EPISODE · Dec 8, 2022 · 31 MIN
Ancient warmth in Greenland
from Science In Action · host BBC World Service
Two-million-year-old molecular fossils reveal flourishing woodlands and widespread animals in Greenland's pre-Ice-Age past, and give hints to the Arctic’s future under global warming. We hear from a molecular palaeontologist and a climate modeller.DNA also reveals the enduring genetic influence of our extinct Denisovan cousins on disease immunity in modern island South East Asians.And the art and science of 3D-printing violinsProducer: Roland Pease Assistant producer: Sophie Ormiston(Image: Landscape illustration with three elephants. Credit: Beth Zaiken/bethzaiken.com)
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