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Radio 4,16 Aug 2017,15 mins

Series Series 1

Mary Rose Archer

Bone Stories

Available for 14 days

Ben tries his hand at pulling a medieval long bow - and discovers how studies of the skeletons of the archers who sank with the Mary Rose could help patients with dyspraxia. Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod presents another anthropological detective story. Producer Sarah Blunt. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.

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