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A Paleontology Of The Future
The Rest Is Science·Jun 21, 2026
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Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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- Valuing Indigenous Oral Traditions2 people · 50%
- Evaluating Neanderthal Cognitive…2 people · 50%
Valuing Indigenous Oral Traditions
Indigenous accounts and social structures contain significant historical truths and effective critiques of external cultural norms.
2 people · 2 episodes
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Ancient indigenous oral traditions often contain vital kernels of truth regarding history and pre-history.
“oral tradition a lot of times ends up being correct so oral tradition and this case alludes to some kind of acid being used to build structures”
Danny Jones Podcast · Oct 2023 · 1 episode · 833K views on this topicAB
Indigenous societies possessed a rhetorical and social structure that effectively criticized European materialism and lack of freedom.
“they seem to have a governance they seem to have a very rhetorical governance structure and it's all sunshine and rainbows but you can also look through the history and be like okay well the the Inca the Aztec the Maya these are all really bloody brutal societies”
The DemystifySci Podcast · Oct 2024 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topicEvaluating Neanderthal Cognitive…
Neanderthals engaged in complex social interactions and possessed technological skills comparable to those of modern humans.
2 people · 2 episodes
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Randall William SpencerUnrated
He suggests that Neanderthal groups may have overpowered human groups by killing the males and keeping the females as concubines.
“I think that Neanderthal groups would now and then overpower homo sapien groups. They would kill the they would kill the males and they would keep the females as concubines.”
MeatEater Podcast Network · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 39K views on this topicJC
Neanderthals possessed the knowledge to start fires themselves.
“the jury's out but for my money they probably did know how to start fires because homo sapiens have a very very long tradition of underestimating Neanderthalss and being proven wrong in the end as the science advances.”
Stuff You Should Know · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 11K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Aug 2019