Explorer #20: Early Humans, First Civilizations, and Fall of Civilizations with Dr. Brian Fagan

Brian Fagan is an Archeologist, Author, and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara. He has written a number of books on archeology, humans, and, most recently, climate change. We discussed Early Humans, the history of hunting, the most influential civilizations, and the effects of localized climate change, which by the way, has nothing to do with politics but rather the history of the phenomena.

TIMESTAMPS 

01:10 Did humans evolve from apes 

04:25 Hunting of early humans 

12:45 Neanderthals 

14:40 Humans walked out from Africa 

20:50 Most important human tool 

22:50 Complexities of archeological discovery 

27:25 First Civilizations 

32:55 Most influential Civilizations 

34:45 Inca Civilization 

37:55 Were there lost Civilizations (Atlantis)? 

40:50 Why Civilizations Fall 

44:35 Localized climate change 

50:25 The Future of the human race