Big History — Season 1, Episode 8: World of Weapons
Documentary • 22 min • 1 season, 17 episodes • ★ 7.8/10
Episode synopsis
Humans have small teeth and no claws or armor, so how do we project our power? Warfare has defined traditional history, but Big History digs deeper to reveal how it all began. We see how bat poop and ancient trees shaped the history of weapons, and link the gun all the way back to a change in our bodies that turned us into throwing machines.
About Big History
Explores many facets of epic moments in history from the past 13.7 billion years, from a Big History perspective.