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What if I told you a new dinosaur species is discovered roughly every two weeks - and you could discover the next one?

 

Life Solved explores the unprecedented boom in dinosaur discoveries. Since 2003, more than 45 new species have been found every year. In 2025 alone, 44 new species were named.


We're living through what scientists call the \"golden age of palaeontology.\" But why now?

 

In this episode, we meet Dr Jeremy Lockwood, a former GP who, at age 57, left medicine to pursue a PhD in palaeontology at the University of Portsmouth. In the years since, he's discovered not one, but three entirely new species of dinosaur - all found on the Isle of Wight, just across the water from Portsmouth.

 

This episode examines the factors driving this golden age, what remains to be discovered, and why it's never too late to chase your childhood dreams - even if they involve creatures that died out 66 million years ago.


Production team:

Robyn Austin-Montague

John Worsey

Jaelithe Swan


Music: 

To Documentary by BrightNotesSounds


Learn more links:

Friends of Dinosaur Isle: HomeFriends of Dinosaur Isle

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