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Futureproof Extra: The Evolution of Crocodiles

Evolution is one of, if not the key ingredient to life on this planet surviving. Our ability to a...

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07.30 23 Feb 2021


Futureproof Extra: The Evolution of Crocodiles



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07.30 23 Feb 2021


Evolution is one of, if not the key ingredient to life on this planet surviving.

Our ability to adapt and change make us, and the animals and plants we share this planet with, so successful.

But we don’t all evolve at the same rate and some of us don’t seem to evolve very much at all.

So, how is it that the likes of crocodiles are so successful? 

Max Stockdale, Teaching Associate in the School of Geographical Sciences at Bristol University joined Jonathan to disuss.

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