The Evolution of Humans: Recent Episodes
Iris Li
In this podcast, you will hear about different historical periods and the evolution of humans. I’ll be covering major historical events including different perspectives from different people/areas.
Summary:
In this episode, I talk about the Hellenistic Age. I cover things like what life was like and culture. From the last episode, I talked about Alexander the Great and in this one, I talked about his involvement in the Hellenistic Age.
Timestamps:
Intro: 00:00
Alexander’s Empire: 00:20
Culture: 01:55
Alexander’s involvement: 02:48
End of the Hellenistic Age: 04:11
Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hellenistic-greece
History.com Editors. “Hellenistic Greece.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 4 Feb. 2010, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hellenistic-greece.
Summary:
In this episode, I talk about Alexander the Great and his adventures and conquests to conquer the world. Originally born as Alexander II, he adopted the name Alexander the Great because, well, he thought he was the greatest.
Timestamps:
Intro: 00:10
Background of Alexander the Great: 00:26
Gordian’s Knot: 00:59
Conquering Persia: 01:31
Sogdia: 03:38
Alexander’s death: 04:03
Citations:
History.com Editors. “Alexander the Great.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 Nov. 2009, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/alexander-the-great.
Index, Timeline. “Periods.” Periods - Timeline Index, 2022, https://www.timelineindex.com/content/select/612/44,1573,612.
Summary:
In this episode, I will be talking about 3 different ages in history including the Neolithic Age, otherwise known as the New Stone Age, and the 2 metal ages: the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. I will be discussing some events that occurred during each age.
Time stamps:
Intro - 00:11
Neolithic Age - 00:13
Bronze Age - 00:47
Iron Age - 05:31
Credits - 06:53
References:
History.com Editors. “Bronze Age.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2 Jan. 2018, https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/bronze-age.
History.com Editors. “Iron Age.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 3 Jan. 2018, https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/iron-age.
History.com Editors. “Neolithic Revolution.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 12 Jan. 2018, https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/neolithic-revolution.
Show notes:
In this short episode, the main topic is the ice age. As the title states, I will be talking about how humans evolved and adapted to survive these harsh environments. Things like systems of hunters and gatherers are mentioned as well as some information behind the extinction of ice age animals.
Timestamps:
00:20 How an ice age occurs
00:50 Adaptation to the environment
01:17 Society during this time period
01:45 Fun facts
02:26 Credit/sources
Welcome to The Evolution of Humans. This episode will talk about what you will hear in this podcast. As I stated in the episode, credits will be listed here. Enjoy!