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The Ancients

The Age of Dinosaurs with Henry Gee

The Ancients

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4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Before Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, Earth was rebuilding from catastrophe. Out of the ashes of the Great Dying rose a new prehistoric world and with it came the age of the dinosaurs.


In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Henry Gee to explore the full sweep of dinosaur history, from their emergence on the supercontinent Pangaea to their 150-million-year dominance of the planet. Discover how early reptiles evolved into the giants of the Jurassic and Cretaceous, how ecosystems transformed around them, and why their reign finally came to a dramatic end.


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Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor and producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds

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Hello, I hope you're doing well, and I have a question for you today. I want to see answers in the

0:36.8

comments. What is your

0:38.9

favourite dinosaur? Because that is what we are covering today. We are covering the whole

0:44.0

age of dinosaurs. So over 100 million years of paleontology, from Triassic to their extinction,

0:53.9

with a fan-favorant guest returning to the show, none other

0:56.7

than Dr. Henry G. I loved doing this conversation. You're going to hear what my favorite

1:02.8

dinosaur is, what Henry's favorite dino is, and so many other things. I think my favorite part

1:07.7

of this interview was addressing the question of whether dinosaurs did swim or not.

1:12.4

Still one, but there's a big bone of contention around it.

1:15.6

But we covered that and so much more.

1:17.6

Henry, as always, he's funny, but he's also incredibly engaging at the same time.

1:22.9

I really do hope you enjoy.

1:25.0

Let's go.

1:38.9

Music really do hope you enjoy. Let's go. 250 million years ago, our world witnessed the greatest mass extinction event in its 4.5 billion

1:47.0

year history. 90% of life was wiped out. It's known as the Great Dying for a reason.

1:55.0

The world took millions of years to recover, but ultimately it did. This great dying beckoned in a brand new

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