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Podcast 95 - How Old Is It; Greenland Sharks and Tyranosaurids
The gang discusses two papers that deal with the age of animals, one fossil paper looking at tyranosaurids and one modern example looking at Greenlan…
9 years, 10 months ago
Podcast 94 - GSA 2016; We Don't Actually Have a Fridge
It's that time of year again as James and Curt travel to Denver and see the cool, new, interesting paleo research that's going on at the Geological S…
9 years, 11 months ago
Podcast 93 - Alien Shrimp Thing; Modern and Fossil Ecomorphy
In this episode, the gang discusses two studies that look at the extent to which the ecological preferences of an organism are linked to that organis…
9 years, 11 months ago
Podcast 92 - The Root of the Problem
The gang discusses two papers that describe the root systems of the first "tree-like" plants, the giant lycopsids from the Carboniferous. Also, Amand…
10 years ago
Podcast 91 - A Conservation Conversation; Evolution with a Human Touch
The gang discusses two papers that study how human beings have affected the evolutionary trajectories of other organisms. Meanwhile, Amanda paints an…
10 years ago
Podcast 90 - Big Small Cats
The gang discusses two papers that look at the evolutionary history of cats. Is there a trend towards an optimal cat size in evolution? Meanwhile, Cu…
10 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 89 - Spicy Maple-Glazed Wings; A Discussion on Fossils in Amber
The gang discusses two examples of cool animals trapped in amber. Meanwhile, James draws a line in the sand concerning food, Amanda can't decide whic…
10 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 88 - Fossil Murder Mysteries
The gang don their deerstalkers and dive into some palaeontological cold cases. Mystery and murder abound as they explore evidence for predation in t…
10 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 87 - Leaving a Mark; Trace Fossil Changes Through Time
Everybody is back in the same zip code for an extra special episode focusing on fish faces and evolving trace fossils through time. Also, James enjoy…
10 years, 2 months ago
Podcast 86 - Echolocation in the Fossil Record
The gang discusses two papers that use functional morphology to determine when echolocation evolved in two groups of mammals, whales and bats. Also, …
10 years, 2 months ago