Eons: Surviving Deep Time

Jan 07 2025 20 ep. 29 mins 6.2k

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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?

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Could You Survive On Hateg Island?

Jan 07 2025 54 mins

There was an island in the Late Cretaceous Period in the fragmented European archipelago that turned out to be the hunting ground of a terrifying apex predator unlike any other: a giant pterosaur. Could you manage to survive on this island? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you'd like to support the show, head over to Patreon and pledge for some co

Could You Survive The End-Triassic?

Dec 10 2024 55 mins

In the aftermath of the Great Dying, rapid evolutionary radiation resulted in the rise of a bunch of weird creatures in the Triassic Period. But life at the end of the period, including the earliest dinosaurs, faced yet another catastrophic extinction event. Could you survive in this strange time period? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you'd like

Could You Survive The Great Dying?

Nov 26 2024 55 mins

A catastrophic volcanic event in the Late Permian Period caused the biggest mass extinction of all time - known to us as the Great Dying. As a result, a large majority of terrestrial life would disappear, but our ancestors had the adaptations (and the healthy dose of luck) needed to survive – but would you? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you'

Could You Survive The Carboniferous?

Nov 12 2024 54 mins

The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for the amniotes - the ancestors of all reptiles, birds, and mammals to come - to earn the title of Fully Terrestrial Vertebrates. It’s getting more crowded on land - could you survive? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you'd like to support the show, head over

Could You Survive The End-Ordovician Extinction?

Oct 29 2024 50 mins

The End-Ordovician Extinction was the first of the so-called ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions in the history of life on Earth - more than 80% of species in the oceans died out. But could you survive its aftermath? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you'd like to support the show, head over to Patreon and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow

Could You Survive The Cambrian Explosion?

Oct 15 2024 43 mins

In the ocean, the Cambrian Period was one of startling evolutionary innovations, but on land, it was barren, with no vegetation of any kind. In this strange world before plants made their way onto land… could you survive? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you'd like to support the show, head over to Patreon and pledge for some cool rewards! Want

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

Oct 01 2024 55 mins

By the end of the Devonian Period, the land had exploded with plant life and ancient invertebrates. There was also Tiktaalik - one of the first known vertebrates able and willing to move from the water to land. Our distant relative figured out how to survive in this dramatically different environment, can you? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you

Introducing Eons: Surviving Deep Time

Sep 26 2024 1 mins

Introducing Eons: Surviving Deep Time! Season 2 of the Eons podcast is a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past? -- Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. If you'd like to support the show, head over to Patreon and pledge for some cool rewards!

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Season 2 of the Eons podcast is coming soon! This season will be a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past?

What Happened To The Neandertals?

Jul 25 2022 17 mins

Studies have found Neandertal DNA in people living in - and descended from - populations in Europe, Asia, and, most recently, Africa. So, in a way, these ancient relatives of ours are somehow both here and gone. We know we shared the planet with them in the not-so-distant past… But what happened to them? Eons: Mysteries of Deep Time is produced by Complexly for PBS. © 2022 P