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Eons: Surviving Deep Time

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?

PBS (2022) Natural History Nature & Ecology Science
Episodes
  • Will We Survive The Future? (with John Green!)

    Will We Survive The Future? (with John Green!)
    Mar 18 2025

    Just because our ancestors have made it through every major period of upheaval in the Earth’s history so far doesn't mean that our survival through future changes is guaranteed. Humans have become a force of nature, but will we survive ourselves?

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Which Evolutionary Niche Does Humankind Occupy? (Mailbag Episode!)

    Which Evolutionary Niche Does Humankind Occupy? (Mailbag Episode!)
    Mar 4 2025

    We’ve reached the present! Before we take one look into the future in our final episode, all four Eons hosts have gathered to reflect on their survival experiences - and answer some of your questions.
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    53 mins
  • Could You Survive Living With Other Hominin Species?

    Could You Survive Living With Other Hominin Species?
    Feb 18 2025

    Today, we Homo sapiens are used to being the only hominin on the planet, but in the Early Pleistocene Epoch, other upright-walking, tool-wielding, large-brained hominins roamed the Earth. In a time when behavior might be the key tool to survival, could you?

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    1 hr and 12 mins
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I loved all of this, and like the other person said not to obscure and over complicated. It’s amazing l.👍❤️

I loved the mix of science and history and also archaeology and paleontology

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well researched. concisely presented, with plenty of detail and scientific knowledge without getting to technical or obscure.

wide variety of topics

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