Bench Talk | Academic Labor Strike - Neanderthals - Ancient Native America | Feb. 13, 2023

We discuss the largest labor strike in academia in US history. Then hear about the discovery of a Neanderthal family, Ice Age human footprints found in North America, the lost cities of the Amazon, drugs given to ancient Incan children prior to sacrifice, and a discussion of whether ancient Americans were mammoth hunters, or just mammoth scavengers. We talk about a surgery taking place in Borneo some 31,000 years ago, and the discovery of a long-lost wooden ship that sank in the Antartica back in 1914. Finally, hear an interview with Ameca, a realistic humanoid robot that was recently introduced to the public.

'Bolero' (by Maurice Ravel) was performed by Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and conducted by Ravel in 1930 (public domain).

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