Episode 19 - Women in Paleontology

Published: Oct. 8, 2017, 5:16 a.m.

This is a listener-requested topic and a guest episode! We are joined by super-special guest Michelle Barboza-Ramirez of the Femmes of STEM podcast, who is here to help us explore the deep subject of Women in Paleontology. We talk about female scientists past and present, discuss the challenges they face, and reflect on the broad questions of diversity in the field of paleontology and other sciences.\nIn the news: baby saber-tooths; Triceratops brains; surprises in dinosaur poop; and super-ancient trilobite guts!\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:06:30Main discussion: 00:31:30\nHUGE thanks to Michelle for helping us out! Find her at www.femmesofstem.com!\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\nFollow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/common-descent/the-common-descent-podcast\nThe Podcast music is \u201cOn the Origin of Species\u201d by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.