Audio News for April 12th through the 18th, 2026

About this episode

This episode covers various archaeological news items from April 12th to 18th, 2026.

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient lakeshore charcoal remains indicate hominins used driftwood as fuel source ( details ) ( details ) Precolonial Bolivian mummy shows evidence of scarlet fever ( details ) ( details ) Ancient megastructure in Romania shows power of communal leadership ( details ) ( details ) Early humans deliberately made tools with geological features ( details ) ( details )">details )">details )">details )

People in this episode

Host: Laura Kennedy

Topics covered

• archaeology
• ancient history
• hominins
• mummies
• megastructures
• tool making

Keywords

• hominins
• driftwood
• scarlet fever
• communal leadership
• geological features

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Bolivia, Romania

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