Part one of three! Most people know only two things when it comes to the dodo: they were stupid, and now they are extinct. But this simplistic view leaves out the full picture. In this video, we're exploring the many reasons why dodos ended up extinct, as well as the larger evolutionary forces at play.

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Further Reading / Works Cited:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2...
https://archive.org/details/songofdod...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo#/m...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2844594
https://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/ec...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/na...
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfo...
https://cgab.yale.edu/projects/ancien...
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Extinc...
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/thelo...
https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/s...
https://gsas.yale.edu/news/whatkille...