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Ancient warmth in Greenland

Two-million-year-old molecular fossils reveal the Arctic’s future under global warming

Producer: Roland Pease
Assistant producer: Sophie Ormiston

Two-million-year-old molecular fossils reveal flourishing woodlands and widespread animals in Greenland's pre-Ice-Age past, and give hints to the Arctic’s future under global warming. We hear from a molecular palaeontologist and a climate modeller.

DNA also reveals the enduring genetic influence of our extinct Denisovan cousins on disease immunity in modern island South East Asians.

And the art and science of 3D-printing violins

Producer: Roland Pease
Assistant producer: Sophie Ormiston

(Image: Landscape illustration with three elephants. Credit: Beth Zaiken/bethzaiken.com)

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