{"podcast":{"title":"AnthroBiology Podcast","slug":"anthrobiology-podcast-263302","podcast_index_feed_id":263302,"rss_url":"https://anthrobiologypodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://anthrobiology.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/9/d/4/59d47ccc72bd27a1d959afa2a1bf1c87/1Logo.jpeg","author":"Gaby Lapera","episode_count":74,"summary":"The AnthroBiology Podcast sits down with biological anthropologists once or twice a month to learn about what they do and why it's rad. Want to know more about our evolutionary past? Or what your bones say about you? Maybe chimps are more your speed? If it's anthropology and it's about humans, we'll cover it. Learn more at anthrobiology.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:19:27.461817+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302"},"episode":{"title":"Dr. Henry Erlich - Genetic Reconstruction of the Past","slug":"dr-henry-erlich-genetic-reconstruction-of-the-past","published_at":"2025-05-28T15:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302/dr-henry-erlich-genetic-reconstruction-of-the-past","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302","url":"https://anthrobiologypodcast.libsyn.com/dr-henry-erlich-genetic-reconstruction-of-the-past","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/anthrobiologypodcast/ABP_Erlich_2025_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1761989","summary":"Dr. Henry Erlich, Researcher Emeritus at Benioff UCSF Children's Hospital, joins the show to discuss his book, Genetic Reconstruction of the Past: DNA Analysis in Forensics and Human Evolution . We chatted about what it was like to pioneer PCR tests along with how PCR testing works, its applications (including medicine, understanding human evolution, and forensics), and some of the ethical dilemmas around DNA testing more generally. Books, articles, and media mentioned in this episode + helpful sites and articles: Dr. Erlich's personal website Dr. Erlich's Medium profile Erlich, H. (2023). Genetic Reconstruction of the Past: DNA Analysis in Forensics and Human Evolution . Oxford University Press. Ed. H Erlich, E Stover, TJ White. (2020). Silent Witness: Forensic DNA Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Humanitarian Disasters . Oxford University Press. Wulf, A. (2016). The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World . Knopf - Vintage.","meta_description":"Dr. Henry Erlich, Researcher Emeritus at Benioff UCSF Children's Hospital, joins the show to discuss his book, Genetic Reconstruction of the Past: DNA Ana…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4290,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/anthrobiology-podcast-263302/episodes/dr-henry-erlich-genetic-reconstruction-of-the-past/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302/dr-henry-erlich-genetic-reconstruction-of-the-past.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}