Eons: Surviving Deep Time podcast

Eons: Surviving Deep Time

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Season 2 of the Eons podcast will be a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked in the comments section of our YouTube videos: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past? 

Season 2 of the Eons podcast will be a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked in the comments section of our YouTube videos: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past? 

 

#25

Will We Survive The Future? (with John Green!)

Just because our ancestors have made it through every major period of upheaval in the Eart... more

18 Mar 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:30

18 Mar 2025


#24

Which Evolutionary Niche Does Humankind Occupy? (Mailbag Episode!)

We’ve reached the present! Before we take one look into the future in our final episode, a... more

04 Mar 2025

52 MINS

52:56

04 Mar 2025


#23

Could You Survive Living With Other Hominin Species?

Today, we Homo sapiens are used to being the only hominin on the planet, but in the Early ... more

18 Feb 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:58

18 Feb 2025


#22

Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis?

In the Late Miocene Epoch, tectonic forces uplifted the Earth's crust, blocking off the Me... more

04 Feb 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:48

04 Feb 2025


#21

Could You Survive The K-Pg Extinction?

66 million years ago, an asteroid hit our planet triggering global wildfires, an impact wi... more

21 Jan 2025

59 MINS

59:03

21 Jan 2025


#20

Could You Survive On Hateg Island?

There was an island in the Late Cretaceous Period in the fragmented European archipelago t... more

07 Jan 2025

54 MINS

54:18

07 Jan 2025


#19

Could You Survive The End-Triassic?

In the aftermath of the Great Dying, rapid evolutionary radiation resulted in the rise of ... more

10 Dec 2024

55 MINS

55:03

10 Dec 2024


#18

Could You Survive The Great Dying?

A catastrophic volcanic event in the Late Permian Period caused the biggest mass extinctio... more

26 Nov 2024

55 MINS

55:41

26 Nov 2024


#17

Could You Survive The Carboniferous?

The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for t... more

12 Nov 2024

54 MINS

54:23

12 Nov 2024


#16

Could You Survive The End-Ordovician Extinction?

The End-Ordovician Extinction was the first of the so-called ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions i... more

29 Oct 2024

50 MINS

50:45

29 Oct 2024


#15

Could You Survive The Cambrian Explosion?

In the ocean, the Cambrian Period was one of startling evolutionary innovations, but on la... more

15 Oct 2024

43 MINS

43:50

15 Oct 2024


#14

Could You Survive The Devonian Period? (with Hank Green!)

By the end of the Devonian Period, the land had exploded with plant life and ancient inver... more

01 Oct 2024

55 MINS

55:10

01 Oct 2024


#13

Introducing Eons: Surviving Deep Time

Introducing Eons: Surviving Deep Time! Season 2 of the Eons podcast is a longform explorat... more

26 Sep 2024

01 MINS

01:30

26 Sep 2024


#12

The Eons Podcast is returning!

Season 2 of the Eons podcast is coming soon! This season will be a longform exploration of... more

21 Sep 2024

00 MINS

00:22

21 Sep 2024


#11

What Happened To The Neandertals?

Studies have found Neandertal DNA in people living in - and descended from - populations i... more

25 Jul 2022

17 MINS

17:16

25 Jul 2022


#10

Who Were The Denisovans?

The Denisovans are a human relative discovered just over a decade ago. The DNA from the ve... more

11 Jul 2022

20 MINS

20:44

11 Jul 2022


#9

What Did The Past Sound Like?

How do we start to reconstruct the soundscapes of the past? Using modern environments, liv... more

27 Jun 2022

17 MINS

17:13

27 Jun 2022


#8

The Lost Human Fossils of World War II

Between 1927 and 1937, paleontologists excavated fossils from about 40 members of the spec... more

13 Jun 2022

18 MINS

18:11

13 Jun 2022


#7

Why Do We Care About What Happened Millions Of Years Ago? (Mailbag Episode with Hank Green)

Former host of Eons and our current boss Hank Green joins Kallie, Michelle, and Blake for ... more

31 May 2022

40 MINS

40:03

31 May 2022


#6

The Strange Graveyard At The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry

There's something strange about the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. The fossils found the... more

16 May 2022

19 MINS

19:05

16 May 2022


#5

The Extinct Human Species Discovered Deep Within A Cave System

Deep in the Rising Star Cave system lies a mystery of paleoanthropology: a chamber filled ... more

25 Apr 2022

22 MINS

22:21

25 Apr 2022


#4

What Was The First Dinosaur?

Exactly where and when dinosaurs first evolved are still open questions in paleontology; i... more

11 Apr 2022

18 MINS

18:57

11 Apr 2022


#3

The Case of the Most Famous Fake Human Fossil

This episode is a mystery in the most classic literary sense of the word. It’s a whodunit ... more

28 Mar 2022

19 MINS

19:22

28 Mar 2022


#2

The Only Human In The La Brea Tar Pits

While the famous La Brea Tar Pits are well-known for charismatic Ice Age megafauna, like s... more

14 Mar 2022

16 MINS

16:52

14 Mar 2022


#1

Introducing Eons: Mysteries of Deep Time

Dig into the past and explore the greatest mysteries of natural history with the team behi... more

08 Mar 2022

00 MINS

00:47

08 Mar 2022