Eons

Beans & Bees (Not Bats) Gave Us Butterflies

For a few years we thought bats were to thank for the existence of butterflies. The idea was that the evolution of bats drove one group of moths to abandon the night entirely, becoming active during the day to escape, giving rise to butterflies. But it turns out the groups we should actually be thanking for the beautiful bugs are bees and beans.

Beans & Bees (Not Bats) Gave Us Butterflies

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    Why Paleontologists Can’t Stop Fighting About Spinosaurus

    8m 37s

    What does it mean to be a “semi-aquatic” dinosaur? Was it wading in the shallows, or could it have been a skilled swimmer? Each scenario paints a very different picture of Spinosaurus, and the discovery of new fossils has paleontologists rethinking just how weird and watery this dinosaur was all over again.

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    The Dinosaurs Too Big To Be Dinosaurs

    12m 22s

    How did sauropods, uniquely large land animals, actually live, with their anatomy and physiology pushed to such extremes? Well, their unprecedented gigantism came with some equally massive costs…

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    Darwin's Unexpected Final Obsession

    S7 E21 - 12m 12s

    After having solved the small matter of evolution by natural selection - becoming one of the most famous scientists in the world in the process - Charles Darwin turned his focus to a different personal obsession…

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