Extinct Ice-Age Megafauna, Ethics of Resurrecting Mammoths, Cave Paleontology, & More | John Moretti

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with John Moretti, a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin who travels deep into caves to study ancient animals of the Pleistocene & Holocene.This podcast has no affiliation with the University of Texas or the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. However, it is part of my goal to make quality educational content with real experts accessible to the public for no charge whatsoever.Sources & Further Reading:“Ugly” Fossil Places Extinct Saber-Toothed Cat on Texas Coast:https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/...Moretti, J. A., & Johnson, E. (2023). Small rails from the late Quaternary of the Southern High Plains and their palaeoenvironmental context. Ibis, 165(4), 1280–1295.https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13212Moretti, J. A., Flores, D., Bell, C. J., Godwin, W., Hartstone‐Rose, A., & Lewis, P. J. (2024). The scimitar‐cat Homotherium from the submerged continental shelf of the Gulf Coast of Texas. The Anatomical Record.https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25461Scientists Closing in on Answers About ‘Lost’ Prehistoric Cats of Natural Bridge Caverns:https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/...Nogués-Bravo, D., Rodríguez, J., Hortal, J., Batra, P., & Araújo, M. B. (2008). Climate change, humans, and the extinction of the woolly mammoth. PLoS Biology, 6(4), e79.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio....Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...John MorettiWebsite:https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/student/jo...Publications:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...Instagram:  / stray_sabercat  Jason Bott & Podcast SocialsGoogle Scholar:https://scholar.google.at/citations?h...Twitter:https://x.com/JasonBott316244  Insta:/ heightsofhumanitypodcast TikTok:/ heightsofhumanity    Linkedin:/ jason-bott-a52944270  RSS:https://anchor.fm/s/ebd6a240/podcast/rssWebsite:https://www.heightsofhumanitypodcast.com