This week’s podcast is a real gem. My good friend the Stone Age Herbalist returns to talk ancient DNA and the politicisation of archaeology and ancient history. This is an 80-minute conversation you don’t want to miss.
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It brings me great pleasure to announce the return of my good friend the Stone Age Herbalist. Today we’ll be talking about the revolution that’s taking place in archaeology as a result of new techniques for extracting and analysing the DNA of ancient skeletons.
Last time Herb was on the show we talked about his new collection of essays, Skull Cults and Corpse Brides, which is available in paperback and Kindle formats from Amazon now. This is a wonderful book, packed full of essays that will inform, entertain and unnerve you in equal measure. It deserves a prominent place on your bookshelf next to your copy of his first book, Berserkers, Cannibals and Shamans and such other wonderful books as Raw Egg Nationalism in Theory and Practice, The Eggs Benedict Option and Bronze Age Mindset.
As well as being a top Twitter and Substack poster, the Herb has written for MAN’S WORLD more times than I can remember, including a fantastically disgusting piece for last year’s Annual about the history of cannibalism in China. If you haven’t encountered the Herbalist yet, you’re in for a real treat.
IN THE RAW 28: Stone Age Herbalist II