HBH 54: Homo Erectus
The OG, greatest generation of Human ever! At least if your metric is a dogged determination to keep existing.For 2 million years these prehistoric hominins wandered far and wide, high and low, fillin...
1 Jan 202438min
HBH 53: 23,000 Year-Old White Sands Footprints with Dr. Edward Jolie
This week I wander off the topic of Life Extension (more next episode) to take advantage of an opportunity to interview an anthropologist about the White Sands footprints.Not since the Laetoli Austral...
14 Nov 202336min
HBH 52: Human Lifespan, Aging, and Death
It is time to take a trip to that Undiscovered Country and visit our greatest teacher. How long do we live, how long did we live, and why don't we just keep on going?Never mind that we do the world a...
27 Okt 202337min
HBH 51: Quantum Entanglement
In this episode we cover the underpinnings of the either/or, cause-then-effect, deterministic, distance-separates-things, no-info-travels-faster-than-light, orderly world of classical physics. It is t...
29 Aug 202325min
HBH 50: Schrödinger's Cat Made Easy
To paraphrase Richard Feynman: If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.Along the same lines, if you have made sense of Schrödinger's Cat thought experimen...
16 Jul 202314min
HBH 49: What is Truth?
At Long Last - Pilate's Old Question Will Get an Answer!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-being-human--5806452/support.
14 Jun 202330min
HBH 48: Night Vermin Triumphant
In this episode, the massive, rapacious king power lizards of the Cretaceous are finally taken off the board by an asteroid. We trace the origins and progress of the skulking night vermin that are unl...
8 Mai 202338min
HBH 47: Life on the Installment Plan Redux
Continuing with the origins of everything that is, I present the history of planet Earth, from its birth to the age of mammals. Included:How old is the earth?What are the oldest rocks ever found?How o...
24 Apr 202333min
