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Dodo

Bone Stories Series 1
Episode 4 of 5

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores some mysterious bones: Lewis Carroll and a dodo skeleton in Oxford. From 2017.

The Dodo is byword for extinction, or at least it has been.

Ben Garrod discovers how the skeletal remains of this extinct bird may hold the key to life beyond the grave and that extinction could be a thing of the past.

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod presents another anthropological detective story.

Producer Sarah Blunt.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.

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15 minutes

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Thu 8 Oct 2026 09:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Broadcasts

  • Thu 17 Aug 2017 13:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Sat 30 Dec 2017 00:15
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 12 Dec 2019 14:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 13 Dec 2019 02:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 8 Oct 2026 09:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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