Episode 211 - Edward Drinker Cope

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2025

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

E. D. Cope is one of the most recognizable and notorious names in paleontology history. He did some of the most important early work in vertebrate paleontology, he was one half of the dueling duo in the infamous Bone Wars, he named some of the most famous fossil animals, and he was profoundly irresponsible and unethical with his science. This episode, we’re joined by Astrid Lundberg to explore the life and legacy of Edward Cope, investigating such questions as: How did he get his start? What lasting contributions did he make to paleontology? And what was wrong with this guy? In the news: giant small pterosaurs, plesiosaur skin, bat teeth, and African isotopes. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:05:50Main discussion, Part 1: 00:44:15Main discussion, Part 2: 01:36:10Patron question: 02:26:30 Find Astrid as OddPride on TikTok and BlueSky and Astrid_Lundberg on Instagram and YouTube. And you can support her at www.patreon.com/OddPride Resources:California Fire Foundation: https://www.cafirefoundation.org/ TransLifeline: https://translifeline.org/ Fill out our Listener Survey here: https://forms.gle/CSoZaCbGN2DsRLTR6 Check out our website for this episode’s blog post and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here: https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/ Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent 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 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:20.8	Hello, everybody, and welcome to Common Descent, a podcast about paleontology, evolution, earth history, and the like.
0:27.2	This is episode 211.
0:29.9	This is our Darwin Day episode for the year.
0:32.2	Darwin Day.
0:33.0	Darwin Day is February 12th, and in February we like to, we have a little tradition where we talk about
0:38.1	historical figures on and around Darwin Day.
0:41.7	This episode, we will be discussing Edward Drinker Cope, one of the most famous names in
0:48.7	early paleontology, especially here in North America, and often not for good reasons.
0:53.4	Yep, infamous, even. Infamous, even.
0:54.8	Infamous, notorious.
0:56.8	This is a person who has come up before because episode 58, we did a whole discussion about
1:01.0	the Bone Wars, and he was one of the two people whose fault that was.
1:05.6	So if this is your first time hearing us talk about him, there's some insight into what we're
1:09.8	going to be dealing with.
1:10.9	This episode, we will discuss this person, his history, his work, his legacy, all that stuff.
1:19.6	For our discussion about this fascinating and entertaining person, we will be joined by a fascinating
1:25.9	and entertaining guest for much better reasons than the man we will be discussing.
1:30.5	After the news, we will be joined by Astrid Lundberg to chat about cope and all the things copie.
1:38.7	Very excited to have Astrid joining us on the podcast.
1:41.9	We met Astrid at DragonCon this past year, and we're
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