{"id":4630,"date":"2026-01-18T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-unexpected-item-that-turned-hunter-gatherers-into-empire-builders-bbc-timestamp\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:01:58","slug":"the-unexpected-item-that-turned-hunter-gatherers-into-empire-builders-bbc-timestamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-unexpected-item-that-turned-hunter-gatherers-into-empire-builders-bbc-timestamp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unexpected Item That Turned Hunter-Gatherers Into Empire Builders | BBC Timestamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEKigDTf3zc?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>How did early hunter-gatherers manage to survive in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth, and could pieces of one of the world&#8217;s oldest pots hold a clue?<\/p>\n<p>Prof Alice Roberts journeys to Asia, the world\u2019s greatest land mass, and attempts to replicate ancient survival techniques that appear to have been passed down through many generations. With little precedent and only the most primitive resources available, our ancestors\u2019 innovation and experimentation was vital for their success.<\/p>\n<p>This clip is from Incredible Human Journey (2009).<\/p>\n<p>#Archaeology #History #Asia #AliceRoberts #Survival<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe:\u00a0https:\/\/bbc.in\/4b7tZxt<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWelcome to BBC Timestamp, your home for all things history. Shed new light on the past by unveiling hidden worlds throughout time, dig into the fascinating true stories behind legendary myths, and learn about cutting-edge technologies helping to rethink stories from across the ages.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: https:\/\/www.bbcstudios.com<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WEKigDTf3zc\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did early hunter-gatherers manage to survive in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth, and could pieces of one of the world&#8217;s oldest pots hold a clue? Prof Alice Roberts journeys to Asia, the world\u2019s greatest land mass, and attempts to replicate ancient survival techniques that appear to have been passed down through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4155150678,"featured_media":4631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8918,810,7479,1209,9345,1052,1211,7480,9346,3527,192,6968,15,7093,3934,8086,816,21,120,6098,8088,193,1199,8256,9342,8085,7530,7528,115,9343,9344,6125,7529,7092,8087],"class_list":["post-4630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-alice-roberts","tag-ancient","tag-ancient-civilisations","tag-ancient-egypt","tag-ancient-fossils","tag-ancient-greece","tag-ancient-history","tag-ancient-mysteries","tag-ancient-pottery","tag-anthropology","tag-archaeology","tag-asia","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-timestamp","tag-civilisations","tag-cleopatra","tag-discovery","tag-documentary","tag-evolution","tag-greek-myths","tag-hidden-civilisations","tag-history","tag-history-channel","tag-homo-sapiens","tag-hunter-gatherers","tag-king-arthur","tag-lost-and-found","tag-modern-history","tag-neanderthals","tag-pot-making","tag-pottery","tag-pyramids","tag-rethinking-history","tag-timestamp","tag-twentieth-century","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4155150678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}