Paleontology on the Joe Rogan Experience
2 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Jan 2025 · updated Jul 16, 2026
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- Neil deGrasse Tyson (1)
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“And every 20,000 years, they found a little blip a little dip in The fossil record where we lost some species and people were wondering why could there have b…”
Tyson states that dips in the fossil record showing periodic mass extinctions recur roughly every 20,000 years, which led scientists to hypothesize a companion star to the sun (later dubbed Nemesis).
“Enigmatic group once lived alongside homo sapiens in eastern Asia. According to science alert, fossilized remains unearthed from sediment layers dated over 200…”
Rogan reads that a newly described large-headed human group with disproportionately large cranial volumes lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia over 200,000 years ago.