I'm viewing some lectures on 'big history' very interesting if you enjoy Paleolithic/Neolithic studies, origins etc. recommended for sure
Big History is an emerging academic discipline which examines history from the Big Bang to the present. It examines long time frames using a multidisciplinary approach based on combining numerous disciplines from science and the humanities,[1][2][3][4][5] and explores human existence in the context of this bigger picture.[6] It integrates studies of the cosmos, Earth, life, and humanity using empirical evidence to explore cause-and-effect relations,[7][8] and is taught at universities[9] and secondary schools[10] often using web-based interactive presentations.[10] According to historian David Christian, who has been credited with coining the term "Big History",[7][9][11] the intellectual movement is made of an "unusual coalition of scholars".[2] Some historians have expressed skepticism towards "scientific history" and argue that the claims of Big History are unoriginal.[12] Others support the scientific merit but point out that Cosmology[13] and Natural History[14] have been studied since the Renaissance, and that the new term, Big History, continues such work