Killer Whale Fashion, Dinosaur Poop, And Pluto’s Birthday

This week on Break It Down: killer whales have been wearing salmon hats (again) and sucking out the livers of the world’s largest shark, 1.5-million-year-old footprints reveal Homo erectus co-existed with a now-extinct protohuman, fossil dinosaur poop and vomit indicate their rise to power began with plants, we have a date for when Pluto will complete its first orbit since we discovered the non-planet (don’t hold your breath), COVID-19 may hold the key to shrinking tumors, and we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lucy’s discovery, a moment that changed our understanding of human evolution. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.