The History of Humanity with Christopher Knight

Today, we have anthropologist <a href="http://www.chrisknight.co.uk">Chris Knight</a> here to talk to us about his book Blood Relations and also more importantly, teach us about the history of what makes us Human. <br/><br/>0:50 - Anthropology is a study of what it means to be human.<br/><br/>1:50 - Human ability to &#8220;look into the eyes&#8221; <br/><br/>3:00 - Minds vs Brains <br/><br/>4:00 - Are they asking the wrong question?<br/><br/>6:29 - Humans are the babysitting ape!<br/><br/>10:00 - Grandmother Hypothesis and Menopause<br/><br/>11:43 - Anthropology was colonialism in disguise<br/><br/>13:11 - The Human Revolution <br/><br/>14:30 - Language: The Great Leap Forward<br/><br/>16:50 - &#8220;Everything that defines us as human is an African invention&#8221;<br/><br/>18:00 - The first art is cosmetics <br/><br/>21:20 - Deconstructing Chomsky&#8217;s theory of language<br/><br/>28:00 - Communal meat eating <br/><br/>29:00 - The sex strike <br/><br/>38:00 - Synching Menstruation<br/><br/>40:00 - The Moon, the Lion and Love<br/><br/>50:00 - Cooking allowed for bigger brains<br/><br/>52:00 - Blood Taboos <br/><br/>57:00 - The Dark Moon and Songs <br/><br/>1:00:00 - Rainbow Snake <br/><br/>1:11:00 - Comprehension and Power<br/><br/>It is that time of the year again, we have many exciting projects that we want to complete for you, but we are 100% funded only by our listeners and readers. If you have been a long-time listener and a reader, please become a paid subscriber. It is only $5 a month. It adds up to sustain us. Our goal is to get 70 more paid subscribers by midnight. <br/><br/>If you would like to make a one-time donation, here is our <a href="http://paypal.me/historiclymedia">paypal link:</a><br/><br/>Here is our Venmo code:<br/><br/>Thanks again for being part of another year at Historicly. We hope to keep up with the high-quality episodes and the thoroughly researched articles. <br/><br/>Get full access to Historic.ly at <a href="https://historicly.substack.com/subscribe?token=eyJ1c2VyX2l