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Early Human Footprints, Ancient Clothing, and a 150-Year-Old Drink - Ep 323
Rachel Roden Rachel Roden

Early Human Footprints, Ancient Clothing, and a 150-Year-Old Drink - Ep 323

From a 150-year-old alcohol bottle unearthed in Utah—where the “real treasure” might be what it once tasted like—to footprints in White Sands New Mexico which are more than 20,000 years old, this episode spans the surprisingly fragile side of archaeology. We also dig into a discovery being called the oldest clothing in human history, and what it can (and can’t) tell us about early humans, preservation, and the everyday technologies that rarely survive.

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