Eons Season 2 · Episode 44

When Apes Conquered Europe

11th December 2018 10 mins Season 2 Episode 44

Today, our closest evolutionary relatives, the apes, live only in small pockets of Africa and Asia. But back in the Miocene epoch, apes occupied all of Europe. Why aren’t there wild apes in Europe today?

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Season 2 · Episode 45

Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct

For more than 10 million years, Megalodon was at the top of its game as the oceans’ apex predator...until 2.6 million years ago, when it went extinct. So, what happened to the largest shark in history?

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