{"podcast":{"title":"On Humans","slug":"on-humans-5714769","podcast_index_feed_id":5714769,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/b6269808/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://onhumans.substack.com/about","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/30459826/30459826-1759510527619-3882a9600a0e7.jpg","author":"Ilari Mäkelä","episode_count":111,"summary":"Where do we come from? How did we get here? And what kinds of creatures are we? On Humans features conversations with leading scholars about the human story, making new research about humanity more accessible to everyone and more meaningful to the big questions about who we are. In addition to regular episodes, the show now includes longer series on some of the greatest arcs in the journey of our species, covering everything from the evolution of apes to the making of the modern economy. https://onhumans.substack.com/about","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:17:23.337618+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769"},"episode":{"title":"The Origins of Humankind: Where Do We Really Come From?","slug":"the-origins-of-humankind-where-do-we-really-come-from","published_at":"2026-01-10T20:10:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769/the-origins-of-humankind-where-do-we-really-come-from","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ilari-makela/episodes/The-Origins-of-Humankind-Where-Do-We-Really-Come-From-e3deu5b","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/b6269808/podcast/play/113784427/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-10%2F560d9e11-f38a-b229-6b0d-02038517c733.mp3","summary":"Happy 2026! On Humans has typically marked the coming of January by revisiting the previous year’s most popular episode. This time, the New Year special packs the five-hour-long "Origins of Humankind" series into one fast-paced dive through deep time. By mixing highlights from the original interviews with fresh narration, this episode offers a captivating journey through many of the great topics around human origins, such as: Who were the first primates The role of fruits, snakes, and predators The human solution to danger How to grow a human brain? What did our ancestors eat? Effects of our upright posture Origins of music & language How Homo sapiens took over the world Enjoy! LINKS For the original five-hour experience, see: OnHumans.Substack.com/Origins For a shorter series on ancient DNA: see OnHumans.Substack.com/DNA Support: Patreon.com/OnHumans The series was produced together with CARTA (UCSD & Salk Institute). For past recordings of CARTA symposia on human origins, see: Carta.Anthropogeny.org/Symposia KEYWORDS Human evolution | Human origins | Science | Biology | Paleoanthropology | Anthropology | Archaeology | Fossils | aDNA | History of life | Life history | Dinosaurs | Primates | Apes | Hominins | Homo sapiens | Evolution of language | Evolution of music | Brain evolution | Paleoneurology | Neanderthals | Denisovans | Neolithic Revolution | Spread of agriculture | Human destiny","meta_description":"Happy 2026! On Humans has typically marked the coming of January by revisiting the previous year’s most popular episode. This time, the New Year special p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1707,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-humans-5714769/episodes/the-origins-of-humankind-where-do-we-really-come-from/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-humans-5714769/the-origins-of-humankind-where-do-we-really-come-from.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}