Eons

That Time Earth was Sticky

"The Cretaceous Resinous Interval, a 54-million year period where amber was preserved in hundreds of locations across the world, was a gooey, gummy point in Earth's history - and then amber suddenly disappeared for another 20 million years. So, we have to ask: what exactly made this time period so very, very sticky?"

That Time Earth was Sticky

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    Do Chins Make Us Human?

    S8 E3 - 12m 7s

    You share a trait with every single human who's ever lived – but no other animal on Earth has it. It's not your big brain, or your opposable thumbs... it's actually this little shelf on your face that we call a chin. And here's the thing: we're not totally sure why it exists.

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    The Golden Age of Sharks

    S8 E2 - 12m 40s

    But why did sharks get so incredibly diverse and odd during this period, only to lose most of that diversity forever?

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