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Happy 300 episodes to our Curiosity Daily listeners! Today, you\u2019ll learn about a massive database of human genomes that\u2019s uncovering major new genetic discoveries, the scientists building stone age tools from scratch\u2026 and then putting them to work, and a treasure trove of deep sea discoveries in an underwater mountain range.  

Human Diversity  

• \u201cAmbitious survey of human diversity yields millions of undiscovered genetic variants.\u201d by Max Kozlov. 2024.  
• \u201cNIH\u2019s All of Us Research Program Releases First Genomic Dataset of Nearly 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences.\u201d NIH. 2022.  
• \u201cAbout.\u201d NIH. 2021. 

Ancient Tool Use 

• \u201cScientists try out stone age tools to understand how they were used.\u201d EurekAlert! 2024.  
• \u201cExperiments with replicas of Early Upper Paleolithic edge-ground stone axes and adzes provide criteria for identifying tool functions.\u201d by Akira Iwase, et al. 2024.  

Deep Sea Discoveries 

• \u201cSee the strange new species discovered near Chile - with the help of a deep-diving sea robot.\u201d by Laura Baisas. 2024.  
• \u201cScientists Confirm Underwater Mountains Harbor Abundant Life Off Chile\u2019s Coast.\u201d Schmidt Ocean Institute. 2024.  
• \u201cHow much of the ocean has been explored?\u201d NOAA. n.d. 

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