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Dodo

Episode 4 of 5

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores some mysterious bones: Lewis Carroll and a dodo skeleton in Oxford. From 2017.

The Dodo is byword for extinction, or at least it has been. Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod discovers how the skeletal remains of this extinct bird may hold the key to life beyond the grave and that extinction could be a thing of the past.

Producer Sarah Blunt.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2017.

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15 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Dec 2019 02:15

Broadcasts

  • Thu 17 Aug 2017 13:45
  • Sat 30 Dec 2017 00:15
  • Thu 12 Dec 2019 14:15
  • Fri 13 Dec 2019 02:15

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