of Saba Mahmood's Politics of Piety, part of an extensive playlist about the world's greatest ideas. It addresses a common...
Macat
Intro to Evans-Pritchard’s Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande
Oxford professor E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande is credited with developing the field of social anthropology. Introduce viewers to his argument that in the absence of science, societies like the...
Crash Course
War and Human Nature: Crash Course World History 204
Is aggression part of human nature? What about warfare? Crash Course World History takes high schoolers through the anthropological perspective of war, as well as the philosophical and biological points of view, and explores whether or...
TED-Ed
What Can You Learn From Ancient Skeletons?
Skeletons may not be able to speak, but they can still tell us a lot. High schoolers watch a short video about the ways biological anthropologists can use a skeleton's bone structure to determine age, gender, place of birth, and social...
Macat
An Introduction to Claude Levi-Strauss’s Structural Anthropology
Claude Levi-Strauss’s Structural Anthropology contends that distance and details separate world cultures—and not much else. High schoolers watch a short explanatory video to learn more about the theory of structuralism, the...