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Palaeo After Dark

Palaeo After Dark

A group of fresh faced scientists have biweekly informal discussions about evolutionary biology and palaeontology... over beer.

Palaeo After Dark Podcast Guide

Listen to Palaeo After Dark, a Science & Medicine podcast by Palaeo After Dark. Stream 351 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Podcast 331 - Reef It Up

The gang discusses two papers that investigate ancient bioherms. The first paper looks at the formation of early Phanerozoic reefs, and the...

01:39:34May 3, 2026

Podcast 330 - Dinosaur Body Pillow

The gang discusses two papers about the functional morphology of ancient groups of animals. The first paper is a review of how the life posi...

01:29:36Apr 19, 2026

Podcast 329 - Boom Shakalaka

The gang discusses two papers that use quantitative methods to investigate the biomechanical limitations of extinct organisms. The first pap...

01:27:11Apr 5, 2026

Podcast 238 - Fins for Days

The gang discusses two papers that are united by a fin. The first paper uses a computer algorithms to infer the shape of mosasaur tail fins,...

01:52:06Mar 22, 2026

Podcast 327 - Horse or Deer?

The gang talk about two papers about extraordinary dinosaur fossils and the unique information that can be gleaned from them. The first pape...

01:25:59Mar 8, 2026

Podcast 326 - But What Is It?

The gang discuss two papers of odd fossils with exceptional preservation. The first paper looks at some Cambrian vertebrates and shows that...

01:42:54Feb 22, 2026

Podcast 325 - The Curse of the Not Cat

Listeners, I'm going to level with you. This podcast is cursed. Not because of the content, which is mostly a pretty straight forward discus...

01:46:05Feb 8, 2026

Podcast 324 - Pick Up the Pieces

The gang discusses two papers that use fragmentary fossils of animals to investigate the origins of major groups. The first paper describes...

01:24:45Jan 25, 2026

Podcast 323a - "All Sales Final" Part 1

For our holiday episodes this year, James, Curt, Amanda, and Ants get together to play a game of the space horror tabletop RPG Mothership. J...

01:02:26Dec 14, 2025

Podcast 321 - Getting Mostly Stems Here

The gang discusses two papers that have very little in common with each except for the word "stem". The first paper uses birth death models...

01:47:10Nov 16, 2025

Podcast 320 - von Herrerasaurus

The gang discusses two papers that investigate injuries in fossil bones. The first paper tests hypotheses about the causes of facial injurie...

01:41:57Nov 2, 2025

Podcast 319 - CSI Crato Formation

The gang discusses two papers that use taphonomic experiments to test hypotheses about the paleo-environmental conditions of the Crato Forma...

01:42:48Oct 19, 2025

Podcast 318 - Derp Fish Returns

The gang discusses two papers that provide nuanced information to test when key innovations in vertebrate evolution occurred. The first pape...

01:29:19Oct 5, 2025

Podcast 317 - Bring the Brain Power

The gang discusses two papers that deal with fossil brains. The first paper looks at a fossil arthropod from the Cambrian and uses neurologi...

01:40:38Sep 21, 2025

Podcast 316 - Sail Back Bros

The gang discusses two papers about skin preservation in fossil tetrapods. The first paper describes skin impressions from a Permian synapsi...

01:54:04Sep 7, 2025