Extinct animals: everything you wanted to know
Feb 02, 2025•38 min•Ep. 2206
Episode description
From the depths of the Ice Age to the 20th century, why – and how – have species gone extinct? And are humans always to blame? In conversation with James Osborne, Dr Ross Barnett unpacks how the causes of extinction have shifted through time, and how looking back at the history of these lost species might help us tackle extinction in the future.
The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.
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