Beasts Before Us w/ Elsa Panciroli

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by paleontologist Dr. Elsa Panciroli to talk about her book, "Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution." They discuss how many of us have our timelines all wrong, as mammals have been evolving since far before the asteroid impact that rendered the dinosaurs extinct.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, May 23rd, 2022.
0:15.0	And I'm the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria.
0:17.7	And of course, before we dive into this week's episode,
0:19.9	I do want to thank those of you who make TalkNurdy possible each and every week.
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0:34.3	I want to give a big shout out to my top patrons this week.
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1:28.0	All right, let's dive into this week's episode.
1:30.8	So I have the awesome opportunity to chat with Dr. Elsa Panchoroli.
1:36.2	She is a paleontologist. She studies the evolution and ecology of extinct animals.
1:41.7	And right now she does her research at the University of Oxford
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