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Eons

A Quick Introduction to Eons

Join hosts Hank Green, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age. The evolutionary history of mammals including humans and other modern species is explored with these amazing paleontology

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Do Thunderbeasts Prove Giant Animals Are Inevitable?
7:50
From an evolutionary perspective, is bigger always better?
You're Living On An Ant Planet
9:14
How did ants take over the world?
That Time The Ocean Lost (Almost) All Its Oxygen
9:31
This is how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period.
Did a Tsunami Swallow Part of Europe?
8:03
What happened to the piece of prime prehistoric real estate known as Doggerland?
We Helped Make Mosquitoes A Problem
8:10
About 6,000 years ago, a lone female mosquito buzzed through the lush savannah in Africa.
Why The Giraffe Got Its Neck
9:01
The giraffe's neck as made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution really works.
A Natural History of Mars
11:03
Another epic planetary saga has also been unfolding right next door.
The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
8:03
In between two islands of Indonesia, there’s a line that is both real and not real.
It's Becoming Very Clear That Birds Are Not Normal
8:40
From an evolutionary perspective, who really has the stranger wings?
When Plants Doubled Their DNA
8:52
For plants in times of great stress and ecological upheaval, the more DNA the better
We Were Wrong About The Dodo
7:16
What’s the real story of the dodo?
Nautiloids Thrived For 500 Million Years Until They Appeared
9:54
A new group of predators began to hunt nautiloids
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