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Podcast: The Common Descent Podcast
Episode: Episode 208 - The Karoo Supergroup
Description: Southern Africa is home to an incredible sequence of geologic formations that span more than 100 million years of Earth history. These rocks, collectively called the Karoo Supergroup, are an extraordinary resource for studying evolution and extinction across the Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Eras. This episode, we’ll explore the deep history of this vast geologic resource, and we’ll sample some of the discoveries that have been made there.
In the news: dormancy evolution, Pangaean amphibians, regeneration genes, and Neanderthal fossil collectors.
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Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:03:55
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:36:00
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