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Origin Stories

The Leakey Foundation

Explore human evolution one story at a time. This award-winning show blends storytelling with science that will change your understanding of who we are.

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95 episodes

  1. The White Sands Footprints 37:32
  2. What Should We Eat? Evolution, Diet, and Health 31:26
  3. The Not So Naked Ape: The Origins of Clothing 38:38
  4. Biruté Mary Galdikas - A Life Among Orangutans 31:28
  5. Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2025 42:15
  6. Origin Stories x The Science Podcast 38:25
  7. Can a Human Outrun a Horse? 39:01
  8. The Origin Story of Origin Stories - 10th Anniversary 36:31
  9. The Shanidar Cave Neanderthals 33:46
  10. Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2024 37:27
  11. Lucy 28:56
  12. Ape Medicine 23:51
  13. The First Story 29:23
  14. Understanding Neanderthals 43:09
  15. The Story of Human Hair 35:27
  16. The Musical Ape 26:54
  17. Custodian of the Ancestors 32:49
  18. A Brief History of Bling 26:38
  19. Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2023 44:01
  20. Siblings 30:33
  21. Fatherhood 30:13
  22. Motherhood 29:35
  23. Boomplaas Cave - Bonus Interview 34:08
  24. Field School Diaries 33:13
  25. The Hobbit 30:14
  26. A Giganto Mystery 27:21
  27. The New Metabolism 27:32
  28. Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2022 35:05
  29. Origin Stories is back! 1:49
  30. First Steps at Laetoli 27:11
  31. Discovering Us 23:21
  32. Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2021 31:16
  33. Episode 58: Biruté Mary Galdikas - 50 Years with Orangutans 33:48
  34. Entre Chien et Loup: How Dogs Began 54:02
  35. Bonus Episode: Short and Sweat 17:30
  36. Episode 55: Monkeys Get Creative 22:40
  37. Episode 54: The Obstetrical Dilemma 34:42
  38. Sleep and the Moon 28:27
  39. How to Study an Endangered Species 28:02
  40. Episode 51: The Teeth Remember 20:35
  41. Episode 50: Understanding Neanderthals 43:19
  42. Episode 49: Exercise 36:23
  43. Episode 48: Ancestor (rerelease) 25:26
  44. Episode 47: Skin 1:07:50
  45. Episode 46: Interview with María Martinón-Torres 9:38
  46. Episode 45: Detective of the Dead 40:39
  47. Episode 44: Custodian of the Ancestors 33:40
  48. We Eat Bugs 28:35
  49. Episode 42: The Cave Punan 34:40
  50. Episode 41: Tribes Old and New 22:58