Dr Brian Choo is both a palaeontologist and a palaeo-artist. In this fascinating episode of Palaeo Jam, host Michael Mills chats with Brian about the path to becoming both, and how his understanding in each area, informs the other. Along the way, the two explore Brian’s passion for natural history, his inspirations, the process of creating art from science, the role of palaeo-art in the public understanding of science, and, of course, touch on the horrors of AI.

Brian’s amazing artwork has been featured in a number of scientific journals. You can find an extensive catalogue of his work at…

https://www.deviantart.com/gogosardina

Brian has a profile for his scientific work on ResearchGate at…

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Choo

Brian is a also regular judge in the Mary Anning Art Prize, a natural history art prize for young South Australians…

https://www.sasta.asn.au/student_activities/mary-anning-art-prize

You can find Michael on Blue Sky at…

https://bsky.app/profile/heapsgood.bsky.social

You can find links to much of his creative work at…

https://linktr.ee/heapsgoodproductions

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https://www.instagram.com/palaeo_jam

Carl Sagan once said "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe". As it happens, that very same universe is the one that made possible the making of mammals. So, what are some of the essential ingredients and conditions that made the making of a mammal possible?

In this episode of Palaeo Jam, host Michael Mills chats with Dr Peter Bishop, an Aussie abroad, currently engaged in palaeo research at Harvard University. Through his background in physics and mathematics Peter has applied biomechanical principles to understand extinct animals, particularly synapsids, which has led to some fascinating insights in to how to do just that- to make a mammal!

Michael begins the discussion by asking Peter about his journey from an outback Queensland mega-fauna site where the two first met several years ago, while digging up giant, prehistoric kangaroos, extinct , to Harvard…

You can find Peter’s work at…

https://www.mcz.harvard.edu/people/peter-bishop

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=M5u3GysAAAAJ&utm

Host Michael Mills can be found on Insta as The HeapsGood Guy at https://www.instagram.com/heapsgood/

On Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/heapsgood.bsky.social

Palaeo Jam has its own Insta account at

https://www.instagram.com/palaeo_jam/

Let’s talk about fish… Those creatures of the rivers and oceans that we often think of as somehow distant from us, but that from an evolutionary perspective, are central to the story of who we are.

In a wide ranging conversation, Palaeo Jam host Michael Mills chats with Dr Alice Clement of Flinders University about why understanding fish evolution matters in trying to understand ourselves, some key moments in fish evolution, and the key role that the Australian fossil record tells us about this remarkable story.

You can find Alice’s blog at https://draliceclement.com

And her Research Gate profile… https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alice-Clement

Alice posts from time to time on Twitter at… https://x.com/DrAliceClement

Alice has been a guest in several previous Palaeo Jam episodes, including the important “Life as a Palaeo Mum” recorded LIVE at the launch of the Palaeo Jam podcast. You can find it here… https://palaeojam.podbean.com/e/s01e03/

You can find Michael on Blue Sky at https://bsky.app/profile/heapsgood.bsky.social

To connect with Dinosaur University on Facebook, follow us at https://www.facebook.com/DinosaurUniversity

At Palaeo Jam, we have an Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/palaeo_jam