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Futureproof Extra: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
English - August 16, 2022 06:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsScience radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There has been a lot said about the extinction of the dinosaurs.
But aside from the actual extinction event itself, when it comes to the days, weeks, months, and years immediately following it well, not so much.
So, how exactly did any species survive it, and why those specific species?
Riley Black is a freelance science writer specializing in evolution, paleontology, and natural history, and the author of ‘The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction and the Beginning of Our World’ -
She joins Jonathan to discuss.