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S03E03: Into the Dark: The Stone Age, from the Painted Caves to the First Temple
Humanities 213: Week 1, Episode 3
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Into the Dark: The Stone Age, from the Painted Caves to the First Temple
Description
Twenty-six thousand years ago, a child walked barefoot into the darkness of a cave in southern France, carrying a torch past paintings that were already six thousand years old.
Why were human beings going so deep underground in the first place?
In this episode of History Chats with Dr. S., we travel from the painted caves of Chauvet and Lascaux to the strange figurines of the Paleolithic, the agricultural revolution, the rooftop world of Çatalhöyük, the midwinter light…
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