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Season 2023
2023x1 These Creatures Were Darwin's Greatest Enemy Episode overview
Air date
Jan 10, 2023
They may not look like much, but beneath that shell lies an evolutionary mystery - one that stumped the biggest names in natural history for over a hundred years.
They may not look like much, but beneath that shell lies an evolutionary mystery - one that stumped the biggest names in natural history for over a hundred years.
2023x2 When Ancient People Changed Their Own DNA Episode overview
Air date
Jan 19, 2023
Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations - a thing we sometimes call culture - we have become the ultimate niche builders.
Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations - a thing we sometimes call culture - we have become the ultimate niche builders.
2023x3 The Neandertal Burial That Taught Us About Humanity Episode overview
Air date
Jan 31, 2023
If we can see ourselves in the way our ancient cousins dealt with death…what else could we have in common?
If we can see ourselves in the way our ancient cousins dealt with death…what else could we have in common?
2023x4 These Fossils Were Supposed To Be Impossible Episode overview
Air date
Feb 07, 2023
Hidden in rocks once thought too old to contain complex life we may have found the animal kingdom’s oldest known predator.
Hidden in rocks once thought too old to contain complex life we may have found the animal kingdom’s oldest known predator.
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.
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.
2023x9 Nautiloids Thrived For 500 Million Years Until These Guys Appeared Episode overview
Air date
Mar 28, 2023
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?
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?
2023x11 The Real Story Of The Dodo Bird's (Current) Extinction Episode overview
Air date
Apr 04, 2023
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?
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?
2023x12 How (Some) Plants Survived The K-Pg Extinction Episode overview
Air date
Apr 13, 2023
Perhaps for plants in times of great stress and ecological upheaval, the more DNA the better.
Perhaps for plants in times of great stress and ecological upheaval, the more DNA the better.
2023x12 It's Becoming Very Clear That Birds Are Not Normal Episode overview
Air date
Apr 25, 2023
A new discovery raises an important question: from an evolutionary perspective, who really has the stranger wings?
A new discovery raises an important question: from an evolutionary perspective, who really has the stranger wings?
2023x13 The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart Episode overview
Air date
May 02, 2023
In between two of the islands of Indonesia, there’s an ancient line that is both real and…not real.
In between two of the islands of Indonesia, there’s an ancient line that is both real and…not real.
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.
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.
How and why the giraffe's neck emerged in the first place has been a mystery that generations of biologists have argued over – one that has made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution actually works over and over again.
How and why the giraffe's neck emerged in the first place has been a mystery that generations of biologists have argued over – one that has made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution actually works over and over again.
Around 6,000 years ago, in the Sahel region of Africa, a lone female mosquito buzzed through the lush, green savannah. She couldn’t know it, but the planet itself was about to change in .. show full overview
Around 6,000 years ago, in the Sahel region of Africa, a lone female mosquito buzzed through the lush, green savannah. She couldn’t know it, but the planet itself was about to change in ways that would see her descendants evolve to live very different lives. A sudden ecological shift would force them to go from living in forests and feeding on a range of animals to specializing on just one single species: us.
What happened to the piece of prime prehistoric real estate known as Doggerland? While a massive megatsunami might have drowned it for good, the underlying reason that it now lies under .. show full overview
What happened to the piece of prime prehistoric real estate known as Doggerland? While a massive megatsunami might have drowned it for good, the underlying reason that it now lies under the sea may have actually been the same thing that made it so great in the first place.
2023x18 That Time The Ocean Lost (Almost) All Its Oxygen Episode overview
Air date
Sep 12, 2023
Original Title: How a Volcanic Eruption Almost Suffocated the Ocean
This is the story of how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period, at the cost of essentially suffocating the oceans for half-a-million years.
Original Title: How a Volcanic Eruption Almost Suffocated the Ocean
This is the story of how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period, at the cost of essentially suffocating the oceans for half-a-million years.
2023x19 This Is An Ant World, We're Just Living In It Episode overview
Air date
Sep 26, 2023
How did ants take over the world? Well, it looks like they didn’t achieve world domination all by themselves. They may have just been riding the wave of a totally different evolutionary explosion.
How did ants take over the world? Well, it looks like they didn’t achieve world domination all by themselves. They may have just been riding the wave of a totally different evolutionary explosion.
Of course, the ancient Egyptians were probably not the first people to ever wear clothing, but we haven’t found any clothes older than the Tarkhan Dress. So how can we figure out when we .. show full overview
Of course, the ancient Egyptians were probably not the first people to ever wear clothing, but we haven’t found any clothes older than the Tarkhan Dress. So how can we figure out when we first started wearing clothes? Well, it turns out that some of our best evidence for clothing in the past comes from a pretty unlikely - and kinda gross - place.
2023x22 The Secret Extinctions Of The Silurian Period Episode overview
Air date
Nov 21, 2023
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2023x23 Beans & Bees (Not Bats) Gave Us Butterflies Episode overview
