This week we are discussing the 1981 film Quest for Fire. SPOILER(It's pretty good.)

We talk about the novel it is based, the film's created langue, and how even if they made mistakes in the history part of the movie it's still a compelling well acted movie.

This is the first of our bonus, meta, or, supplemental episodes. These will allow me to regularly put out some type of content while I do research and script out our main episodes. I hope you enjoy this review of a fun little game. Ancestors Humankind Odyssey (2019) by Panache Games is an action survival game about the evolution of early hominids even earlier in prehistory than what we have covered in our main episodes.

Episode 4 is brief and covers a brief Eden-esque time for Northern Africa before we get back to the dry and cool weather of a glacial period. Burials start and ornaments are invented. We also start fishing!!

In this episode we start in The Penultimate Glacial Period and go over early hunting techniques and targets. We also talk about early leather coverings with some discussion on the origin of languages.

In our second episode we're doing a brief overview of what an early Homo Sapiens individual's life would be like at birth until adult hood. and about how long that life would be. We also cover what we know about their earliest tool kit and our best estimates of their groups and numbers. We then finish off with laying out the order and time line of our peopling of Africa.

I'm also including the link to the Nature article I mentioned in episode 1 about the Jebel Irhoud site in Morocco here: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2017.22114

Our first episode breaks down some archaeological and genetic evidence to discuss theories on when man appeared. We also briefly touch on the first division in the human population.

A very brief introduction of what to expect from the podcast.