The Paleo Post Podcast
Have you ever heard a news story about a paleogenetics breakthrough, a new cave art discovery, or an announcement about an ancient hominin fossil that changes everything? But you’re not sure what that means? Well, the Paleo Post Podcast is here to help! Join us – Genevieve von Petzinger and Seth Chagi, your friendly neighborhood Paleoanthropologists – as we give you the background and the context to be the most interesting person at your next dinner party.
We’ll be covering the big news stories in the field every week, so make sure to tune in every Friday on your Apple Podcasts and other services to follow!
Our mission is to make science fun and accessible, so you can expect to learn cool things about the deep history of humanity, mixed in with lots of nerdy enthusiasm and the occasional bad Paleo pun (what can we say? Paleoanthropology rocks! ha ha ha).
Want to know more about us?
Genevieve von Petzinger is an internationally-recognized Paleoanthropologist studying Ice Age cave art. Her work focuses on geometric signs and what they can tell us about the origins of art, symbolism, and the modern mind. Genevieve has worked at over 100 cave art sites on three continents and officially loves her “job”. The unique database she first built to study the signs at Europe’s 400+ cave art sites is now being expanded to track the movement of people and ideas across the ancient world. Genevieve is a National Geographic Explorer and a TED Senior Fellow, and her TED talk has over 9 million views. She is passionate about science communication and regularly works in media, including print, radio, and television, and has recently been expanding her online outreach with projects like Cave Art 101 and our awesome new podcast 🙂
Seth Chagi is the Project Director and Founder of the Science Communication Project dubbed “The World of Paleoanthropology,” where he gathers news and current events and breaks them down in a fun and educational way for anyone interested. Currently a student, Seth is studying how Hominin brains have evolved and what that has meant for their morphology and behavior. Seth has given several lectures and is an After School Academy Instructor in California. Seth is currently applying to Grad School and looking for his best options, he is very excited for the bright future in Paleoanthropology and Science Communication ahead!
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What does Genevieve think about the rock carvings Lee found in the caves at red star?
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We actually did a special just for Rising Star! Check it out here https://youtu.be/31OMSXraZDo
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Hi Seth
I love your blog and video’s but I can’t love your podcast. Why? Because I don’t do Apple stuff. How about an option to just listen, without a Mac
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As it says right in the post, it’s coming to other services. Doing this requires work, and I do it all as a volunteer.
If you’d like to volunteer to help me get it on more services, I’d welcome you aboard! Otherwise, please be patient.
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OK, I didn’t see that. My bad.
I really do like your blog. I studied Anthropology (Cultural) in the 60’s-70’s. Paleoanthropology was only a small part of the course. These new discoveries are very exciting.
Sorry I doubt i have the technical skills to help.
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No worries friend, I just need people to understand all this “magic’ doesn’t just happen on its own. But I know how to get it more public, and episode 2 (and one) will be on podbean, but I think is a regular rss feed you can use any podcast app to listen to with.
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I’m listening to The World of Paleoanthropology | Paleo Post Episode One – 2 Million Year Old Proteomics, Viking Disease, and Giant Sloth Pendants! on Podbean, check it out! https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-4bqa4-1464c31 😀
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