About this episode

The episode explores weird facts about Mars, a genealogy puzzle regarding human ancestry, and features a discussion on a beautiful rainbow sea jelly.

Victoria takes a page from Kirk and brings us to space with some weird facts about Mars and how it got where it is. Kirk breaks our brains with a genealogy puzzle. When was the most recent common ancestor to all humans alive? The answer is bizarre. Rachel doesn't want to break our brains so she brings us a beautiful rainbow sea jelly. Join us weekly for more strange nature. Our supporters on Patreon get every episode ad-free! Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com where you can sign up for our episode emails.

People in this episode

Hosts: Victoria, Kirk, Rachel

Topics covered

• Mars
• genealogy
• sea jelly
• human ancestry
• space facts

Keywords

• Mars
• genealogy puzzle
• common ancestor
• rainbow sea jelly
• space facts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Strange by Nature, strangebynaturepodcast.com, contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com

Places: Mars

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