Episode 5 - The K-Pg Extinction (the "Dinosaur Extinction")

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2017

⏱️ 91 minutes

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In this episode, we discuss one of the most famously devastating events in Earth history – the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. In the news: the first fish on land, the earliest sharks, some really old croc eggs, and some really really old plants! Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:02:00Main discussion: 00:30:00 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/common-descent/the-common-descent-podcast The Podcast music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:17.1	Hello, Will.
0:18.5	Hey there, David.
0:19.9	And hello to all of our listeners.
0:22.6	Out there in Radioland.
0:24.1	Why don't you ever answer me, listeners?
0:26.4	They're very shy people out there.
0:29.4	It's, you know, they're, as their names suggest, as their title suggests, they're very good at listening.
0:35.6	That's true.
0:36.5	They're that good friend.
0:38.6	Audience, I feel like you're always there for me.
0:40.7	You know, you're always listening.
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0:47.9	Friends zone the podcast audience.
0:50.8	Common Descent is back for episode five, which is very exciting because, as we all know, episode five is the best episode.
1:01.8	It's, we're halfway to double digits is always the way I'm looking at it.
1:07.5	That's also true, indeed.
1:09.2	This time, we are talking about what is probably
1:13.0	the most famous event in Earth history. Yeah. That is the end Cretaceous mass extinction. Or as it
1:22.6	is colloquially known, the extinction of the dinosaurs, which is a terribly misleading name for it. But it's what
1:29.5	it's known for. We'll talk about why that is not a very good name for it. But this is, this was a,
1:37.3	one of the biggest extinction events that the world has seen, and certainly the most famous one.
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