Bearded vultures build giant, elaborate nests that are passed down from generation to generation. And according to a new study, some of these <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bearded-vultures-nests-human-artifacts/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">scavengers have collected</a> bits and bobs of human history over the course of centuries. Scientists picked apart 12 vulture nests preserved in Spain and discovered a museum collection’s worth of objects, including a woven sandal that could be more than 700 years old.  Host Flora Lichtman talks with study author Ana Belen Marín-Arroyo, an archaeologist who studies ancient humans, about how the nests are giving us a <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bearded-vultures-nests-human-artifacts/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">glimpse into vulture culture</a> as well as the lives of the people they lived beside.Guest: Dr. Ana Belen Marín-Arroyo is an archaeologist and professor of prehistory at the University of Cantabria in Spain.Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bearded-vultures-nests-human-artifacts/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">sciencefriday.com.</a> 
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