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Catfishing Fossils? - On Skeptical Paleontology & Penguin Bods


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In this podcast, two high schoolers stroll down memory lane to revisit obscure dinosaur facts in a new lighting - the expansive field of skeptical paleontology. Inspired by John Conway's illustrative series All Yesterdays, All Todays, and All Tomorrows, we question the grounds of what we know and why.

Why can’t we be sure if dinosaurs have hair? (Because soft tissue doesn’t fossilize, but what else don’t we know?)

How will paleontologists in the future redraw current animals based off only skeletons?

How do we explain elephant trunks or zebra patterns, frog pouches or peacock tail-spreading?

What more do we have to learn?

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Pickle StudiosBy Jeannie Yang