Neanderthal
'Where did I come from?' - in search of our origins
Damian Christie is in search of his origins - from the beginning of the universe, to human evolution & Polynesian settlement in the Pacific. Audio
Our Changing World for 19 December 2019
Damian Christie is in search of origin stories - from the beginning of the universe, the earliest humans and the Polynesian settlement in the Pacific. Audio
At home with the 'cave men'
Palaeolithic archaeologist Dr Matt Pope says the caricature of crude and unintelligent prehistoric 'cave men' couldn't be more wrong. Dr Pope's research instead points to our early ancestors living in… Audio
Nick Agar - enhancement and ethics
Reader in Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington whose main research interests are in the ethics of the new genetics and biotechnology. His new book is Truly Human Enhancement: A… Audio
Elizabeth Kolbert - extinctions
American author, and staff writer for The New Yorker, whose new book is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Audio