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Decoding Nature's Alphabet

English - April 22, 2021 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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We take names for granted, and why wouldn’t we? In most cases we’re labelled from birth even if we didn’t want to be.  How long have we had surnames, was money at the root of all naming and do names have a future? 

Professor Turi King is Professor of Public Engagement and Genetics at the University of Leicester. She is best known for establishing the bones found in a Leicester car park in 2013 as King Richard the Third and more recently for her appearance in the BBC series ‘DNA Family Secrets’.

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