A heads up if you don't know already but colleagues at BBC Studios have made a documentary about Neanderthals - and the ones at Shanidar cave in Iraqi Kurdistan - for Netflix. I've seen peeks etc but wont get round to seeing it for a while so lmk your thoughts.

Women Confronting Ageism is the topic of this week’s episode of The Conversation on the BBC World Service. This one was an assault of data- from how many years your own ageist attitudes take off your lifespan to things employers and managers should know.

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This week on BBC World Service’ The Conversation ‘Women Confronting Ageism’ and honestly I didn’t know which clips to use. Meet Alana Officer who is leading the @who Decade of Ageing Well and Lina Walker Senior VP of Global Thought Leadership at @aarp

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There’s a reason The Radio Times picked our episode today of BBC World Service ‘The Conversation’ as their Pick of the Day. Reality TV is tricky & The Traitors Australia winner Alexandra Duggan & Czech contestant of Survivor Lida Puldova talk mental health
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This week’s episode of BBC World Service The Conversation features Vivienne Gray of the RNLI - imagine being one of the first women saving lives on Welsh lifeboats and a few decades later watching your 17 year old son follow in your footsteps. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

On the BBC World Service’s ‘The Conversation’ this week we talk to women saving lives at sea. Here I ask Goa’s first female lifeguard how her family reacted to her choosing this over a master’s degree in psychology… she didn’t need that degree 😉

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Nothing but respect for these 2 off-road racers. The stories of Annie Seel Dakar toughness are bonkers and 19 year old Aliyyah Koloc continues that legacy of overturning stereotypes & at such a tender young age. Listen to BBC World Service The Conversation:

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In this week’s episode of BBC World Service ‘The Conversation’ - where we interview 2 incredible women from around the world who share an expertise - we talk about the off-road endurance race - The Dakar Rally with Annie Seel Dakar & Aliyyah Koloc. Listen here bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

In this week’s episode of BBC World Service ‘The Conversation’ - where we interview 2 incredible women from around the world who share an expertise - we talk about the off-road endurance race - The Dakar Rally with Annie Seel Dakar & Aliyyah Koloc. Listen here bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Ever heard of the Dakar off-road endurance rally?? Well for this week’s episode of The Conversation we talk to a veteran of the rally Annie Seel Dakar and the 19 year old taking it by storm Aliyyah Koloc

Listen here or wherever you get your podcast.

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So chuffed … and again and not kidding, if you know a story or woman we should have on… shout.

Tune into this week’s episode with a veteran Annie Seel Dakar & new incredible talent Aliyyah Koloc of the Dakar rally (rough, tough off-road endurance race) bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Our new article led by Kendra Sirak and Jansen van Rensburg on ancient DNA from the medieval island of Soqotra is now out in NatureEcoEvo

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A huge thank you to Nada Salem for translating our abstract into Arabic, which helped us share results with people on Soqotra (more of this to come!) (11/n)

🌎@BBCStudios Science Unit and PBS to co-produce Human.

Presented by paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, major new series for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer tells the story of how humanity became the dominant form of life on earth.

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🌍Ella Al-Shamahi new BBC series Human has officially been announced to hit your screens in 2025🌍

A paleoanthropologist , explorer and evolutionary biologist Ella uncovers the fascinating story behind our ancestors past...