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ShortHand: Did Gonorrhoea Give Us Grandparents?

22 November 2022 - 8 mins
Podcast Series RedHanded

There are plenty of things that separate us from the animal kingdom. But one of the weirdest and most inexplicable is that we can grow so bloody old – way past reproductive age. 

And one theory is that we owe our longevity to none other than the sexually transmitted infection, gonorrhoea. How? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out…

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