Amazing Jurassic fossils have been discovered that reveal how our middle ear evolved! Plus, a new plesiosaur from Antarctica has been discovered, evidence to challenge Bergmann’s rule has been found, and much more!

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Sources:
DESI 3D map:
https://data.desi.lbl.gov/doc/papers/
https://april.aps.org/sessions/F01 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/m...
https://science.nasa.gov/universe/ove...

Nut and the Milky Way:
https://www.sciengine.com/JAHH/doi/10...
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Book...
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pyra...
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Coff...

Tropical forest destruction:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...
https://research.wri.org/gfr/latesta...

Orca calf update:
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

Fossils document evolutionary changes of jaw joint to mammalian middle ear:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

New elasmosauroid plesiosaur Marambionectes molinai:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

A challenge to Bergmann’s rule:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...

Growth rates of early dinosaurs and their contemporaries:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

0:00 Introduction
0:27 A map of the universe
1:54 Nut and the Milky Way
4:52 Tropical deforestation report
6:03 Orca calf update
8:14 Jurassic fossils reveal how mammalian hearing evolved
10:19 New Antarctic plesiosaur species discovered
11:07 A challenge to Bergmann’s rule
12:38 Growth rates of early dinosaurs
14:00 Outro