Episode 65 - The Late Devonian Extinction(s)

Published: July 14, 2019, 12:57 a.m.

b'It\\u2019s Episode 65, and you know what that means \\u2026 extinction! This time, we address the ancient and confusing Late Devonian extinction. This is traditionally considered one of the \\u201cBig 5,\\u201d but it doesn\\u2019t seem to be \\u201cone\\u201d extinction at all. Geologists and paleontologists continue to work at piecing together the various causes and consequences that create an extended series \\u2013 several millions years long \\u2013 of very unfortunate events that altogether comprise one of the worst biological crises in Earth history.\\nIn the news: tyrannosaur smells, peccary behavior, and a talk (by us) about our podcast!\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:05:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:33:30Main discussion, Part 2: 00:59:30Patron question: 01:37:30\\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\\nThe Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent\\nFollow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: 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 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'