Podcast

The Fossil Files

Author: Robert Sansom
Feed episode count: 40
Official site: https://sites.libsyn.com/Fossils
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Summary

In "The Fossil Files", a pair of palaeontologists delve into the latest discoveries from the world of palaeontology and seek to bring fossils to back to life. Each episode, Susie and Rob will discuss an interesting new research paper ranging from topics of what dinosaurs ate, how plesiosaurs swam, where we came from, and the science of de-extinction. Whilst doing so, we peek under the hood of how the science of palaeontology is done and how research gets to see the light of day. It is for anybody interested in palaeontology and past life whether that is students, researchers themselves, or simply the fossil-curious - we laugh as we learn, and hope you will too. Episode guide at https://fossils.libsyn.com/ Bonus content at Patreon https://patreon.com/FossilFiles

Episodes

Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested

The hunt for the first-ever animals, with Emily Mitchell

Duration seconds: 2237
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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

Did a lack of sex hold back the evolution of the first animals?

Duration seconds: 2955
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Why did T. rex have such small arms? Revealed

Duration seconds: 2900
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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Digging for dinosaurs and the battle against poaching: Susie reports from the field [Preview]

Duration seconds: 591
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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

The Fossil Files is one year old: The best bits so far

Duration seconds: 2017
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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

The Mysterious Devonian Giant that may be an unknown branch of life

Duration seconds: 2431
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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Were giant super intelligent octopuses the top predators of the Cretaceous?

Duration seconds: 2680
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Aliens burning coal? [bonus preview]

Duration seconds: 539
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

How can we reconstruct the sense of smell of extinct organisms?

Duration seconds: 2162
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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

The First Fossil Puke: What It Reveals About Permian Predators

Duration seconds: 1832
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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

How to get a Species of Human Named after you [Preview]

Duration seconds: 804
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

Fossil Fails: Weird ideas about how and when Mammoths were "Snuffed Out"

Duration seconds: 2304
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Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested

How to become a palaeontologist [Preview]

Duration seconds: 743
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Mar 23, 2026 · not_requested

25. A dinosaur covered in porcupine spines & the earliest fossil cloaca

Duration seconds: 1891
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Mar 11, 2026 · not_requested

24. How and when did animals first appear? Extraordinary new fossils from China

Duration seconds: 3142
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Feb 24, 2026 · not_requested

23. Squishy fishies and horned Hungarian dinosaurs: Fossils hidden in plain sight

Duration seconds: 2902
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Feb 10, 2026 · not_requested

22. The dawn of dangerous seas in the Triassic

Duration seconds: 2014
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Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested

21. Lead Poisoned Apes and Our Human Origins

Duration seconds: 2531
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Jan 13, 2026 · not_requested

20. Back-breaking and baby making, the disturbing bedroom habits of hadrosaurs

Duration seconds: 2878
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Dec 23, 2025 · not_requested

19. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 2

Duration seconds: 1911
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Dec 16, 2025 · not_requested

18. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 1

Duration seconds: 2371
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Dec 2, 2025 · not_requested

17. Will palaeontologists go extinct? AI & the future of palaeo

Duration seconds: 2939
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Nov 21, 2025 · not_requested

16. Rotting crocs, the dino bus, and engineering skulls: Day 3 at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Duration seconds: 2300
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Nov 15, 2025 · not_requested

15. Swimming robots and walking fish: Day 2 at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Duration seconds: 2185
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Nov 13, 2025 · not_requested

14. Nanotyrannus and vertebrate origins: day 1 at the society of vertebrate paleontology

Duration seconds: 1787
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Nov 3, 2025 · not_requested

A new head banging dinosaur

Duration seconds: 2190
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Oct 21, 2025 · not_requested

Cretaceous zombie ants

Duration seconds: 2191
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Oct 7, 2025 · not_requested

Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw

Duration seconds: 2640
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Sep 23, 2025 · not_requested

Fossil Fails: A Precambrian beehive and dinosaurs on the moon

Duration seconds: 2000
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Sep 8, 2025 · not_requested

The Spicomellus Special

Duration seconds: 1941
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Sep 2, 2025 · not_requested

Mirasaura, Triassic Punk

Duration seconds: 2745
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Aug 25, 2025 · not_requested

SQUID! (bonus episode)

Duration seconds: 767
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