Eons

The Hidden Genes That Make Us Human

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.

The Hidden Genes That Make Us Human

9m 11s

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    What Will Earth Be Like 300 Million Years From Now?

    S6 E17 - 9m 34s

    We spend a lot of time here on Eons looking backwards into deep time, visiting ancient chapters of our planet’s history. But this time, we’re taking a look towards the deep future. After all, the story is far from over. Here is what’s coming up next on planet Earth.

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    What Was The Earliest Surgery?

    S6 E16 - 7m 59s

    When did practicing medicine - in its varied, complex forms (from sharing medicinal plants to the earliest surgeries) - become something that we actually started doing? While it’s a hard question to answer, it’s possible that our tendency to heal one another might have been with us for even longer than we've been human.

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    How Snake Venom Sparked An Evolutionary Arms Race

    S6 E15 - 9m 11s

    For some, the rise and spread of venomous elapids was just another challenge to adapt to. For others, it was a catastrophe of almost apocalyptic proportions. And we humans are no exception, because it seems that when elapids slithered onto the ecological scene, not even our ancestors were safe…

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