The Map that Changed the World

The Map that Changed the World

Our World has shifted dramatically over time. Our great land masses and oceans have moved, grown, shrunk, come together and pulled apart over the Earth's history. It is the fossils that have helped shape our understanding of this tremendous story of upheaval. Part of understanding fossils has been simple observation. We find fossilized shells on mountain tops — quite unexpectedly — and this makes us question how this could be possible.

As we learn about plate tectonics and palaeogeography, we also observe collections of fossils and what they tell us about ancient climates, distribution of species and life on Earth over time. I find textbooks very useful as a means to gain an understanding of these concepts. I also love a great story and highly recommend the work of Simon Winchester. He's written many a great tale. I thought you might enjoy one of them on the life of William Smith, the father of modern geology — The Map that Changed the World.

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What Killed the Dinosaurs?

What Killed the Dinosaurs?

Today on the show, we travel back in time to the Late Cretaceous, some 66 million years ago, when death fell from the sky.

9 Apr 7min

Ammonoids & Conodonts: Triassic Exposures of Nevada

Ammonoids & Conodonts: Triassic Exposures of Nevada

Step into the sunbaked folds of West Union Canyon, just beyond Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, and you are quite literally walking along one of North America’s most important geological fault...

9 Apr 7min

Descendants of the Cambrian: Sea Anemones

Descendants of the Cambrian: Sea Anemones

At first glance, anemones look like soft blossoms anchored to rock, their tentacles swaying with the tide. But look a little closer and you’ll see a skilled predator at work. Each of those delicate ar...

8 Apr 3min

Hawai'i: Islands Born of Fire

Hawai'i: Islands Born of Fire

Long, long ago—millions of years before you or me, before the canoes of the Polynesian voyagers, before the first birds ever touched these shores—there was only ocean. A vast blue desert stretching fa...

27 Sep 20256min

Dinosaurs, Ammonites, Trilobites: What is Paleontology

Dinosaurs, Ammonites, Trilobites: What is Paleontology

Join in the exploration of the fascinating science of paleontology — that lens that examines ancient animals, plants & ecosystems from wee single-celled organisms to big & mighty dinosaurs.

22 Apr 20256min

Stone, Bone & Water: Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip

Stone, Bone & Water: Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip

Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip — From downtown Vancouver, drive north through Stanley Park and over the Lion’s Gate Bridge. Take the North Vancouver exit toward the ferries. Turn right onto Tay...

12 Apr 20257min

Woolly Mammoths: Trumpeting Through the Tundra

Woolly Mammoths: Trumpeting Through the Tundra

Woolly Mammoths – Picture a towering, shaggy titan lumbering across a frozen expanse, as winds howl through its dense, draping fur. This is the Woolly Mammoth—an Ice Age icon that could stand up to 11...

7 Apr 202511min

Theropods of a Feather: Living Dinosaurs, the Birds

Theropods of a Feather: Living Dinosaurs, the Birds

Welcome to the Fossil Huntress Podcast. Today on the show we’re talking about living dinosaurs—our avian friends, the birds. From the tiniest hummingbird to the towering ostrich, these feathered creat...

1 Apr 20258min

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