Join Laurie and Ben this week to talk through new research revealing how close high status neolithic families really were, how a eruption in Alaska could have impacted the end of the Roman Republic and the story of a 20th century fraud. 

See links to all the stories below

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01655-4?fbclid=IwAR21KB4L349UcLf1B5enMeZMW3rlsmGRU5--1LVYJiy7k_oq7W5CAbphPWI

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/dna-ancient-irish-tomb-reveals-incest-and-elite-class-ruled-early-farmers

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/27/15443

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/alaskan-mega-eruption-may-have-helped-end-roman-republic

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2016/august/piltdown-man-charles-dawson-likely-fraudster.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvIT5BRCqARIsAAwwD-SFvDyhWaezQezut2PBibdO4ZPJrPWQjMQLWUg0rGOnWW22Y8AT5jAaAqx8EALw_wcB