Episode: 41 Xenogenesis - Adulthood-Rites: II: PHOENIX Chapters 20, 21 & 22

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In episode 41, Richard and Michael discuss if Akin is a version of a messiah Paul Atreides from Dune.

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:32 - Welcome
00:01:03 - Content corner - new species, anime, books, movies and more! [1]
00:10:07 - Predictions for chapter 20
00:11:06 - Chapter 20 summary begins
00:12:11 - Re-creating ancient animals [2 - 4]
00:14:47 - Back to Chapter 20
00:16:33 - Oankali and alcohol
00:27:53 - Mini me
00:31:06 - Back again to chapter 20
00:32:46 - Chapter 21 prediction
00:33:06 - Chatper 21 summary
00:38:27 - Chapter 22 prediction
00:40:05 - Chatper 22 summary
00:44:56 - Why humans tell stories
00:45:57 - Akin as Paul Atreides
00:51:28 - The tree always re-appears
00:52:27 - Chapter ends and we discuss Gabe’s behaviour
00:54:40 - Chapter 23 predictions
00:57:05 - What does Akin want to do
01:03:31 - Outro

References

Mini frog species:

• [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_(frog) - Wikipedia article about the frog with the references to the original article (open access).

Jurassic Park:

• [2] https://reviverestore.org/projects/woolly-mammoth/progress-to-date/ - Website on the wolly mammoth DNA restoration.
• [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_DNA - Wikipedia article about ancient DNA and the issues related with working on it.
• [4] https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/000112383 - A very detailed article about extraction methods for ancient DNA.

Regeneration of limbs in amphibians:

• [5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946045/ - A review article about regeneration of limbs.
• [6] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2014.1550 - An interesting article about regeneration of limbs in tetrapods from 300 million years ago.

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