
About this podcast
In "The Fossil Files", a pair of palaeontologists delve into the latest discoveries from the world of palaeontology and seek to bring fossils to back to life. Each episode, Susie and Rob will discuss an interesting new research paper ranging from topics of what dinosaurs ate, how plesiosaurs swam, where we came from, and the science of de-extinction. Whilst doing so, we peek under the hood of how the science of palaeontology is done and how research gets to see the light of day. It is for…
45 episodes · science
The Fossil Files
About this podcast
In "The Fossil Files", a pair of palaeontologists delve into the latest discoveries from the world of palaeontology and seek to bring fossils to back to life. Each episode, Susie and Rob will discuss an interesting new research paper ranging from topics of what dinosaurs ate, how plesiosaurs swam, where we came from, and the science of de-extinction. Whilst doing so, we peek under the hood of how the science of palaeontology is done and how research gets to see the light of day. It is for…
Recent episodes
- Fake Fossil Fails [Bonus]28 Aug · 20 min
- Were dinosaurs eating fruit? Cretaceous Plant Power18 Aug · 45 min
- The weird case of a whale necropolis, sat at the bottom of an ocean trench for 5 million years4 Aug · 44 min
- How to become a palaeontologist: Finding and applying for PhDs28 Jul · 22 min
- The hunt for the first-ever animals, with Emily Mitchell21 Jul · 37 min
- Did a lack of sex hold back the evolution of the first animals?14 Jul · 49 min
- Why did T. rex have such small arms? Revealed30 Jun · 48 min
- Digging for dinosaurs and the battle against poaching: Susie reports from the field [Preview]23 Jun · 10 min
- The Fossil Files is one year old: The best bits so far16 Jun · 34 min
- The Mysterious Devonian Giant that may be an unknown branch of life9 Jun · 41 min