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Theory of knowledge | Science | Form Time

What can animal remains tell us about the past?

Dinner with 19th century scientist and "zoophage" (eater of all types of animals) William Buckland was not for the faint-hearted. Yet amid the eccentricity of his curious family, real science was being made, not least some rather fascinating and important advances in the then-young discipline of geology. Find out more in this short but entertaining film from BBC Ideas and The Royal Society.

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