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Slave Trade, Neanderthals, & COVID

Slave Trade, Neanderthals, & COVID

Update: 2020-10-161
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This week: a risk factor for severe COVID that comes from Neanderthals; using genes to track the millions transported as slaves across the Atlantic; a doctor runs through the list of what coronavirus mutations are worth watching out for; and learning population genetics from a video game... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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