Join hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Gabriel Santos, 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.
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When Dinosaurs Threw Up A Mystery
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Special | 9m 15s | How dino stomachs are revealing a mystery. (9m 15s)
Did Dinosaurs' Extinction Give Us Fruit?
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Special | 10m 47s | One of the most surprising effects of the cascade of changes was...fruit? (10m 47s)
Why Paleontologists Can’t Stop Fighting About Spinosaurus
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Special | 8m 37s | What does it mean to be a “semi-aquatic” dinosaur? (8m 37s)
The Dinosaurs Too Big To Be Dinosaurs
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Special | 12m 22s | How did sauropods, uniquely large land animals, actually live, with their anatomy and physiology pus (12m 22s)
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Eons is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
About the Hosts
Michelle Barboza-Ramirez is a Latinx Los Angeles native who studies the history of the earth through the stories told in stone and bone. Her research has focused on extinct land dwelling, plant-eating Miocene mammals, and her field work has taken her from California to Florida, to Panama, and Argentina! Her other research focuses on the need for accessibility & diversity in STEM. She currently teaches in higher ed and works with the national park service.
Blake de Pastino is a science journalist who specializes in the exploration of human and natural history. As a founding editor of National Geographic News, he interviewed researchers, visited dinosaur digs, and covered the latest developments in archeology and space science. Since 2011, Blake has served as editor in chief of two of YouTube’s leading education channels: Crash Course and SciShow. Blake is also the publisher of Western Digs, a site that covers the latest discoveries in archeology and paleontology around the American West.
Kallie Moore is a paleontologist and science communicator. Since 2008, she has been the Collections Manager of the University of Montana Paleontology Collection. During this time, she has given hundreds of tours, facilitated specimen loans to researchers all over the world, and maintained access to the collection. She also consulted for Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park on renovations to the DINOSAUR ride.
Welcome to Eons!
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.
Michelle Barboza-Ramirez and Blake de Pastino examining a bear statue on-location at the La Brea Tar Pits.
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Hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, and Gabriel Santos admiring a mastodon at the Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan
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Hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Gabriel Santos, and Blake de Pastino together.
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Michelle Barboza-Ramirez and Blake de Pastino examining fossils on-location at the La Brea Tar Pits.
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Behind the scenes of Michelle Barboza-Ramirez and Blake de Pastino shooting a scene on-location at the La Brea Tar Pits.
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