Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this fossil-fueled episode of The Non-Prophets, the hosts unpack a new discovery: lizard-like footprints in Australia that could rewrite the timeline of tetrapod evolution by 40 million years. From the science of peer review to the philosophical weight of evidence, the panel dives into how science self-corrects, why tentative claims aren't failures, and how our distant past continues to shape our future. Also: religion, dinosaurs, road durability, and… Silurians?
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Popular Mechanics, “395-Million-Year-Old Footprints Push Humanity’s Timeline”
By Elizabeth Rayne, May 19, 2025
The Non-Prophets, Episode 24.22.3 featuring Rob, Eli Slack, and Cynthia McDonalds
We All Came from… Something Like a Lizard 🦎
Tetrapod Tracks Rewrite Evolution's Timeline 🦖
Footprints Older Than History Itself 👣
Before the Dinosaurs: Who Walked Here First? 🕵️
New Fossils Might Reboot the Textbooks 📚
What If Science Got the Timeline Wrong? 🧐
Ancient Lizard Prints Raise Big Questions ⏳
Science Evolves—Literally and Figuratively 🔬
How Peer Review Saves Science from Itself 🧠
The First Land Animals? Maybe Even Earlier! 🐾
We Walk on Ground Once Owned by Lizards 😮
Scientific Truth Is Always Under Construction 🚧
This Fossil Discovery Blew Our Minds 💥
Proof That Science Doesn’t Fear Being Wrong 🔁
Footprints, Fossils, and Falling Gods 🙃
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In this fossil-fueled episode of The Non-Prophets, the hosts unpack a new discovery: lizard-like footprints in Australia that could rewrite the timeline of tetrapod evolution by 40 million years. From the science of peer review to the philosophical weight of evidence, the panel dives into how science self-corrects, why tentative claims aren't failures, and how our distant past continues to shape our future. Also: religion, dinosaurs, road durability, and… Silurians?
News Source
Popular Mechanics, “395-Million-Year-Old Footprints Push Humanity’s Timeline”
By Elizabeth Rayne, May 19, 2025
The Non-Prophets, Episode 24.22.3 featuring Rob, Eli Slack, and Cynthia McDonalds
We All Came from… Something Like a Lizard 🦎
Tetrapod Tracks Rewrite Evolution's Timeline 🦖
Footprints Older Than History Itself 👣
Before the Dinosaurs: Who Walked Here First? 🕵️
New Fossils Might Reboot the Textbooks 📚
What If Science Got the Timeline Wrong? 🧐
Ancient Lizard Prints Raise Big Questions ⏳
Science Evolves—Literally and Figuratively 🔬
How Peer Review Saves Science from Itself 🧠
The First Land Animals? Maybe Even Earlier! 🐾
We Walk on Ground Once Owned by Lizards 😮
Scientific Truth Is Always Under Construction 🚧
This Fossil Discovery Blew Our Minds 💥
Proof That Science Doesn’t Fear Being Wrong 🔁
Footprints, Fossils, and Falling Gods 🙃
Don't like ads? Consider becoming a patron for commercial-free episodes: tiny.cc/patreonnp
We welcome your comments on the thread for this show.
► tiny.cc/fbnp
► Contact us with questions or news stories at: nonprophets@atheist-community.org
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WHAT IS THE NON-PROPHETS?
The Non-Prophets is a internet show airing at 06:00pm Central time Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday each week. Where we navigate through current events, providing a secular viewpoint that adds depth to the unfolding narrative.
The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.
We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism.
VISIT THE ACA'S OFFICIAL WEB SITES
► atheist-community.org (The Atheist Community of Austin)
► atheist-experience.com (The Atheist Experience TV Show)
NOTES
TheNonProphets is the official channel of The Non Prophets. "The Non Prophets" is a trademark of the ACA.
Copyright © 2024 Atheist Community of Austin. All rights reserved.
