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Nature Podcast

Nature Podcast: 3 November 2016

Nature Podcast

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🗓️ 2 November 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week, the earliest humans to roam Australia, Werner Herzog’s new film about volcanoes, and are astronomers turning a blind eye to competing theories?

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0:00.0

Yes! I just can't believe it.

0:02.4

This Christmas, you could be a millionaire.

0:05.2

Get your lotto ticket for tonight's draw.

0:07.1

The National Lottery.

0:07.9

Rules and procedures apply.

0:08.8

Players must be 18 or over.

0:15.2

This week, the lives of the earliest known humans in Australia.

0:19.2

I'd never expected my wildest dreams to find a fragment of megal faunal bone in human rock shoulders.

0:25.2

And astronomers should broaden out their portfolio of theories.

0:29.0

Diversifying your portfolio is to your advantage.

0:32.3

You should not subscribe just one type of investment.

0:35.2

Plus the volcanologist who worked with Werner Herzog on his latest film.

0:40.1

This is the nature podcast for November 3, 2016.

0:43.9

I'm Adam Levy.

0:44.9

And I'm Kerry Smith.

0:49.1

50,000 years ago, Neanderthals roamed Europe, Denisovans were in Asia, and Homo sapiens

0:59.0

were everywhere, slowly spreading to every corner of the earth. Even Australia, where a new find,

1:04.8

suggests when the ancestors of modern Aboriginal Australians conquered this huge continent.

1:10.2

Here's Charmody Bundell with more.

1:11.6

These days, more than 80% of Australia's population live near the coast. And scientists

1:17.6

have always thought that when ancient humans first arrived here, they stuck to the edges too.

1:22.6

Back then, the climate on the coasts would have been even lusher than it is now.

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