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EPISODE · Dec 28, 2016 · 44 MIN

51: Ancient Tools (ft. Tomos Proffitt)

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This week Kyle takes the presenter seat and is joined by Tomos Proffitt, an archaeologist from Oxford University to talk about all thing tools. Tomos has previously done some work on early hominid tools in Africa and shows us how to make the first ever piece of technology. He is also now working on tools used by non-human primates. We talk about how we are not alone in using tools and even how tools can change us. #science #mixtape #tools #ancient

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