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Join David and Will as they explore the paleontologists’ perspective on various topics in life and earth history. Each episode features a main discussion on a topic requested by the listeners, presented as a lighthearted and educational conversation about fossils, evolution, deep time, and more. Before the main discussion, each episode also includes a news segment, covering recent research related to paleontology and evolution. Each episode ends with the answer to a question submitted by subscribers on Patreon. New episodes with new topics every fortnight!
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Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
At long last, a plant episode!
Our friend Aly Baumgartner joins the podcast to teach us all about grass - it's not just part of the background! From humble beginnings during the Age of Reptiles, grasses have gone on to dominate global ecosystems (as well as human diet!) and continue to do so today. They are truly one of the most influential groups of life on Earth.
In the news: strange ancient reef fish, dinosaur tongues, a surprise extinct gibbon, and a history of primate claws.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:04:30
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:28:30
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:04:00
Follow Aly on Twitter! https://twitter.com/kyrietree
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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome.
More music like this at http://ocremix.org.
Muscial Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Grasses do CAM photosynthesis as well. Relatively new research. https://poasession.blogspot.com/2021/12/first-report-of-grass-with-cam.html
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
love this episode.
Monday Dec 06, 2021
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