Deep-Sea Creep, Jupiter’s New Ring, And Inter-Hominid Hook-Ups

This week on Break It Down: fishers discover a mysterious tablet bearing an unknown language, sequencing the oldest human genome reveals when we first bred with Neanderthals, Jupiter’s got a shiny new ring, a new predator captured in the darkest depths of the Atacama Trench, working out the rules to an ancient boardgame, and can donor organs transfer memories? Transplant patients report strange personality changes.

 

So sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…

 

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Mysterious tablet

Complaint tablet

Sequencing the oldest human genome

Jupiter’s new ring

Sharks older than Saturn’s rings

Deep-sea predator

Ancient boardgame

The Big Questions

Donor organs and memory

Piggyback heart transplant

Guitarfish

True crime

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