This is the story of us. Our narrative begins 3.8 billion years ago, exploring fundamental questions about who we are, our origins, and the essence of humanity.
For millennia, these inquiries have been addressed through philosophy and religion, but contemporary science now offers empirical insights into our past and place in the world. Through deep exploration of our history, we uncover the evolution and interconnectedness of all living beings.
Join us on an exciting journey tracing our ancestors’ migrations from Africa to Asia, along the Indian coastline, to Australia, and then north into Europe and Siberia, ultimately reaching the last inhabited continents: the Americas. Along the way, we’ll encounter other human species and examine the sophistication of early civilizations.
Together, we will discuss how we acquire knowledge and the insights that science provides.
This is the story of us, from single cell to civilization.
This is the story of us. Our story started 3.8 billion years ago. Who are we? Where do we come from? What does it mean to be human?For thousands of years, such questions have been explored through philosophy and religion, but the answers now seem to lie firmly within the grasp of an empirical approach to the world and our place within it.By peering deep into our past and dragging clues out into the light, science can now provide us with some of the answers to the questions that people have always asked.From the first spark of life on earth 3.8 billion years ago, we track the evolution and connectivity of all living things.Join us as we follow in the footsteps of our ancestors from Africa into Asia and around the Indian coastline, to Australia, north into Europe and Siberia, and, eventually, to the last continents to be peopled: the Americas. We’ll meet some other human species along the way.We’ll examine the sophistication of some of the earliest civilisations, and we’ll discuss how we know what we know and why we think what we think, what the science can tell us. This is the story of us, from single cell to civilisation.
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