Humans living at the end of the last ice age conjure images of cavemen with primitive stone tools and a language of nothing but grunts and grumbles. This may have been the way prehistoric man is portrayed in stories and films, but... Full transcript available at HWYN.org Want to Dive Further Into History? Support our channel with this free trial to the Great Courses Plus, where they have several courses on world history and cultures. - https://thegreatcoursesplus.7eer.net/c/1910579/366900/3896 Attributions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gobekli_Tepe_2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_M%C3%BCzesi_Neotilik_%C3%87a%C4%9F_totem.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fertile_crescent_Neolithic_B_circa_7500_BC.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_M%C3%BCzesi_G%C3%B6beklitepe_D_Tap%C4%B1na%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woolly_mammoth.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asikli_Hoyuk_sarah_c_murray_6176.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wien_NHM_Venus_von_Willendorf.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NatufianSpread.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T-shaped-pillars-PPN.jpg