A group of scientists have biweekly informal discussions about evolutionary biology and palaeontology... over beer.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 days 2 hours 48 minutes
Podcast 254 - Forking Trilobites
The gang discusses two papers about trilobite evolution and morphology. The first paper looks at disparity and taxonomic trends of trilobites across the Devonian, and the second paper looks at the unique tridents of Walliserops. Meanwhile, Amanda...
Podcast 253 - Moving Out
The gang discusses two papers that look at how species respond to climate change. The first paper uses models to study how bird migration patterns may have changed over the last 800,000 years, and the second paper looks at how blooming times for...
Podcast 252 - It's A Live (Birth)
The gang discusses two papers that look at live birth in squamates. The first paper is fossil evidence of live birth in an ancient snake species, and the second paper looks at the evolutionary pressures that might drive some lizards towards live...
Podcast 251c - D&D Part 3 - Hearts and Minds
After meeting the denizens of this vast contraption and escaping the tight and claustrophobic engine our heroes have nowhere to go but up. Will they meet the master of this grand device and bring its movements to an end or fall foul to some...
Podcast 251b - D&D Part 2 - Deep within the Machine
After managing a precarious ascent up a magical clockwork limb we rejoin our heroes Bepo the Bard (James), Bix the Druid (Aly), Gregg the Ranger (Curtis) and Kinross the Wizard (Amanda) in the next stage of their journey to bring the roaming fortress...
Podcast 251a - D&D Part 1 - In the Footsteps of Giants
Dispatched to pursue a giant roaming monolith laying waste wherever it walks join our heroes Bepo the Bard (James), Bix the Druid (Aly), Gregg the Ranger (Curtis) and Kinroth the Wizard (Amanda) as they set out to bring a halt to this lumbering...
Podcast 250 - Penguin Death Land 2; Death Harder
The gang goes back to their favorite hypothetical deathtrap amusement park, Penguin Deathland. They discuss two papers that look at the taphonomy of penguin fossil deposits and what they can tell us about ancient environments and the processes that...
Podcast 249 - The Fishiest Podcast
The gang discusses two papers from a new locality of early fishes that give a lot of new insights into fish evolution. Meanwhile, Curt loves new Discord features, James shares some fun stories, and Amanda know how best/worst to keep everyone on track....
Podcast 248 - Chucky D Facts
The gang discusses two papers that look at two papers that discuss the origin and evolution of a sessile filter feeding life habit. The first paper discusses how a new tommotiid fossil helps us better understand lophophorate evolution, and the second...
Podcast 247 - GSA 2022 Denver Meeting
James, Curt, Carlie, and Brendan talk about the 2022 Geological Society of America Meeting in Denver.