The sound of a monkey talking, cloning horses for sport, and forensic anthropologists help the search for Mexico’s disappeared

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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This week, we chat about what talking monkeys would sound like, a surprising virus detected in ancient pottery, and six cloned horses that helped win a big polo match with Online News Editor David Grimm. Plus, Science’s Alexa Billow talks to news writer Lizzie Wade about what forensic anthropologists can do to help parent groups find missing family members in Mexico. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: (c) Félix Márquez; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.5	Welcome to the science podcast for December 16, 2016. I'm Sarah Cresby. In this week's show,
1:29.2	Lizzie Wade joins Alexa Billo to discuss what forensic anthropologists are doing in Veracruz, Mexico, to help grieving parents look for disappeared family members.
1:34.5	And David Grimm is here with a roundup of stories from our daily news site.
1:41.4	Now we have David Grimm, editor for our daily news site, he's here to talk about some recent online stories.
1:47.5	First up, we have a story on talking monkeys.
1:50.7	Why can't monkeys talk?
1:53.5	What would they say if they could, and most importantly, what would they sound like?
2:00.6	Dave, did you have an imagined monkey voice in your head, you know, before hearing the clip that we're about to play?
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