Episode 76 - Horse Evolution

Published: Dec. 15, 2019, 3:30 a.m.

b'The evolution of horses is a classic story, first because it is a beautiful example of evolution in the fossil record, and second because of how our scientific perspective of this story has shifted over the years. From the tiny forest-dwellers of the Eocene, barely recognizable as horse-relatives, to the mighty domesticated animals we know today, we\\u2019ll unpack what we know \\u2013 and what we thought we knew \\u2013 about horse evolution.\\nIn the news: dinosaur teeth, alligator tools, ancient embryos, and dinosaur heads.\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:05:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:37:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:15:00 Patron question: 01:47:30\\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\\nWe made an appearance on The Science of Pok\\xe9mon to talk about - what else? - fossil Pok\\xe9mon! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-of-galar/id1287752766?i=1000459595554\\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/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.\\nMusical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'