Dr. Martin Sweatman is a chemical engineer at the University of Edinburgh working in both statistical mechanics and archaeoastronomical studies of symbolism at Göbekli Tepe. Our conversation with Dr. Sweatman circles around the missing pieces in our modern narrative of the emergence of civilization after the last glaciation. Might Göbekli Tepe have not been the first city but merely the oldest remaining after an extraordinary cataclysm like the Younger Dryas impact?

(00:00:00) Go! (00:07:22) Missing societies (00:13:42) Open questions about Gobekli Tepe (00:19:16) The Handbag (00:21:07) Continuity of Symbols in Pre Dynastic History (00:25:40) Emergence of Civilization from Nothing (00:30:49) Younger Dryas Start of Civilization (00:37:06) Why then? (00:41:47) Impact Symbolism (00:50:53) Catastrophic timelines (00:56:39) Controversy of the Younger Dryas (01:05:04) A Global Effect? (01:07:45) Where are the craters? (01:14:32) A continuous thread of human history (01:21:42) Path to Archaeology (01:27:23) An Animal Pastoralism (01:32:52) Cart Ruts (01:45:27) Supernatural Value of the Stars (01:56:07) Step function of progress (02:01:08) Nothing more than a crossroads? (02:02:58) Future Directions

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(00:00:00) Go! (00:07:22) Missing societies (00:13:42) Open questions about Gobekli Tepe (00:19:16) The Handbag (00:21:07) Continuity of Symbols in Pre Dynastic History (00:25:40) Emergence of Civilization from Nothing (00:30:49) Younger Dryas Start of Civilization (00:37:06) Why then? (00:41:47) Impact Symbolism (00:50:53) Catastrophic timelines (00:56:39) Controversy of the Younger Dryas (01:05:04) A Global Effect? (01:07:45) Where are the craters? (01:14:32) A continuous thread of human history (01:21:42) Path to Archaeology (01:27:23) An Animal Pastoralism (01:32:52) Cart Ruts (01:45:27) Supernatural Value of the Stars (01:56:07) Step function of progress (02:01:08) Nothing more than a crossroads? (02:02:58) Future Directions #youngerdryas #ancienthistory #göbeklitepe Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671