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How Do You Science | Meet a Biological Anthropologist (who studies skeletons)

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© Washington State University Length 00:22:06 3 March 2025 Season 5 Episode 3 Age: 6-10 Topics: Science , Fact Country: USA Type: Episodic

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© Washington State University Length 00:22:06 3 March 2025 Season 5 Episode 3 Age: 6-10 Topics: Science , Fact Country: USA Type: Episodic

Episode 1: Coins, Robots, Bees, Food, Dogs, Microbes

Episode 1: Coins, Robots, Bees, Food, Dogs, Microbes

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

Listen to episode one here

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Welcome back, young scientists. I’m Dr. Universe.  If you’re anything like me, you’ve got lots of big questions about our world. Today I'm talking to WSU biological anthropologist Thomas Siek.

Hear about all kinds of anthropologyFind out how Dr. Siek studied bones from the Middle Ages in PolandLearn how clues in bones help solve crimes with forensic anthropologyResources You Can Use

Watch this NPR team use forensic anthropology to figure out info about a skeleton from a high school art classSee how fast you can build a human skeletonCheck out the anthropology collections at the Smithsonian As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu.  Who knows where your questions will take us next.


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