HOP Podcast #3: Prehistory & the Younger Dryas Event
All human life is entwined with planet earth. You probably don’t think about it, but every aspect of our society depends on the stable, favorable state of the environment.
Today it is easy to think the earth has always looked like it does now. The reality could not be further from the truth. Scientists have revealed that the climate and even continents have undergone dramatic changes. So how did these events mold the human story?
Historians place human prehistory, or the precursor to us, beginning around 10 000BC. We attribute it to some very clever ancestors beginning the agricultural revolution.
Never before has a species on earth farmed crops and lived settled sedentary lives. These are the foundations of modern human civilization.
So what caused this one single leap? Was it a marvel of our genius? An example of brain beating nature? We, humans, are so brilliant after all.
But no matter how smart you are, there’s only so much you can do to outrun an earthquake or a volcano. Mother Earth vs. Einstein is no real match in the end if she chooses to play.
Today, science introduces us to Mother Nature’s all-powerful influence over our lives. It is an influence that has always been there. However, only recently, did a particular set of events set the conditions for our modern lives.
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