Summary: <p>This episode topic comes from a fan request! We’re discussing how lessons from our planet’s prehistoric record can guide our efforts to preserve modern ecosystems: this is the field of conservation paleontology.</p><br> <p>In the news: sword-tailed sea scorpions, finding ancient DNA without fossils, climate change during the end-Pleistocene extinction, and (maybe) the oldest humans in North America!</p><br> <p>Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures: <br><a href="http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/">http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/</a></p><br> <p>Follow and Support us on: <br> Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast">https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast</a> <br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC">https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC</a><br> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/">https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/<br></a>PodBean: <a href="https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/">https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/</a> <br> iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2</a> <br> Stitcher: <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/common-descent/the-common-descent-podcast">http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/common-descent/the-common-descent-podcast</a></p><br> <p>The Podcast music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. <br> More music like this at <a href="http://ocremix.org">http://ocremix.org</a>.</p><br> <p> </p>
