Humanity’s First Civilization
Modern humans appeared about 300,000 years ago, but complex organized societies only emerged about 12,000 years ago.Kurzgesagt digs into humanity’s distant past and how technology like DNA sequencing, mathematical modeling, and aerial and lidar archaeology have provided a better picture than ever of the world’s earliest societies.

Modern humans appeared about 300,000 years ago, but complex organized societies only emerged about 12,000 years ago.Kurzgesagt digs into humanity’s distant past and how technology like DNA sequencing, mathematical modeling, and aerial and lidar archaeology have provided a better picture than ever of the world’s earliest societies.