hamdrax: also http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article7132299.eceRead more... )

CONTEXT: My mother and I are watching I Claudius and Augustus is being treated for a ~mysterious illness~

My Mother: They should use leeches!
Me: Oh, no, this is pre-leeches.
My Mother: HOW PRIMITIVE.