The Cave of the Underground Astronauts

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Do you love fossils, adventure, and spending time in small spaces? If so, you could become an underground astronaut! Marina Elliot, Becca Peixotto, and Kenni Molopyane found this unusual job description through a Facebook ad, and landed deep inside a cave that few people can access. The team of archeologists talked to Tumble in the middle of excavating Homo Naledi, one of the biggest recent discoveries on the human family tree. Find out how they squeeze through a 7 inch gap on their daily commute, and how their work could change the way we understand early human history. Hear more from inside the cave with Marina, Becca, and Kenni when you pledge $1/month on Patreon! Support Tumble and get bonus interview episodes of new episodes. Find out more about Homo Naledi, and how you can explore the cave in virtual reality, with resources on our blog.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:04.0	And I'm Marshall. Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:09.0	Today we're climbing deep into a cave to meet three underground astronauts.
0:14.0	Underground astronauts? Like they're in hiding or something?
0:18.0	No. They're archaeologists on an expedition to find fossils from one of our ancient relatives.
0:24.0	But like astronauts in space, they have some pretty special talents and a love of adventure.
0:31.0	Tumble is brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters.
0:37.0	Do you want to make a podcast but don't know where to start?
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0:42.0	They have all the tools all included in one great platform with an interface so easy to learn
0:48.0	that fourth graders can get started making their own show in only a matter of minutes.
0:53.0	Not only can you get recording but you can also edit your show, add music, and even publish to Spotify.
0:59.0	Get started by going to Spotify.com slash podcasters or downloading the Spotify for podcasters app.
1:05.0	There we go.
1:08.0	Can you hear us?
1:09.0	Yes, I can.
1:10.0	Oh great.
1:11.0	Hi, I'm Marina. I'm Becca.
1:13.0	My name's Becca. And we have Kenny here as well.
1:17.0	I'm sitting at my desk talking over Skype to Marina, Elliott, Becca, Peshoto, and Kenny, Molipanye.
1:24.0	They're part of a team of archaeologists working in South Africa.
1:28.0	But it's kind of an unusual interview setup.
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