A Natural History of Mars
While Earth’s natural history has been playing out over the last few billion years, another epic planetary saga has also been unfolding right next door.
Episodes
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A Natural History of Mars
S5 E22 - 11m 3s
While Earth’s natural history has been playing out over the last few billion years, another epic planetary saga has also been unfolding right next door.
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The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
S5 E21 - 8m 3s
In between two of the islands of Indonesia, there’s an ancient line that is both real and…not real.
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It's Becoming Very Clear That Birds Are Not Normal
S5 E20 - 8m 40s
A new discovery raises an important question: from an evolutionary perspective, who really has the stranger wings?
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When Plants Doubled Their DNA
S5 E19 - 8m 52s
Perhaps for plants in times of great stress and ecological upheaval, the more DNA the better.
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We Were Wrong About The Dodo
S5 E18 - 7m 16s
What’s the real story of the dodo? How did such a unique bird even evolve in the first place? And are we really responsible for its extinction?
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Nautiloids Thrived For 500 Million Years Until They Appeared
S5 E17 - 9m 54s
Around 30 million years ago, a new group of predators began to push nautiloids from their former global range into a single remaining refuge. But who were these predators?
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The Hidden Genes That Make Us Human
S5 E16 - 9m 11s
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.
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That Time the American West Blew Up
S5 E15 - 9m 57s
How is it possible to have cataclysmic eruptions without any real cataclysm?
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How a Mass Extinction Changed Our Brains
S5 E14 - 10m 42s
During one of the most pivotal moments in our evolutionary story our brains actually shrank relative to our bodies.
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These Fossils Were Supposed To Be Impossible
S5 E13 - 7m 23s
Hidden in rocks once thought too old to contain complex life we may have found the animal kingdom’s oldest known predator.
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These Fossils Were Supposed To Be Impossible
S5 E12 - 9m 26s
Hidden in rocks once thought too old to contain complex life we may have found the animal kingdom’s oldest known predator.
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Could Neanderthals Use Symbolism?
S5 E11 - 8m 9s
If we can see ourselves in the way our ancient cousins dealt with death…what else could we have in common?
Extras + Features
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A Quick Introduction to Eons
S1 - 1m 28s
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. The evolutionary history of mammals including humans and other modern species is explored with these amazing paleontology
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