Neuro Transmissions
Exploring Human Origins in Africa
Join Alie on her journey through the Cradle of Humanity: East Africa! This summer, she had the chance to spend a month visiting important sites of humans evolution and visited our closest relatives. She ventured from Ethiopia, to...
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...
Curated Video
Why Do Americans Consume So Much Meat?
Whether it’s smoked, cured, barbecued, or fried — why is meat so hard for us to resist?
Curated Video
Newsy's Latest Headlines
Researchers find last Homo erectus, social media influencers banned from promoting vaping, tobacco and weapons, and House impeaches President Trump
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 2: Birth of Humanity
Part 2 of a 3 part report on becoming human, the program examines theories that early humans developed crucial survival tactics and hunting strategies that allowed us to thrive.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing
Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing, examines the fate of the last of the Neanderthals during the Ice Age. The question of "How did modern humans take over the world?", is explored. [01:20:00]
History of Our World
Podcast History of Our World: 3 Legacy of Prometheus
History of the World podcast in which host, Rob Monaco, presents and discusses the story of what scientists know and hypothesize about prehistorical Homo Erectus, Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens during the paleolithic era. [28:09]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed Light on Evolution
NPR audio content and article about the fascinating find in a cave in Indonesia -- fully formed bones of an adult who stood barely 3 feet tall and was alive during the time of Homo Sapiens.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101 Part 1: Out of (Eastern) Africa
Second in a series of videos that introduces human prehistory, this video describes how our human ancestors spread throughout Africa and then into other regions such as Australia and Europe. How did they reach Australia so early on? What...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101: Prologue
Award-winning video introduces human prehistory starting over 200,000 years ago. Who were our first human ancestors? Where did they live? [4:40]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A New Human Relative, From a Dna Sample?
Genetic analysis of DNA from a single prehistoric finger bone may point to a new branch of the human family tree.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: New Fossil May Trim Branches of Human Evolution
Could Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and the rest of the Homo genus be one species?