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Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation

Six times people discovered the Americas before Christopher Columbus

Columbus’s was the last of at least seven discoveries of the Americas.

Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
· Sep 12, 2022 · 09:30 pm
How a handful of prehistoric geniuses led humanity’s technological revolution

The stone age saw a pattern where technologies like spears, fire and bows were invented once, then spread.

Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
· Jan 07, 2022 · 11:30 pm
Around 50 million years ago, Africa was an island. So how did primates get there?

An ocean crossing may have made human evolution possible.

Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
· Sep 24, 2021 · 09:30 pm

When (and why) humans started getting high on drugs and alcohol

Archaeology suggests the use of intoxicants dates back millennia, to early agricultural societies.

Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
· Jul 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm