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2022x1 How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned to the Dark Side Episode overview
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2022 Feb 11
Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from a mosquito, it left its animal host - probably a gorilla - and found its way to a new host: us.
Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from a mosquito, it left its animal host - probably a gorilla - and found its way to a new host: us.
2022x2 Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race) Episode overview
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2022 Feb 19
The Snake Detection Hypothesis proposes that the ability to quickly spot and avoid snakes is deeply embedded in primates, including us - an evolutionary consequence of the danger snakes have posed to us over millions of years.
The Snake Detection Hypothesis proposes that the ability to quickly spot and avoid snakes is deeply embedded in primates, including us - an evolutionary consequence of the danger snakes have posed to us over millions of years.
2022x3 How the Rise of Social Insects Shrunk These Dinosaurs Episode overview
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2022 Feb 27
We often think of dinosaurs as either preying on other dinos or mammals, or as plant-eaters -- but in ecosystems today, those aren’t the only two options. So why would we expect .. show full overview
We often think of dinosaurs as either preying on other dinos or mammals, or as plant-eaters -- but in ecosystems today, those aren’t the only two options. So why would we expect dinosaurs to have only been carnivores or herbivores, with the occasional omnivore thrown in the mix?
2022x4 How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again Episode overview
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2022 Már 08
As revolutionary as teeth were, they would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrates. But why?
As revolutionary as teeth were, they would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrates. But why?
Do our modern horses descend from just one domesticated population, or did it happen many times, in many places? Answering these questions has been tricky, as we’ve needed to bring .. show full overview
Do our modern horses descend from just one domesticated population, or did it happen many times, in many places? Answering these questions has been tricky, as we’ve needed to bring together evidence from art, archaeology, and ancient DNA…Because, as it turns out, the history of humans and horses has been a pretty wild ride.
2022x6 Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story) Episode overview
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2022 Már 23
Today, all mammals from humans to bats have five fingers or fewer. Yes, even whales, whose finger bones are hidden in their fins. Birds have four or fewer and amphibians get the best of .. show full overview
Today, all mammals from humans to bats have five fingers or fewer. Yes, even whales, whose finger bones are hidden in their fins. Birds have four or fewer and amphibians get the best of both worlds, often having four digits on their “hands” and five on their “feet.” But no species of vertebrates have more than five digits, let alone eight!
2022x7 Sharks nearly went extinct 19 million years ago #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 02
There used to be SO MANY sharks...where did they go?
There used to be SO MANY sharks...where did they go?
2022x8 Dire wolves aren’t wolves at all #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 03
Dire wolves aren’t actually wolves but what they are might be even cooler.
Dire wolves aren’t actually wolves but what they are might be even cooler.
2022x9 Could humans survive if they traveled back in time 3 billion years? #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 04
Could humans survive during the Precambrian?
Could humans survive during the Precambrian?
2022x10 Some trees are more closely related to broccoli than to other trees #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 07
Don’t be fooled by convergent evolution.
Don’t be fooled by convergent evolution.
2022x11 Human knees are the worst and we have evolution to thank for that #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 08
Why do human knees suck?
Why do human knees suck?
2022x12 A crater in Turkmenistan has been on fire for about 50 years #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 10
And it’s been reported that one of the geologists started it on purpose?
And it’s been reported that one of the geologists started it on purpose?
2022x13 When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 15
The ecological niche of apex predators was empty on Hateg Island, waiting to be occupied by something large, mobile, and powerful enough to fill it.
The ecological niche of apex predators was empty on Hateg Island, waiting to be occupied by something large, mobile, and powerful enough to fill it.
2022x14 Only one human has been excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 17
This episode has no summary.
This episode has no summary.
2022x15 Could humans survive a giant space rock colliding with Earth 66 million years ago? #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 18
Would you have survived the K-Pg Impact?
Would you have survived the K-Pg Impact?
2022x16 The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal Episode overview
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2022 Ápr 22
A truly enormous ichthyosaur around the size of a modern sperm whale, reached its size within just a few million years of taking to the water - a blink of an eye in evolutionary time.
A truly enormous ichthyosaur around the size of a modern sperm whale, reached its size within just a few million years of taking to the water - a blink of an eye in evolutionary time.
2022x17 The Tasmanian tiger is definitely extinct. So why do people keep report sightings of them? #shorts Episode overview
We tend to think that evolution only goes in one direction— toward getting bigger and more advanced. But that’s not always the case. This tiny, simple animal, the Myxozoans, (yes, animal!) evolved from something bigger and more complex.
We tend to think that evolution only goes in one direction— toward getting bigger and more advanced. But that’s not always the case. This tiny, simple animal, the Myxozoans, (yes, animal!) evolved from something bigger and more complex.
2022x25 We know a lot about dinosaurs but...what was the first dinosaur? #shorts Episode overview
While sour taste's original purpose was to warn vertebrates of danger, in a few animal groups, including us, its role has reversed. The taste of danger became something it was dangerous for us to avoid.
While sour taste's original purpose was to warn vertebrates of danger, in a few animal groups, including us, its role has reversed. The taste of danger became something it was dangerous for us to avoid.
2022x27 The Ancient Human Species With A Missing Body Episode overview
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2022 Máj 27
Only a handful of Denisovan fossils have been identified. In the absence of actual body fossils, it’s impossible for us to reconstruct their morphology, right?
Only a handful of Denisovan fossils have been identified. In the absence of actual body fossils, it’s impossible for us to reconstruct their morphology, right?
2022x28 Are there dinosaur fossils in space? #shorts Episode overview
While we’ve been farming for around 10,000 to 12,000 years, the ancestors of ants have been doing it for around 60 million years. So when, and how, and why did ants start … farming?
While we’ve been farming for around 10,000 to 12,000 years, the ancestors of ants have been doing it for around 60 million years. So when, and how, and why did ants start … farming?
A mysterious, large feline roamed Eurasia during the last ice age. Its fossils have been found across the continent, and it’s been the subject of ancient artwork. So what exactly were these big cats?
A mysterious, large feline roamed Eurasia during the last ice age. Its fossils have been found across the continent, and it’s been the subject of ancient artwork. So what exactly were these big cats?
2022x33 Is This The Oldest Dad In The Fossil Record? Episode overview
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2022 Jún 26
Fossil evidence suggests Diictodon used burrows to breed, and that a parent stayed behind to feed and protect their young. And the parent that stayed behind? It might’ve been the male.
Fossil evidence suggests Diictodon used burrows to breed, and that a parent stayed behind to feed and protect their young. And the parent that stayed behind? It might’ve been the male.
2022x34 Why did so many predators die at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry? #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Jún 27
There’s something weird going on at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in what’s now Utah.
There’s something weird going on at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in what’s now Utah.
2022x35 What is the most successful human species? #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Jún 31
Does Homo erectus beat out Homo sapiens?
Does Homo erectus beat out Homo sapiens?
2022x36 Sharks have antibacterial skin. Can we use that to save lives? #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Júl 01
Sometimes modern problems require ancient, evolutionary solutions.
Sometimes modern problems require ancient, evolutionary solutions.
2022x37 This Ice Age pup's last meal was a woolly rhino #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Júl 02
What was this ancient pup’s last meal?
What was this ancient pup’s last meal?
2022x38 What came first, the sabertooth or the cat? #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Júl 03
The newest oldest saber-toothed mammal
The newest oldest saber-toothed mammal
2022x39 How To Build A Woolly Mammoth (But Should We?) Episode overview
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2022 Júl 08
In the quest to understand how evolution basically built the woolly mammoth, we may have found the blueprints for building them ourselves.
In the quest to understand how evolution basically built the woolly mammoth, we may have found the blueprints for building them ourselves.
2022x40 Something Has Been Making This Mark For 500 Million Years Episode overview
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2022 Júl 15
Paleodictyon, a hexagonal-patterned fossil, is a bit of a mystery. We don’t even know if it’s a trace fossil, or the organism itself. So… what could it be?
Paleodictyon, a hexagonal-patterned fossil, is a bit of a mystery. We don’t even know if it’s a trace fossil, or the organism itself. So… what could it be?
2022x41 Giant Viruses Blur The Line Between Alive and Not Episode overview
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2022 Júl 29
In 2003, microbiologists made a huge discovery. One that would force us to reconsider a lot of what we thought we knew about the evolution of microbial life: giant viruses.
In 2003, microbiologists made a huge discovery. One that would force us to reconsider a lot of what we thought we knew about the evolution of microbial life: giant viruses.
2022x42 This new giant bacterium is visible to the naked eye #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Aug 06
Microbiology goes macro with a new giant bacterium!
Microbiology goes macro with a new giant bacterium!
2022x43 Another Spinosaurus study, another opportunity to debate if Spinosaurus was aquatic #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Aug 07
Spinosaurus had dense bones!
Spinosaurus had dense bones!
2022x44 There were dinosaurs with basically no arms at all, just hands! #shorts Episode overview
This giant millipede was the largest known invertebrate to ever live on land. So how did it get so big??
This giant millipede was the largest known invertebrate to ever live on land. So how did it get so big??
2022x46 How Plate Tectonics Transformed Los Angeles Episode overview
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2022 Aug 21
Despite the profound changes we’ve made here in recent history, the epic saga of Los Angeles' natural history is still visible - and even striking - if you know where and how to look for it.
Despite the profound changes we’ve made here in recent history, the epic saga of Los Angeles' natural history is still visible - and even striking - if you know where and how to look for it.
Today, billions of people around the world start their day with caffeine. But how and why did the ability to produce this molecule independently evolve in multiple, distantly-related lineages of flowering plants, again and again?
Today, billions of people around the world start their day with caffeine. But how and why did the ability to produce this molecule independently evolve in multiple, distantly-related lineages of flowering plants, again and again?
2022x48 This was the biggest earthquake humans ever experienced #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Sze 03
One of the biggest earthquakes humans ever experienced happened around 3800 years ago in what's now northern Chile
One of the biggest earthquakes humans ever experienced happened around 3800 years ago in what's now northern Chile
2022x49 Someone stole two of the most important documents in the history of science #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Sze 03
We have no idea where they were all this time, or who stole and returned them and why.
We have no idea where they were all this time, or who stole and returned them and why.
2022x50 You can thank evolution for flesh-eating bees #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Sze 05
Flesh-eating bees exist!
Flesh-eating bees exist!
2022x51 This is one of the oldest art workshops ever discovered! #shorts Episode overview
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2022 Sze 05
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient art workshop
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient art workshop
2022x52 Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells? Episode overview
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2022 Sze 11
There is one - and only one - group of mammals that doesn’t have alpha-gal: the catarrhine primates, which are the monkeys of Africa and Asia, the apes, and us.
There is one - and only one - group of mammals that doesn’t have alpha-gal: the catarrhine primates, which are the monkeys of Africa and Asia, the apes, and us.
Mystacodon is the earliest known mysticete, the group that, today, we call the baleen whales. But if this was a baleen whale, where was its baleen? Where did baleen come from? And how did it live without it?
Mystacodon is the earliest known mysticete, the group that, today, we call the baleen whales. But if this was a baleen whale, where was its baleen? Where did baleen come from? And how did it live without it?
2022x54 The Fungi That Turned Ants Into Zombies Episode overview
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2022 Sze 23
This fungus was actually manipulating ants’ movements, forcing them to do something they’d never ordinarily do, something strange, yet specific…
This fungus was actually manipulating ants’ movements, forcing them to do something they’d never ordinarily do, something strange, yet specific…
2022x55 Did you know that fossils can get sick? Episode overview
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2022 Sze 31
Did you know that fossils can get sick? – Specifically with Pyrite Disease
Did you know that fossils can get sick? – Specifically with Pyrite Disease
2022x56 A supervolcano in Idaho once caused a disaster 900 miles away Episode overview
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2022 Okt 08
Disaster in the great plains!
Disaster in the great plains!
2022x57 A bunch of very important fossils disappeared during WWII Episode overview
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2022 Okt 09
80 years ago, a bunch of fossils of ancient humans disappeared.
80 years ago, a bunch of fossils of ancient humans disappeared.
2022x58 Did this animal poop cubes? Giant cubes? Episode overview
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2022 Okt 13
Congrats! You just found a wombat burrow. And the cubes are its poop
Congrats! You just found a wombat burrow. And the cubes are its poop
2022x59 Are wisdom teeth a problem for us because of evolution? Or because of our development? Episode overview
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2022 Okt 14
Wisdom teeth can be such a pain
Wisdom teeth can be such a pain
2022x60 The Only Human Found in the La Brea Tar Pits Episode overview
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2022 Okt 15
This episode has no summary.
This episode has no summary.
2022x60 Our extinct relative was an ancient leopard’s lunch Episode overview
Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all super low on water – so where did ours come from and why do we have so much of it? We think our water came from a few unlikely sources: meteorites, space dust, and even the sun.
Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all super low on water – so where did ours come from and why do we have so much of it? We think our water came from a few unlikely sources: meteorites, space dust, and even the sun.
2022x26 Our Ancient Relative That Said 'No Thanks' To Life On Land Episode overview
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2022 Nov 04
Around the time that some of our fishapod relatives were crawling out of the water, others were turning around and diving right back in.
Around the time that some of our fishapod relatives were crawling out of the water, others were turning around and diving right back in.
2022x65 Imagine a cat's mouth fully covering up their saber teeth Episode overview
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2022 Nov 05
We might’ve been wrong about how this saber-toothed cat looked
We might’ve been wrong about how this saber-toothed cat looked
2022x67 Neandertals weren’t dumb cavemen. In lots of ways, they were just like us Episode overview
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2022 Nov 10
Shanidar 1 got by with a little help from his friends
Shanidar 1 got by with a little help from his friends
2022x68 Here are two ways to get a fossil species named after you Episode overview
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2022 Nov 14
Here are two ways to get a fossil species named after you
Here are two ways to get a fossil species named after you
2022x27 Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose Episode overview
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2022 Nov 18
Charles Darwin encountered a tiny fox-like creature during his famous voyage but instead of discovering its fascinating evolutionary story, he just knocked it on the head with his geology hammer.
Charles Darwin encountered a tiny fox-like creature during his famous voyage but instead of discovering its fascinating evolutionary story, he just knocked it on the head with his geology hammer.
2022x70 Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose Episode overview
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2022 Nov 18
This episode has no summary.
This episode has no summary.
2022x71 Gigantopithecus was basically a real-life bigfoot but we're missing its body Episode overview
Did our most famous fossil ancestor, Lucy, die by falling out of a tall tree? The answer is part of a decades-long debate over how, exactly, our ancestors transitioned from life in the trees to life on the ground.
Did our most famous fossil ancestor, Lucy, die by falling out of a tall tree? The answer is part of a decades-long debate over how, exactly, our ancestors transitioned from life in the trees to life on the ground.
2022x95 There's a new plesiosaur named "Snaky crocface" and it refused to conform Episode overview
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2022 17
This episode has no summary.
This episode has no summary.
2022x96 The biggest European dinosaur ever found was in a guy’s backyard Episode overview
