Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque - Christina Warinner

Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool -- the microbial DNA in fossilized dental plaque. Talk by Christina Warinner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices