Eons

No Single Cradle of Humankind

It would take decades for paleontologists to realize that maybe there wasn’t just one so-called "cradle of humankind," and realize that maybe they’d been asking the wrong question all along.

No Single Cradle of Humankind

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    The Dinosaurs That Evolution Forgot

    S7 E7 - 9m 19s

    Where are all the east coast dinosaurs? Why don’t we find famous species like Triceratops in Central Park? Turns out, evolution and geology came together to make the east coast into an ancient lost world of weird dinosaurs.

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    How the Himalayas Changed the World

    S7 E6 - 10m 4s

    We may have the Himalayas to thank for everything from the rise of giant flightless birds in Madagascar; to the disappearance of plants from Antarctica; to the expansion of the great grasslands of North America, and more.

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    Where Did the Moon Come From?

    S7 E5 - 10m 50s

    Where did our unique moon come from? It turns out that lunar rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts are a clue, pointing to the origin of our closest cosmic companion, an origin even stranger than you might imagine…

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