It’s easy to see how fossils can teach us what ancient animals looked like, or how they evolved. But what about the ways they moved, ate, socialized, reproduced? In this episode, we explore the innovative ways paleontologists have devised to interpret the behavior of ancient animals. From their bones, their tracks, their living relatives, and modern clever experimentation, we can come to understand more than you’d ever imagine about behavior in the fossil record.
In the news: a Denisovan jaw, a new bat-winged dinosaur, a cave of wonders, and a flapping robot.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:05:30
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:32:30
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:07:30
Patron question: 01:41:30
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How do you become a paleontologist? A GREAT post by our friends at Time Scavengers!
https://timescavengers.blog/2019/05/13/how-do-you-become-a-paleontologist/
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Episode 166 - Monotremes
Episode 165 - Fruit
Episode 164 - The ”Boring Billion”
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Episode 163 - Claws
Episode 162 – Caecilians
Episode 161 - Sleep
Episode 160 - The Messel Pit
Episode 159 - Giraffes
Episode 158 – Charles R. Knight
Episode 157 - Bioluminescence and Biofluorescence
Episode 156 - Eurypterids (Sea Scorpions)
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Episode 155 - Gymnosperms
Episode 154 - Live Birth
Episode 153 - Armadillos
Episode 152 - The Jehol Biota
Episode 151 - Tails
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