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Extinct animals: everything you wanted to know

Extinct animals: everything you wanted to know

Dr Ross Barnett explores the causes of extinctions throughout history, from the mammoth to the dodo

Published: February 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM

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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.