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b'Look who\'s back - our favorite paleobotanist, Aly Baumgartner!\\nAnd that means it\\u2019s time for more plants! As you may have noticed, the world around you is absolutely full of flowers. Angiosperms have dominated nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on the planet, but the story of their early evolution is a famous conundrum. Darwin called it an \\u201cabominable mystery,\\u201d but there are some tantalizing clues as to how this group of plants got their start and then evolved to the incredible diversity we see today.\\nIn the news: new Cayman mammals, louse camouflage, a geologic orrery, and language evolution.\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:04:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:35:30Main discussion, Part 2: 01:10:00\\nFollow Aly on Twitter: @kyrietree\\nThe Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent\\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/'