194 - Simon Conway Morris on Convergent Evolution & Creative Mass Extinctions

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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The Future Fossils Podcast - Simon Conway Morris

02:11 • 3min

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How Did You Become a Paleontologist?

05:18 • 2min

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The Myth of No Limits

07:18 • 6min

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The Evolution of Life Forms

13:14 • 4min

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Evolution Is Lazy

17:19 • 6min

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Evolutionary Biology and Complexity

22:50 • 4min

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The Information Theory of Individuality

26:41 • 5min

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Adaptation and Co-Option in the Human Genome

32:10 • 4min

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I'm Not Going to Answer Your Question but It's Part of the Mystery

36:17 • 2min

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The Big Bangs of Evolution and Mass Extinctions

38:39 • 5min

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I Think the Major Groups Are Already Present in the Lake Cretaceous

43:24 • 2min

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Are the Reptiles Going to Do Really Well?

45:00 • 4min

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The End Cretaceous Extinction and Mammals

48:37 • 4min

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The Mollusks vs the Brackip Pods

52:55 • 3min

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I Think It's Not Rocket Science but It Is Hardly Rocket Science and It Isn't Rocket Science at All.

55:40 • 3min

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Are You Taking Advantage of Heterogeneous Landscape?

58:12 • 4min

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The Mosaicism

01:02:08 • 2min

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The Evolution of the Fish in the Devonian

01:04:16 • 3min

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Is the Disaster Tax on Listrosaurus a Paleontological Myth?

01:07:17 • 2min

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Disaster Tax Is a Dismal Existence

01:08:55 • 5min

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The Contingency of Trophic Networks and Evolutionary History

01:14:02 • 5min

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What Are the Causes of Mass Extinctions?

01:19:13 • 2min

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The Success of Flowering Plants

01:21:00 • 5min

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The Sixth Mass Extinction

01:26:01 • 3min

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The End Jurassic Early-Potaceous Mass Extinction

01:29:15 • 5min

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The Future of the Biosphere

01:34:09 • 5min