Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Review | Evolution, Climbing & Artistic Realism | Reflections

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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (2019)
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Alex CG (they/them), Jerica (she/her), Alex P (he/him), and Samantha (she/her) reflect on Ancestors: the Humankind Odyssey, the new "science-based" survival game from Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time director Patrice Désilets. Set millions of years in the past at the outset of human evolution, the game tries to give a somewhat realistic portrayal of what our predecessors had to go through to get us to the present day.

We talk about survival games, whether a new genre of "(mostly) nonviolent climbing sims" has become a thing, and the pitfalls of realism in art.

This episode contains spoilers.

Links:

Interview with Patrice Désilets reflecting on the game's reception and development: https://wccftech.com/patrice-desilets-interview-ancestors-1666-amsterdam/

Interview with Patrice Désilets discussing the science behind the game: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/how-ancestors-a-humankind-odyssey-turns-human-evolution-into-a-game/

Reboot interview with Désilets in 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHP4siCVVrY

Désilets interview with archaeologist (low quality): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hr-ycsSjlo

Article by David Graeber (anthropologist) and David Wengrow (archaeologist) on common mythologies about more recent human evolution and narratives about our "primitive ancestors" - How to Change the Course of Human History: https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (young adult prehistoric fiction): https://www.goodreads.com/series/58521-chronicles-of-ancient-darkness

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