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Custodian of the Ancestors

Origin Stories by Meredith Johnson

Feb 27, 202432:49Science & Medicine

What is it like to be responsible for the safekeeping of the ancestors of everyone in the world? In this episode, we travel to the National Museum of Ethiopia to see our most famous fossil relative – Lucy – and meet Yare...

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Custodian of the Ancestors is an episode from Origin Stories by Meredith Johnson. What is it like to be responsible for the safekeeping of the ancestors of everyone in the world? In this episode, we travel to the National Museum of Ethiopia...

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Published Feb 27, 2024, 32:49 long, audio available.

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