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Being from Nova Scotia, we have similar geology to what is seen here. The Springhill NS, a coal mining region, years ago before the powers that be closed down the duff banks, it was common to find museum quality fossils from the early carboniferous. Both the Parrsboro and Joggins area are World Heritage Sites designated by UNESCO. In my collection I have a number of trackways including Arthropleura, several bipedal and quadrupedal trackways, several they have yet to find the animal that made them. The Fundy Geological Museum has a number of well done exabits , the same at the Joggins Fossil Centre. Well researched documentary, would love to come join you on a field trip one day, thank you.
The inquest was held at the Hastings Arms Inn at Seaton Delaval, not New Hartley (still standing) but it was too small so the inquest was moved to the chapel.
Saying an asteroid is going faster than a bullet is a very very poor analogy. A fast bullet is doing about 1.5km/s while an asteroid colliding with Earth will enter the atmosphere at 18km/s to 30km/s. It will plunge through the atmosphere in about 4 seconds flat, leaving a plasma lance behind it, which fires upwards through the vacuum left behind the impactor.
54:08 - Bad artist's impression of the Chixulub impact. The ejecta fan does NOT go straight up - it rips outwards at an angle lower then 45 degrees. Also, the size shown here is very wrong - it is far too big. This image would require an impactor of 100km size - not 10km!
53:50 #MapsWithZealandia! OMG - I am so happy to see Zealandia represented here. Mostly people forget about our sunken continent. WE ARE NOT AN ISLAND!
When I consider the fact that millions of people still deny the reality of evolution I am filled with despair. Everyone needs to hear this lecture and see these fossils.
The fossil record is absolutely outrageous....since the last couple years the Chinese are digging up some incredible fossils.... The trilobite fossil record is absolutely amazing. Then there are numerous surprises...like the fossil of a dinosaur being attacked by a mammal. Another fossil shows a fossil born with two heads. Neil Shubin and his Tiktaalik....Homo naledi and the amazing work of individuals like Svante Päboo concerning Neanderthals and their DNA. We can now figure out color pigments of certain dinosaurs fossil feathers. The work of William Schopf and others on Stromatolite fossils...there are outrageous amounts of incredible fossils and techniques to understand the biology of these long dead species. Evolutionary theory is so damn beautiful....with material EVIDENCE confirming the theory. Another aspect of evolution that I really follow is Endosymbiosis and the work of individuals like Lenski doing research on the question how multi cellularity developed by rapid evolution. The progress in understanding Hox genes....there are so many books that i have devoured and evolutionary theory explains more than just biological processes....
Nice one. Loved the pics and the video brought back lots of nice memories, as I was the electrician wintered 81/82..Thanks for a nice interesting video.
Super exciting. Do you all have a ballpark idea of ... 1) When this stuff might be available to the public? 2) How many years this would be expected to work in real world environments?
Everyone seems to be fascinated by dinosaurs and I was the same when i was young. My favorite time is the Permian and I love the Synapsids, Pelycosaurs, Theriodonts, and other great creatures. I have enjoyed your book The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs. The asteroid was the coup de grace because the Deccan Traps was also erupting at that time and many species of dinosaurs were dying out before the asteroid event. So, I think the dinosaurs were being stressed out by the Large Igneous Providence Deccan Traps. Similar to the Siberian Traps had on the Permian but on a smaller scale.
An interesting lecture, and like any good lecture, I felt the time went too quick and wanted to know more. Prof. Brusatte's obvious enthusiasm is infectious, if he ever gives a talk here in the Chicago area I will attend if possible. I was also impressed by the people from the Mining Institute, they all seemed very supportive and friendly, with an environment such as that, how can you not help but learn? It must be a very special place. Many thanks for posting this.
Excellent presentation! I really enjoyed your book "The rise and fall of the dinosaurs" and it is delightful to hear you share further insights into your chose field of specialization. As I recall you devoted a chapter to the rise of the Crocodile Archosaurs and I have been unable to find any additional information about this era anywhere on RU-vid. Lots about later croc critters and their families but nothing about these early guys. Is it my inadequate research skills or what? Great presentation!
