Lessons from our ancient ancestors
About this episode
This episode explores the life and times of our ancient ancestors and their contributions to modern understanding of health and culture.
Coming up, we explore the life and times of our ancient ancestors, and what they can teach us. In this episode, Lee Berger tells us about the Homo Naledi species that ritualistically buried their dead; George Nash on remarkable cave paintings in South Wales; Andrea Manica explains how our ancient ancestors evolved sickle cell to sidestep malaria; and Rod Flower on our forebears making medicine and mind-altering drugs. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
People in this episode
Guests: Lee Berger, George Nash, Andrea Manica, Rod Flower
Topics covered
- ancient ancestors
- evolution
- cave paintings
- malaria
- medicine
- rituals
Keywords
- Homo Naledi
- cave paintings
- sickle cell
- malaria
- ancient medicine
- ritualistic burial
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Naked Scientists
Books & works: Homo Naledi
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