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Short History Of...

The Stone Age

Short History Of...

Noiser

History

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Stone Age is the foundational period of human history, stretching from roughly 3 million to 5,000 years ago, and accounting for over 99% of humanity’s time on earth. It’s the era when modern humans evolved and migrated out of Africa to populate the globe, developed language and the ability to make tools, and learned to farm crops and domesticate animals.   But what do we really know about the way our Stone Age relatives lived? What role did the shifting climate play in their evolution? And how are our ancestors reflected in our bodies, lifestyles and communities today?   This is a Short History Of The Stone Age.    A Noiser Production, written by Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow. With thanks to Dr James Dilley, founder of AncientCraft, an organisation teaching prehistoric skills and techniques at universities and museums across the world.     Get every episode of Short History Of... a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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slash setup it is a balmy summer's night in Avebury, a tranquil village in southwest England.

0:39.3

A young woman gets out of her car and hurries across a small car park in the center of the village.

0:45.3

She is dressed casually in shorts and an oversized wooden jumper and carries a picnic blanket and a torch.

0:52.3

Checking both ways for oncoming headlights,

0:56.5

she crosses the busy road that tears through the heart of the village,

1:00.1

then unlatches a waist-high wooden gate that opens into a large field.

1:06.0

The grass, brushing softly against her ankles, is long and lush at this time of year and dotted with daisies

1:12.6

But she is not here for a pleasant evening walk

1:16.6

As she reaches the top of a slight incline she finds what she came for

1:22.6

Here the inky blackness of the night is broken up by a number of fires.

1:29.3

The flickering light provides snapshots of the small crowd spread out before her.

1:33.3

Families mingle with older people dressed in swirling robes.

1:37.3

Groups of giggling teenagers sipping from illicit cans of beer stand next to women dressed as wood nymphs.

1:45.3

A couple wearing deer antler headdresses hold hands and chant, while a man plays a steady

1:50.7

beat on a large animal skin drum.

1:58.2

But what draws the young woman's eye is the immense stone circle that surrounds them.

2:03.6

She weaves her way through the crowd and approaches one of the upright stones.

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