Eons Season 3 · Episode 21

When We Met Other Human Species

9th July 2019 10 mins Season 3 Episode 21

We all belong to the only group of hominins on the planet today. But we weren’t always alone. 100,000 years ago, Eurasia was home to other hominin species, some of which we know our ancestors met, and spent some quality time with.

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Season 3 · Episode 22

How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)

Over 600 million years ago, sheets of ice coated our planet on both land and sea. How did this happen? And most importantly for us, why did the planet eventually thaw again? The evidence for Snowball Earth is written on every continent today.

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Michelle Barboza-Ramirez

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