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Podcast 115 - Amanda Now Wants Tiny Whales to be a Thing
The gang discuss two papers that discuss the methods we use to determine how different things are from each (i.e. disparity). In particular, do varia…
9 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 114 - Trilobites; Mice of the Paleozoic
The gang discuss two papers that describe the life strategies of trilobites, a diverse and charismatic group of extinct arthropods. Specifically, the…
9 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 113 - What's In a Bauplan
The gang discuss the concept of the body plan, or "bauplan", and what it means for our understanding of evolution. When in the evolutionary history o…
9 years, 2 months ago
Podcast 112 - How Specialized Are Specialists?
The gang discuss two papers that use biogeochemical evidence to determine the diets of two specialist species. Just how restricted are the diets of t…
9 years, 2 months ago
Podcast 111 - Giant Killer Birds
The gang discusses two papers that use fossil evidence to determine how terror birds moved. Were they lumbering giants or fast sprinters? Also, James…
9 years, 3 months ago
Podcast 110 - Maneater
The gang discuss two papers that show how diet can impact stress, strain, and wear patterns of the tooth and jaw, specifically on therizinosaur dinos…
9 years, 3 months ago
Podcast 109 - Dead Squids and Graptolites
In this episode, the gang discusses two papers that use modern decay experiments to determine how decay can affect our understanding of the evolution…
9 years, 4 months ago
Podcast 108 - Homology Party
In this episode, the gang decides to go back to some old papers they enjoy to discuss the concept of homology. What do we really mean when we say cer…
9 years, 4 months ago
Podcast 107 - A Very Fishy Podcast
The gang talks about two papers that detail the ecology and evolution of some early fishy vertebrates. Can we tell what early coelacanth fish might h…
9 years, 5 months ago
Podcast 106 - A Bunch of Living Fossils; Four Years of Podcasting
The gang celebrates four years of podcasting with a lengthy discussion about living fossils. What do we mean when we use the term living fossil, and …
9 years, 5 months ago