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Archaeologist... and stand-up comedian

Ella Al-Shamahi specialises in cave digs in war zones. She's also a stand-up comedian.

Ella Al-Shamahi is a paleoanthropologist and Neanderthal expert, who is also a stand-up comedian. Ella specialises in cave digs in hostile environments. She was planning her own excavation project to Yemen last year, but a few days before she arrived, war broke out. Matthew Bannister asked her about her own background, because her parents are themselves from Yemen.

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