{"podcast":{"title":"The Fossil Files","slug":"the-fossil-files-7375611","podcast_index_feed_id":7375611,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/583670/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/Fossils","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/9/f/3/99f352ecbfc60de0d959afa2a1bf1c87/logo4-20250704-h86q14pd0t.jpg","author":"Robert Sansom","episode_count":40,"summary":"In \"The Fossil Files\", a pair of palaeontologists delve into the latest discoveries from the world of palaeontology and seek to bring fossils to back to life. Each episode, Susie and Rob will discuss an interesting new research paper ranging from topics of what dinosaurs ate, how plesiosaurs swam, where we came from, and the science of de-extinction. Whilst doing so, we peek under the hood of how the science of palaeontology is done and how research gets to see the light of day. It is for anybody interested in palaeontology and past life whether that is students, researchers themselves, or simply the fossil-curious - we laugh as we learn, and hope you will too. Episode guide at https://fossils.libsyn.com/ Bonus content at Patreon https://patreon.com/FossilFiles","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T12:18:38.080077+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611"},"episode":{"title":"How to get a Species of Human Named after you [Preview]","slug":"how-to-get-a-species-of-human-named-after-you-preview","published_at":"2026-04-14T04:09:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/how-to-get-a-species-of-human-named-after-you-preview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611","url":"https://a94020de-22e2-432b-af22-019fdb3026ee.libsyn.com/how-to-get-a-species-of-human-named-after-you-preview","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a94020de-22e2-432b-af22-019fdb3026ee/Episode_28_human_bonus_preview.m4a?dest-id=5062010","summary":"Getting a fossil species named after you is an unsual way to acheive quasi immortality, especially so for a species of human. In this preview of our second bonus episode we take a look at the weird, and often tragic lives of 5 people who have given their names to species of fossil humans, ranging from mad Austro-Hungarian aristrocrats to rampant imperialists and German pastors. Along the way we ask if we can learn some lessons from this ecletic bunch, and explore the fascinating new science revealing the face of human ancestors. The full episode is available via our Patreon. The paper tangentially discussed this week is \"Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium\" by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues published in Cell in July 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040. Wide screen art by Australian Museum.","meta_description":"Getting a fossil species named after you is an unsual way to acheive quasi immortality, especially so for a species of human. In this preview of our secon…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":804,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fossil-files-7375611/episodes/how-to-get-a-species-of-human-named-after-you-preview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/how-to-get-a-species-of-human-named-after-you-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}