A new set of hominin remains from a cave in China are difficult to fit on the Human family tree, while human-like "Robots and Avatars" assemble at a new exhibition in Liverpool.

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Weekly science conversation, on everything from archaeology to zoology, from abacus to the antipodean rodent zyzomys, by way of meteorites. Presented by Quentin Cooper, and airing every Thursday, 4:30 pm.
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Folge vom 15.03.2012MW 15 Mar; Hominin puzzle, Art, Robots and Avatars
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Folge vom 08.03.2012MW 8 Mar; Antarctic, Meteors, Noises, StarquakesQuentin Cooper investigates aliens in Antarctica, a controversial collision that may have changed the climate, why we hate nasty noises and how star-quakes could help us discover habitable planets.
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Folge vom 01.03.2012Material World 01 March Science advisers, lab animals, oldest forestQuentin looks in to the role of government science advisers, the use of animals in research, and a 400 million year old forest.
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Folge vom 23.02.2012Material World 23 Feb Y-chromosome, Kilogram, Neutrinos, FuelQuentin Cooper asks if Y-chromosome degeneration will make men extinct, how to redefine the kilogram, how neutrinos are not so fast after all and how to turn sunshine into fuel.