# The Fossil Files Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611.md RSS feed: https://feeds.libsyn.com/583670/rss Official site: https://sites.libsyn.com/Fossils Author: Robert Sansom Episodes: 40 ## Resource 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 ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fossil-files-7375611 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611.md ## Episodes - [The hunt for the first-ever animals, with Emily Mitchell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/the-hunt-for-the-first-ever-animals-with-emily-mitchell) — 2026-07-21T02:27:00+00:00 - [Did a lack of sex hold back the evolution of the first animals?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/did-a-lack-of-sex-hold-back-the-evolution-of-the-first-animals) — 2026-07-14T03:13:00+00:00 - [Why did T. rex have such small arms? Revealed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/why-did-t-rex-have-such-small-arms-revealed) — 2026-06-30T01:27:00+00:00 - [Digging for dinosaurs and the battle against poaching: Susie reports from the field [Preview]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/digging-for-dinosaurs-and-the-battle-against-poaching-susie-reports-from-the-field-preview) — 2026-06-23T03:55:00+00:00 - [The Fossil Files is one year old: The best bits so far](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/the-fossil-files-is-one-year-old-the-best-bits-so-far) — 2026-06-16T04:12:00+00:00 - [The Mysterious Devonian Giant that may be an unknown branch of life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/the-mysterious-devonian-giant-that-may-be-an-unknown-branch-of-life) — 2026-06-09T02:54:00+00:00 - [Were giant super intelligent octopuses the top predators of the Cretaceous?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/were-giant-super-intelligent-octopuses-the-top-predators-of-the-cretaceous) — 2026-05-26T01:54:00+00:00 - [Aliens burning coal? [bonus preview]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/aliens-burning-coal-bonus-preview) — 2026-05-12T02:30:00+00:00 - [How can we reconstruct the sense of smell of extinct organisms?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/how-can-we-reconstruct-the-sense-of-smell-of-extinct-organisms) — 2026-05-05T16:19:00+00:00 - [The First Fossil Puke: What It Reveals About Permian Predators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/the-first-fossil-puke-what-it-reveals-about-permian-predators) — 2026-04-21T16:48:00+00:00 - [How to get a Species of Human Named after you [Preview]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/how-to-get-a-species-of-human-named-after-you-preview) — 2026-04-14T04:09:00+00:00 - [Fossil Fails: Weird ideas about how and when Mammoths were "Snuffed Out"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/fossil-fails-weird-ideas-about-how-and-when-mammoths-were-snuffed-out) — 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 - [How to become a palaeontologist [Preview]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/how-to-become-a-palaeontologist-preview) — 2026-03-31T02:33:00+00:00 - [25. A dinosaur covered in porcupine spines & the earliest fossil cloaca](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/25-a-dinosaur-covered-in-porcupine-spines-the-earliest-fossil-cloaca) — 2026-03-23T03:45:00+00:00 - [24. How and when did animals first appear? Extraordinary new fossils from China](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/24-how-and-when-did-animals-first-appear-extraordinary-new-fossils-from-china) — 2026-03-11T13:27:00+00:00 - [23. Squishy fishies and horned Hungarian dinosaurs: Fossils hidden in plain sight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/23-squishy-fishies-and-horned-hungarian-dinosaurs-fossils-hidden-in-plain-sight) — 2026-02-24T01:35:00+00:00 - [22. The dawn of dangerous seas in the Triassic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/22-the-dawn-of-dangerous-seas-in-the-triassic) — 2026-02-10T01:02:00+00:00 - [21. Lead Poisoned Apes and Our Human Origins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/21-lead-poisoned-apes-and-our-human-origins) — 2026-01-27T03:00:00+00:00 - [20. Back-breaking and baby making, the disturbing bedroom habits of hadrosaurs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/20-back-breaking-and-baby-making-the-disturbing-bedroom-habits-of-hadrosaurs) — 2026-01-13T02:08:00+00:00 - [19. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/19-dinosaurs-were-doing-fine-before-the-asteroid-with-steve-brusatte-part-2) — 2025-12-23T01:00:00+00:00 - [18. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/18-dinosaurs-were-doing-fine-before-the-asteroid-with-steve-brusatte-part-1) — 2025-12-16T03:18:00+00:00 - [17. Will palaeontologists go extinct? AI & the future of palaeo](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/17-will-palaeontologists-go-extinct-ai-the-future-of-palaeo) — 2025-12-02T07:00:00+00:00 - [16. Rotting crocs, the dino bus, and engineering skulls: Day 3 at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/16-rotting-crocs-the-dino-bus-and-engineering-skulls-day-3-at-the-society-of-vertebrate-paleontology) — 2025-11-21T12:06:00+00:00 - [15. Swimming robots and walking fish: Day 2 at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/15-swimming-robots-and-walking-fish-day-2-at-the-society-of-vertebrate-paleontology) — 2025-11-15T09:05:00+00:00 - [14. Nanotyrannus and vertebrate origins: day 1 at the society of vertebrate paleontology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/14-nanotyrannus-and-vertebrate-origins-day-1-at-the-society-of-vertebrate-paleontology) — 2025-11-13T10:41:00+00:00 - [A new head banging dinosaur](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/a-new-head-banging-dinosaur) — 2025-11-03T06:00:00+00:00 - [Cretaceous zombie ants](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/cretaceous-zombie-ants) — 2025-10-21T07:00:00+00:00 - [Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/fossil-fails-the-tiny-dino-with-a-massive-flaw) — 2025-10-07T07:00:00+00:00 - [Fossil Fails: A Precambrian beehive and dinosaurs on the moon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/fossil-fails-a-precambrian-beehive-and-dinosaurs-on-the-moon) — 2025-09-23T06:17:00+00:00 - [The Spicomellus Special](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/the-spicomellus-special) — 2025-09-08T07:00:00+00:00 - [Mirasaura, Triassic Punk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/mirasaura-triassic-punk) — 2025-09-02T07:00:00+00:00 - [SQUID! (bonus episode)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/squid-bonus-episode) — 2025-08-25T07:03:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.