Audio News for June 7th through the 13th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Small clay figurine from Guatemala may contain the oldest written numbers in Mesoamerica (details) (details)
• New study argues for gradual, regionally-based development of “modern” humans (details) (details)
• Iron Age burial in northern Scotland reveals unusual manipulation of the dead (details) (details)
• 22,000-year-old jewelry from Spanish cave outlines Ice Age social networks (details) (details)