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Podcast 63 - Meaty; The Evolution of Hypercarnivory

Podcast 63 - Meaty; The Evolution of Hypercarnivory

FromPalaeo After Dark


Podcast 63 - Meaty; The Evolution of Hypercarnivory

FromPalaeo After Dark

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Length:
93 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The gang discusses two papers about the evolution (and loss) of hypercarnivory in mammals. Meanwhile, Amanda shares more equine history, Curt does his best to kill a trend, and James goes "nuclear". Please bear with us.... BEAR.
"Batty McFaddin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
References
Van Valkenburgh, Blaire, Xiaoming Wang, and John Damuth. "Cope's rule, hypercarnivory, and extinction in North American canids." Science 306.5693 (2004): 101-104.
Figueirido, B., et al. "Shape at the cross‐roads: homoplasy and history in the evolution of the carnivoran skull towards herbivory." Journal of evolutionary biology 23.12 (2010): 2579-2594.
Released:
Jul 26, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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