A group of scientists have biweekly informal discussions about evolutionary biology and palaeontology... over beer.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 days 4 hours 1 minute
Podcast 247 - GSA 2022 Denver Meeting
James, Curt, Carlie, and Brendan talk about the 2022 Geological Society of America Meeting in Denver.
Podcast 246 - Fossil Record of Parental Care
The gang talks about two papers that look at evidence of parental care in the fossil record, in early synapsids and in insects. Meanwhile, Amanda is going to have an island, Curt is trying not to die, and James has some unique alternative...
Podcast 245 - The Fishopodcast
The gang discusses two papers that look at the complicated path tetrapods took to getting on land. The first paper looks at a more derived stem tetrapod that went back into the water, and the second paper uses trace fossils to investigate the foodweb...
Podcast 244 - What is This Clade's Time to Mammal?
The gang discusses two papers that look at the evolutionary changes occurring in early synapsids. The first paper suggests that some synapsids may have evolved a mammal-like walking gate and respiration earlier than we expected, and the other paper...
Podcast 243 - Giving Amanda New Phobias
The gang discusses two papers that look at the ecological impacts of major extinction events. The first paper looks at the ecological stability of marine communities before and after two mass extinction events, the late Ordovician and the end Permian....
Podcast 242 - CT Scan Your Blood Starved Beasts
The gang discusses two papers that analyze exceptional fossils using CT scanning. The first paper looks at an exceptionally preserved vampire squid, and the second paper looks at an exceptionally preserved early mammal. Meanwhile, Amanda follows...
Podcast 241 - The Shark and the Whale
The gang discusses two papers that look at what past sharks might have eaten. The first paper uses nitrogen isotopes to determine the trophic level of species belonging to the extinct shark genus Otodus, and the second paper shows evidence of...
Podcast 240 - Chibi Gar
The gang discusses two papers that look at the impact of the end Cretaceous mass extinction. The first paper looks at ecomorphospace changes in mosasaur communities prior to the extinction event, and the second paper discusses the importance of a...
Podcast 239 - Up To Date Memes
The gang discusses two papers that look at how combining fossil and modern data can affect our understanding of evolution. The first paper looks at studying primate biogeography, and the second paper studies how human interactions have affected dog...
Podcast 238 - Plants With Strong Goku Energy
The gang discusses two papers that look at the co-evolution of plants and herbivores. The first paper finds the earliest evidence of a unique type of insect herbivory in the fossil record, and the second looks at the evolutionary impact of the...