A scientist who bought a fossilized insect on eBay for £20 has discovered that what he thought was an aphid turned out to be an undiscovered species. The vice-president of the Royal Entomological Society Dr. Richard Harrington suggests from where this extinct fossil may have originated on BBC radio today.

Listen to the short and entertaining BBC snippet on this find, by clicking here.

You’ve got to love this proper British discussion of this “astounding” eBay discovery.

Well, there you are.