A group of scientists have biweekly informal discussions about evolutionary biology and palaeontology... over beer.
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Podcast 80 - The Severity of The Sixth Mass Extinction, A Belated Birthday Fun-Time Celebration
In this episode, the gang celebrates its third year of podcasting by discussing two papers that use the fossil record to determine how our current biodiversity crisis stacks up to past mass extinctions. Also, Amanda deals with abandonment, James explore New York, and Curt gives life lessons from 70s film.
"Mr Mealeys Mediocre Machine" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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References:
Hull, Pincelli M., Simon AF Darroch, and Douglas H. Erwin. "Rarity in mass extinctions and the future of ecosystems." Nature 528.7582 (2015): 345-351.
Plotnick, Roy E., Felisa A. Smith, and S. Kathleen Lyons. "The fossil record of the sixth extinction." Ecology letters (2016).