Podcast 5 - Pikaia Pikaia Pikaia

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Podcast 5 - Pikaia Pikaia Pikaia

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96 minutes

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May 5, 2013

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Today we are joined by our pal Paula and talk about Pikaia, Pokemon... and poop.

Released:

May 5, 2013

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Podcast episode

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A group of scientists have biweekly informal discussions about evolutionary biology and palaeontology... over beer.

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Podcast 1 - The Interpretive Dance: In which we eventually get to talking about interpretations of ambiguous fossils, and discuss a redescription of a strange fish. by Palaeo After Dark
111 min listen
Podcast 5 - Pikaia Pikaia Pikaia: Today we are joined by our pal Paula and talk about Pikaia, Pokemon... and poop. by Palaeo After Dark
96 min listen
Podcast 27 - Ichthyosaur Birthday Party: In celebration of the podcast’s one year anniversary, the gang decides to discuss two papers about live birth in the fossil record. At least.... that was the plan.... however the second paper proves to be far more problematic than the gang had... by Palaeo After Dark
107 min listen
Podcast 15 - Game of Cats: In this episode we discuss a paper about cats, specifically trying to use the shape of bones to estimate the preferred habitat of modern and fossil cats. Meanwhile, Amanda and James discuss Game of Thrones, and Curt is... by Palaeo After Dark
98 min listen
Podcast 21 - In Your Box: The gang discusses a paper about scientific error and spin that into a larger discussion on error and reproducibility in science in general. Also, Amanda and Curt start the "Canada Appreciation Moment", James... by Palaeo After Dark
65 min listen
Podcast 8 - References: On this week's episode, we discuss the science of ichnology (the study of trace fossils), and for some reason we can't stop making stupid pop culture references. by Palaeo After Dark
104 min listen
Podcast 0 - Taphonomy is a Process: Our pilot episode which originally was conceived as a companion piece to Palaeocast. Since this was our first run, we all apologize for the lack of pop filters. Otherwise, enjoy the discussion of taphonomy which begins with burying... by Palaeo After Dark
107 min listen
Podcast 10 - Adventures in Dating: In this episode, while Randol is away Amanda gives the group a lesson in American History, Curt ruins illusions, and James fills the void with his best Randol impressions. Also, after about 18 minutes of random banter they... by Palaeo After Dark
73 min listen
Podcast 2 - Clocklike Clocks: This week's podcast we eventually get to talking about Molecular Clock studies dealing with early divergence times and the colonization of land... Also Christopher Lambert by Palaeo After Dark
123 min listen
Podcast 3 - Growing Pains: In this week's podcast we discuss the importance of ontogeny and development in the evolution of new body forms. Also alimony. by Palaeo After Dark
66 min listen
Podcast 13 - Columbo Meets Gary Busey: This week we desperately try to remain on topic as we talk about fossil beds with exceptional preservation.... We fail... Instead, James discusses anger, Amanda wants Robocop because she's OG, Curt confuses... by Palaeo After Dark
97 min listen
Podcast 19 - Lagging Brains: The gang soldiers on against the horrible vexations of internet lag and losing an hour of recording to discuss a fascinating set of papers looking at fossilized arthropod brains from the Chengjiang. Meanwhile, James... by Palaeo After Dark
68 min listen
Podcast 11 - Early Life is a Battlefield: In this week's episode, we discuss evidence of some early single-cellular life, and James gives the group a passionate lesson in mathematics... A veeeerrrrryyyy passionate lesson. Meanwhile, Randol returns and... by Palaeo After Dark
72 min listen
Podcast 12 - "All" its "Descendents": In this episode, we discuss two studies that try to piece apart the effects that the ecological niche breadth (i.e. the range of habitats an animal can survive in) of an animal has on its potential to diversify and/or... by Palaeo After Dark
76 min listen
Podcast 9 - Diania solid: This week we talk about a controversial worm-like Cambrian fossil called Diania cactiformis that some think may be the ancestor of all arthropods, and other people think those people are crazy. Also SNAAAAAAAAAAAKE! by Palaeo After Dark
61 min listen
Podcast 6 - Space Ducks: In this podcast, Randol invents a cat related song, James reinvents the story of the Ed Fitz, Amanda talks about space ducks, Curt cuts the entire conversation short for chinese food, and the group actually talks science about... by Palaeo After Dark
77 min listen
Podcast 17 - Jawsome: With everyone scattered across the country, the gang attempts to use the mystery box called the internet to still record a podcast... Things could have gone better. Audio glitches and echoes abound, but we'll do better... by Palaeo After Dark
83 min listen
Podcast 18 - 'Live' from GSA!: Having fixed the audio problems from the last podcast, the gang reconvenes at the Denver Geological Society of America Meeting to discuss the cool and exciting new research that was presented at the conference. Meanwhile,... by Palaeo After Dark
105 min listen
Podcast 20 - Chasing the Red Queen: In this episode of Palaeo After Dark we discuss Van Valen's Red Queen Hypothesis, as well as recent reviews of the concept. Meanwhile, James freely partakes in historical revisionism to tell us his fictional accounts of the... by Palaeo After Dark
106 min listen
Podcast 22 - And the Curse of the 11% Beer: When the gang eagerly decides to drink a festive high alcohol content holiday beer while discussing how species are named, the three young scientists are unprepared for the baffling complications that will arise.... by Palaeo After Dark
72 min listen
Podcast 4 - Wreck of the E.F.: In this week's podcast, Amanda spends the first four minutes talking about shipwrecks, James and Randol discuss their creepy new children's program, and nearly everyone gets distracted when a squirrel runs by the window. We... by Palaeo After Dark
97 min listen
Podcast 7 - Fish Lizards: In this episode Amanda writes Freddy Mercury slash fiction, Randol condones eating babies, James feeds the 5000, Curt has a conversation which only involves "meh"'s, and the group kind-of/sort-of discusses ichthyosaurs. by Palaeo After Dark
90 min listen
Podcast 28 - Obligatory Dinosaur Podcast: In this episode, the gang “gives the people what they want” by talking about two papers that look at a giant theropod dinosaur from the Iberian Peninsula. Also, Curt discusses alternate Star Wars history, James requests that everything be... by Palaeo After Dark
94 min listen
Podcast 16 - TUBE FEET!!!!!: In this episode of Palaeo After Dark, the group talks about an interesting and enigmatic fossil species from the Burgess Shale called Siphusauctum gregarium, which looks somewhat like a crinoid but is possibly completely... by Palaeo After Dark
76 min listen
Podcast 26 - Let's Get This Over With Part 2, Foram Harder: In this episode, the evil forces of internet lag and food coma conspire to destroy the podcast gang.... and evil pretty much succeeds. However, despite being utterly defeated, the gang still has time to... by Palaeo After Dark
74 min listen
Podcast 23 - Pirates and Vikings: In this episode, it becomes painfully obvious that James has been escaping the terrible winter rain by playing a bunch of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag since he somehow manages to take a discussion on macroecological patterns... by Palaeo After Dark
67 min listen
Podcast 36 - Some of My Best Friends Are Plants: In this week's episode we discuss a paper about using paleobotany to reconstruct paleoclimate, and then spin this discussion into a longer talk about niche conservatism. Meanwhile, Curt violates Godwin's Law by comparing something that is merely... by Palaeo After Dark
100 min listen
Podcast 24 - We never should have podcasted about Wiwaxia: It seemed like such a good idea at the time. If only we had known that, despite our best intentions, we weren't prepared for the sheer insanity of trying to podcast about the ambiguous Burgess Shale taxon Wiwaxia. The... by Palaeo After Dark
66 min listen
Podcast 41 - Hallucigenia; Eating Planets and Crapping Rainbows: In this episode of Palaeo After Dark, the gang discusses the complicated history of Hallucigenia, and somehow gets completely derailed into rambling conversations about Star Trek 5, proper pronunciation, Gould’s “Wonderful Life”,... by Palaeo After Dark
106 min listen
Podcast 31 - Filling the Bucket: In this episode, the gang has a conversation about the various factors affecting total global diversity and how these factors might affect patterns of radiations. Also, Amanda finds a new twitter handle, James drinks a few 11% alcohol beers,... by Palaeo After Dark
89 min listen

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