Back by no demand, it's episode 2. In this episode Laurie and Ben chat through the latest ancient DNA research shedding new light on how the Americas were populated, 15,000 years of earache, and the discovery of a 7th century English saint with the best miracles you've never heard of.

Show Links:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8709-200521-native-american-ancestorhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/oldest-cousin-native-americans-found-russia#https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30502-X.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS009286742030502X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeology-of-ear-infections-shows-farming-didn-t-ruin-our-health-1.8860082