Snakes are built to evolve at incredible speeds, and scientists aren't sure why(livescience.com)
Episode 183 – Feathers. I always thought that feathers were a modified scale. Apparently that's not known. It *could* be the other way around for the scales on bird's legs. This and many other feather facts in Common Descent 183.(commondescentpodcast.com)
Episode 177 – Neanderthals. Not exclusively the big-game hunters that I'd thought. But suffering from low populations, and with some evidence of being outbred by Homo Sapiens, the current Common Descent is a deep dive into all things Neanderthal.(commondescentpodcast.com)
The common descent podcast: Episode 176 – Hadrosaurs(commondescentpodcast.com)
Episode 174 – The Mesozoic Marine Revolution: The seas of the Paleozoic Era were quite different from today, and between them, there was a great ecological transition. Will and Dave discuss the complexities, mysteries, and lasting impacts of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution.(commondescentpodcast.com)
Common Descent Podcast: Episode 173 – Herbivores (Plant-Eaters)(commondescentpodcast.com)
Fossils suggest this Triassic long necked reptile kept being decapitated(cosmosmagazine.com)
For this years' croc month, we have Will on Marine Crocs!(commondescentpodcast.com)
Will and Dave have a new episode out: Geologic Dating, which is not the singles scene for earth scientists.(commondescentpodcast.com)
Common Descent Podcast: Monotremes(commondescentpodcast.com)
Fossils reveal the long-term relationship between feathered dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles(phys.org)
Scientists discover fossils of oldest known potential pollinators, pushing back pollinators to 280 million years ago from 120 million years ago.(theguardian.com)
Late Cretaceous Monotreme tooth, and part of jaw found ... In South America.(livescience.com)
Neanderthals Hunted and Butchered Massive Elephants 125,000 Years Ago(smithsonianmag.com)
Climate: Lessons from the latest global warming(sciencedaily.com)
This dinosaur might have used its feet to snag prey in midair like modern hawks(sciencenews.org)
The Dinosaur Footprint Found in England is 166 Million Years Old(ulukayin.org)
An ankylosaur larynx provides insights for bird-like vocalization in non-avian dinosaurs(nature.com)