The Hazy Evolution of Cannabis - How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place? When and where did we first domesticate it? And why oh why does it get us high?
How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place?
We’re taking a look towards the deep future. After all, the story is far from over.
When did we start practicing medicine in its varied, complex forms?
For some, the rise of venomous elapid snakes was an almost apocalyptic catastrophe.
When you only have fossils, how do you know if a dinosaur is female or male?
What are animal-like fossils doing in rocks a billion years old?
Paranthropus lived alongside our ancestors. If we are still here, why aren’t they?
Exoskeleton fragments may have allowed microbes to sail the ocean and change the world.
Fire only exists only on Earth because fire can’t exist without life.
Turns out bats didn’t give us butterflies and we should be thanking bees and beans.
Graptolites show us how unpredictable the Silurian period really could be.
How can we figure out when we first started wearing clothes?
From an evolutionary perspective, is bigger always better?
How did ants take over the world?
This is how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period.
What happened to the piece of prime prehistoric real estate known as Doggerland?
About 6,000 years ago, a lone female mosquito buzzed through the lush savannah in Africa.
The giraffe's neck as made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution really works.
Join hosts Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age.
