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Man-eating Tiger

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Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores some mysterious bones: jaws of a man-eating tiger and human behaviour. From 2017.

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod stares into the jaws of a man-eating tiger and learns how samples from the bones are providing vital evidence in understanding the role of predation on our evolutionary behaviour. Were our early ancestors primarily hunters or hunted?

Producer Sarah Blunt.

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

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Sat 14 Dec 2019 02:15

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