Emily Rayfield
Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol
2 episodes
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The Evolution of Lungs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the diverse ways animals extract oxygen from air, from the highly tuned lungs that enabled dinosaurs to grow tall and birds to fly high, to buccal pumping.
12 June 2025
Also featuring: Steve Brusatte, Jonathan Codd
The Fish-Tetrapod Transition
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great evolutionary change that gave rise to all the land animals on Earth with a backbone, when some fish developed limbs, lungs and necks.
20 October 2022
Also featuring: Michael Coates, Steve Brusatte