🎧 The Last Wolf and the Missing Lynx with Ross Barnett
Ancient • 20m
Dan talks to Ross Barnett, a scientist who has studied the extinction of megafauna across Britain and the world. They discuss the killing of the last wolf in Britain, whether that mosquito in Jurassic park could have really held dinosaur DNA and the ecological impact of the loss of British megafauna. Image Credit: Bernard Landgraf. Producer: Peter Curry
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🎧 The Lost World of Doggerland with S...
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🎧 The Neanderthals
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