Science and Nature

Eons

Join hosts Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, 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.

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Episodes

  • Where Did the Moon Come From?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Where Did the Moon Come From?

    S7 E5 - 10m 50s

    Where did our unique moon come from? It turns out that lunar rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts are a clue, pointing to the origin of our closest cosmic companion, an origin even stranger than you might imagine…

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    How The Elephant Got Its Trunk

    S7 E4 - 11m 53s

    What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk.

  • What's the Oldest Beverage: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What's the Oldest Beverage

    S7 E3 - 11m 55s

    When exactly did we start drinking other things, and why? To find out, we have to look at the world’s oldest beverages – which might not be what you expect.

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    The Mystery of South America's False Horses

    S7 E2 - 9m 45s

    How did the "false horse," Thoatherium, and its relatives survive when their hoofed legs seemed to be adapted for an ecosystem that wouldn't exist for another 12 million years?

  • When India Was An Island: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    When India Was An Island

    S7 E1 - 11m 4s

    We need to talk about the biggest break-up of all-time: the break-up of the supercontinent Pangea, and how, ultimately, when India smashed back into Asia, it traded one form of evolutionary isolation for another.

Extras + Features

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    A Quick Introduction to Eons

    S1 - 1m 28s

    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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