Eons

From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of

Episodes

  • When Mammals Only Went Out At Night: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    When Mammals Only Went Out At Night

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    Scientists discover dinosaurs and tiny mammals' sleep habits are different than thought.
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    History's Most Powerful Plants

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    Fossil fuels are made from the remains of extinct organisms.
  • The Age of Giant Insects: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Age of Giant Insects

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    Insects and other arthropods weren’t always so small.
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    The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws

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    A 270-million-year-old sea creature called Helicoprion that once swam the seas.
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    The Extinction That Never Happened

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    Natural history is full of living things that were long thought to have gone extinct only
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    Dimetrodon: Our Most Unlikely Ancestor

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    Take a close look and you might see a little bit of yourself.
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    The Biggest Thing That Ever Flew

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    Today, we’re familiar with two types of flying vertebrates -- birds and bats.
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    That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything

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    What if we told you that there was a time when oxygen almost wiped out all life on Earth?
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    The Story of Saberteeth

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    Smilodon was a fearsome Ice Age cat, the size of a modern-day tiger.

About Eons

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.