• Eons: Surviving Deep Time

  • By: PBS
  • Podcast

Eons: Surviving Deep Time

By: PBS
  • Summary

  • Season 2 of the Eons podcast will be a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked in the comments section of our YouTube videos: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past?

    PBS (2022)
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Episodes
  • Could You Survive The End-Ordovician Extinction?
    Oct 29 2024

    The End-Ordovician Extinction was the first of the so-called ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions in the history of life on Earth - more than 80% of species in the oceans died out. But could you survive its aftermath?

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    Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios.

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    51 mins
  • Could You Survive The Cambrian Explosion?
    Oct 15 2024

    In the ocean, the Cambrian Period was one of startling evolutionary innovations, but on land, it was barren, with no vegetation of any kind. In this strange world before plants made their way onto land… could you survive?

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    Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios.

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    44 mins
  • Could You Survive The Devonian Period? (with Hank Green!)
    Oct 1 2024

    By the end of the Devonian Period, the land had exploded with plant life and ancient invertebrates. There was also Tiktaalik - one of the first known vertebrates able and willing to move from the water to land. Our distant relative figured out how to survive in this dramatically different environment, can you?

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    Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios.

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    55 mins

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