Dr. Martin Sweatman is a chemical engineer at the University of Edinburgh working in both statistical mechanics and archaeoastronomical studies of symbolism at Göbekli Tepe. Our conversation with Dr. Sweatman circles around the missing pieces in our modern narrative of the emergence of civilization after the last glaciation. Might Göbekli Tepe have not been the first city but merely the oldest remaining after an extraordinary cataclysm like the Younger Dryas impact? Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB OR picking up Dr. Sweatman's book: https://amzn.to/3oEpokr More from Dr. Sweatman: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/martinsweatman/ Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub 00:00:00 Go! 00:07:22 Missing societies 00:13:42 Open questions about Gobekli Tepe 00:19:16 The Handbag 00:21:07 Continuity of Symbols in Pre Dynastic History 00:25:40 Emergence of Civilization from Nothing 00:30:49 Younger Dryas Start of Civilization 00:37:06 Why then? 00:41:47 Impact Symbolism 00:50:53 Catastrophic timelines 00:56:39 Controversy of the Younger Dryas 01:05:04 A Global Effect? 01:07:45 Where are the craters? 01:14:32 A continuous thread of human history 01:21:42 Path to Archaeology 01:27:23 An Animal Pastoralism 01:32:52 Cart Ruts 01:45:27 Supernatural Value of the Stars 01:56:07 Step function of progress 02:01:08 Nothing more than a crossroads? 02:02:58 Future Directions #youngerdryas #ancienthistory #göbeklitepe Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671