TAGs History of the World

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**TAG’s History of the World** is an epic journey through the story of our planet and humanity. Beginning deep in Earth’s past, the series explores the origins of life, prehistoric worlds, dinosaurs, mass extinctions, human evolution, migration, farming, the first cities, ancient civilisations, empires and the forces that shaped the modern world. Created and presented by **The Ancient Gamer**, a trained historian and teacher, the series combines archaeology, science and history to tell the story of our world in an accessible and entertaining way.4

  1. 1d ago

    THE FIRST HOMININS TAGs History of the World Ep 29

    Episode 29 — The First Hominins: When Our Branch Began What if one of humanity's defining characteristics evolved while our earliest relatives were still living among the trees? Journey back seven million years to Africa, where the first possible members of the human evolutionary branch were beginning to emerge. Meet the mysterious Sahelanthropus, discover the remarkable leg bones of Orrorin, and explore the extraordinary skeleton of Ardi, one of our earliest known hominin relatives. Through remarkable fossils, scientific discoveries and continuing debates, we investigate how upright walking evolved long before large human brains appeared. Forget the traditional march from ape to human. The real story is far more fascinating. Join The Ancient Gamer for another chapter of TAG's History of the World as we approach the age of Lucy and the famous Laetoli footprints.

  2. 2d ago

    THE APE FAMILY TREE TAGs History of the World Ep 28

    Humans didn’t evolve from chimpanzees. So where did we actually come from—and what did our mysterious common ancestor look like? In Episode 28 of TAG’s History of the World, we unravel the extraordinary evolutionary family tree connecting gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and humans. From ancient Miocene forests to groundbreaking genetic discoveries, we explore common ancestry, incomplete lineage sorting and fossils that challenge familiar ideas about human evolution. Was our common ancestor anything like a modern chimpanzee? When did our evolutionary branch separate? And why is the human story a branching tree rather than a straight line? Join The Ancient Gamer as we uncover where humanity fits within the great ape family—and prepare to meet the earliest possible hominins.

  3. 3d ago

    THE AGE OF APES TAGs History of the World Episode 27

    Imagine a world where apes ruled the forests of Europe, Africa and Asia—millions of years before humans ever existed. A world filled with strange primates unlike anything alive today. What happened to them, and why did so few survive? In Episode 27 of TAG’s History of the World, we journey into the Miocene, an extraordinary chapter in primate evolution when apes flourished across three continents. Meet ancient African apes such as Proconsul and Morotopithecus, discover Europe's remarkable Pierolapithecus and Oreopithecus, and encounter Sivapithecus, a close relative of the orangutan evolutionary branch. Explore how changing climates, disappearing forests and the diversification of Old World monkeys reshaped primate communities, contributing to the extinction of numerous ape lineages. But this isn't simply the story of how humans evolved. It's the story of an extraordinary evolutionary world filled with branches that flourished for millions of years before vanishing. Join The Ancient Gamer as we uncover the lost world of Miocene apes—and discover why our evolutionary family tree is far more complicated than we ever imagined.

  4. 4d ago

    THE MIOCENE WORLD TAGs History of the World Ep 26

    Episode 26 — Grasslands, Grazers and Changing Continents | TAG’s History of the World Twenty-three million years ago, Earth entered the Miocene, an extraordinary age when changing climates, expanding grasslands and evolving continents began transforming the world of mammals. But this was no sudden revolution. Forests still covered enormous regions, temperatures initially rose, and the familiar grazing landscapes of today would take millions of years to emerge. In this episode of TAG’s History of the World, we explore the remarkable transformation of our planet during the Miocene. Discover how grasses reshaped ecosystems, why horses evolved new teeth and feeding strategies, and how rhinoceroses, proboscideans and formidable predators adapted to an increasingly varied world. We'll follow ancient mammals across newly connected continents, explore Australia's lost tropical forests at Riversleigh, and discover how the Miocene helped create the environments in which an extraordinary diversity of ancient apes would flourish. From Antarctic ice sheets to the rise of grazing ecosystems, this is the story of a changing planet—and the remarkable animals that adapted to it. Join The Ancient Gamer as our journey through Earth's history continues, bringing us closer to the extraordinary world of our earliest evolutionary relatives. If you enjoy the series, please like, subscribe and share TAG’s History of the World. You can also follow the documentary on Spotify.

  5. 5d ago

    A COOLING WORLD TAGs History of the World Ep 25

    Episode 25 — A Cooling World: From Greenhouse Earth to the Oligocene Around 34 million years ago, Earth underwent one of the greatest climate transformations of the Cenozoic. As atmospheric carbon dioxide declined, Antarctica developed enormous ice sheets, sea levels fell and the greenhouse world of the Eocene gave way to a cooler planet. In this episode of TAG’s History of the World, we explore the freezing of Antarctica, the changing Southern Ocean, the retreat of ancient forests and the Grande Coupure that transformed Europe's mammals. We also follow the remarkable evolution of whales as toothed whales and the ancestors of baleen whales began taking different evolutionary paths. Discover how a cooling planet reshaped life on land and beneath the waves.

  6. 6d ago

    MAMMALS CROSS NEW FRONTIERS TAGs History of the World Ep 24

    Episode 24 — Whales, Primates and an Eocene World During the Eocene, mammals crossed extraordinary evolutionary frontiers. Follow the transformation of early land-dwelling whale ancestors such as Pakicetus and Ambulocetus into fully aquatic giants like Basilosaurus. Discover how primates spread through ancient forests and reached South America, while isolated continents developed remarkable mammalian ecosystems. Explore Australia's Gondwanan connections, the early evolution of marsupials and the remarkable appearance of bats capable of powered flight. Join The Ancient Gamer as we explore an extraordinary chapter in the Age of Mammals, before a changing global climate brings the warm Eocene world toward its end. TAG's History of the World — Exploring Earth's story, one episode at a time.

  7. Oct 20

    THE EOCENE GREENHOUSE TAGs History of the World EP 23

    Around 56 million years ago, Earth entered one of the most dramatic warming events of the Cenozoic. The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum transformed climates, forests and ecosystems across the planet — and mammals responded. In Episode 23 of TAG’s History of the World, we enter the extraordinary greenhouse world of the early Eocene. Tiny horse relatives shrink during extreme warming, forests spread toward the poles, crocodilians live in the High Arctic, and new mammalian groups move rapidly between continents. Perissodactyls, artiodactyls, primates and new predators begin reshaping terrestrial ecosystems, while Australia and Antarctica remain part of a very different southern world. This was not yet the modern Age of Mammals. Familiar evolutionary branches existed alongside pantodonts, hyaenodonts, giant flightless birds and countless other animals that would eventually disappear. And by the end of the episode, mammals stand at the edge of an entirely new frontier — the sea. Welcome to Episode 23 — The Eocene Greenhouse: Mammals Take the Land.

  8. Oct 19

    A WORLD RECLAIMED TAGs History of the World Ep 22

    The dinosaurs are gone — but the Earth is far from empty. In Episode 22 of TAG’s History of the World, we enter the Paleocene and follow life as it rebuilds after the K–Pg extinction. Forests return, mammals begin growing larger, strange groups such as multituberculates, periptychids and pantodonts expand into newly available ecological roles, and predators follow the growing herbivore communities. But this was not simply an “Age of Mammals.” Giant birds such as Gastornis became major terrestrial animals, while enormous early penguins like Kumimanu entered the oceans. Across the planet, recovery followed different regional paths as ecosystems were rebuilt with entirely new combinations of survivors. The Paleocene was not merely a waiting room between the dinosaurs and the modern world. It was a remarkable evolutionary world of its own — and by its end, another enormous climatic transformation was approaching. Next: The Eocene Greenhouse — Mammals Take the Land.

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**TAG’s History of the World** is an epic journey through the story of our planet and humanity. Beginning deep in Earth’s past, the series explores the origins of life, prehistoric worlds, dinosaurs, mass extinctions, human evolution, migration, farming, the first cities, ancient civilisations, empires and the forces that shaped the modern world. Created and presented by **The Ancient Gamer**, a trained historian and teacher, the series combines archaeology, science and history to tell the story of our world in an accessible and entertaining way.4

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  • Creator
    The Ancient Gamer
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The Ancient Gamer
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