Darwin's Unexpected Final Obsession - After having solved the small matter of evolution by natural selection - becoming one of the most famous scientists in the world in the process - Charles Darwin turned his focus to a different personal obsession…
What was Charles Darwin really obsessed with?
Did you know ocean basins are reincarnated?
How did such a large predator survive?
How did a relative of the red panda end up in North America?
How did the competition of spiders vs insects drive them both into the air?
Why plate tectonics don't make sense.
Why was it the mammals who triumphed?
What do mountains reveal about primates?
When you take a deeper look at Pompeii, a different story could be told about the final moments.
We may have planet-shattering asteroids...
What doomed the Neandertals?
What did life look like when the Amazon watershed flowed backwards?
Did you know the evolution of the butthole was a major breakthrough in animal development?
Learn about the complicated the history of mammals and their disappearance.
Where are all the east coast dinosaurs?
The Himalayas changed everything.
Where did our moon come from? The origin is even stranger than you may imagine.
What led to the creation of the trunk?
What was the first ever drink?
How did the "false horse," Thoatherium, and its relatives survive?
We need to talk about the biggest break-up of all-time.
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.
