EVOLUTION: So that’s how Star Trek explains all the humanoids?

Episode 3 of the The Spinal Frontier: A Star Trek Physiology Podcast podcast, hosted by Kelley and Eryn, titled "EVOLUTION: So *that’s* how Star Trek explains all the humanoids?" was published on December 10, 2021 and runs 19 minutes.

December 10, 2021 ·19m · The Spinal Frontier: A Star Trek Physiology Podcast

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Summary

Kelley and Eryn talk about all the things that are definitely shown in the classic TNG episode, The Chase: natural panspermia, convergent evolution,  comets, 90s couch cushions, and most importantly, why there is no such thing as lichen DNA! Also, you won't want to miss our argument about which humanoid species are some of the 19 allegedly descended from the progenitor... We hope you subscribe and listen every second and fourth Friday of the month! Links to learn more about important topics Bashing Holes in the Tale of Earth’s Troubled Youth, Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01074-6 Comet Impacts May Have Jump Started Life on Earth, space.com, https://www.space.com/20102-comets-impact-earth-life.html Formation of dipeptides in interstellar model ices, The Astrophysical Journal, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/765/2/111 Contact information IG: @spinalfrontierpod Twitter: @spinalfrontier Email: [email protected]

Episode Description

Kelley and Eryn talk about all the things that are definitely shown in the classic TNG episode, The Chase: natural panspermia, convergent evolution, comets, 90s couch cushions, and most importantly, why there is no such thing as lichen DNA! Also, you won't want to miss our argument about which humanoid species are some of the 19 allegedly descended from the progenitor... We hope you subscribe and listen every second and fourth Friday of the month!

Links to learn more about important topics

Bashing Holes in the Tale of Earth’s Troubled Youth, Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01074-6
Comet Impacts May Have Jump Started Life on Earth, space.com, https://www.space.com/20102-comets-impact-earth-life.html
Formation of dipeptides in interstellar model ices, The Astrophysical Journal, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/765/2/111

Contact information

IG: @spinalfrontierpod

Twitter: @spinalfrontier

Email: [email protected]

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