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Science journalist Lizzie Wade’s first book, Apocalypse: A Transformative Exploration of Humanity’s Resilience Through Cataclysmic Events explores some of the cataclysmic events that humans have faced through history. Lizzie joined us to discuss what modern archaeology has revealed about these events, and the role these they’ve have played in shaping societies around the world.
Apocalypse: A Transformative Exploration of Humanity’s Resilience Through Cataclysmic Events Lizzie Wade Harper (2025)
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