Palaeocast podcast

Palaeocast

A free webseries exploring the fossil record and the evolution of life on Earth.

A free webseries exploring the fossil record and the evolution of life on Earth.

 

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Episode 171: Freshwater Mosasaurs

We've been given exclusive access to a brand new study examining the chemistry of a mosasa... more

12 Dec 2025

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:04

12 Dec 2025


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SVP 2025

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03 Dec 2025

57 MINS

57:25

03 Dec 2025


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Episode 170: Cariocecus bocagei

The iguanodontians were an incredibly successful group within the Cretaceous. They could r... more

19 Sep 2025

1 HR 50 MINS

1:50:19

19 Sep 2025


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Episode 169: Grasslands Pt2

Grassy biomes, including grasslands, savannahs and crops, cover over 40% of all land on Ea... more

13 Sep 2025

49 MINS

49:05

13 Sep 2025


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Episode 168: Grasslands Pt1

Grassy biomes, including grasslands, savannahs and crops, cover over 40% of all land on Ea... more

02 Sep 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:30

02 Sep 2025


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Episode 167: Origin of Teeth Pt2

Determining the origin of teeth in vertebrates is an incredibly significant but notoriousl... more

15 Aug 2025

51 MINS

51:01

15 Aug 2025


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Episode 166: Origin of Teeth Pt1

Determining the origin of teeth in vertebrates is an incredibly significant but notoriousl... more

01 Aug 2025

43 MINS

43:31

01 Aug 2025


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Episode 165: Ants Pt2

Ants are a hugely successful family of eusocial insects with over 14,000 modern species de... more

15 Jul 2025

49 MINS

49:34

15 Jul 2025


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Episode 164: Ants Pt1

Ants are a hugely successful family of eusocial insects with over 14,000 modern species de... more

01 Jul 2025

44 MINS

44:05

01 Jul 2025


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Episode 163: Ecosystem Engineers

An ecosystem can be described as all the interactions that occur between organisms and the... more

22 Feb 2025

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:59

22 Feb 2025


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Episode 162: Cerney Wick

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23 Jul 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:36

23 Jul 2024


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Episode 161: Notosuchians

Found in the fossil record between the Jurassic and the middle Miocene, Notosuchia was a h... more

15 Jun 2024

49 MINS

49:17

15 Jun 2024


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Episode 160: An introduction to Evolutionary Biology

The field of evolutionary biology has been greatly influenced by the development of modern... more

22 Mar 2024

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:41

22 Mar 2024


#227

Episode 159: An Introduction to Palaeontology

In 12 years of podcasting, we have never actually taken the time to address the fundamenta... more

19 Feb 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:52

19 Feb 2024


#226

200 Years of Dinos

It's been two centuries since the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus, was named by William Buckl... more

07 Feb 2024

58 MINS

58:17

07 Feb 2024


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Episode 158: Ceoptera evansae

The Middle Jurassic is incredibly important to our understanding of pterosaur evolution; h... more

06 Feb 2024

37 MINS

37:31

06 Feb 2024


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Episode 157: The Carnegie Diplodocus

Originally mounted in 1907, the Carnegie specimen is the best example of the sauropod dino... more

08 Dec 2023

49 MINS

49:13

08 Dec 2023


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Life On Our Planet 8.4 - Dan Tapster

LOOP 8.4: LOOP Showrunner Dan Tapster returns to give a retrospective on the series and it... more

09 Nov 2023

37 MINS

37:11

09 Nov 2023


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Life On Our Planet 8.3 - Sophie Lanfear

LOOP 8.3: Episode 8's producer, Sophie Lanfear, joins us again to describe how difficult i... more

09 Nov 2023

33 MINS

33:28

09 Nov 2023


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Life On Our Planet 8.2 - Prof. Danielle Schreve

LOOP 8.2: Prof. Danielle Schreve, Royal Holloway University of London, joins us to cover t... more

09 Nov 2023

33 MINS

33:09

09 Nov 2023