Welcome to the Heights of Humanity
Join Jason Bott as he engages in enriching dialogues with extraordinary guests. Each episode offers unique insights into cutting-edge research across all disciplines.
Most Recent Episode
Jan 14, 2024
John Moretti: Extinct Ice-Age Megafauna, Ethics of Resurrecting Mammoths, and Cave Paleontology
In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with John Moretti, a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin who travels deep into caves to study ancient animals of the Pleistocene & Holocene. We spoke about the science of Paleontology, the ethics of reviving Mammoths and other extinct species, ancient ecosystems of North America, cave diving, and much more.
About Jason Bott
Jason is an Honors Undergraduate Student at the University of Texas at Austin studying Geophysics.
He is also an Undergraduate Research Associate at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics where he specializes in Polar and Planetary Geophysics.
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