525: Humans vs Neanderthals | When Monsters Were Real and We Were Their Prey

525: Humans vs Neanderthals | When Monsters Were Real and We Were Their Prey

Humans are the apex predator. Not *an* apex predator. *The* apex predator. Other than a handful of bacteria and viruses, there’s pretty much nothing stronger, more intelligent, or more adaptable than Homo sapiens. Telling the human story from the beginning is difficult. It was a time when two words defined our world: fear and violence. It was a time when we were *not* the apex predator; we were their prey.We emerged from our caves during the day. Hoping we wouldn’t be hunted by the monsters in the woods.So vicious were these monsters they still live in our myths -- and our nightmares. They created a generational trauma embedded into our DNA over hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. These creatures were stronger, faster, and (when it came to combat) more intelligent than we were. It’s a miracle any of us are even here. This is the story of how modern humans conquered the monsters and won the battle for the world.But here's the thing: those fearsome monsters defeated by humans? Were other humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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17: 9 Time Travel Stories | Is Time Travel Possible? Evidence says yes, it is.

17: 9 Time Travel Stories | Is Time Travel Possible? Evidence says yes, it is.

Is time travel possible? According to physicists, yes. Time travel *to the future* is not only possible, it's been scientifically proven.   But what about traveling to the past? Well, that's a little ...

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16: Aztec Death Whistle | The Scariest Sound You've Ever Heard

16: Aztec Death Whistle | The Scariest Sound You've Ever Heard

The Aztec Death Whistle. If hell has a sound, I bet it sounds alot like the Aztec Death Whistle. The Aztec Death Whistle sounds like a shriek of death mixed with howling wind. It's so unnerving, that ...

26 Kesä 202212min

15: The Philadelphia Experiment - The truth about invisibility, teleportation and time travel

15: The Philadelphia Experiment - The truth about invisibility, teleportation and time travel

The Philadelphia Experiment. It was October 1943. The day the US Navy mastered time travel, teleportation, and invisibility. Actually, they didn't master anything. The experiment had disastrous conseq...

26 Kesä 202215min

13: The Nevada Triangle | 2,000 Planes Mysteriously Crashed & Missing Near Area 51 👽

13: The Nevada Triangle | 2,000 Planes Mysteriously Crashed & Missing Near Area 51 👽

Most of us have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, where planes and ships have mysteriously gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean for decades. Did you know there is a similar place in Nevada? The Nevada Tria...

26 Kesä 202211min

12: What does outer space smell like? (You're not gonna like it.)

12: What does outer space smell like? (You're not gonna like it.)

What does the moon smell like? Do planets, comets, asteroids and space have their own odors?  The smells of the universe are not universal. Different objects in space — comets, planets, moons and gas ...

26 Kesä 202211min

11: The Voynich Manuscript Decoded - Have We Finally Solved the Most Mysterious Book in the World?

11: The Voynich Manuscript Decoded - Have We Finally Solved the Most Mysterious Book in the World?

For 600 years the Voynich Manuscript has stumped scholars, cryptographers, physicists, and computer scientists. Now, a researcher in Germany has claimed to have finally decoded the most mysterious boo...

26 Kesä 202212min

8: Chicxulub Asteroid Impact - The Day the Dinosaurs Died

8: Chicxulub Asteroid Impact - The Day the Dinosaurs Died

The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact - The Day the Dinosaurs Died  One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in d...

26 Kesä 202213min

7: The Most Secret Places in the World

7: The Most Secret Places in the World

The Most Secret Places in the World - And the wild theories about what really happens inside. In the modern world, places are supposed to be accessible. People move freely around the country they live...

26 Kesä 202221min

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