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I, Caveman

  • Curiosity Videos

    Curiosity Videos: I, Caveman

    The last ten thousand years have seen change on a scale previously unimaginable. From the first settlements around Ur and Catal Huyuk through the latest innovations in medicine, technology, travel and connectivity, we live in a world that would be utterly unrecognizable to our early ancestors. But alongside all this technological change, how much have we, as humans changed? Our bodies? Our minds?

  • Caveman Diet

    5 Reasons to Follow a Caveman Diet

    What happens when 10 people spend 10 days living the lifestyle of cavemen and cavewomen? And how can a Paleolithic foraging life be beneficial to your health?

  • Caveman Life Quiz

    Could you handle a caveman life? Take the quiz!

    The Paleolithic period started 2.5 million years ago and ended just 10,000 years ago, when the Mesolithic, or mid-Stone Age, started. Are you familiar with some of the surprising facts about our ancestors' lives?

  • Tweets & Posts

    Tweets & Posts: I, Caveman

    Each week, Curiosity brings you cutting-edge research surrounding the biggest questions of our time. But the information share doesn't stop there -- think of this page as your virtual water cooler for all things Curiosity where you can dish on the latest episodes. Post your own thoughts and view tweets and comments from other curious fans, too.

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From Troglodyte to TV Star: Cave Dwellers in Pop Culture

We're so captivated by the brutal lives of cavepeople that we've reincarnated our early ancestors in film, television shows, and even commercials. How much do you know about troglodytes in pop culture?

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Pictures of the World's Strangest Fossils

Pictures of the world's strangest fossils have turned up all over the world in the form of shells to dinosaurs. Travel the world, bizarre find by bizarre find, in this alluring image gallery.

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Curiosity Videos: I, Caveman

The last ten thousand years have seen change on a scale previously unimaginable. From the first settlements around Ur and Catal Huyuk through the latest innovations in medicine, technology and travel. But alongside all this technological change, how much have we, as humans changed? Our bodies? Our minds?

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Tweets & Posts: I, Caveman

Is your mind still reeling from everything you saw and heard on this week's episode? Not ready to leave the topic just yet? You don't have to -- read tweets and posts about this episode from other Curiosity fans.

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Think you know all there is to know about fossils? Take our fossil quiz!

Fossil discoveries have taught us so much more about prehistoric life than simply what the biggest dinosaurs looked like. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of surprising and often strange fossils.

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Family Viewing Guide

Watch and learn together as a family! Download the viewing guide for the episode, "I, Caveman" for a thought-provoking family discussion.

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Atlantis Uncovered

Since Plato's first dramatic account around 360 BC of an island sinking into the ocean, philosophers, historians and writers have debated whether the disappearance of Atlantis was real or a legend.  Now, new evidence suggests that Atlantis is more than a myth and the island, so long shrouded in mystery, may have left clues to its destruction.

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How much do you know about nature's wonders? Take the modern natural wonders quiz!

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Man is clever, but nature usually rules. Nature can create disasters, annoying weather that cancels man's scheduled events and some of the most beautiful and wondrous scenes and structures imaginable. How much do you know about nature's wonders?