b'At long last, a plant episode!\\nOur friend Aly Baumgartner joins the podcast to teach us all about grass - it\'s not just part of the background! From humble beginnings during the Age of Reptiles, grasses have gone on to dominate global ecosystems (as well as human diet!) and continue to do so today. They are truly one of the most influential groups of life on Earth.\\nIn the news: strange ancient reef fish, dinosaur tongues, a surprise extinct gibbon, and a history of primate claws.\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:04:30Main discussion, Part 1: 00:28:30Main discussion, Part 2: 01:04:00\\nFollow Aly on Twitter! https://twitter.com/kyrietree\\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=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw\\nThe Intro and Outro music is \\u201cOn the Origin of Species\\u201d by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.\\nMuscial Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'