Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of speaking with Alexandre Morales, a journalist for France Culture who is in charge of ‘Avec Sciences‘, a column that deciphers scientific news and issues at 6:52 a.m. on the morning show, with a new study being presented every day. This time, the focus was on an article published a few days earlier in the journal Science, which revealed that the mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs had dark fur, suggesting that the diversification of their pelage colours occurred after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction. I was asked to present what was known before this study and how it was carried out, with the underlying aim of helping listeners to understand the scientific approach, limitations and steps that remain to be taken to confirm and further document the origins of mammalian colour.
The recording was broadcasted today and can be listened here (in French).