Presented by Dr. Brian Davis, University of Louisville, April 10, 2025.

The Mesozoic is commonly known as the “Age of Dinosaurs.” The beginning of our own branch of the family tree was unfolding at the same time, mostly in the shadows. Mammals might have been tiny, but they experimented with a wide range of lifestyles. In this talk, Dr. Brian Davis explores what early mammals were like, and how palaeontologists find their fossils. This presentation answers the question, “What do mammal fossils tell us about how they lived, and perhaps why they went on to become so wildly successful?”

Admittedly even as a layman I think this 45-minute lecture could’ve gone into more depth and skipped over some of the basics, but it’s still a nice watch. Sadly the sound quality isn’t very good, I had to turn on the auto-generated subtitles…