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Eons•Season 4•Episode 6

When the Rainforests Collapsed

Feb 19, 202010 min
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The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse set the stage for a takeover that would be a crucial turning point in the history of terrestrial animal life. If it weren’t for that time when the rainforests collapsed - in an extinction event that you probably haven’t heard of

Seasons6

Season 4 Episodes39

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E1

That Time the Mediterranean Sea Disappeared

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E2

The Neanderthals That Taught Us About Humanity

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E3

The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body

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E4

How South America Made the Marsupials

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E5

A Short Tale About Diplodocus' Long Neck

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E6Now viewing

When the Rainforests Collapsed

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E7

How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake

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E8

When the Sahara Was Green

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E9

When Penguins Went From The Sky To The Sea

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E10

How the Egg Came First

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E11

How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends

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E12

When a Billion Years Disappeared

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E13

The Risky Paleo Diets of Our Ancestors

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E14

How the Andes Mountains Might Have Killed a Bunch of Whales

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E15

How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction

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E16

The Two Viruses That We’ve Had For Millions of Years

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E17

How We Identified One of Earth’s Earliest Animals

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E18

When Dinosaur Look-Alikes Ruled the Earth

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E19

The World Before Plate Tectonics

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E20

When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic

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E21

How the Walrus Got Its Tusks

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E22

The Story of the Dino Stampede

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E23

The Biggest Frog that Ever Lived

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E24

The Dinosaur Who Was Buried at Sea

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E25

How We Figured Out Fermentation

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E26

The Oddest Couple in the Fossil Record

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E27

How Ancient Art Captured Australian Megafauna

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E28

The Sea Monster from the Andes

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E29

When Rodents Had Horns

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E30

The First and Last North American Primates

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E31

How Plants Became Carnivores

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E32

How Ankylosaurs Got Their Clubs

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E33

Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?

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E34

How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas

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E35

The Rise and Fall of the Tallest Mammal to Walk the Earth

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E36

How Humans Lost Their Fur

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E37

When Lizards Took Over the World

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E38

When the Earth Suddenly Stopped Warming

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E39

The Triassic Reptile With "Two Faces"

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Kallie Moore

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Blake de Pastino

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Episode Summary

"When the Rainforests Collapsed" is episode 6 of Eons season 4. It aired on February 19, 2020.