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Hello and welcome to our latest ancients episode. Today we're going to the time of the dinosaurs,

but just before that, I wanted to do a

quick shout-out because a couple of weeks ago, I got a message from one of our fellow

ancients listeners, Hugo, and it was a video message, and it featured Hugo and the youngest

listener of the ancients. Two-month-old, Aurelia, Hugo and his wife's newborn daughter.

Now, Hugo sent me a wonderful message to let me know about Aurelia and how she's already

been delving deep into the ancients archive. Her favorite episodes already being the

Permian extinction and the fall of the Sumerians. So Hugo, well done. You've already got

already hooked on global prehistoric catastrophes and the fall of the Sumerians. So Hugo, well done. You've already got already hooked on global

prehistoric catastrophes and the falls of civilisation. So keep it up. Anyways, on to today's

episode, we're going back to the age of the dinosaurs to talk through the story of what is for many

of us, our favourite dinosaur, that iconic, plated,

armoured dinosaur Stegosaurus. And to talk through it all, we've got one of the leading

experts on armoured dinosaurs, none other than Dr. Susanna Maidement from the Natural History

Museum. Now, Susie, she came into our studio, so we filmed it as well.

You can watch it on the YouTube channel, also featuring a fluffy Stegosaurus toy.

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