This week on Break It Down: fishers discover a mysterious tablet bearing an unknown language, sequencing the oldest human genome reveals when we first bred with Neanderthals, Jupiter’s got a shiny new ring, a new predator captured in the darkest depths of the Atacama Trench, working out the rules to an ancient boardgame, and can donor organs transfer memories? Transplant patients report strange personality changes. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.
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Mysterious tablet
Complaint tablet
Sequencing the oldest human genome
Jupiter’s new ring
Sharks older than Saturn’s rings
Deep-sea predator
Ancient boardgame
The Big Questions
Donor organs and memory
Piggyback heart transplant
Guitarfish
True crime
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