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Podcast 296 - An Arm and a Head
The gang discusses two papers that detail interesting findings about the soft tissues of extinct arthropods. The first paper does a detailed stud…
1 year, 10 months ago
Podcast 295 - EeMoo or EeMyu
The gang discusses two papers that look at examples of soft tissue preservation during the Cambrian. The first paper is a deep dive into the sediment…
1 year, 10 months ago
Podcast 294 - The Motherload
The gang discusses two papers that look at two Lagerstätten (fossil localities of exceptional preservation). The first Lagerstätte is a unique compl…
1 year, 11 months ago
Podcast 293 - This Episode Doesn't Suck
The gang looks at two papers that compare similar structures in unrelated animals to see if there might be evidence of convergence. The first paper …
1 year, 11 months ago
Podcast 292 - That's How You Get Ants
The gang discusses two papers that look at convergence (maybe?) in modern arthropods. The first paper looks at plant/ant symbiosis in a genus of ants…
2 years ago
Podcast 291 - DoInG vErY wElL tHaNk YoU
The gang discusses two papers that...
ok look. I'm going to level with you. No one in this podcast slept more than a few hours before we started…
2 years ago
Podcast 290 - Want to Get Away
The gang discusses two papers that look at modern bird migration patterns. The first paper looks at breading and migration patterns of the America…
2 years ago
Podcast 289 - The Brachiopod Paradox
The gang discusses two papers that look at functional morphology in extinct groups. The first paper looks at tooth replacement patterns in an Ornithi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 288 - Some Meat on the Bone
The gang discusses two papers that use new fossils to add insight into the geographic origins of groups. The first paper looks at some fossil freshw…
2 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 287 - NAPC 2024
The gang convenes in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 2024 North American Paleontological Convention. We discuss the various talks we saw and highli…
2 years, 2 months ago