The caving time lord

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The caving time lord

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May 24, 2022

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Dr Kira Westaway is a geochronologist who places modern and ancient humans in context by dating things found in caves. For Kira, how we understand ourselves now, is tied up in the past

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May 24, 2022

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The caving time lord

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