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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620: The Lost Labyrinth of Hawara: Evidence of Atlantis in Egypt

620: The Lost Labyrinth of Hawara: Evidence of Atlantis in Egypt

In 450 BC, Herodotus described an Egyptian labyrinth so massive it made the pyramids look small. Then it vanished under the desert for 2,000 years.In 2008, scientists used ground-penetrating radar and...

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619: They Walk Among Us | The Human-Alien Hybrid Program

619: They Walk Among Us | The Human-Alien Hybrid Program

A college student desperate for affordable housing gets matched with an unusual roommate who wears sunglasses indoors and speaks like a careful robot. When the student's mother visits and accidentally...

6 Dec 202546min

618: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment

618: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment

A Vietnam War hero with zero casualties wrote a manual about warrior monks who hug daily and use ESP in combat. Instead of dismissing it, the US Army turned it into Project Jedi—a decades-long experim...

26 Nov 202536min

617: Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time

617: Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time

A behavioral expert who trains Navy SEALs and CIA operatives created a 20-point test that detects psychological manipulation with mathematical precision. Chase Hughes recently appeared on Shawn Ryan's...

17 Nov 202538min

616: The Devil's Bible and the Nazi Hole to Hell

616: The Devil's Bible and the Nazi Hole to Hell

Sweden's National Library protects the Codex Gigas—165 pounds of vellum featuring the complete Bible and a terrifying portrait of Satan. Scholars estimate the work should've taken thirty years. Herman...

3 Nov 202534min

615: Lincoln Conspiracy: a Diary, a Mummy and The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

615: Lincoln Conspiracy: a Diary, a Mummy and The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

History says John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln and died twelve days later on a Virginia farm. But FBI forensic tests revealed his diary is missing 86 pages filled with names and payments. The bod...

27 Okt 202547min

614: CIA Time Travel Secret | The Grays Are Future Humans

614: CIA Time Travel Secret | The Grays Are Future Humans

In 1953, twelve-year-old Jack Sarfatti answered his phone. The voice on the other end was cold, mechanical, punctuated by clicking sounds like a computer processing data.It claimed to be a conscious A...

18 Okt 202536min

613: The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident

613: The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident

June 1947. Harbor patrolman Harold Dahl witnesses six metallic objects over Maury Island, Washington. One drops molten slag onto his boat. A stranger in a black suit arrives the next morning, knowing ...

6 Okt 202546min

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