Episode 78: Japanese Palaeontology
When thinking of palaeontology in Asia, most people think of Mongolia and China, but there is actually a significant palaeontology community in Japan. Japan has many fossils, starting in the Ordovicia...
30 Juni 201757min
Episode 77: South American Gomphotheres
The proboscideans are a group of animals that contains the elephant and mastodont families. Many of us will be well-aware of these groups, but what of some of the lesser-known proboscideans? One such ...
15 Juni 201750min
Episode 76: Hydrodynamics
The shape of an animal is a reflection of the way it interacts with the physical world around it. By studying the mechanical laws which influence the evolution of modern animals, we can better underst...
15 Maj 201732min
Episode 75: Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence
Palaeontology is a constantly evolving field; when new methods and techniques are invented, they allow us to revisit old fossils and test our previous observations and hypotheses. Recently, an excitin...
2 Maj 201738min
Episode 74: Early Archosaurs and Teleocrater
We have a pretty good idea about how different dinosaur groups evolved, and how they are related (although anyone who has been following the recent dinosaur relationship shake-up knows this is not qui...
12 Apr 201730min
Episode 73: Sensory Structures
Ask anyone to list all the senses and they'll probably stop at five. Touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing are all important to humans, but in the animal kingdom, there exist others. In this intervie...
15 Mars 201727min
Episode 72b: Las Hoyas
Las Hoyas is a Early Cretaceous lagerstätte (site of special preservation) located close to the city of Cuenca, Spain. In this episode, we welcome Ángela Delgado Buscalioni and Francisco José Poyato-A...
1 Feb 201731min
Episode 72a: Las Hoyas
Las Hoyas is a Early Cretaceous lagerstätte (site of special preservation) located close to the city of Cuenca, Spain. In this episode, we welcome Ángela Delgado Buscalioni and Francisco José Poyato-A...
18 Jan 201734min
