How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again

Here's why teeth would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrate.

How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again Eons

Premiered February 08, 2022
How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again

As revolutionary as teeth were, they would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrates. But why?

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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