The curious case of the dodo – Science Weekly podcast
This week: Nicola Davis investigates the death by fowl play of one of the world’s most famous...
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Podcasts de Fossils
Did a supervolcano cause the dinosaurs' demise? – Science Weekly podcast
Some scientists are beginning to question whether it really was an asteroid impact that led to...
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Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past – podcast
Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest...
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From the archive: The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history?
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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Justice for Neanderthals! What the debate about our long-dead cousins reveals about us
They were long derided as knuckle-draggers, but new discoveries are setting the record straight....
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The truth of the tyrannosaurus - podcast
As we continue to discover new species of this huge dinosaur, is our understanding of it changing?
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The Call of the Antarctic Dinosaur with Julia Clarke
Dinosaurs didn’t roar. What?! Paleontologist Julia Clarke has been uncovering clues to how...
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The Skull of the Ancient Primate with Chris Kirk
Who is the oldest primate, and is it our great-great-great grandfather? Listener Elena's question...
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The Call of the Antarctic Dinosaur with Julia Clarke
Dinosaurs didn’t roar. What?! Paleontologist Julia Clarke has been uncovering clues to how...
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The Skull of the Ancient Primate with Chris Kirk
Who is the oldest primate, and is it our great-great-great grandfather? Listener Elena's question...
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The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history?
Human activity has transformed the Earth – but scientists are divided about whether this is...
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Dr. David Wallace on the many-worlds theory, an explanation of the baffling results that quantum...
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Best audio long reads of 2019: the Anthropocene epoch
Have we entered a new phase of planetary history? Human activity has transformed the Earth – but...
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Episode 17: Megalodon Sharks with Ben Francischelli
In this episode Matt talks to Paleontologist Ben Francischelli all about the Megalodon Shark and...
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How did mammals come to rule the world?
About 325 million years ago, when Britain sat near the equator as part of the supercontinent...
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The Ordinary Things podcast asks artists what the word ‘ordinary’ means to them. In this episode,...
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A Good Science Read: Evolution - from Fossils to Finches
Professor Paul Smith and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould...
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Ancient Human Footprints & 'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse
A new analysis of ancient footprints in New Mexico adds to the debate about when humans arrived...
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Women Were Also Skilled Hunters In Ancient Times
There’s a long-standing narrative about hunter-gatherers in ancient times: Men ventured out for...
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