On Humans
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Episodes: 112
Frequency: Monthly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 847 subscribers
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Ilari Mäkelä - Host and creator of On Humans, exploring human evolution, global history, and the forces that have shaped human societies.
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Daniel Lieberman - The Evolutionary And Culinary History Of Human Diets, Food Processing And Cooking, Hunter-gatherer Nutrition, Agriculture, Ultra-processed Foods, Exercise, And Modern Health.
Valerie Hansen - The Origins Of Globalization, Medieval Trade Networks, The Silk Roads, Viking Exploration, The Spread Of Inventions And Religions, And Early Intercontinental Connections.
Douglas P. Fry - The Origins Of War, Anthropology Of Peace, Hunter-gatherer Warfare, Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding, Cooperation, And The Social Conditions That Support Lasting Peace.
Douglas P. Fry - Modern Peace Systems, Postwar Cooperation, Nonviolence, International Security, Nuclear Disarmament, And How Societies Can Break Cycles Of Fear And Retaliation.
Stephen Broadberry - Long-run Global Economic Development, Historical GDP And Wage Estimates, Industrialization, Comparative Living Standards, Colonial History, And The Great Divergence.
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Episodes
How Do Humans Fit into the Story of Life? ~ Jonathan Loh
September 25, 2026
“What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction!” — Blaise Pascal.No moment in my teaching career has left a deeper impression on me than a biology class I gave in 2018. The topic was evolution and the tree of life. The pupils were ten-year-olds.“So teacher, are all the animals our cousins?” one student asked. I gave a few qualifications, but then conceded the youthful wisdom.“Yes. And so are all trees and flowers.”The bell rang but many student...
Beyond Paleo: A Culinary History of Humanity ~ Daniel Lieberman
August 24, 2026
“What do you think of the paleo diet?” To my surprise, this has become the most common question I get after telling people that I cover human evolution. I’ve long struggled to answer. Yes, the idea makes a lot of sense: humans evolved as hunter-gatherers, so our bodies should do well when we eat like hunter-gatherers.But what exactly do hunter-gatherers eat? Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman wanted to find out. After reviewing the evidence we have on the diets of hunter-gatherers, he came to...
When Did Globalisation Really Begin? ~ Valerie Hansen
July 25, 2026
We can decide to stay home, but even then, the wider world is always close to our skin. From global trade to ideas that travel across continents, the wider world is always woven into our modern life.Since when has this been the case?There is a modern story about globalisation — a story about telecommunications and aeroplanes and such — but this is the climax of a long process, not its beginning. To find the deeper roots of globalisation, we should turn our gaze to the medieval world, and spec...
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