Go here to subscribe to The Universe on your favorite podcast app: https://complexly.io/theuniverse It would take decades for paleontologists to realize that maybe there wasn’t just one so-called "cradle of humankind," and realize that maybe they’d been asking the wrong question all along. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you....

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You can see SciShow's Deep Dive Into The Bizarre Future of Telescopes here: https://youtu.be/3xCRLJjSQAA?si=-09G_Q6sPhhLehMA How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place? When and where did we first domesticate it? And why oh why does it get us high? ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support...

***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Kevin Lacson, Collin Dutrow, Pope John XII, Steven Kern, Aaditya Mehta, AllPizzasArePersonal, John...

Check out Fascinating Fails: https://youtu.be/Q4VIa5a8FqQ?si=vdQqhDWllAsBFB_d and the entire PBS Earth Month playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4 We spend a lot of time here on Eons looking backwards into deep time, visiting ancient chapters of our planet’s history. But this time, we’re taking a look...

***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Kevin Lacson, Collin Dutrow, Pope John XII, Steven Kern, Aaditya Mehta, AllPizzasArePersonal, John...