Wandering Barycenter EP39 - Animal Cognition & Göbekli Tepe

Do our dogs really understand us when we talk to them? Or do they just hear us and think “that is a terrible sounding bark”? Alex gets us indistinguishably closer to the answer by discussing methods used by researchers to study the cognitive abilities of animals. Bryan tries to convince everyone that Göbekli Tepe represents a lost human civilization that if true, would upend the currently accepted timeline of our ancestors.

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Wandering Barycenter EP29 - Hurricanes & the Library of Alexandria

Given their increasing relevance, Alex takes us through the eye of a hurricane, or cyclone, or typhoon? Bryan ponders what could have been if the Library of Alexandria had survived. Apologies for any audio quality issues this time, tried something new and will have it fixed soon!

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