
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
2 episodes
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Human Origins
Melvyn Bragg examines the evidence from palaeontology and anthropology in examining how we arrived at a period unique in the earth’s history when a sole human species is in evidence across the globe.
27 April 2000
Featuring: Leslie Aiello, Robert Foley, Mark Roberts
Mammals
Melvyn Bragg discusses the rise of the mammals which began 65 million years ago with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
13 October 2005
Featuring: Richard Corfield, Steve Jones, Jane Francis