Neanderthals - Our Kindred Spirits ~ with REBECCA WRAGG SYKES

Dr Keneiloe Molopyane is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for the Exploration of the Deep Human Journey and a National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer, 2021. Having begun as an underwater archaeologist, she ended up as an 'underground astronaut' squeezing through the claustrophobic passageways of South Africa's Rising Star Cave, site of a massive cache of bones belonging to hominid, Homo naledi.

MARK from Evolution Soup dives deep with Keneiloe, in a fully-illustrated interview exploring the twists and turns of the Rising Star Cave, the bones that were found there, and the tantalizing theories as to why these mysterious hominids deposited their dead there...

Original July 2021 YouTube Interview: https://bit.ly/3LaQXd8


LINKS FOR KENEILOE MOLOPYANE:

TWITTER: @Keneiloe
https://twitter.com/Keneiloe

INSTAGRAM: @Keneiloe
https://www.instagram.com/keneiloe

YouTube: YouTube: https://bit.ly/3wQwTne



WITS UNIVERSITY:

MAIN SITE: https://www.wits.ac.za/

Keneiloe's  Page: https://www.is.gd/OKNHSp



Center for the Exploration of the Human Journey: @PerotMuseumCEHJ



LEE BERGER:

TWITTER: @LeeRberger
https://twitter.com/LeeRberger



NATGEO:

SITE: https://ww

What ignited the famed Cambrian Explosion? The majority of today's animal phyla got their start in this strange yet exciting period of time over five hundred million years ago. What triggered this radiation of life, some with shells, others with skeletons? What were the first predators? And what came before this period?

DR SHUHAI XIAO is a paleobiologist and geobiologist who studies the interactions between the biosphere and its environments at critical transitions in Earth history, particularly during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition.

MARK from Evolution Soup chats with Shuhai about the Cambrian, why it may have produced so many new animal types, and the even more mysterious period of time before the Cambrian, the period known as the Ediacaran.

Original YouTube interview:
https://youtu.be/7hzXhfajN_4



LINKS FOR SHUHAI XIAO:

SITE: https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/geobiology

TWITTER: @XiaoShuhai
https://twitter.com/xiaoshuhai

LINKEDIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuhai-xiao-3439b915/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/shuhai.xiao

LAB: https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Shuhai-Xiao-Lab


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What caused the ancestors of human beings start walking upright? The seven-million-year-long-journey started in the trees of Africa and culminates in Homo sapiens dominance of the globe. But the answers to 'why' and 'when' are still elusive.

JEREMY DESILVA is an anthropologist at Dartmouth College. Jeremy ('Jerry') specializes in the locomotion of the first apes and early human ancestors.  His most recent work focuses on the origins and evolution of upright walking in the human lineage.

In this Evolution Soup Special, host MARK talks with Jerry about the various theories relating to bipedality and specifically about recent hominid discoveries Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi.

ORIGINAL VIDEO https://bit.ly/3YKu6d9


LINKS FOR JEREMY DESILVA:

SITE: https://anthropology.dartmouth.edu/people/jeremy-desilva

TWITTER: @desilva_jerry


BOOK:

First Steps: How Walking Upright Made Us Human: https://amzn.to/3i6xZX6


SEE ALSO:

Dartmouth College: https://home.dartmouth.edu/

Dartmouth College flyover footage by Danny Katz 

Lee Berger's Fossil Vault YouTube: https://bit.ly/3zGJ4V8


Boston Science Museum: https://www.mos.org/



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The Meg! Did it really exist? (Spoiler alert: it did). This giant of the Miocene seas has been of keen interest to paleontologists for decades. It's true dimensions have never been known until recently.

JACK COOPER is a PhD student working on the functional diversity of sharks through time. His current work focuses on the size, dimensions and reconstruction of the Megalodon shark.

MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Jack about the history of its discovery, what it ate, where it swam, and the new research that he and mentor Catalina Pimiento have recently published, revealing this beast's true, awesome size.


#shark #megalodon #sharkweek


LINKS FOR JACK COOPER:

TWITTER: @CooperPalaeo
https://twitter.com/CooperPalaeo

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jack-Cooper-18

Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: a 2D reconstruction: https://go.nature.com/3ge98hB

Jack guesting on 'Let's Jaws For A Minute' (Podcast): https://apple.co/3hVIDzS

German documentary featuring Jack: https://is.gd/BmGfzp

Let's Jaws TWITTER: https://twitter.com/jawsforaminute


Pimiento Research Group:

https://www.catalinapimiento.com/

@pimientoc
@PimientoGroup
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Evolution is a marvel, but - bad backs? Crooked teeth? Allergies? What gives?

ALEX BEZZERIDES is a professor of biology at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho, where he teaches a wide range of biology classes, from human anatomy and physiology to entomology. He has a bachelor’s degree in biology and a PhD in neurobiology and behavior.

MARK from Evolution Soup discusses Alex's new book 'Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)', delving into why the evolutionary process rewarded us with successes as well as lumping us with some pretty annoying failures!

(Apologies for variable signal quality during a few  portions of this interview)

#evolution #science #anatomy


LINKS FOR ALEX BEZZERIDES:

TWITTER: @alexbezzerides
https://twitter.com/alexbezzerides


BOOK:

Publisher: https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/alex-bezzerides

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3oNp2U0


SEE ALSO:

Lewis-Clark State College: https://www.lcsc.edu


First Steps: How Walking Upright Made Us Human by Jeremy DeSilva: https://amzn.to/3i6xZX6



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DR MOHAMED NOOR is a Professor of Biology at Duke University involved in evolutionary genetics research , looking into how genetic changes contribute to the formation of new species. A keen Star Trek aficionado, he is the author of the book Live Long and Evolve and serves as a Science Advisor on the Paramount Plus series, Star Trek: Discovery.

MARK from Evolution Soup opens hailing frequencies with Dr Noor to discuss how the Star Trek franchise utilizes science and especially the science of biological evolution. Did the writers get it right? Could there be humanoids all throughout our galaxy? And what about tribbles?

#evolution #startrek #science


Original YouTube video interview : https://youtu.be/fHyvXGjqq50



LINKS FOR DR MOHAMED NOOR:

BOOK: Live Long and Evolve: https://amzn.to/3iiW0s9​

Website: https://scholars.duke.edu/person/noor
Noor Lab: https://sites.google.com/view/noor-lab

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mafnoor​
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mafnoor/​

BioTrekkie Explains [YouTube]: https://bit.ly/3w2e92X
BioTrekkie Site: https://www.biotrekkie.com


SEE ALSO:

Science Division collectibles:

SITE: https://sciencediv.com/
App Enabled Tribble: https://sciencediv.com/products/star-trek-app-enabled-tribble


Jayne Brook: https://twitter.com/thejaynebrook




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DR LARISA DESANTIS is a conservation biologist at Vanderbilt University and vertebrate paleontologist in the department of biological sciences. Larisa studies fossil mammals as a way of determining how they responded to ancient climate change.

MARK from Evolution Soup talks all things sabertooth cat with Larisa, delving into the various species that boast impressive sabers, how we know what they ate ... and why they went extinct.

#sabertooth #bigcats #smilodon


Original YouTube Video Interview: https://bit.ly/3qChXri


LINKS FOR LARISA DESANTIS:


SITE: The DeSantis DREAM Lab - https://www.desantislab.com/

RESEARCHGATE: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Larisa-Desantis-2

TWITTER: DeSantis DREAM Lab https://twitter.com/desantislab (@DeSantisLab)

Ted Talk 'Our Ancient Past is the Key to Our Future': https://bit.ly/2RDlvuT


SEE ALSO:

Bone Clones, Inc. - Osteological Reproductions: https://boneclones.com

Vanderbilt University: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/ (Nashville TN)

Wild Life podcast: https://www.is.gd/8dDpbX




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They were the most successful hominids of all time, existing on earth for almost two million years and leaving fossil evidence across much of the globe. From Africa to the Caucasus to the Far East, Homo erectus travelled far and left an indelible mark on prehistory.

DR KAREN BAAB is a biological anthropologist studying human evolution at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona, USA.  Her main areas of research are the evolutionary history of Plio-Pleistocene Homo and what the shape of their skulls can tell us. MARK from Evolution Soup welcomes Dr Baab back to talk all things Homo erectus.

Link to original video interview: https://youtu.be/7N7JrQcLJVs

#humanevolution #evolution #homoerectus



LINKS FOR DR KAREN BAAB:

SITE: http://www.karenbaab.com/

RESEARCHGATE: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karen_Baab



Concerning Hobbits (interview with Karen Baab): https://bit.ly/39BXwlV



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Were neanderthals just dumb brutes waiting for extinction? The latest research says they were anything but dimwitted. They had culture, forethought, and emotion - just like us.

REBECCA WRAGG SYKES is a palaeolithic archaeologist and honorary fellow at the University of Liverpool, specialising in Neanderthals. She is co-founder of the Trowelblazers website, celebrating women archaeologists, palaeontologists and geologists through the ages, and the author of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art.

MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Rebecca about neanderthal history, biology, and technology (stone tools). The amazing DNA work on this hominid is also discussed, as well as the world of the female neanderthal and what the evidence can tell us. Kindred spirits, to be sure.

Original interview video:  https://bit.ly/3z6UKRH

#neanderthal #evolution #humanevolution





LINKS FOR REBECCA WRAGG SYKES:

SITE: https://www.rebeccawraggsykes.com

BLOG: http://www.therocksremain.org

ARTWORKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sili...

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LeMoustier

https://trowelblazers.com/

#RealFossilHunterLottie

'Sheanderthal' - Rebecca's article on female Neanderthals https://bit.ly/37mJeEV



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The search for the origin of life is nothing new. Abiogenesis - life from non life - has fascinated and frustrated science for countless years. But what if we've been going about it the wrong way?

PROFESSOR LEE CRONIN holds the Regius chair of chemistry at the University of Glasgow. His primary interests are in the creation of artificial lifeforms using inorganic chemistry.

MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Lee about his 'Inorganica' experiments, the nature of living things, why inorganic 'dead stuff' matters and - most importantly - why evolution is the engine that powers it all.

#evolution #abiogenesis #life




LINKS FOR LEE CRONIN:

LEE'S TWITTER: https://twitter.com/leecronin

LAB SITE: http://www.croninlab.com

LAB TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CroninLab

University of Glasgow: https://www.gla.ac.uk/

University of Glasgow Drone Footage by ZICODIAN

Orginal video interview:  https://bit.ly/3G0vdg3


'INORGANICA' (short film with Lee Cronin by Aeon) https://bit.ly/3b12zxw





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