Archaeology’s focus is on reconstructing human behaviour from the material remains discovered in archaeological sites. The archaeological record is like a road map of our development with signposts of where we’ve been, what we’ve done, what has worked for us and what has not. We use the archaeological record as a springboard to talk about the human condition today. We show that our earliest ancestors’ behaviour was guided by knowledge and belief systems based in and connected with nature. We focus on the origins of human behaviour in an attempt to understand our behaviour today, and how we might change our behaviour for the better of all life on earth.