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00:00 Introduction
11:20 Part 1 Inventing Predation
25:35 Part 2 Red Queen
46:24 Part 3 The First Predator

Researched and Written by Leila Battison
Edited by James Devonport
Audio & Additional Editing by Pete Kelly
Narration by David Kelly
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

Image Credits (Via Wikimedia Commons)

Intro and Part 1

Z Sun, F Zhao, H Zeng, C Luo, H Van Iten, M Zhu, CC BY 4.0
DBCLS CC BY 4.0
MUSE, CC BYSA 3.0
Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0
Budhiargomiko, CC BYSA 4.0
Ivan Bachev, CC BY 4.0
Dr N B Shridhar, CC BYSA 4.0
Leonhard Lenz, CC BYSA 4.0
Panek CC BY 2.5
Gabby8228, CC BYSA 4.0
Alpha Fold Team, CC BY 4.0
K Stibbe, H Wildschut & P Lugtenburg, CC BY 4.0
KarlGaff, CC BYSA 4.0

Part 2

Paul Glazzard, CC BYSA 2.0
Hythe, The Roughs, 30' Sound Mirror by Helmut Zozmann, CC BYSA 2.0
Denge Sound Mirrors by Oast House Archive, CC BYSA 2.0
Hywel Williams, CC BYSA 2.0
Bodacea, CC BYSA 2.0
HCRS Home Labor Page, CC BYSA 2.0
Ministry of Defence, OGL 3
War Memorial of Korea's public work: (KOGL license Type 1)
Callan Carpenter, CC BY 4.0
Leigh Van Valen from (https://entomophily.wordpress.com/wp...)
NY article: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/us...
Leigh Van Valen University of Chicago Medical Center, Fair use
[email protected] https://www.flickr.com/photos/linvoyage/
Mike Lewinski CC BY 2.0
JZ85, CC BY 3.0
Deror_avi, CC BYSA 4.0
Estonian Museum of Natural History, CC BYSA 4.0
S Pates, R LeroseyAubril, A C. Daley, C Kier, E Bonino, J O Hernández, CC BY 4.0
Fossils by Todd C. Gass, Attribution
Graphodatsky, A S; Trifonov, Vladimir A; Stanyon, RoscoeVector: Pixelsquid, CC BY 2.0

Part 3

Anomalocaris by PaleoEquii CC BYSA 4.0
Opabinia by PaleoEquii, CC BYSA 4.0
The Fezouata Biota By PaleoEquii Own work, CC BY 4.0
Amplectobelua by PaleoEquii Own work, CC BYSA 4.0

Joe Ravi, CC BYSA 3.0
Paul Burley, CC BYSA 4.0
David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0
Joyofmuseums, CC BYSA 4.0
Michael Barera, CC BYSA 4.0
DiscoA340, CC BYSA 4.0
Amphibol, CC BYSA 4.0
Thad Zajdowicz CC BY 2.0
Lydia Fizz CC BY 2.0
KoprX, CC BYSA 4.0
Connie Ma CC BYSA 2.0
Mgiganteus1, CC BYSA 4.0
JJonahJackalope, CC BYSA 4.0
T Rex © 2005 David Monniaux, CC BYSA 3.0
Michael Barera, CC BYSA 4.0
ScottRobertAnselmo, CC BYSA 3.0
Jason M Ramos, CC BY 2.0
Small shelly fauna fossils [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figur...]
Microdictyon fossil by Smith609, CC BYSA 4.0
Modern day stromatolites by Paul Harrison, CC ASA 3.0 Unported
Modern day stromatolites by Vincent Poirier, CC BYSA 3.0
Cloudina fossil by Nobu Tamura CC BYSA 4.0
Namacalathus by Cetomedes
The trilobite Eoredlichia intermedia by Віщун, CC BYSA 4.0
BeckerKerber, B., Pacheco, M.L.A.F., Rudnitzki, I.D. et al., CC BYSA 4.0
Fossil of Opabinia by Jstuby at English Wikipedia
The fossil of Hallucigenia by Michael BrettSurman
Hallucigenia by Jose Manuel Canete, CC BYSA 4.0
Radiodonta size comparison by Junnn11, CC BYSA 4.0
Peytoia nathorsti Laggania cambria, anomalocaris canadensis mobility by Junnn11 CC BYSA 4.0
Velvet worm by Geoff Gallice CC BY 2.0
Peripatus juanensis by Wes Gapp CC BY 4.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CC BYSA 4.0
Shucaris and Erratus by Prehistorica CM CC BY 4.0
Anomalocaris canadensis by MUSE CC BYSA 3.0
Anomalocaris Jose Manuel Canete CC BYSA 4.0
Anomalocaris Canadensis Picture credit: Greg Edgecombe.
Trilobite Beds fossils by Smith609 CC BYSA 3.0
RomanDeckert, CC BYSA 4.0
Thomas Bresson, CC BY 3.0
P Kraft, V Vaškaninová, M Mergl, P Budil, O Fatka & P E. Ahlberg, CC BY 4.0
"Assignment_Houston_One", CC BYSA 2.5
Flicker, *Biodiversity Heritage Library*
Trilobite by Micha L. Rieser, via Wikimedia Commons
Chris Light, CC BYSA 4.0
Radiodonta brain interpretations By Junnn11 Own work, CC BYSA 4.0
Protaetic cuprea ignicollis By Dr. Zachi Evenor CC BYSA 4.0

By James St. John: (CC BY 2.0)
Stromatolites
Anomalocaris canadensis mouthpiece,
Diorama of a Devonian seafloor trilobite molt
Trilobite Packstone
Homotelus bromidensis fossil trilobites

By Paul VanDerWerf HSCrabMating1.jpg CC BY 2.0,
Radiodonta Amplectobelua Anomalocaris Aegirocassis Lyrarapax Peytoia Laggania Hurdia By Junnn11 CC BYSA 4.0
Potin GJM and Daley AC (2023) The significance of Anomalocaris and other Radiodonta for understanding paleoecology and evolution during the Cambrian explosion. Front. Earth Sci.
Hurdiid Radiodontans by S Pates, AC Daley, B Lieberman CC BY 4.0
Radiodont fauna By Pates S, LeroseyAubril R, Daley AC, Kier C, Bonino E, OrtegaHernández J CC BY 4.0
World map 1942 By Qbox673, CC BYSA 4.0
Map By Lokal_Profil
Anomalacaris by Wiki Thedark85
Aegirocassis NT small By Nobu Tamura CC BYSA 4.0
Anomalocaris By Mike Beauregard CC BY 2.0