Historical geology
Historical geology or palaeogeology is a discipline that uses the principles and methods of geology to reconstruct the geological history of Earth. Historical geology examines the vastness of geologic time, measured in billions of years, and investigates changes in the Earth, gradual and sudden, over this deep time.
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Doggerland
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the growing understanding of the humans, plants and animals once living on land now under the North Sea, submerged in the Stone Age.
27 June 2019
Featuring: Vincent Gaffney, Carol Cotterill, Rachel Bynoe
The Earth's Origins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the origins of the Earth, from creation theory to modern scientific thought.
5 July 2001
Featuring: Simon Winchester, Cherry Lewis, John Cosgrove