The Two Humans go searching for the Iron Age and discover the ancestor of reality television instead.
Episode 77: Iron Age House: “Living in the Past” and the Evolution of Reality TV
An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans
Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.
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