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Matt Kielty

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1691 total appearances

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Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

And for this guy Schopf, he thought, well, maybe there's actually still something in there and we could use these new powerful machines to pull it out and start answering some big, important questions.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

And so Gould was just like, yes.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

Okay, so let's set the scene.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

It's like 1972, shop, Gould.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

Right, and they invite this guy, Dave Routt.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

Another paleontologist.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

Who had done these really cool studies.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

Looking at seashells and geometry.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

And then there's this fourth guy, Dan Simberloff.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

An ecologist who was really into, you know, mathematical modeling.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

So we got three paleontologists and an ecologist.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

By the way, it sounds like a beautiful beginning to a joke.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

Three paleontologists and ecologists and a computer walk into a bar.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

It's the winter of 1972.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

These four guys go up to Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

Where there's this sort of holy grail of fossil records.

Radiolab
Life in a Barrel

This fossil record of marine life.