Episode 237 - The Dinosaur Renaissance

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2026

⏱️ 188 minutes

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Summary

In the mid-to-late 20th Century, dinosaurs received a major makeover in their scientific and popular image. This episode, Riley Black takes us through the timeline of the Dinosaur Renaissance. We discuss some of the big scientific milestones and the various players which brought dinosaurs into their modern era, and we’ll explore the early signs and lingering notes of this historic shift. In the news: sleepy jellyfish, fast mammals, bird beaks, and dinosaur diets. Find Riley in these places:https://rileyblack.net/ https://bsky.app/profile/restingdinoface.bsky.socialhttps://us.macmillan.com/author/rileyblack Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:07:30Main discussion, Part 1: 00:53:30Main discussion, Part 2: 01:43:30 Patron question: 02:56:25 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.
0:21.7	Hello, everybody, and happy Darwin Day.
0:24.7	Welcome to episode 237 of Common Descent, a podcast where we talk about paleontology, evolution, the history of life on Earth.
0:33.9	And around Darwin Day, February 12th, which is a little bit before this episode drops,
0:39.1	we have a bit of a tradition of talking about historical figures or in this case, historical
0:45.8	events in paleontology and related histories.
0:50.7	This episode, our topic is The Dinosaur Renaissance.
0:55.5	This is a period of time and a protracted event that sees the transition from early 1900's
1:05.9	understanding of dinosaurs to a more modern understanding of dinosaurs involving a bunch of
1:10.7	new discoveries,
1:12.1	the revitalization of some earlier ideas that re-rise to prominence.
1:17.2	This episode, we're going to talk about the whole thing.
1:19.2	We're going to go from before it, through it, to after it.
1:22.3	And I am absolutely delighted to say that we will be joined by a special guest to share with us their insights into the dinosaur renaissance after the announcements, after the news, and after the break.
1:35.8	We will welcome to the podcast, Riley Black, to tell us all about 1900s dinosaur history.
1:43.5	It was so much fun.
1:45.1	It's so good stuff.
1:46.5	Yeah, it's awesome.
1:48.1	Tons of fun.
1:49.1	We love Riley.
1:50.3	Riley was on the podcast a little while ago to promote her new book when the Earth
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