#197 Ancient human Homo naledi had advanced culture; AI passes the world’s biggest Turing Test; climate change hits New York
A species of ancient human with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s is upending what we thought we knew about human cognition and culture. Recent findings from Lee Berger and his team of palaeontologists suggest our extinct relative, Homo naledi, may have engraved symbols on cave walls and deliberately buried its dead.…
We score an episode from what we can actually measure — its reach and engagement, what listeners say about it, and what it covers. We don't have those signals for this one yet, so it doesn't get a number.
Buzzmeter says it's buzzing across platforms — the Hive Vote says whether the people who actually listened liked it.
Rate this episode
Add your vote to the Hive — listeners rate every episode after they finish.
- No reviews yet — be the first.
More from The World, the Universe and Us
See all episodes →
Similar episodes from other shows
More like The World, the Universe and Us →
We Underestimated the Neanderthal
How a new species of ancestors is changing our theory of human evolution | Juliet Brophy
AI and human extinction
Ancient Human Footprints & 'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse
One great episode in your inbox, daily — free.
One email a day, unsubscribe anytime. No spam, ever.