Regina Barber

I mean, I do, too. Elsa, have you heard of something called the drunken monkey hypothesis?

I mean, I do, too. Elsa, have you heard of something called the drunken monkey hypothesis?

Huh. Yeah, but there was no consensus for this hypothesis among scientists who studied primates when the theory was proposed decades ago.

Huh. Yeah, but there was no consensus for this hypothesis among scientists who studied primates when the theory was proposed decades ago.

Huh. Yeah, but there was no consensus for this hypothesis among scientists who studied primates when the theory was proposed decades ago.

That's Matthew Kerrigan, who's an author of a review paper, which is an article that looks at a lot of studies that came out in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

That's Matthew Kerrigan, who's an author of a review paper, which is an article that looks at a lot of studies that came out in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

That's Matthew Kerrigan, who's an author of a review paper, which is an article that looks at a lot of studies that came out in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Yeah. And intoxication is dangerous out in the wild. Like animals would be too vulnerable to predators or falling out of a tree. So Matthew says that our primate ancestors likely had to adapt to alcohol consumption and more or less become functional drinkers. They probably didn't have a choice.

Yeah. And intoxication is dangerous out in the wild. Like animals would be too vulnerable to predators or falling out of a tree. So Matthew says that our primate ancestors likely had to adapt to alcohol consumption and more or less become functional drinkers. They probably didn't have a choice.

Yeah. And intoxication is dangerous out in the wild. Like animals would be too vulnerable to predators or falling out of a tree. So Matthew says that our primate ancestors likely had to adapt to alcohol consumption and more or less become functional drinkers. They probably didn't have a choice.

Yeah. Yeah. Matthew says we still don't know for sure if animals actually prefer fermented fruit, like sometimes seek it out. There needs to be more studies on that. But scientists are seeing more and more evidence that this was an evolutionary advantage to have enzymes break down alcohol, which may have led to many human civilizations enjoying it.

Yeah. Yeah. Matthew says we still don't know for sure if animals actually prefer fermented fruit, like sometimes seek it out. There needs to be more studies on that. But scientists are seeing more and more evidence that this was an evolutionary advantage to have enzymes break down alcohol, which may have led to many human civilizations enjoying it.

Yeah. Yeah. Matthew says we still don't know for sure if animals actually prefer fermented fruit, like sometimes seek it out. There needs to be more studies on that. But scientists are seeing more and more evidence that this was an evolutionary advantage to have enzymes break down alcohol, which may have led to many human civilizations enjoying it.

Yeah, we call this the biphasic life cycle. Back to this really cool fossil. This tadpole fossil is 161 million years old. from the middle to late Jurassic period. And it's incredibly intact, which is shocking because tadpoles are really delicate. They're made mostly of cartilage. And also the tadpole stage only lasts a few months before the tadpole transforms into that adult frog.

Yeah, we call this the biphasic life cycle. Back to this really cool fossil. This tadpole fossil is 161 million years old. from the middle to late Jurassic period. And it's incredibly intact, which is shocking because tadpoles are really delicate. They're made mostly of cartilage. And also the tadpole stage only lasts a few months before the tadpole transforms into that adult frog.

Yeah, we call this the biphasic life cycle. Back to this really cool fossil. This tadpole fossil is 161 million years old. from the middle to late Jurassic period. And it's incredibly intact, which is shocking because tadpoles are really delicate. They're made mostly of cartilage. And also the tadpole stage only lasts a few months before the tadpole transforms into that adult frog.

So it's been very hard for scientists to find tadpole fossils that are this well-preserved.

So it's been very hard for scientists to find tadpole fossils that are this well-preserved.

So it's been very hard for scientists to find tadpole fossils that are this well-preserved.