Eons

The Mystery of South America's False Horses

How did the "false horse," Thoatherium, and its relatives survive when their hoofed legs seemed to be adapted for an ecosystem that wouldn't exist for another 12 million years?

The Mystery of South America's False Horses

9m 45s

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    The Graveyard at the Center of the Earth

    S7 E16 - 12m 38s

    Scientists have been trying to solve the mystery of why plate tectonics works the way it does for over a hundred years. And they might have just uncovered a key to cracking it.

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    Why Wasn't There A Second Age of Reptiles?

    S7 E15 - 9m 59s

    An asteroid impact triggered the K-Pg mass extinction, wiping out the non-avian dinosaurs, ending the Age of Reptiles, and ushering in the Age of Mammals. But why was it the mammals who triumphed?

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    How Mountains Make Evolution Weird

    S7 E14 - 10m 9s

    Mountains have a unique effect on diversity, messing with our understanding of animals through time, and pretty much just making evolution weird. And they would eventually reveal something even stranger about a group of mammals even closer to home: primates.

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