The Common Descent Podcast
Paleontologists dig into Earth's life and planetary evolution episode by episode, with complete mechanisms and evidence chains.
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Latest2026-10-03
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2:43:10The Common Descent Podcast
0927
Some giant extinct kangaroos were too heavy to jump—they had to walk like Godzilla
Fossils show giant kangaroos weighing up to 270 kilograms; skeletal evidence suggests they couldn't jump; Pleistocene footprints confirm at least one species walked on two feet.
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EvolutionAustralia
2:10:56The Common Descent Podcast
0913
The Ice Age Is Not an Endless Winter but a Cycle of Splitting and Rejoining
Glacial and interglacial periods switch back and forth, repeatedly isolating and reconnecting populations — that is the real mechanism by which ice ages shape species; and human activity may push the next glaciation back by hundreds of thousands of years.
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PaleoclimateGlaciers