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The Human Race – How One Species Dominated the Planet: A Six Part Course with Charles Higham
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Charles Higham is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is an archaeologist with a particular interest in the origins of Southeast Asian civilizations. His excavations in Thailand and Cambodia have greatly increased our understanding of how the great Kingdom of Angkor began, how God-Kings were revered, and with a climatic deterioration, how it came to an end.
Yes. All registered participants will be sent a recording within 24 hours of each session's conclusion. The recordings are available to re-watch at leisure until 30 days after the course's conclusion.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
This course covered lots of ground, tracing a thread from millions of years ago to more recent times. Besides learning about human development, Dr Higham gave us an inside look at how archaeologists and other scientists piece together clues to look back in time. It was a fun opportunity to learn from an experienced archaeologist and go deeper into the topics and the field in general.
This is the 2nd time I have taken Dr. Highams course on the Human race. It is fascinating and I needed to take it again as there was so much to assimilate!
Dr Higham never dissapoints . On this course you learn about the movement of humans spreading around the world and you get the advantage of his years as an archeologist digging on some of the most famous early places first inhabited by homosapiens but he was there as the archeologist!
Part 4 was especially interesting to study how we changed from Hunter/gatherers to peopl who finally settled in one place and learned to grow crops - and how corn was grown and grains!
Dr. Charles Higham gives us a picture of where we came from - out of Africa and that this story is getting more complicated as we study our coming to be homo erectus/homo sapiens.