If things get too hot or too cold, the crucial processes inside the cells and tissues of living organisms stop working properly, and that’s bad. So, organisms expend a lot of time and energy managing their body temperatures. This episode, we break down the familiar concepts of “warm-blooded” and “cold-blooded,” we discuss the many adaptations that animals use to manage the heat, we explore what evidence allows us to interpret thermoregulatory strategies in the fossil record, and we investigate what is known about how these strategies have evolved over time.
In the news: soft robot echinoderms, bird tracks, taste evolution, and dinosaur eggs.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:04:45
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:36:00
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:20:30
Patron question: 1:59:00
Check out our website for this episode’s blog post and more:
http://commondescentpodcast.com/
The End of the Year Q&A submission form is open! Submit your question here:
https://forms.gle/EeAMhEfnatVWqmnS9
Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast
Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here:
https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/
We’re an Audible Affiliate Partner! Use this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible: https://www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent
Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent
The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome.
More music like this at http://ocremix.org.
Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
SciFest in St. Louis
Spotlight - Ranjeev Epa (5/5)
Silver Screen Science - The Meg
Episode 44 - Hybridization
Spotlight - Chris Mah (4/5)
Spotlight - Alycia Stigall (3/5)
Episode 43 - The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI)
Spotlight - Adriane Lam (2/5)
Spotlight - Dave Marshall (1/5)
Episode 42 - Spinosaurs
Episode 41 - Evolution of Whales
Episode 40 - Madagascar
...But We Digress - Mermaids
Episode 39 - Speculative Evolution
Episode 38 - Grass
Silver Screen Science - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (5/5)
Episode 37.5 - More Birds
Silver Screen Science - Jurassic World (4/5)
Episode 37 - Evolution of Birds
Silver Screen Science - Jurassic Park III (3/5)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Sasquatch Chronicles
Radiolab
The Confessionals
Sasquatch Odyssey
Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo