Up Next
Back to Show
Eons
When Apes Conquered Europe
Season 2
Episode 6
Today, our closest evolutionary relatives, the apes, live only in small pockets of Africa and Asia. But back in the Miocene epoch, apes occupied all of Europe. Why aren’t there wild apes in Europe today?
Support Provided By
7:28
We focus on the DNA we got from our Neanderthals.
7:20
Seahorses are one of the ocean's worst swimmers but their origin story is great.
8:21
In recent years, Archaea's connection to us has been pretty huge and surprising.
8:53
Charles Darwin encountered a tiny fox-like creature during his famous voyage.
8:59
While some fishapods were crawling out of water, others were diving right back in.
10:17
We think our water came from unlikely sources: meteorites, space dust, and even the sun.
8:13
This fungus was actually manipulating ants’ and forcing strange movements.
9:49
We explore the origin of the Mystacodon, what we know today as baleen whales.
7:40
There is one group of mammals that doesn’t have alpha-gal catarrhine primates.
8:29
It started with the production of one specific molecule and its ability to evolve.
12:34
The epic saga of Los Angeles' natural history is still visible and even striking.
7:02
Let's explore how and why this millipede became this big!