Jan Ritch-Frel

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Jan Ritch-Frel is a co-founder of the Observatory and a co-editor of Human Bridges.

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A Scholar’s Quest to Find the Ancestral People of the Most Influential Language on Earth

Who and where were the Proto-Indo-Europeans? Almost 450 languages spoken by 4 billion people descend from their tongue—and J.P. Mallory has been on a life-long journey to reconstruct their world.

By Jan Ritch-Frel in Human Bridges | Human Bridges Project | English

The Multi-Million-Year Path to Becoming Human—Are We Actually There Yet?

A conversation with the legendary evolutionary thinker and archaeologist, Eudald Carbonell.

By Jan Ritch-Frel and Deborah Barsky in Human Bridges | English

The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time

A conversation with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to prosper—and avoid the biggest mistakes.

By Jan Ritch-Frel in Human Bridges | Human Bridges Project | English

What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World?

An interview with renowned economic historian Michael Hudson on where our calendar comes from, his collaborations with the late intellectual David Graeber, and the long-lost practice of forgiving debt.

By Jan Ritch-Frel in Human Bridges | Human Bridges Project | English

Robert Sapolsky on Free Will and Biology of Our Behavior

Interviewing the neuroscientist and primate behavior expert on a question that could radically change our understanding of reality.

By Jan Ritch-Frel and Marjorie Hecht in Human Bridges | Human Bridges Project | English

The New Grand Tour

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful and universal education to address humanity’s biggest challenges and opportunities.

By Jan Ritch-Frel in Human Bridges | English | Guide to the New Grand Tour

How Can We Understand the Passage of Time?

Developments in the study of human prehistory hold clues about our times, our world, and ourselves.

By Deborah Barsky and Jan Ritch-Frel in Human Bridges | Human Bridges Project | English

More about this author

Jan Ritch-Frel is the executive director of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization that educates the public through a diverse array of independent media projects and programs. He has worked in independent media for more than two decades and has advised dozens of media companies.

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Human Prehistory—Why New Discoveries About Human Origins Open Up Revolutionary Possibilities

Scoop | October | 2022

There’s a Hidden Economic Trendline That Is Shattering the Global Trade System

Co-authors: Marshall Auerback | Brave New Europe | July | 2020

The New Fault Lines in a Post-Globalized World

Co-authors: Marshall Auerback | Brave New Europe | April | 2020

The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Opened the Curtains on the World’s Next Economic Model

Co-authors: Marshall Auerback | Asia Times | April | 2020