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Christina Warinner: Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque

Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool -- the microbial DNA in fossilized dental plaque.

English
  • Originally Aired April 20, 2012
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network YouTube
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