Secrets of Bones

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Ben Garrod

Aaron Paul

Jonny Keeling

Secrets of Bones: Episode 1: Size Matters

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Episode 1: Size Matters

Size Matters

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Ben Garrod shows how bone can support animals that are both minuscule and massive.

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod Ben shows what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both tiny (a frog) and massive (the blue whale).

Evolutionary biologist and master skeleton builder Ben Garrod begins a six-part journey to discover how bones have enabled vertebrates to colonise and dominate practically every habitat on Earth. 

Ben shows us what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both minuscule - a frog just a few millimetres long - and massive - the blue whale, two hundred million times bigger.

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Series showing how bones have enabled vertebrates to dominate most habitats on Earth.

Evolutionary biologist and master skeleton builder Ben Garrod presents a six-part series looking at how bones have enabled vertebrates to colonise and dominate practically every habitat on Earth.

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