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Solving a Stone Age Whodunnit

July 29, 2022

Researchers in the Spanish Pyrenees have come across a crime committed in the prehistoric era. Now they're using DNA, bone and tooth enamel as well as historical insights to solve the ancient case.

https://p.dw.com/p/4EmLa
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The time-of-death criminal mystery

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Climate threat and human activity

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Just ask!

This week's Tomorrow Today viewer question comes from Carlos Andrade in Colombia: What kind of scale are humans on compared to the biggest and smallest things on the planet?

 

 

 

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