How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World

How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World

How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World Eons

Premiered August 11, 2019
How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World

They have survived every catastrophe and every mass extinction event that nature has thrown at them. And by being the little, filter-feeding, water-cleaning creatures that they are, sponges may have saved the world.

About the Program

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.

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