SciShow: This Video Game Software Helps Us Do Paleontology

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Content of the Lesson: The same technology that helps you rack up kills in your favorite FPS games also helps paleontologists solve million-year-old mysteries. Thanks to Dr. Anne Kort for helping us with this video! Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: (shoutout to Dr. Anne Kort for this video inspiration!) Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHTB46FpnyA https://www.blender.org/ https://www.blender.org/press/ubisoft-joins-blender-development-fund/ https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/1Fse1XyXzj76UJ1gKFohbz/ubisoft-joins-blender-development-fund-to-support-open-source-animation https://doi.org/10.1666/13-088 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.833379/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.600696/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field&journalName=Frontiers_in_Earth_Science&id=600696&fbclid=IwAR3v4E6Du8mOzt29bqXJ6x-ZM606vsrpWZMgTwXC6fEZREeY3EtuJrRyemc https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(21)01150-0.pdf https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/645.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0851-2 https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(21)01150-0.pdf Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/mock-up-fantasy-rpg-moba-video-game-gameplay-with-role-stock-footage/1265220754?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blender_Pic.jpg https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.833379/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.600696/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field&journalName=Frontiers_in_Earth_Science&id=600696&fbclid=IwAR3v4E6Du8mOzt29bqXJ6x-ZM606vsrpWZMgTwXC6fEZREeY3EtuJrRyemc https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/fish-dinosaurus-ichthyosaurus-fossil-skeleton-stock-footage/1353418707?adppopup=true https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.805271/full https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3D_printed_Spinosaurus_skulls.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/thumbs-up-computer-worker-nerd-on-phone-at-cubicle-royalty-free-image/157742675?phrase=nerd+desk&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/scientist-cleans-prehistoric-fossils-white-looking-stock-footage/1130202141?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/portrait-of-beautiful-paleontologist-cleaning-royalty-free-image/1312318046?phrase=Archaeologist+excavating+skeleton+&adppopup=true https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172047 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/bone-saw-royalty-free-image/457442509?phrase=bone+saw&adppopup=true https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.659039/full#S11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orobates.png https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(21)01150-0.pdf https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/tooth-anatomy-vector-dental-infographics-royalty-free-illustration/617609506?phrase=tooth+structure&adppopup=true https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(21)01150-0.pdf https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.833379/full https://youtu.be/cZ3o5tjO51s?si=mZ3kr0h6mRAFv7_o&t=503 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.833379/full https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waco_mammoth_site_QRT.jpg https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12052-012-0458-2#Fig3


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