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The Common Descent Podcast

Spook-E - East Asian Dragons

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. It’s October, and that means it’s Spook-E Season once again! Each episode in the series, we pick a type of monster and explore how it – or something like it – might evolve under the rules of evolution and natural selection, pulling inspiration from life in the real world. This year’s theme: Dragons. This episode, we travel to another part of the world. How could we end up with an elemental being that combines the features of many animals? Our creatures to create this time: East Asian Dragons. Join the Common Descent Discord server for more Spook-E discussion! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast We’re an Audible Affiliate Partner! Use this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible: https://www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent More ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent You can email us at [email protected] 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.

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.

0:06.6

And welcome to Spuiculative Evolution.

0:12.1

Hello, David.

0:13.1

Your wish is granted.

0:16.0

Well, and hello, listeners.

0:19.4

Welcome to episode two of Spooky 20203.

0:23.8

Dragons.

0:24.5

Dragons.

0:25.4

We are back with Dragons.

0:26.5

This time, East Asian Dragons.

0:29.3

Last time we were in Europe.

0:30.7

Now we've taken a trip.

0:32.5

Absolutely.

0:33.5

So, for any of you who this is your first time of the series,

0:36.1

Spooky is where we investigate monsters, creatures, mythical beings,

0:41.0

and take a look at them from an evolutionary perspective.

0:44.3

If something like that were to actually evolve on our planet,

0:47.9

how would it likely evolve that way?

0:49.7

Why would it evolve the features it has?

0:51.7

And how could we get to something that we would call,

0:56.2

in this case, a dragon?

0:58.1

Yeah, what would be its ancestry and what would be the evolutionary natural selective path

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