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Origin Stories

This award-winning show combines science and narrative to explore our human story and explain why we are the way we are. Listen and explore human evolution one story at a time.

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Boomplaas Cave - Bonus Interview

Boomplaas Cave - Bonus Interview

How did climate change impact ancient human behavior? This is one of the questions Justin Pargeter and his team are inve... Read more

2 Aug 2023

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Episode 66: Field School Diaries

Episode 66: Field School Diaries

This special episode takes you inside the world of archaeology students at Boomplaas Cave, one of South Africa’s flagshi... Read more

6 Jul 2023

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We've been hard at work on a new season of stories about how we became human. Origin Stories returns on January 31 with ... Read more

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