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When Insects First Flew

When Insects First Flew

Season 1 Episode 49
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When Fish Wore Armor

When Fish Wore Armor

Season 1 Episode 51
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When Birds Had Teeth

When Birds Had Teeth

Season 1 Episode 52
11:29
When We First Walked

When We First Walked

Season 1 Episode 57
10:56
Did Raptorex Really Exist?

Did Raptorex Really Exist?

Season 1 Episode 58
12:27
Can We Get DNA From Fossils?

Can We Get DNA From Fossils?

Season 1 Episode 59
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When Giant Amphibians Reigned

When Giant Amphibians Reigned

Season 1 Episode 60
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Eons

FAQs From Our First Year

Season 1 Episode 48

Over the first season of PBS Eons, we’ve explored the history of Earth from the very origins of life right up to the Cenozoic Era that we’re in now. To celebrate our first anniversary together, we’d like to answer some of your most frequently asked questions.

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When Dinosaur Look-Alikes Ruled the Earth
7:23
These animals truly ruled the Earth, becoming both abundant and diverse.
How We Identified One of Earth’s Earliest Animals
10:44
The key to solving the puzzle of Precambrian life was a tiny bit of fossilized fat.
The Two Viruses That We’ve Had For Millions of Years
9:11
The two viruses that we’ve had for millions of years.
How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction
9:31
The arrival of plants on land would eventually help cause a massive extinction event.
How the Andes Mountains Might Have Killed a Bunch of Whales
8:27
Cerro Ballena has over 40 skeletons of marine mammals from the Late Miocene Epoch.
The Risky Paleo Diets of Our Ancestors
7:59
Part of a secret to our success as a species has been our early experimentation with food.
When a Billion Years Disappeared
11:09
Some rocks below the Great Unconformity are 1.2 billion years older than those above it.
How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends
9:21
It took thousands of years of interactions to develop our deep bond with dogs.
How the Egg Came First
8:44
We’re here to tell you: The egg came first.
Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils?  (ASL)
12:18
Is it possible that monsters that populate our legends were influenced by the fossil record?
When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar (ASL)
10:09
Just a few thousand years ago, Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs.
When We Took Over the World
11:47
When We Took Over the World
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