Human on ABC and ABC iview S1E5 – Around 12,000 years ago as the Ice Age thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift — abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements. And in the Sinai desert the first alphabet is born.
Around 12,000 years ago as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift — abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.
In Turkey, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, visits the world’s oldest temple Gobekli Tepe, and one of the largest early towns, Çatalhöyük – a prototype in urban living with no streets and honeycombs of dwellings accessed through the roofs.
And in a turquoise mine in the Sinai desert she discovers how migrant workers were responsible for creating the first alphabet.
Human on ABC and ABC iview – Tuesday 3 February at 8.30pm
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