Eons: Surviving Deep Time
by PBS
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Will We Survive The Future? (with John Green!)
Will We Survive The Future? (with John Green!)
About this podcast
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?
Episodes
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- Will We Survive The Future? (with John Green!) · 1 h 12 min · Season 2 Episode 12Just because our ancestors have made it through every major period of upheaval in the Earth’s history so far doesn't mean that our survival through future changes is guaranteed…
- Which Evolutionary Niche Does Humankind Occupy? (Mailbag Episode!) · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 11We’ve reached the present! Before we take one look into the future in our final episode, all four Eons hosts have gathered to reflect on their survival experiences - and answer…
- Could You Survive Living With Other Hominin Species? · 1 h 11 min · Season 2 Episode 10Today, we Homo sapiens are used to being the only hominin on the planet, but in the Early Pleistocene Epoch, other upright-walking, tool-wielding, large-brained hominins roamed…
- Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis? · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 9In the Late Miocene Epoch, tectonic forces uplifted the Earth's crust, blocking off the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. A once-thriving marine ecosystem was replaced…
- Could You Survive The K-Pg Extinction? · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 866 million years ago, an asteroid hit our planet triggering global wildfires, an impact winter, and the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Could you make it through the darkest days of…
- Could You Survive On Hateg Island? · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 7There was an island in the Late Cretaceous Period in the fragmented European archipelago that turned out to be the hunting ground of a terrifying apex predator unlike any other…
- Could You Survive The End-Triassic? · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 6In the aftermath of the Great Dying, rapid evolutionary radiation resulted in the rise of a bunch of weird creatures in the Triassic Period. But life at the end of the period…
- Could You Survive The Great Dying? · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 5A catastrophic volcanic event in the Late Permian Period caused the biggest mass extinction of all time - known to us as the Great Dying. As a result, a large majority of…
- Could You Survive The Carboniferous? · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 4The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for the amniotes - the ancestors of all reptiles, birds, and mammals to come - to earn the…
- Could You Survive The End-Ordovician Extinction? · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 3The 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 The Cambrian Explosion? · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 2In 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…
- Could You Survive The Devonian Period? (with Hank Green!) · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 1By 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…
- Introducing Eons: Surviving Deep Time · 2 min · Season 2Introducing 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…
- The Eons Podcast is returning! · 1 minSeason 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…
- What Happened To The Neandertals? · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 10Studies 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…
- Who Were The Denisovans? · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 9The 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…
- What Did The Past Sound Like? · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 8How do we start to reconstruct the soundscapes of the past? Using modern environments, living representatives of ancient groups, and fossil anatomy, paleontologists have…
- The Lost Human Fossils of World War II · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 7Between 1927 and 1937, paleontologists excavated fossils from about 40 members of the species that today we call Homo erectus from a site in China known as Dragon Bone Hill. And…
- Why Do We Care About What Happened Millions Of Years Ago? (Mailbag Episode with Hank Green) · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 6Former host of Eons and our current boss Hank Green joins Kallie, Michelle, and Blake for a Q&A episode where we discuss everything from why all this matters to what specifically…
- The Strange Graveyard At The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 5There's something strange about the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. The fossils found there date back to the Late Jurassic Period and one species accounts for roughly two-thirds…
