All Around Science 279 - Archaeology and Old Wooden Tools
Feb 2, 2026
01:06:23
On today’s episode: There’s news on the long term effects of the keto diet, and it’s not great. We go on an archaeological journey to learn about some old wooden tools. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- https://news.med.virginia.edu/research/scientists-reveal-how-ketogenic-diet-protects-against-seizures-when-drugs-fail/
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fatty-liver-disease-masld/symptoms-causes/syc-20354567
- https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/are-you-getting-too-much-protein
- Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool | New Scientist
- This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art | Ars Technica
- Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago | Live Science
- Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans | BBC
- Marathousa 1: a new Middle Pleistocene archaeological site from Greece | Antiquity
- Locating Sites | Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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