Episode 203 - Rodents

Episode 203 - Rodents

Update: 2024-10-27
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Mice, rats, beavers, and more! Rodents are some of the most diverse and successful mammals on the planet. This episode, we discuss what traits make rodents special, and we explore their incredible living diversity. Then we’ll take a trip to the past to investigate early rodent evolution, some highlights of their fossil record, and some of their ancient competitors.


In the news: Arthropleura’s head, raptorial birds, dinosaur eggs, and evolution education.


Time markers:

Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00

News: 00:05:50

Main discussion, Part 1: 00:38:25

Main discussion, Part 2: 01:28:15

Patron question: 02:14:25


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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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Episode 203 - Rodents

Episode 203 - Rodents

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