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Radio 4,2 mins

SeriesSeries 9

Why did some animals survive when the dinosaurs died?

Curious Cases

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Steve Brusatte from Edinburgh University explains why certain species were better able to cope than others when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago.

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