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Prehistoric Culture
Make prehistoric culture easy for your class to understand with this well-composed presentation. It provides timelines for the Neolithic, paleolithic age, and the agricultural revolution. Images and information on two prehistoric sites...
History of Our World
Podcast History of Our World: 2 the Dawn of Man
Podcast thoroughly discusses the theory of evolution in an episode that is informative and clever. [19:06]
History of Our World
Podcast History of Our World: 10 the Third Dynasty of Ur
Informative and interesting podcast [21:50] from Rob Monaco teaches us about the demise of the Sumerians and discusses the rise of the third dynasty of Ur. With links to resources for further exploration.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Power Point: Hammurabi's Code
PowerPoint slideshow from Tom Richey on ancient Mesopotamia and Hammurabi's Code.
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]
History of Our World
Podcast History of Our World: 4 the Stone Age
Podcast from Rob Monaco's Podcast History of the World teaches what is known about the people, tools and culture of the Stone Age when rock was an invaluable resource. [22:25]
History of Our World
Podcast History of Our World: 5 Neolithic Revolution
Rob Monaco's podcast [18:42] talks about the Neolithic, or New Stone Age period, in which hunter-gatherer society gave way to agriculture or farming allowing for greater numbers of people and civilizations to flourish.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Neanderthal Genome
What makes us human? The sequence of the Neanderthal genome has been largely completed. We'll talk about how we're different from -- and similar to -- our Neanderthal relatives.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Neanderthals: The Oldest Cave Painters?
A red disk painted in a Spanish cave over 40,800 years ago could be the work of Neanderthals.
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 2: Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool 19 Jan 2010
A simple chipped stone from the Rift Valley in Tanzania marks the emergence of modern humans. Faced with the needs to cut meat from carcasses, early humans in Africa discovered how to shape stones into cutting tools. From that one...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 5: Clovis Spear Point 22 Jan 2010
This sharp spearhead helps us understand how humans spread across the globe. By 11,000 BC humans had moved from north-east Asia into the uninhabited wilderness of north America. Within 2,000 years they had populated the whole continent....
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 7: Ain Sakhri Lovers Figurine 26 Jan 10
A palm-sized stone sculpture made in Northern Israel 12,000 years ago clearly shows a couple entwined in the act of love. Sculptor Marc Quinn responds to the stone as art, and archaeologist Dr Ian Hodder considers the Natufian society...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 9: Maya Maize God Statue 28 Jan 10
This stone Maize God was discovered on the site of a major Mayan city in present-day Honduras and is wearing a headdress in the shape of a giant corn cob. Maize was not only worshipped at that time but the Maya also believed that their...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 10: Jomon Pot 29 Jan 10
A 7,000-year-old Japanese clay pot has managed to remain almost perfectly intact. Pots began in Japan around 17,000 years ago and by the time this pot was made had achieved a remarkable sophistication. This simple clay object makes a...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 11: King Den's Sandal Label 1 Feb 2010
A small label, made from hippopotamus ivory and attached to the sandals of one of the earliest known kings of Egypt. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at what this label, with its hieroglyphs describing the king and...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 19: Mold Gold Cape 11 Feb 2010
A gold cape made almost 4,000 years ago and discovered in 1833, by a group of workmen looking for stones in a field near the village of Mold in North Wales. This sheet of pure gold, found wrapped around a skeleton, inspires Neil...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 28: Basse Yutz Flagons 24 Feb 2010
The Basse Yutz Flagons - two bronze drinking flagons made by the Celts in Northern Europe 2,500 years ago and considered to be the most important and earliest examples of Celtic art. Writer Jonathan Meades and Barry Cunliffe help...
Tom Richey
Slideshare: 8 Features of a Civilization
Scroll a slideshow featuring characteristics of civilizations to aid in understanding the early developments like Mesopotamia or Sumer.
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 3: Olduvai Handaxe 20 Jan 2010
As early humans slowly began to move beyond their African homeland, they took with them one essential item - a handaxe. It is the most widely-used tool humans have created. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, sees just how...
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