Dr. Henry Erlich - Genetic Reconstruction of the Past

AnthroBiology Podcast by Gaby Lapera

May 28, 202501:11:30Science & Medicine

Dr. Henry Erlich, Researcher Emeritus at Benioff UCSF Children's Hospital, joins the show to discuss his book, Genetic Reconstruction of the Past: DNA Analysis in Forensics and Human Evolution . We chatted about what it...

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