Curiosity Daily Podcast: An Outsider’s Guide to Humans (w/ Scientist Camilla Pang)
Scientist and award-winning author Camilla Pang explains why she wanted to write a manual for humans. You’ll also learn about the planetary chaos that resulted when the Earth’s magnetic poles reversed.
April 07, 2021
Episode Show Notes:
Additional resources from Camilla Pang:
- Pick up "An Outsider's Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Are" from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vXzmMD
- Camilla Pang's website: https://www.camillapang.com/
- Camilla Pang on Twitter: https://twitter.com/millzymai
Reversal of Earth's magnetic poles 42,000 years ago led to planetary chaos by Grant Currin
- Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth’s history 42,000 years ago. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uons-arp021821.php
- Cooper, A., Turney, C. S. M., et. al. (2021). A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago. Science, 371(6531), 811–818. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb8677
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