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In today's new podcast episode, we're answering your questions! Like, "Did Smilodons purr?" "In which geological era did viruses begin?" And, "What did deep time forests smell like?". Check it out wherever you get your podcasts!

When Earth turned into a wasteland, well, it wasn't so bad if you actually like your land full of waste! 🍄 Notorious fans of death and decay, fungi, may have paved the way for mammals' rise in prominence after the KPG extinction.

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How are you enjoying this season of the podcast? Let us know in the comments!. Each episode of Surviving Deep Time explores a particular period of the geologic past and asks, how long could a human survive?

Happy Darwin Day!!. We just happened to be filming an episode about Darwin TODAY on Darwin's Birthday! What do you think we're talking about?. And while you're waiting for this episode to post in May, be sure to check out our Darwin Playlist.

How does elevation affect evolution? Researchers hunting for fossils in the Rocky Mountains found that the higher they went, the less things make sense. These unexpected discoveries showed us how mountains make evolution. kind of weird.

How does elevation affect evolution? Mountains have a unique effect on diversity, messing with our understanding of animals through time. New video coming tomorrow!

Rare findings of frozen mummified remains of Late Pleistocene mammals have been discovered in the Indigirka River basin in the last decade. Now, fur, paws, and muscle mass of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat (Homotherium latidens) studied for the first time!

And going back farther to between 15–35 million years ago, D. plexippus split from queen butterfly Danaus gilippus. But if you want to know more about butterfly evolution, check out our episode, "Beans And Bees Gave Us Butterflies".

Happy Western Monarch Day! 🦋. While we don't have any Monarch fossils, molecular clock estimates show that the monarch Danaus plexippus and Danaus erippus (southern monarch) split around 2 million years ago. 🧵

Would you survive The Gerbil Event?? 🐹 New episode of Eons: Surviving Deep Time available now wherever you get your podcasts!

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If you missed the fun of watching our hosts draw ancient creatures based only on their scientific names, you can watch the livestream replay here:

Happy National Draw a #Dinosaur Day! ✏️🦖. These masterpieces(?) were created during the 2023 National Fossil Day Livestream by Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Blake de Pastino, and Gabriel Santos. Tag us in your dino drawings!

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Something causing instantaneous death and then preservation is exceptionally rare. So, how did it happen twice, and in two different ways? . Tune in to tomorrow's explosive new video!🌋

Were there two species of Mastodons living on the Pacific Coast at the same time? While more research is needed, a new study suggests that Mammut americanum and Mammut pacificus may have lived in the same place at the same time.

66 million years ago, an asteroid hit our planet triggering global wildfires, an impact winter, and the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Could you make it through the darkest days of planet Earth?. New podcast episode now available!