Dawn of sapiens
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
#6 Genes Are Not Blueprints
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The recent explosion of genetic research has propelled DNA, genes, and genetic determinism into the public consciousness. It wasn't until I took a cou...
#5 - Neanderthal Female Autonomy and Sex Biased Dispersal
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The research for two upcoming projects recently had me wondering about sex biased dispersal and female autonomy in Neanderthals. Fully understanding t...
#4 - Environmental DNA
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The power of a new subfield of ancient DNA (aDNA), known as environmental DNA (eDNA), is growing. In this episode I explore a study released in 2021 t...
#3 - Hardcore (Pre)History
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recently Dan Carlin, of the Hardcore History podcast, released an episode exploring prehistory. I found a history guy’s perspective on prehistory fa...
#2 - What Does it Mean to be Human?
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While researching for a separate project I was confronted with the variation of life histories across the hominin lineage. This variation is quite fas...
#1 - Evolution & Time
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humans seek to understand the world around them by using narrative and story as explanatory tools. In this episode I explore how narrative often overs...