The Fossil Files
By Robert Sansom and Susannah Maidment
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Episodes: 36
Description
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
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The Fossil Files is one year old: The best bits so far
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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The Mysterious Devonian Giant that may be an unknown branch of life
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Were giant super intelligent octopuses the top predators of the Cretaceous?
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May 26, 2026 |
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Aliens burning coal? [bonus preview]
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May 12, 2026 |
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How can we reconstruct the sense of smell of extinct organisms?
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May 05, 2026 |
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The First Fossil Puke: What It Reveals About Permian Predators
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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How to get a Species of Human Named after you [Preview]
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Fossil Fails: Weird ideas about how and when Mammoths were "Snuffed Out"
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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How to become a palaeontologist [Preview]
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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25. A dinosaur covered in porcupine spines & the earliest fossil cloaca
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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24. How and when did animals first appear? Extraordinary new fossils from China
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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23. Squishy fishies and horned Hungarian dinosaurs: Fossils hidden in plain sight
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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22. The dawn of dangerous seas in the Triassic
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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21. Lead Poisoned Apes and Our Human Origins
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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20. Back-breaking and baby making, the disturbing bedroom habits of hadrosaurs
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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19. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 2
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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18. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 1
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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17. Will palaeontologists go extinct? AI & the future of palaeo
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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16. Rotting crocs, the dino bus, and engineering skulls: Day 3 at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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15. Swimming robots and walking fish: Day 2 at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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14. Nanotyrannus and vertebrate origins: day 1 at the society of vertebrate paleontology
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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A new head banging dinosaur
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Cretaceous zombie ants
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Fossil Fails: A Precambrian beehive and dinosaurs on the moon
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The Spicomellus Special
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Mirasaura, Triassic Punk
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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SQUID! (bonus episode)
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Our deep origins and the vertebrate that wasn't
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Where did Pterosaurs come from?
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Were Neanderthals the first fossil collectors?
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Walking with… our Carboniferous ancestors in the rain
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Is de-extinction a scam?
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Dinosaur poos from Poland
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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How does your plesiosaur swim?
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Introducing the Fossil Files
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Jun 13, 2025 |