In today's episode we chat with Dr Ross Barnett, a palaeogeneticist, author and sabercat enthusiast. We chat about DNA, what it is and how scientists can use it to figure out who ancient bones belong to! We also chat about mass extinctions, the impact of bring extinct animals back to life, and about why you'd need wellington boots if you were watching a sabercat hunt. Ross's book 'The Missing Lynx' covers many of these topics (and more!) and can be found now at all book retailers or online. Ross regularly tweets @DeepFriedDNA.

PalaeoParty! is a biweekly interactive podcast about palaeontology. Each week we invite a new palaeontologist guest to join our hosts, Dr Emma Dunne, Dr Chris Dean and Dr Thomas Clements, as we laugh about weird fossils, odd science and whatever else pops into their brains! PalaeoParty! is unlike other podcasts because we live stream each episode on Twitch so you can chat and ask our guests questions in real time! Find our schedule at our website: https://palaeoparty.weebly.com/ or at https://twitch.tv/palaeoparty

This season is generously funded by the Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant. 

Our theme music is "Voxel Revolution" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.