Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Dr. Mareike Janiak and learn about primate dietary adaptation, digestion, genomics. Dig deeper into Mareike's work on primates' ability to digest insects.

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Guest scientist: Dr. Mareike Janiak
Creator, host, and producer: Arielle Johnson
Assistant producer: Meghan Khalsa
Production assistant: Eleanor Crookes

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