A huge #pterosaur colony once lived in what's now #Oregon

The results are in for Survival of the Flops! The final race was CLOSE -- we're talking almost exactly 50/50.

Coming out ahead (if only by a hair), the best underrated Eons episode is: The Neanderthal Burial That Taught Us About Humanity bit.ly/42Twd0V

What might Earth look like 10,000 years in the future? What about in 10 million years? In 300 million? youtu.be/1WngoLbf0po

We spend a lot of time on Eons looking backwards into deep time. But this week we’re taking a look forward into the deep future. 🌎👀 New video tomorrow!

The Piltdown Man hoax fooled experts for decades! 🙈 For April Fools' Day, dive into the ultimate prank in paleoanthropology with our podcast episode 'The Unsolved Case of a Fake Human Fossil' youtu.be/VdfKh5NSk6Y

Say hello to Nuralagus rex 🐇

🥚The story of the egg spans millions of years, from the first vertebrates that dared to venture onto land to today’s mammals, including the platypus, and of course birds. Like... you guessed it -- chickens. Yup, the chicken/egg debate is settled: youtu.be/c_CCmae8Wrc

Egg hunt? Oviraptors are literally named for it! But what at first appeared predatory was actually protection. Learn more about dinosaur parenting behavior with our episode The (Ovi)Raptor That Paleontologists Got Wrong. youtu.be/27Ss4CdGkDk

Scientists have named a 270-million-year-old amphibian ancestor Kermitops gratus after Kermit the Frog, 'a modern-day amphibian icon.'

🐸This name references the creature’s cartoonishly wide-eyed face combined with the Greek suffix '-ops,' meaning 'face'. eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

Today is International Day of the Seal 🦭

To help you celebrate, along with Neil the Seal, check out our episode, 'Nautiloids Thrived For 500 Million Years Until These Guys Showed Up'. youtu.be/3vQ55ToQeWI

Image: Neil the Seal - Time | Courtesy of Kirsty De Lacy

Last chance to vote in round 3 of Survival of the Flops! Your votes now will determine who the finalists will be! complexly.io/flops3

When did humans start practicing medicine in its varied, complex forms? It might be earlier than we thought! youtu.be/kauDsIeIMxs

Self-medication is probably a fairly ancient behavior in the animal kingdom. But actively trying to heal others is a complex social behavior that's much harder to identify outside of Homo sapiens. And we may have been doing it for longer than we thought.
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It's National #Panda Day! 🐼 How does a bear- a member of the order Carnivora- evolve into an herbivore? Despite how it looks, nothing about the history of the giant panda is black & white.

Find out more in our video 'The Fuzzy Origins of the Giant Panda' youtu.be/G2DbShys9ww