331 - Just Another Mammoth Monday

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🗓️ 8 November 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Abe and Ryan are joined by paleontologists Lindsey Yann and Advait Jukar (@amjukar) to talk about all manner of proboscideans! First up, hundreds of mammoth fossils have been found underneath the construction site for a new airport outside Mexico City. An amazing find with some similarities to the Waco Mammoth National Monument where Lindsey was just hired as the park’s first in-house paleontologist. And as the park’s paleontologist, she is actively soliciting new research projects so if you have ideas get in touch!

00:26:05 - We may not have built-in straws but we can still enjoy a beverage. Ryan heeds Advait’s advice and grabs a bottle of Old Monk Very Old Vatted XXX Rum, which has expanded Ryan’s view of the diversity of beverages available from the subcontinent. Advait himself is enjoying a pilsner from East Rock Brewing Company from his new hometown of New Haven, CT. Whereas the only paleontologically-themed beer in Abe’s fridge was a Tyrannosaurus Flex from New Real Brewing Company. And in exploring Waco’s brewing scene, Lindsey scored the perfectly appropriate Hidden Herd from Brothwell Brewing.

00:38:14 - Next, Advait explains some of the key differences between the sometimes-confused mammoths and mastodons. A new study of the latter looking at the mitochondrial genomes of different groups of mastodons suggesting they migrated with the ice. It’s a very cool way to determine how these massive animals moved around their environment.

01:08:15 - PaleoPOWs also move in herds. First up, Abe thanks Jesse O. for a recurring PayPal donation (a much-appreciated holdover from the pre-Patreon days). Thanks, Jesse! And Ryan thanks former guest of the show Alex Hastings for a shoutout in the Star Tribune. Thanks, Alex! Alex also has his own podcast now called Squabbling Squibs, check it out!

Ryan has also recently appeared on the iFanboy Pick of the Week Podcast #754 talking about comics (obviously) and AGU’s Third Pob From The Sun talking sasquatch and ground sloths, because why not?

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Audio Production by Rob Heath
Music credit: Lakeside Path - Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	Did you all, I guess, I know, Lindsay, it sounds like you're still at work, but do the rest of you have a drink for the drink segment?
0:04.6	Yeah.
0:04.8	I have a drink.
0:06.2	Ooh, excellent.
0:07.0	I'm excited.
0:07.7	I had to make sure I was prepared.
0:09.3	Good.
0:10.0	Well, you've been on a show before, Lindsay.
0:11.1	You know what's up.
0:11.7	Well, only sort of.
0:14.8	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:35.5	Hello, welcome to Science Sort of. You're listening to Episode 331. Our theme, this episode is
0:41.0	just another Mammoth Monday. I'm your host, Ryan Haupt, joining me to talk about things that are
0:44.8	science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science. It's the
0:48.2	Mammoth Monday himself, Abe Bidia.
0:50.5	That's yes. That's quite the introduction, I guess. Yeah, I don't really know what. Yeah, we're riffing on just another manic Monday and this episode will come out on a Thursday. So it's kind of a hot mess. It is. Yeah. That's fine. That's how we do things around here. And joining us to talk about mammoths and other proboscideans, oh my, I'm super excited by our two guests. Super excited to get these two guests together because it's kind of strange that they
1:13.5	aren't already well acquainted with each other.
1:16.1	We were being joined by the official paleontologist for the Waco Mammoth National Memorial,
1:21.4	Lindsay Yan.
1:22.0	Hi, Ryan and Abe.
1:23.2	Thanks for having me.
1:24.8	She's the Jan with the plan, according to the Waco Tribune Herald article about her being hired by the National Park Service.
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