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The Best of Our Knowledge

Diagnostic gaming and ancient DNA

By Lucas Willard
Published July 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT
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Alberto Martínez Villa
Researcher collecting cave wall fragments with pigments that had fallen to the cave floor.

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Lucas Willard
Lucas Willard is a news reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011. He produces and hosts The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party.
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