Episode 02 Paleolithic Europe

04/26/12 • 30 min

In this episode we'll discover Paleolithic Europe. Beginning with Homo Habilis and his tendency to be a snack for sabre-tooth cats we'll gradually make our way through some of the more important human ancestors in Europe until we make our way to Cro-Magnon man's arrival in Romania. From there we'll discuss some of these early modern human developments until the Pleistocene decides to end and the weather perks up a bit, ushering in a new era, the Mesolithic. But the Mesolithic is for next time.

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Episode 01 The History of Europe in 20

Welcome to the History of Europe Podcast. In this introduction we'll explore 2.6 million years of European history in about 20 minutes. We'll cover the Paleolithic through the current financial crisis as a general overview of what this show we'll talk about in the coming months and years.

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Episode 3 Mesolithic Europe

Today we talk about the murky and difficult to define Mesolithic period in European history. We cover how the Paleolithic cultures became Mesolithic ones in adapting to the new weather patterns brought on by the end of the Pleistocene and the emergence of the Holocene. We cover the Mesolithic rather quickly so that we can get to the Neolithic when things really start to get cooking.