How Ancient Humans Kept Insects Away Without Modern Repellents
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Discover how ancient humans ingeniously protected themselves from insects without modern repellents. Learn about the fascinating methods they used, from ash beds to smudge fires, and how these techniques evolved over thousands of years. Uncover the secrets of ancient everyday life and their natural solutions to insect problems. Chapters: 00:00 A bed made on ash 00:12 Three questions 00:24 They were not immune 00:36 The real predator 00:48 Two hundred thousand years 01:00 Why ash works 01:12 Nobody needed to know why 01:24 Seventy-seven thousand years 01:36 The leaves on top 01:48 Applied pharmacology 02:00 Burn it and start again 02:12 Smoke does the work 02:24 The smudge fire 02:36 The ochre argument 02:48 Two kinds of louse 03:00 Dating clothes by their parasites 03:12 The comb 03:24 What it says 03:36 Nothing has changed 03:48 The oldest mosquito net 04:00 The same object, twice 04:12 Written in the genome 04:24 The bargain 04:36 A missing doorway 04:48 How bad it was 05:00 Farming made it worse 05:12 A better target 05:24 The bitter plants 05:36 The florist was a rodent 05:48 What we can actually say 06:00 They never knew why
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