Episode 7: Inventing the Upper Palaeolithic
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Last week we said goodbye to our cousins the Neanderthals and stood along as the only people species in the Near East. This week we shall see what we humans got up to in the Upper Palaeolithic now that we had the whole place to ourselves. If you have any comments or questions you can reach me at [email protected] or on the website at prehistorypodcast.com.
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