This time around the topic is David’s favorite group of life: snakes. We look at their impressive diversity, their mysterious origins, and their long fossil history.
In the news: live-birth in archosaurs, ancient venom, horse evolution, and carnivorous plants!
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This time around the topic is David’s favorite group of life: snakes. We look at their impressive diversity, their mysterious origins, and their long fossil history.
In the news: live-birth in archosaurs, ancient venom, horse evolution, and carnivorous plants!
Time markers: 
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00 
News: 00:02:00 
Main discussion: 00:28:30
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<a href='http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/'>http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/</a>
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The Podcast music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. 
More music like this at <a href='http://ocremix.org'>http://ocremix.org</a>.

Episode 4 - Island Evolution

Join David and Will as they explore the paleontologists’ perspective on various topics in life and earth history.

Each episode features a main discussion on a topic requested by the listeners, presented as a lighthearted and educational conversation about fossils, evolution, deep time, and more.

Before the main discussion, each episode also includes a news segment, covering recent research related to paleontology and evolution.

Each episode ends with the answer to a question submitted by subscribers on Patreon.

New episodes with new topics every fortnight!