• 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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    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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    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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    55 mins
  • Introducing Eons: Surviving Deep Time
    Sep 26 2024

    Introducing Eons: Surviving Deep Time! Season 2 of the Eons podcast is a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past?

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    2 mins
  • The Eons Podcast is returning!
    Sep 21 2024

    Season 2 of the Eons podcast is coming soon! This season will be a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past?

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  • What Happened To The Neandertals?
    Jul 25 2022

    Studies have found Neandertal DNA in people living in - and descended from - populations in Europe, Asia, and, most recently, Africa. So, in a way, these ancient relatives of ours are somehow both here and gone. We know we shared the planet with them in the not-so-distant past… But what happened to them?

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    17 mins
  • Who Were The Denisovans?
    Jul 11 2022

    The Denisovans are a human relative discovered just over a decade ago. The DNA from the very small number of fossils found suggest they were around as long as the Neanderthals. Yet anthropologists have gathered way more evidence for Neanderthals. Where are the Denisovans hiding?

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    21 mins
  • What Did The Past Sound Like?
    Jun 27 2022

    How do we start to reconstruct the soundscapes of the past? Using modern environments, living representatives of ancient groups, and fossil anatomy, paleontologists have attempted to figure out what the past sounded like. And so far we’ve found the lead singers change, but the backup singers remain familiar.

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    17 mins