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b'In the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia sits one of the most important, well-studied, and scientifically influential fossil sites in the world. The Burgess Shale not only provides us a glimpse into the tail end of the Cambrian Explosion, and not only yields tens of thousands of fossil specimens, but also includes some of the most exceptional fossil preservation of any fossil locality anywhere. This episode, we\\u2019ll dive into how it got that way, and what it has to tell us about some of Earth\'s earliest animal communities.\\nIn the news: baby sharks, hungry dinosaurs, a pregnant ichthyosaur, and one dino\\u2019s last meal.\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:06:30Main discussion, Part 1: 00:34:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:00:00Patron question: 01:37:00\\nIn light of current events, we invite you to explore these links to educate yourself, as we have been doing, about the subject of racial injustice:Smithsonian NMAAHC - Talking About Race https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-raceTimeScavengers - Black Lives Matter https://timescavengers.blog/2020/06/01/black-lives-matter/ Ally Anti-Racism Resources https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjUESaOh2H-846KKiHUWHDUIhi3PlaFts-rqy9EQ43g/edit#\\xa0 We\\u2019ve also made a donation to the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund: https://www.naacpldf.org/\\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\\nNew merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descentFeaturing art by Rob Soto! https://www.rob-soto.com/\\nFollow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @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/'