Make your 200,000-Year-Old Bed, U-Boat Secrets, and the Sensitive Side of Neanderthals
- S1E8
- 43:32
- August 28th 2020
Join Laurie and Ben this week where they’re talking through evidence of the world's oldest bed, complete with insect repellents, the latest research into a sunken WW1 german U-boat containing war secrets, and genetic research suggesting Neanderthals might have been more sensitive to pain. Enjoy!
Links To Stories
200,000 Year Old Bed https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/369/6505/863.full.pdf
German U-Boat Secrets
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8906-200806-submarine-north-sea
Neanderthal Pain
https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2820%2930861-7
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200723115900.htm
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