Episode 158 – Charles R. Knight

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Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Happy Darwin Day! You’ve seen his artwork. And if you somehow haven’t, you’ve seen lots of art inspired by his artwork. Charles R. Knight might be the most influential paleoartist of all time, inspiring a century’s worth of artists, scientists, and ancient-animal-enthusiasts around the world with his skillful and scientifically-informed works. In this episode, we explore who Knight was, how he became a renowned paleoartist, and his extraordinary role in ushering in the modern world of paleontology. In the news: Arctic primate-cousins, oldest caecilians, diving bird evolution, and Jehol bird preservation. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:05:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:39:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:05:00Patron question: 01:46:00 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Check out Discovering Us from the Leakey Foundation:https://leakeyfoundation.org/discovering-us/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Follow this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible!www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.comOr send us physical mail at:The Common Descent Podcast1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:18.8	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:23.8	Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:26.6	This is episode 158.
0:29.9	This episode, we are talking about Charles R. Knight.
0:36.1	Famous paleo artist, super famous paleo artist, artist of ancient animals and other stuff.
0:38.7	Yeah, this person does a lot of stuff.
0:40.9	And happy Darwin Day, everybody.
0:44.8	This episode comes out shortly before Darwin Day, February 12th, and we have a bit of a tradition for Darwin Day doing episodes about historical figures,
0:49.4	which started with Darwin himself, and then we just kept doing it.
0:52.4	Yep.
0:52.9	In this episode, we will discuss the
0:54.8	life and works. Like I said, famed paleo artist, one of the big reasons why paleo art, as we know
1:01.5	it exists. Yeah. Thanks to this person, you have almost certainly seen his art, and even if you
1:06.9	have somehow managed to not see his art, you have seen tropes started by his art.
1:11.7	So we'll talk about who this guy was, what his life was like, what sort of stuff he did,
1:15.6	and why he was so important in the history of paleo art, all that and more once we get
1:21.3	in to the main discussion. This episode topic, like all of our episode topics, was requested.
1:26.8	This subject was requested by
1:28.3	Melissa. Good suggestion. Thanks, Melissa. And before we move on a few announcements, hey, we really
1:34.6	like doing this science education work that we do. And if you really like our science
1:39.0	education work and want to support it, you can support us on Patreon. Patrons on our Patreon. You
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