Skip to main content

Up Next

Back to Show
Eons

How To Survive the Little Ice Age

Season 3 Episode 42

Nunalleq, a village in what’s today southwest Alaska, seemed to have thrived during the Little Ice Age. How did this village manage to survive and prosper during the Little Ice Age, and what caused this period of climate change in the first place?

Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
Support Provided By
Season
The Curious Case of the Cave Lion
8:09
Large feline roamed Eurasia and Its fossils have been found across the continent.
When Ants Domesticated Fungi
9:05
Ants have been farming for 60 million years! We explore how, when and why they started.
The Ancient Human Species With A Missing Body
7:56
Would it really be impossible for us to reconstruct their morphology?
Why Sour May Be The Oldest Taste
7:02
Sour used to be the taste of danger. But, now its role has reversed.
How the Smallest Animal Got So Simple
6:52
This tiny, simple animal, the Myxozoans, evolved from something bigger and more complex.
The Extreme Hyenas That Didn't Last
7:50
Only a few million years ago, Hyenas lived very different lives from what we know today.
The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal
8:44
A truly enormous ichthyosaur reached its size within just a few million years.
When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands
8:50
The giant pterosaur's occupied the empty Hateg Island.
Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)
9:12
We learn why all mammals today, from humans to bats, have five fingers or fewer.
How Horses Went From Food To Friends
6:32
With evidence from from art, archaeology, and ancient DNA, we put together horses history.
How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again
8:52
Here's why teeth would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrate.
Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?
10:21
Dinosaurs were not just carnivores or herbivores; they were occasional omnivore too.
Active loading indicator