Join Lindsay as she talks about how social stratification and inequality develop with a single seed. Featuring Dr. Winifred Creamer speaking on her work with the Norte Chico civilization. Links and texts mentioned and read in this podcast: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari America’s Earliest Civilization Agriculture and the Development of […]

  Join Lindsay as she interviews three of the “Underground Astronauts,” Elen Feuerriegel, Becca Peixotto, and Marina Elliott about their experiences on the Rising Star Expedition.   Links and text mentioned and read in this episode: TrowelBlazers Sterkfontein Caves

Join Lindsay as she interview one of the Underground Astronauts,  Hannah Morris, a new PhD student at the University of Georgia who helped discover the Naledi Fossils. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: National Geographic: Homo Naledi Who are the Underground Astronauts? New York Times on Homo Naledi The Atlantic article with […]

  Join Lindsay as she discuss the death of an ancient Paleoindian girl. Featuring anthropologist Megan  Ackerman. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: Prehistoric boats Yale: Early Migrations It Does Take a Village by Sarah Hrdy Joan Gero’s Genderlithics Women in History by Karen O. Bruhns and Karen E. Stothert

Join Lindsay as she talks about the importance of gossip and stories and how as sapiens became more “female” we became more civilized. Featuring Dr. Elise Boxer on the importance of oral tradition. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Grooming, Gossip, and […]

Join Lindsay as she talks about one of the earliest women discovered, “Flo,” the mysterious “Hobbit” of the Homo floresiensis. Featuring an interview with evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk.   Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: The Cannibal In the Jungle: When Cultural Memories Meet Science The Nage people of Indonesia Ghostly Muscles, Wrinkled Brains, […]

Join Lindsay as she discusses some of the earliest known “women.” Featuring an interview about Paleolithic art with Dr. Nancy Ross.   Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: Early hominid evolution Eagle Ancestors Hunted Early Humans, Skull Study Suggests Makapansgat pebble Ardi, Oldest Living Human PBS: Meet Lucy, the fossil Paleolithic Art […]

Join Lindsay as she discusses the biases that evolutionary biology has had to work against, including sexism, racism, Cis-Het classicism and more. Featuring anthropologist Chelsea Shields discussing bipedalism.   Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: Darwin’s Teaching of Women’s Inferiority by J. Bergman, Ph.D. Women In Human Evolution by Lori Hager THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY […]

Join Lindsay as she discusses how life grew from nothing and turned into us. Featuring anthropologist Chelsea Shields. Links and text mentioned  and read in this podcast: Definition of Epigentics Mary Leakey’s bio An intro to Homohabilis PBS’ intro to humankind Becoming human A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Evolutionary psychology and feminism […]

Join Lindsay as she discusses how life grew from nothing and turned into us. Featuring biologist Crystal Scott. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: Abiogenisis Wired: How Life Made the Leap From Single Cells to Multicellular Animals A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Explanation of multi-cells taken from here Michael […]