Learn more about the wonderful world of virtual palaeontology with PhD student, Charlotte Bird, from the University of Birmingham. Find out how making digital copies of the skulls of mammal ancestors (cynodonts) is helping geologists to discover more about cynodont brains and work out how well they were able to hear, see, smell and interact with each other 260 million years ago in the Late Permian. Also learn why these pioneering techniques are helping to preserve the fossils for generations to come, allowing them to be enjoyed by the public and researchers alike in museums.
