Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dan Snow interviews Chris Stringer about human evolution, neanderthals, new science and migration patterns.
Humans are everywhere. How did we get from the savannahs of Africa across to the most northern reaches of Alaska and Greenland, to the outbacks of Australia and the islands of the Pacific millennia ago? How did we master fire, figure out how to craft tools and survive the Ice Ages?
In this episode, Dan is joined by Professor Chris Stringer, Research Leader in Human Evolution at London's Natural History Museum, to talk about how Homo Sapiens managed to outlive other human cousins like Neanderthals and Denisovans, cross oceans, shape landscapes and one day, build cities and space shuttles.
0:00 - Introduction: 300,000 Years of History
3:05 - The Different Kinds of Humans
7:15 - Comparing Skulls: Sapiens vs. Neanderthals
13:22 - New Finds: Dragon Man & Denisovans
18:21 - Interbreeding: Our Shared DNA
25:23 - Why Homo Sapiens Won
32:38 - How Many Humans Were There?
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Dan Snow interviews Chris Stringer about human evolution, neanderthals, new science and migration patterns.
Humans are everywhere. How did we get from the savannahs of Africa across to the most northern reaches of Alaska and Greenland, to the outbacks of Australia and the islands of the Pacific millennia ago? How did we master fire, figure out how to craft tools and survive the Ice Ages?
In this episode, Dan is joined by Professor Chris Stringer, Research Leader in Human Evolution at London's Natural History Museum, to talk about how Homo Sapiens managed to outlive other human cousins like Neanderthals and Denisovans, cross oceans, shape landscapes and one day, build cities and space shuttles.
0:00 - Introduction: 300,000 Years of History
3:05 - The Different Kinds of Humans
7:15 - Comparing Skulls: Sapiens vs. Neanderthals
13:22 - New Finds: Dragon Man & Denisovans
18:21 - Interbreeding: Our Shared DNA
25:23 - Why Homo Sapiens Won
32:38 - How Many Humans Were There?
#Evolution #AncientHistory #Podcast
You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.
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