Eons is a show produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios wherein Hank Green, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth.
From PBS Eons. Meet Thylacoleo! Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter – https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/
From PBS Eons. Check out Brilliant here: https://brilliant.org/Eons In the search for the genes that make us human, some of the most important answers were hiding not in the genes themselves, but in what was once considered genomic junk. Thanks to Riley J. Mangan, Ph.D. Candidate, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University for his help…
From PBS Eons. These underground mosquitos are coming for you Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://www.nature.com/articles/6884120#Sec16
From PBS Eons. The fossil reptile with two heads! Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373827/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6195345.stm
From PBS Eons. When do you think our ancestors started cooking food? Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. Get both Eons posters here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons How is it possible to have cataclysmic eruptions without any real cataclysm? ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for…
From PBS Eons. Scientists watched a single-celled organism evolve into a multicellular one in the lab – and they may have solved an evolutionary mystery. Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39558-8
From PBS Eons. Check out Brilliant! https://brilliant.org/Eons/ During one of the most pivotal moments in our evolutionary story our brains actually shrank relative to our bodies. Thanks to Ceri Thomas for the excellent Cenozoic mammal reconstructions! https://nixillustration.com/ ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons *****…
From PBS Eons. There’s something weird about Neandertal DNA Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abb6460?casa_token=rLK_VlSIKB4AAAAA%3AgplLo9PMxorfpzId7iMuPgmrEx1_hGZI5umOTGdQ5pJj2Q4f9N1KURZPv6QA2NJ-shbJVhuUJOTj5A
From PBS Eons. Not a great first date story. Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078188 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0361
From PBS Eons. How the therizinosaurs lived and evolved ended up being just as weird as their mixed-up anatomy. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make…
From PBS Eons. And it’s very similar to horseshoe crabs today! Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. The skeleton of a Homo erectus revealed something pretty interesting about ancient paleo diets. Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios References: Walker, A., Zimmerman, M. R. & Leakey. R. E. F. (1982). A possible case of hypervitaminosis A in Homo erectus. Nature 296, 248-250.
From PBS Eons. The Eons Puzzle is available here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons Hidden in rocks once thought too old to contain complex life we may have found the animal kingdom’s oldest known predator. Thanks to Franz Anthony (https://franzanth.com) for the excellent Charnwood Forest reconstructions! And to Dr. Emily G. Mitchell, Department and Museum of Zoology, University of…
From PBS Eons. Hate to break it to you, but you’re probably living not that far from a supervolcano Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. It feels weird to call an extinct animal a serial killer. Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. Time for a fossil history mystery Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. What’s your favorite whale phase? Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter – https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ References: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/these-ancient-whales-lived-like-modern-manatees-40-million-years-ago https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276110#sec047
From PBS Eons. Science isn’t just about data. It’s a human endeavor that involves and affects people first and foremost. Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://phys.org/news/2022-10-analysis-myanmar-amber-fossils-explicit.html https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Guidelines-for-Researchers-Research-Institutions-and-Publishers.pdf https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SVP-Letter-to-paleontological-community-on-Myanmar-Amber_FINAL.pdf
From PBS Eons. Check out Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/Eons/ If we can see ourselves in the way our ancient cousins dealt with death…what else could we have in common? Thanks to Julio Lacerda (https://twitter.com/JulioTheArtist) for the excellent reconstruction of Shanidar IV! ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to…
From PBS Eons. Brassica: One vegetable to rule them all Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8476135/
From PBS Eons. Imagine putting a cat in a suit of armor and standing it upright on its hind legs Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://www.popsci.com/science/jakapil-kaniukura-argentina-dinosaur/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15535-6
From PBS Eons. Scientists think they’ve identified the longest known dinosaur to ever roam the planet. Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://www.livescience.com/supersaurus-longest-dinosaur-on-record
From PBS Eons. Giant eyes on a crab – cute or creepy? Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. The sloths you know weren’t the only sloths Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter – https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ References: https://www.livescience.com/44023-aquatic-sloths-had-dense-bones.html
From PBS Eons. Where are all the birds with tail clubs? Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. Thank you to Rocket Money for sponsoring PBS. For more info check out http://rocketmoney.com/pbseons or scan the QR code on the screen to start managing your personal finances today. Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations – a thing we sometimes call culture – we have…
From PBS Eons. Let’s address the elephant in the room Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. We decoded Steller’s sea cow’s genome! Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. Trilobite bites! Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
From PBS Eons. They may not look like much, but beneath that shell lies an evolutionary mystery – one that stumped the biggest names in natural history for over a hundred years. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Produced by Complexly for PBS…
From PBS Eons. Evolution in action! Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios If you’d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! References: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2100765118
From PBS Eons. We’re making another episode of our podcast available on youtube! Deep in the Rising Star Cave system lies a mystery of paleoanthropology: a chamber filled with the bones of Homo naledi. Check out Eons: Mysteries of Deep Time wherever you get your podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eons-mysteries-of-deep-time/id1610360633 ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like…