The Cenozoic era, meaning “new life”, is a division of earth’s history spanning from around 66 million years ago to the present. It is subdivided into the Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary periods. The beginning of the Cenozoic is characterised by a phase of recovery following the end Cretaceous mass extinction, and during which mammals and birds began to diversify.
Published on January 16th, 2022 | by Elsa Panciroli
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Published on October 30th, 2021 | by David Marshall
We examine the fossil record of bats in this nominally Halloween-themed episode... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2021 | by David Marshall
We're introduced to Kairuku waewaeroa, a new giant penguin from New Zealand... Read More →
Published on April 15th, 2021 | by David Marshall
We look at rates of evolutionary innovation in crocodiles through time with Dr Tom Stubbs... Read More →
Published on March 16th, 2021 | by Elsa Panciroli
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Published on February 15th, 2021 | by David Marshall
Dr Larisa DeSantis teaches us the methods used to determine what Smilodon was eating... Read More →
Published on November 1st, 2020 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Dr Jacquelyn Gill talks about how Pleistocene palaeoecology can inform us about future ecological change... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2020 | by David Marshall
We retrieve a HUGE amount of data from the diatoms in Lake Baikal... Read More →
Published on July 31st, 2020 | by David Marshall
Dr Russell Bicknell joins to examine the evolutionary history of the horseshoe crabs... Read More →
Published on June 29th, 2020 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
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