Humans are a spectacular outlier among the millions of species of life on planet earth, with incredibly unique biological success. Slowly, scientists have begun to understand the traits that interacted to make us unique, such as cumulative culture, unique scales of cooperation, cognitive abilities, language, and a unique life history and mating system.
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“Exploration isn’t just about going where no one has gone before—it’s also about being the first to understand the past”
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Is your government slowly becoming tyrannical? Aristotle warned us 2,300 years ago. In this eye-opening exploration of Aristotle’s analysis of tyranny, we delve into the timeless insights of one of history’s greatest political thinkers. Drawing from Aristotle’s great work “Politics,” we uncover the mechanisms of tyrannical rule that are as relevant today as they were in ancient Greece. Discover how Aristotle’s experiences with the Thirty Tyrants of Athens and his personal relationship with the tyrant Hermias shaped his understanding of unjust rule.
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Did Hitler want war?
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Who are the people of Oceania and what is their history? Today we’ll be looking at the native people of Oceania, the many islands of the Pacific and where they come from, including the Melanesians, Micronesians and Polynesians as well as the people who came before that have since largely been washed away by subsequent migration from East Asia, that being the indigenous inhabitants of Sundaland; a unique race of people related to both native Oceanians such as Papuans as well as indigenous tribal Adivasi peoples of South Asia. Over time, various waves of migration and colonization has created a very unique demographic situation in most of Oceania with connections to people groups in Asia, Europe and even the Americas.
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A unique excavation unravels the complex and creative nature of Neanderthals, shattering preconceptions through the lens of a landmark discovery – the best-preserved Neanderthal skeleton found in over 25 years.
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Professors Gary Saul Morson (Northwestern U), Gabriella Safran (Stanford U) and Kenneth Moss (Johns Hopkins U) discuss aspects of Jewish culture surrounding the 1917 Russian Revolution. A program of YIVO at the Center for Jewish History in NYC.
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Oda Nobunaga (23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit. ’person under heaven’) and regarded as the first “Great Unifier” of Japan.
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